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This is the whole record of the family of Robert Tower as found in the Hingham parish records, and the name of Tower is nowhere else found in them, and all attempts to find the ancestry of Robert Tower have been unsuccessful. The name is a significant one, and we find it in other parts of England; in Scotland, Wales & Ireland; but in most cases the name is spelled with the terminal 's', "Towers" - and in Scotland we meet with the spelling "Towar". Descendants of the families of these several localities are now to be found in this country; but by far the greater part who bear the name are the descendants of John Tower, and these have preserved the ancestral spelling of the name for more than two hundred and fifty years, with only occasional corruptions in spelling and pronunciation, - as in "Tour" and "Tore".

That the parents of John Tower were in comparatively humble circumstances in life we may infer from the fact that they failed to give their only child so much instruction as would enable him to write his name; or else his omission to write his name to the various instruments he was called upon to execute during his long and somewhat eventful life, must have arisen from some physical cause or accident. His contemporaries in emigration, many of whom were born and raised in the same parish, were for the most part instructed in the elements of knowledge; they could write, and some of them with an elegance of penmanship not surpassed at the present day. The earlier records, both of the proprietors and town, bear evidence to this.

The causes which led John Tower to leave a comfortable home in England for the hardships of a life in the wilderness, were probably those which induced so many others to emigrate during the period between 1630-1650. The story has been so often told in history that it is only necessary to mention it briefly in a personal narrative, The Saga of John Tower..


	Tower Family Website JOHN TOWER of Old Hingham, England Introduction by Charlemagne Tower John Tower was born in the parish of Hingham, co. Norfolk, in the eastern part of England. An examination of the parish records shows the following entries: 31 Aug 1607 - "Robert Tower & Dorothy Damon were married" 14 May 1609 - "John, child of Robert Tower was baptized" 10 Nov 1629 - "Dorothie, the wife of Robert Tower was buried." 1 May 1634 - "Robert Tower was buried." This is the whole record of the family of Robert Tower as found in the Hingham parish records, and the name of Tower is nowhere else found in them, and all attempts to find the ancestry of Robert Tower have been unsuccessful. The name is a significant one, and we find it in other parts of England; in Scotland, Wales & Ireland; but in most cases the name is spelled with the terminal 's', "Towers" - and in Scotland we meet with the spelling "Towar". Descendants of the families of these several localities are now to be found in this country; but by far the greater part who bear the name are the descendants of John Tower, and these have preserved the ancestral spelling of the name for more than two hundred and fifty years, with only occasional corruptions in spelling and pronunciation, - as in "Tour" and "Tore". That the parents of John Tower were in comparatively humble circumstances in life we may infer from the fact that they failed to give their only child so much instruction as would enable him to write his name; or else his omission to write his name to the various instruments he was called upon to execute during his long and somewhat eventful life, must have arisen from some physical cause or accident. His contemporaries in emigration, many of whom were born and raised in the same parish, were for the most part instructed in the elements of knowledge; they could write, and some of them with an elegance of penmanship not surpassed at the present day. The earlier records, both of the proprietors and town, bear evidence to this. The causes which led John Tower to leave a comfortable home in England for the hardships of a life in the wilderness, were probably those which induced so many others to emigrate during the period between 1630-1650. The story has been so often told in history that it is only necessary to mention it briefly in a personal narrative, The Saga of John Tower.. The Saga of John Tower The Saga of John Tower \| The Ibrook Family \| Lands of John Tower \| 1st & 2nd Generations \| 3rd Thru 7th Generations \| Contact Us