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Elizabeth Jane Townsend 1577–1638 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1577

Birth Location: Tenterton, Kent, England

Death Date: 20 Mar 1638

Death Location: Goudhurst, Kent

Father: Thomas Townsend

Mother: Elizabeth Stiles

Spouse(s): Henry Ballard, Phillip Ballard, Josiah Ballard

Children(s): William Sr, Philippe Walsingham, Phillip Ballard, Henery Ballard, Anne Ballard, Philip Ballard, Frances Ballard, Elizabeth BALLARD, Thomas Ballard, Catharine Ballard, Anne Ballard, Elizabeth Ballard, 🌿Sir Essex, Elizabeth Ballard, Elizabeth BALLARD, William Ballard

The story of Elizabeth Jane Townsend began in 1577 in Tenterton, Kent, England. Elizabeth Jane Townsend married Henry Thomas Ballard, Josiah Ballard, Phillip Henry Lewis Ballard, and had children including Anne Ballard, Catharine Ballard, Elizabeth Ballard, Frances Ballard, Henery Ballard, Philip Ballard, Philippe Walsingham, Phillip Ballard, Sir Thomas Ballard Earl Of Essex, Thomas Ballard, William Ballard, William Ballard Sr. Elizabeth Jane Townsend passed away in 1638 in Goudhurst, Kent.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth Jane Townsend began in 1577 in Tenterton, Kent, England.
  • Elizabeth Jane Townsend married Henry Thomas Ballard, Josiah Ballard, Phillip Henry Lewis Ballard, and had children including Anne Ballard, Catharine Ballard, Elizabeth Ballard, Frances Ballard, Henery Ballard, Philip Ballard, Philippe Walsingham, Phillip Ballard, Sir Thomas Ballard Earl Of Essex, Thomas Ballard, William Ballard, William Ballard Sr.
  • Elizabeth Jane Townsend passed away in 1638 in Goudhurst, Kent.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Townsend
1533–1591
Birth Location: Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England
TT
Elizabeth Stiles
1536–1580
Birth Location: Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Henry Ballard
1575–1642
Birth Location: Tenterton, Kent, England
HB
Phillip Ballard
1584–1664
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
PB
Josiah Ballard
1721–1799
Birth Location: Andover, Massachusetts
JB

Children(s)

William Sr
1617–1689
Birth Location: , , , England
WS
Philippe Walsingham
1600–1642
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
PW
Phillip Ballard
1597–1598
Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England
PB
Henery Ballard
1603–1689
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England
HB
Anne Ballard
1604–1608
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
AB
Philip Ballard
1609–1642
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England
PB
Frances Ballard
1598–1603
Birth Location: England
FB
Elizabeth BALLARD
1599–1657
Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England
EB
Thomas Ballard
1600–1639
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
TB
Catharine Ballard
1602–1642
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
CB
Anne Ballard
1610–1608
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England
AB
Elizabeth Ballard
1601–1657
Birth Location: England, Nottinghamshire, , England
EB
🌿Sir Essex
1604–1642
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England
🌿E
Elizabeth Ballard
1611–1705
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
EB
Elizabeth BALLARD
1638–
Birth Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England
EB
William Ballard
1603–1639
Birth Location: Southwell, Warwickshire, England
WB

Elizabeth Townsend's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Townsend
1577–1638
Birth Place: Tenterton, Kent, England
Parents
Thomas William Townsend
1533–1591
Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth (Periente Penent Styles) Stiles
1536–1580
Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Townsend, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of the Council in the Marches of Wales & Chester, Justice of the Peace,) Sergeant-at-Law
1512–1556
Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Alice (Pope\Poppy) Dame
1505–1576
Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Lady (Agnes) Sporne\Spoure
1510–1564
Digswell, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Townsend's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Jane) Townsend (1577–20 Mar 1638) m. Henry (Thomas) Ballard (28 Feb 1575–1642) m. Phillip (Henry Lewis) Ballard (28 Feb 1584–23 Nov 1664) m. Josiah Ballard (12 Sep 1721–6 Aug 1799)
  1. 1. William (Ballard) Sr 1617–1689 m. Grace Lovejoy 1617–1694 m. Elizabeth (Mary Lee) * 1608–1687
    1. 1. William Ballard 1648–1724
      1. 1. Lydia Ballard 1657–1728 m. Joseph BUTTERFIELD 1647–1715
        1. 1. Sgt. (Benjamin BUTTERFIELD) Sr. 1679–1715 m. Elizabeth Fletcher 1678–1715 m. Elizabeth FLETCHER 1678–1715
        2. 2. Samuel Butterfield 1682–1737
        3. 3. Sarah Butterfield 1689–1735
        4. 4. William (Ephraim) Butterfield 1686–1757
        5. 5. Nathaniel (Butterfield) II 1673–1748
        6. 6. Deborah Butterfield 1670–1761
        7. 7. Joseph (Butterfield) Lt. 1680–1757
        8. 8. Rachel Butterfield 1685–1728
        9. 9. Walter Butterfield 1670–1737
        10. 10. Jonathan (Ephraim) Butterfield 1675–1750
        11. 11. Joseph Butterfield 1675–1736
        12. 12. Ephraim Butterfield 1673–1750
        13. 13. Samuel Butterfield 1680–1703
        14. 14. Benjamin Butterfield 1696–1715
        15. 15. Ephraim Butterfield 1687–1687
        16. 16. Hannah (Anna) Butterfield 1678–1700
        17. 17. Anna Butterfield 1690–
        18. 18. Jacob (Ballard) Butterfield 1689–1725
        19. 19. Grace (Ballard) Butterfield 1687–1693
        20. 20. Isaac (Ballard) Butterfield 1689–1689
        21. 21. Hannah Butterfield 1678–1700
        22. 22. Tabitha Butterfield 1687–1728
        23. 23. Jacob Butterfield 1689–1725
        24. 24. Abigail ("Twin") Butterfield 1693–1773
        25. 25. Isaac BUTTERFIELD 1689–1689
        26. 26. Abrahan Butterfield 1693–1693
        27. 27. Abigail Butterfield 1693–1693
      2. 2. Mary (Ann) Ballard 1649–1703
    2. 2. John Ballard 1653–1715
    3. 3. Joseph Ballard 1644–1722 m. Rebecca (Rea Stevens) Horne 1656–1740 m. Elizabeth (Mary) Phelps 1646–1692
      1. 1. Dorcas Ballard 1710–1789
      2. 2. Samuel Ballard 1718–1718
      3. 3. Ebenezer Ballard 1713–1713
      4. 4. William Ballard 1710–1802
      5. 5. Timothy Ballard 1720–1720
      6. 6. Dorothy Ballard 1715–
      7. 7. Timothy Ballard 1700–1773
      8. 8. Samuel Ballard 1709–1718
      9. 9. Hannah Ballard 1695–1761
      10. 10. Benjamin Ballard 1704–1770
      11. 11. Sarah Ballard 1693–1715
      12. 12. Elizabeth Ballard 1701–1782
      13. 13. Eleanor Ballard 1672–1707
      14. 14. Benjamin (Ballard) 1 1703–1704
      15. 15. Dorcas Ballard 1708–
      16. 16. Josiah (Sr (Twin)) Ballard 1699–1780
      17. 17. Humphrey Ballard 1669–1735
      18. 18. Penelope Ballard 1706–1811
      19. 19. Jeremiah Ballard 1697–1761
      20. 20. Priscilla Ballard 1680–1717
      21. 21. Joseph Ballard 1699–1703
      22. 22. Elizabeth Ballard 1675–1740
      23. 23. Humphrey Ballard 1669–1735
      24. 24. Elizabeth (P.) Ballard 1665–1706
      25. 25. Uriah Ballard 1684–1741
      26. 26. Dorothy Ballard 1679–1754
      27. 27. Hannah Ballard 1677–1706
      28. 28. John Ballard 1688–1706
      29. 29. Tabitha Ballard 1688–1691
      30. 30. Joseph Ballard 1667–1732
      31. 31. Hezekiah Ballard 1682–1751
      32. 32. William Ballard 1674–1707
      33. 33. Eleanor Ballard 1672–1707
    4. 4. Hannah Ballard 1655–1709
    5. 5. Lydia Ballard 1657–1727 m. Joseph Butterfeild 1649–1720
      1. 1. Benjamin (BUTTERFIELD) Jr. 1702–1748
      2. 2. Hannah Butterfield 1678–1728
      3. 3. Jacob (Guter) BUTTERFIELD 1689–1725
      4. 4. Isaac BUTTERFIELD 1689–1689
      5. 5. Tabitha Butterfield 1687–1781
      6. 6. Grace Butterfield 1687–1724
      7. 7. Abigail ("Twin") Butterfield 1693–1773
      8. 8. Joseph Butterfield 1680–1757
      9. 9. Sgt. (Benjamin) Butterfield 1679–1715
      10. 10. Abrahan BUTTERFIELD 1693–1693
      11. 11. Joseph Butterfield 1675–1736
      12. 12. Anna Butterfield 1680–
    6. 6. Ann Ballard 1661–1721
    7. 7. Sarah Ballard 1669–1733
    8. 8. Abigail Ballard 1659–1726
    9. 9. Mary (Ann) Ballard 1647–1681
    10. 10. Lydia Ballard 1657–1727
    11. 11. Hannah (Ann) Ballard-Spalding 1655–1681
    12. 12. Elizabeth Ballard 1646–1689
    13. 13. Sarah Ballard 1650–1733
    14. 14. John Ballard 1634–1725
    15. 15. Nathaniel Ballard 1636–1721
    16. 16. Esther Ballard 1632–1716
    17. 17. Isaac Ballard 1672–1736
    18. 18. Joseph Ballard 1634–1725
    19. 19. Elizabeth (Ballard of) Andover 1646–1689
    20. 20. Sarah Holt 1678–1757
    21. 21. Ensign (Joseph) Ballard 1653–1722
    22. 22. Josiah\Joseph Ballard 1661–1717
    23. 23. Abigail Ballard-Wheat-Brown 1655–1681
    24. 24. Nathaniel Ballard 1663–1722
    25. 25. William Ballard 1643–1689
    26. 26. Elizabeth Ballard 1675–
    27. 27. lsaac Ballard 1672–1736
    28. 28. William (Jr) Ballard 1646–1723
    29. 29. Thomas Ballard 1631–1689
    30. 30. Maryann Ballard 1647–1714
  2. 2. Philippe Walsingham 1600–1642
  3. 3. Phillip Ballard 1597–1598
  4. 4. Henery Ballard 1603–1689
  5. 5. Anne Ballard 1604–1608
  6. 6. Philip Ballard 1609–1642
  7. 7. Frances Ballard 1598–1603
  8. 8. Elizabeth BALLARD 1599–1657
  9. 9. Thomas Ballard 1600–1639
  10. 10. Catharine Ballard 1602–1642
  11. 11. Anne Ballard 1610–1608
  12. 12. Elizabeth Ballard 1601–1657
  13. 13. 🌿Sir (Thomas Ballard Earl of) Essex 1604–1642
  14. 14. Elizabeth Ballard 1611–1705
  15. 15. Elizabeth BALLARD 1638–
  16. 16. William Ballard 1603–1639

Elizabeth Townsend's Timeline

3 Records

1577
1577
Birth of Elizabeth Jane Townsend in Tenterton, Kent, England
Tenterton, Kent, England
1637
1637
Age 60
Death of Elizabeth Jane Townsend in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England
Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England
1638
20 Mar 1638
Age 61
Burial of Elizabeth Jane Townsend in Goudhurst, Kent
Goudhurst, Kent

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1577
    Event Place: Tenterton, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Goudhurst
    Record Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1637
    Event Place: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1638
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent
    Record Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
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