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Joshua Townsend 1726–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1726

Birth Location: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts

Death Date: 26 Sep 1804

Death Location: Ashburnham, Massachusetts

Father: Benjamin Sr

Mother: Susannah Wheeler

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In 1726, Joshua Townsend entered the world in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, born to Benjamin Townsend Sr And Susannah Wheeler. Joshua Townsend passed away in 1804 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • In 1726, Joshua Townsend entered the world in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, born to Benjamin Townsend Sr And Susannah Wheeler.
  • Joshua Townsend passed away in 1804 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.

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Joshua Townsend's Ancestors

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Joshua Townsend
1726–1804
Birth Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Parents
Benjamin Townsend Sr
1682–1782
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Susannah Wheeler
1690–1726
Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Thomas (Townsend) Jr.
1635–1689
Boddington, Gloucestershire, England
Mary Davis
1646–1700
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Samuel Wheeler
1664–1717
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Mary Hosmer
1668–1740
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lynn
1594–1677
Mary Newgate
1596–1691
Samuel Davis+
1611–1672
Anna Norcross
1610–1672
John Wheeler
1643–1713
Sarah Larkin
1647–1725
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Sir
1568–1625
Margaret Forthe
1565–1596
John Davis
1591–1675
Mary Spring
1589–1656
George Wheeler
1605–1687
Katherine Wheeler
1609–1685

Joshua Townsend's Timeline

2 Records

1726
16 Aug 1726
Birth of Joshua Townsend in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
1804
26 Sep 1804
Age 78
Death of Joshua Townsend in Ashburnham, Massachusetts
Ashburnham, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1726
    Event Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Sep 1804
    Event Place: Ashburnham, Massachusetts

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