Walter d1683 m1 Jane _____ m2 Ann _____ liv Durham NH
William bc1669 dc1760 m Mary _____ liv Durham NH
William b1715
Meribah m1728 Robert Huckins
Benjamin m Olive _____ liv Durham 1760 Barrington 1768
Elizabeth m by 1701 Henry Marsh
Mary m by 1701 Timothy Moses
Jane prob unm
James d1717/8 m Sarah Rice
James
Robert bp1736
è ?Solomon bp1728 m Sarah Jordan
(data mainly from Gen. Dict. of Me. & N.H. , the Hist. Durham N.H. and data
provided by Ruth Burell-Brown)
m 1956
FAMILY RECORD:
Laird C Towle - b 13 Sep 1933 Exeter NH, s/o Gerald Charles Towle & Wilma
Lois Buzzell; m 14 Apr 1956 Exeter NH Methodist church, Marlene Ann Towne, d/o
Frederick Earl Towne & Eunice Maria Gallant.
Residences: Northwood NH; Exeter NH; Durham NH; Charlottesville VA;
Billerica MA; Milwaukee WI; Bowie MD.
Education: elementary schools in Northwood & Exeter NH; grad Exeter High
School 1951; UNH 1955 BS in physics; UNH 1958 MS in physics; UVA 1962 PhD in
physics.
Career: physicist, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Bedford MA,
1961-1962; physicist, AVCO Corp Research Center, Wilmington MA, 1962-1963;
physicist, Allis-Chalmers Research laboratory, Milwaukee WI, 1963-1966; Section
Head, Researcher & Consultant in Solid State Division, Naval Research
Laboratory, 1966-1981; founder & CEO of Heritage Books, Inc, 1978-present.
Military: Air Force ROTC, UNH, 1951-1955; commissioned 2nd Lt, 1955; active
duty at Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, 1961-1962; promoted to 1st
Lt 1962.
Primary memberships: Am Physical Society; Amm Assoc of Physics Teachers; Am
Assoc for the Advancement of Science; Society of Sigma Xi; National
Genealogical Society; New England Historic Genealogical Society; New Hampshire;
Prince George's County Genealogical Society, one of five founding members 1969,
president 1971-1972, honorary life member; president NRL Federal Credit Union,
1970-1971, treasurer 1972-1985; Bowie Maryland Advisory Planning Board,
1987-1992.
Religion: attended various Baptist churches in Northwood & Exeter NH as a
child; attended Methodist church in Exeter NH & married there; attended
Unitarian churches in Exeter NH & Milwaukee WI; member Unitarian West Church in
Milwaukee; attended Adelphi Friends Meeting in Adelphi MD, 1978-1983.
Children:
a) Karen Lee - b 21 Aug 1957 Exeter NH; m Nicholas Ackermann; president of
Heritage Books, Inc; lives Bowie MD.
b) Joel Andrew - b 19 Sep 1960 Charlottesville VA; m Kimberly Sanders;
aviation electronics technition US Navy; lives Mt Vernon WA.
c) Glenn Corbett - b 28 Mar 1962 Exeter NH; m Michele Mollick; accountant &
partner in Merrick Advertising in Kensington MD; lives Bowie MD.
d) Leslie Kim - b 9 Jul 1965 Milwaukee WI; single; vice president &
editorial director at Heritage Books, Inc; lives Annapolis MD.
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1929 Sep 23 - Frederick E Towne ae 20 b Sanbornton s/o William Towne & Laura
Keefe, marr at Exeter by Rev Howard A Mitchell of same, Eunice M Gallant ae 22
b Exeter d/o Edmund Gallant & Margaret Parkinson, 1st marr for both [Exeter
Town Report].