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Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend 1668–1718 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 September 1668

Birth Location: Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Death Date: 11 April 1718

Death Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Colony

Father: Samuel Townsend

Mother: Abigail Davis

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Walton

Children(s): David Townsend

The story of Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend began in 1668 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America. Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend married Elizabeth Waltham Walton, and had children including David Townsend. Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend passed away in 1718 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Colony.

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Biography

  • The story of Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend began in 1668 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.
  • Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend married Elizabeth Waltham Walton, and had children including David Townsend.
  • Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend passed away in 1718 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Colony.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Townsend
1637–1704
Birth Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
ST
Abigail Davis
1641–1728
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
AD

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Walton
1666–1749
Birth Location: Marblehead, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
EW

Children(s)

David Townsend
1699–1774
Birth Location: Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
DT

Jonathan Townsend's Ancestors

Self
Jonathan Townsend
1668–1718
Birth Place: Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Parents
Samuel Townsend
1637–1704
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Abigail Davis
1641–1728
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Mary Newgate
1596–1692
Southwick, Northumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jonathan Townsend's Descendants

1.
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Jonathan ((8GGF)) Townsend (10 September 1668–11 April 1718) m. Elizabeth ((Waltham)) Walton (1666–30 March, 1749)
  1. 1. David Townsend 1699–1774 m. Mary Hutchinson 1700–1741
    1. 1. Martha Townsend 1732–1829 m. William (Wynne) Richardson 1730–1799
      1. 1. Nancy (Jane) Richardson 1740–1796 m. John (Bostick) Sr. 1732–1796
        1. 1. Sarah ("Sally") Bostick 1773– m. Jonathan (Beasley) Beezley 1751–1801

Jonathan Townsend's Timeline

2 Records

1668
10 September 1668
Birth of Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1718
11 April 1718
Age 50
Death of Jonathan (8GGF) Townsend in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Colony
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Colony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 September 1668
    Event Place: Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 April 1718
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Colony
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