Individual Details

Jonathan Townsend

(10 Sep 1668 - Bef Apr 1718)

Jonathan b. 1668, son of Samuel, was taxed at Rumney Marsh in 1701, was chosen constable in 1702, and fence viewer in 1704 and 1707. Apparently he was living on his father's farm in 1705 when the sheriff attached the dwelling-house of Abigail Townsend, widow, and that of Jonathan Townsend, husbandman . At his death he was of Lynn, where his widow was appointed administratrix April 16, 1718 (Chamberlain 307).

Events

Birth10 Sep 1668
Marriage22 Mar 1695Elizabeth Waltham
DeathBef Apr 1718Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British America

Families

SpouseElizabeth Waltham (1666 - 1749)
ChildRev. Jonathan Townsend (1697 - 1762)
FatherSamuel Townsend (1638 - 1704)
MotherAbigail Davis (1641 - 1728)
SiblingSamuel Townsend (1661 - )
SiblingAbigail Townsend (1662 - 1708)
SiblingJeremiah Townsend (1664 - 1690)
SiblingDavid Townsend (1665 - )
SiblingAnne Townsend (1672 - 1717)
SiblingSolomon Townsend (1676 - )
SiblingElias Townsend (1678 - )
SiblingIsaac Townsend (1682 - )
SiblingAbraham Townsend (1682 - 1746)

Endnotes

1. Henry F. Waters (compiler), "Sketch of the family of Thomas Townsend of Lynn," Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 20 (1883) (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 11 October 2009), p 37-45.

2. Mellen Chamberlain, Jenny Chamberlain Watts, William Richard Cutter, Massachusetts Historical Society, A documentary history of Chelsea: including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824: Volume 1 of A Documentary History of Chelsea (Printed for the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1908), ; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 12 October 2009.

3. Mellen Chamberlain, Jenny Chamberlain Watts, William Richard Cutter, Massachusetts Historical Society, A documentary history of Chelsea: including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824: Volume 1 of A Documentary History of Chelsea (Printed for the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1908), ; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 12 October 2009.