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John Townsend 1415 – 1466 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1415

Birth Location: Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 FEB 1466

Death Location: Rainham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Roger Townshend

Mother: Eleanor Gigges

Spouse(s): Joan Lunsford

Children(s): Roger Townshend, Catherine Townsend, joan townsend

John Townsend was born in 1415 in Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Roger Townshend and Eleanor Maria Gigges. John Townsend married Joan Lunsford, and had children including Roger Townshend, Catherine Townsend, joan townsend. John Townsend passed away in 1466 in Rainham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Townsend was born in 1415 in Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Roger Townshend and Eleanor Maria Gigges.
  • John Townsend married Joan Lunsford, and had children including Roger Townshend, Catherine Townsend, joan townsend.
  • John Townsend passed away in 1466 in Rainham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

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John Townsend's Ancestors

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John Townsend
1415 – 1466
Birth Place: Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Roger Townshend
1390 – 1444
Raynham Hall, Norwick, Norfolk, England
Eleanor (Maria) Gigges
1389 – 1498
Rollesby, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas (de) Townshend
1360 – 1421
Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Paynes
1375 –
England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Rodger Townshende
1325 – 1400
Catherine Atherton
1365 –
William Paynes
1347 – 1393
Jane LeThas
1348 – 1373
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Townshende
1305 – 1371
Maud Scoggan
1334 – 1350
John Atherton
1333 –
Mrs Atherton
1337 –
Thomas Payne
1327 – 1464
Margaret Poultney
1328 – 1371
Richard Tyas
1320 – 1372
Alice Tankersley
1328 –

John Townsend's Descendants

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John Townsend (1415 – 16 FEB 1466) m. Joan Lunsford (1415 – 8 OCT 1500)
  1. 1. Roger Townshend (1430 – 9 NOV 1493) m. Anne (de) Braose (ABT 1453 – 9 NOV 1489)
    1. 1. Robert (Baronet) Townshend (1512 – 8 FEB 1556)
      1. 1. Peter Townsend (1525 – )
      2. 2. Amy (Anna) Townsend (1528 – 1605) m. Ralph Dutton (1518 – 26 JAN 1581)
      3. 3. Anne (Alice) Townsend (1529 – 1605) m. Humphrey Archer (3 MAY 1527 – 24 OCT 1562) m. Edward (Colles) Coles (ABT 1524 – ) m. Stephen Archer (1522 – 17 DEC 1577)
      4. 4. Isaac Townshend (1535 – 8 FEB 1555)
      5. 5. Elizabeth (DeWallis) Townsend (1538 – 1600) m. John Stanton (1530 – 1560)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Stanton (ABT 1553 – )
        2. 2. Margarita Stanton (1555 – 1609) m. Richard Easburne (1555 – 1617)
        3. 3. Capt. (Thomas) Stanton (1559 – 1610) m. Maria Pudsey (1562 – 1643)
        4. 4. Robert Stanton (ABT 1563 – )
        5. 5. William Stanton (1569 – )
        6. 6. Edward Stanton (ABT 1592 – 1634) m. Rachel Stanton (ABT 1600 – )
        7. 7. Richard Stanton (1559/1567 – UNKNOWN) m. Isabell Ludford (ABT 1534 – UNKNOWN)
      6. 6. Bridget Townshend (1539 – 1548)
      7. 7. Alice Townsend (1543 – 28 NOV 1607) m. John Draper (1510 – 1561)
  2. 2. Catherine Townsend
  3. 3. joan townsend

John Townsend's Timeline

2 Records

1415
1415
Birth of John Townsend in Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1466
16 FEB 1466
Age 51
Death of John Townsend in Rainham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Rainham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1415
    Event Place: Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 FEB 1466
    Event Place: Rainham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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