This is a little that I have in my Towne and Cloyes file on the related Gould family. Generation No. 1 1. ZACCHEUS1 GOULD. He married PHEBE DEACON. Children of ZACCHEUS GOULD and PHEBE DEACON are: 2. i. PHEBE2 GOULD, b. 1620, Hemel Hempstead, England. ii. PRISCILLA GOULD, d. Bef. 16631; m. JOHN WILDES. iii. JOHN GOULD. iv. MARTHA GOULD. Generation No. 2 2. PHEBE2 GOULD (ZACCHEUS1)2 was born 1620 in Hemel Hempstead, England3. She married THOMAS PERKINS4, son of JOHN PERKINS. PHEBE GOULD's neices Sarah Wildes and husband Edward Bishop, Jr., and Phebe Wildes Day both accused of witchcraft at Salem, MA 1692. Their stepmother, Sarah Averill Wildes accused, condemned, and hanged. Children of PHEBE GOULD and THOMAS PERKINS are: 3. i. PHEBE3 PERKINS, b. Abt. 1644, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1715, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. ii. ELISHA PERKINS5, b. Abt. 1656, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts5,6; d. February 18, 1740/416; m. (1) ELIZABETH KNIGHT, April 04, 17157; m. (2) KATHERINE TOWNE8 (daughter of Jacob Towne and Caatherine Symonds and neice of accused witches Mary, Rebecca and Sarah Towne), February 23, 1679/80, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts9. Generation No. 3 3. PHEBE3 PERKINS (PHEBE2 GOULD, ZACCHEUS1)10 was born Abt. 1644 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts11, and died Abt. 1715 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts12. She married JOSEPH TOWNE13 1663 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts14, son of WILLIAM TOWNE and JOANNA BLESSING (and brother to accused witches Mary, Rebecca, and Sarah Towne). December 14, 1692; with John Nichols Joseph Towne succeeded in bailing out neighbor Hobbs who was in prison accused of witchcraft. On 12/17/1692 total of 1200 lbs recognizance bail posted and 200lbs was later lost when it was thought unsafe to return Hobbs the following month for court. (Salem Witchcraft Vol II by Upham; The Devil Discovered - Robinson) Children of PHEBE PERKINS and JOSEPH TOWNE are: i. PHEBE4 TOWNE, b. May 04, 1666, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts17; d. January 03, 1668/6918. ii. SUSANNA TOWNE, b. February 24, 1670/71, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts18; d. September 13, 177619; m. JOHN CUMMINGS, January 23, 1688/89, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts20. iii. JOSEPH TOWNE, b. March 22, 1672/73, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts21; d. May 28, 1757, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts22; m. (1) MARGARET CASE, November 09, 1699, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts22; m. (2) ABIGAIL CURTIS, November 05, 170722; m. (3) MARY MOWER, February 21, 1729/3022. iv. JOHN TOWNE23, b. February 20, 1677/78, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts24; d. March 28, 1714; m. (1) ABIGAIL STANLEY25, July 12, 1712; m. (2) ELIZABETH RAE25, January 1707/08, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts26. v. PHEBE TOWNE, b. July 23, 1685, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts27; m. NEWHALL. vi. MARTHA TOWNE, b. May 19, 1680, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts27; m. ISAAC LEACH. vii. SARAH TOWNE, b. December 30, 1675, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts27; d. November 01, 176027. viii. JOANNA TOWNE, b. January 22, 1667/68, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts27; d. Aft. 1736, of Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts28; m. PHILLIP NICHOLS, December 12, 1694, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts29. ix. MARY TOWNE, b. March 27, 1670, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts31. Stephanie Shenandoah Valley, VA [email protected] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Stephanie-J-Walker/index.html Currently collecting/sharing these surnames BARTHOLOMEW (<1800, NY), CLAYES/CLOYES, CUPPERNALL, CURTIS (CT), FAIRBANKS, GENT/JENT, PARKHILL, PEPPER, PHIPPS, THOMPSON (VT, CT), WALKER (MA,NY), WATSON (MA) **************************************************************** "Listen to the footsteps that echo behind when you walk alone." *****************************************************************