Joanna (Jone) Blessing

1599 - 1682  (83 years)

• Name	Joanna (Jone) Blessing
  Born	1599	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Female
  AFN	2P4M-0J
  Died	1682	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
  Buried	Topsfield, Salem, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I9221	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	William Blyssynge,   b. 1574, Somerleyton, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F8086	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	William Towne,   c. 18/18 Mar 1598/1599, St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ,   d. 24 Jun 1673, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1620	St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Town,   b. 21 Feb 1621, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ,   d. 19 Jul 1692, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)   2. John Towne,   b. 1623, , England ,   d. Bef 1673  (Age < 49 years) + 3. Susanna Towne,   b. 1625, St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ,   d. 1678  (Age 53 years) + 4. Edmund Towne,   b. Abt Jun 1628,   d. 1678  (Age ~ 49 years) + 5. Jacob Towne,   b. 1632,   d. 27 Nov 1704, , Massachusetts  (Age 72 years) + 6. Mary Towne,   b. 1634, , England ,   d. 22 Sep 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 58 years) + 7. Sarah Towne,   b. 1639,   d. 1703  (Age 64 years) + 8. Joseph Towne,   b. 1639, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts ,   d. Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F3392	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Accused of witchcraft though never arrested or brought to trial. ---------- Reference: "Salem Possessed, The Social Origins of Witchcraft", 1974, Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, p 149.