Individual Details
Benjamin Townsend
(Abt 1730 - )
later of Freeport
Benjamin Townsend appears at Abington, Mass. He was a cordwainer, which means a worker with leather, both tanner and shoemaker in early times (Brainard 49).
In 1784 Benjamon Townsend of Abington, cordwainer, sold to Daniel Reed...
Benjamin Townsend's departure from Abington and his removal to Freeport, Maine (Chase)
Benjamin Townsend appears at Abington, Mass. He was a cordwainer, which means a worker with leather, both tanner and shoemaker in early times (Brainard 49).
In 1784 Benjamon Townsend of Abington, cordwainer, sold to Daniel Reed...
Benjamin Townsend's departure from Abington and his removal to Freeport, Maine (Chase)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1730 | ||||
| Marriage | Aft 29 Apr 1750 | Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, British America - Sarah Petty |  |  | |
| Death |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Petty ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Townsend (1751 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Townsend (1753 - ) |
| Child | Nabbey Townsend (1756 - ) |
| Child | Bela Townsend (1758 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Townsend (1761 - ) |
| Child | Robert Townsend (1763 - 1845) |
| Child | John Townsend (1766 - ) |
| Child | Piam Townsend (1770 - ) |
| Father | Robert Townsend (1699 - ) |
| Mother | Abigail Beal (1699 - ) |
| Sibling | Ezekiel Townsend (1736 - 1818) |
| Sibling | Abigail Townsend (1721 - 1754) |
| Sibling | Lydia Townsend (1730 - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Townsend Jr. (1733 - 1758) |
| Sibling | Abner Townsend (1720 - ) |
| Sibling | Joanna Townsend (1720 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Townsend (1720 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Intention date Apr 29, 1750. Townsend, Benjamin and Sarah Petty.Endnotes
1. , Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Volume II - Marriages and deaths (Boston, MA: Publ. by the New England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1910), p 198, 138; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 19 October 2009.