SERIES I. Joseph Towne (1661-1717) and Capt. Benjamin Towne (1691-1772) Papers contain municipal administrative papers associated with their roles as municipal administrators. Also included are the papers of William Perkins in his role as municipal administrator. These include financial records, estate taxes and receipts, and property inventories; town meeting notes, motions, and correspondence; land surveys and proclamations; correspondence; and militia information. Found here is the survey and proclamation of the boundary between Topsfield and Ipswich, and settlement surveys. Contains the Perkins Family Genealogy, 1572-1702.