_James BOOKER _______+
| (1723 - ....) m 1747
_Joseph BOOKER ______|
| (1755 - ....) m 1778|
| |_Mercy YOUNG ________+
| m 1747
|
|--Sally BOOKER
| (1786 - ....)
| _William MORGRIDGE __
| |
|_Prudence MORGRIDGE _|
m 1778 |
|_Unknown ____________
_Benjamin HIGGINS ___
| (1681 - ....) m 1701
_Thomas HIGGINS _____|
| (1704 - ....) m 1727|
| |_Sarah FREEMAN ______+
| m 1701
|
|--Thankful HIGGINS
| (1738 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Abigail PAINE ______|
m 1727 |
|_____________________
__
|
_Isaac MESSER _______|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Mary MESSER
| (1806 - 1836)
| __
| |
|_* __________________|
|
|__
_Robey Marston TOWLE _+
| (1809 - 1887) m 1829
_Daniel Lewis TOWLE _|
| (1841 - ....) m 1862|
| |_Abigail NELSON ______
| m 1829
|
|--Flora Bertha TOWLE
|
| ______________________
| |
|_Anna C. HILL _______|
m 1862 |
|______________________
_Jonathan TOWLE _____+
| (1747 - 1822) m 1773
_Daniel TOWLE _______|
| (1779 - 1831) m 1807|
| |_Miriam MARSTON _____+
| (1749 - 1835) m 1773
|
|--George Washington TOWLE
| (1823 - 1896)
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary LADD __________|
m 1807 |
|_____________________
[332] George had already gone to California by 1849 with gold fever.
[333]
George as a boy had a very strong aversion to school, and was in
consequence bound out by his mother to one Enoch Winship, when eleven years
old. He repented his folly in very short measure. He was naturally of a roving
disposition, and quite a young man went on a trip to St. Helena in a sailing
vessel. He was the first of the family to go to the gold fields, but returned
later and settled in New Bedford, where he studied law. He finally returned to
California, and became a very successful practitioner. He came east again in
1869, with the purpose of settling, but prospects were not flattering, and he
finally retirned to California.