08/01/2023
An update on one of the oldest members of the Spain Family Tree!
John Tower, my 9th great-grandfather, (1609-1701) baptized in Hingham, England. John is considered the found of the Tower Family in America!
"John left England and arrived in Massachusetts on June 1, 1637 and married Margaret Ibrook on February 13, 1638 in Charlestown.
He was one of the proprietors of Hingham, Massachusetts were he settled on Bachelor's Row (now Main Street). He initially started out with three acres of land and through the years purchased more acreage. He had also purchased some acres in Cohasset (then part of Hingham).
In 1645 he was one of the seven men chosen to oversee the prudential affairs of the town.
Some of the occupations that he was listed as having were: farmer, planter, way-warden, constable, and fence-viewer.
In 1675, during King Philip’s War, John was allowed to fortify his house with a garrison.
His house, today known as the Tower Homestead, near Tower Brook, Tower’s Bridge, and Tower Brook Road, still stands. [Although, according to William R. Cutter’s Genealogical and Personal Memoirs published in 1908: “Three of his sons built houses on this lot also, and some of the land has remained in the possession of descendants to the present time. The old house was torn down soon after 1800."
