Susanna Towne

  General Notes:

Susanna (Towne) Hayward was not a daughter of William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne of Topsfield. She is incorrectly listed as such on several
genealogical website.
William and Joanna did have a daughter named Susan(nah) Towne who was baptized 26 Oct 1625 at the St. Nicholas parish church in Great
Yarmouth, Co. Norfolk, England, however she was very likely the Susannah Towne was was buried there 29 Jul 1630. Furthermore, there is no mention
of William and Joanna's daughter Susanna after the family immigrated from England to Massachusetts and she is not named among the heirs of William
Towne in the division of his estate.

The Susanna Towne who married Thomas Hayward was born about 1601 in England and was a sister of the William Towne who was a resident of
Cambridge, MA in 1635 (this William Towne was not the same man as the William Towne of Topsfield). She was possibly the daughter of Peter Towne
of Aylesford, England. In about 1622 Susanna married Thomas Hayward in Aylesford, Co. Kent, England. Susanna's relationship to the William Towne of
Cambridge is substantiated by the fact that Peter Towne, only son of William Towne of
Cambridge, MA, died childless in 1705 and left his estate to his first cousins who were the five living children of Susanna (Towne) Hayward as of that
date.

Susanna married Thomas Hayward about 1622 in Ayelsford Co, Kent, England. (Thomas Hayward was born on 1 Jan 1601 in Aylesford, Essex, England and died on 15 Apr 1686 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA.)