This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QcSBAIB/42.47 Message Board Post: I believe the Towell name originates in England. But my ancestors were Anglo-Irish. I think they came from County Down and migrating to North Carolina, and Indiana. Other lines lead to Tennesse, Illinois, Missouri, and Idaho.