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Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn 1594–1677 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 January 1594

Birth Location: Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 December 1677

Death Location: Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry Blacknashe

Mother: Margaret Forthe

Spouse(s): Mary Newgate, Elizabeth Mansfield

Children(s): Thomas Jr., Frances Townsend

Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn was born in 1594 in Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Townsend Esquire Of Blacknashe And Margaret Mary Forthe. Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn married Elizabeth Mansfield, Mary Newgate, and had children including Frances Townsend, Thomas Townsend Jr. Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn passed away in 1677 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn was born in 1594 in Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Townsend Esquire Of Blacknashe And Margaret Mary Forthe.
  • Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn married Elizabeth Mansfield, Mary Newgate, and had children including Frances Townsend, Thomas Townsend Jr.
  • Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn passed away in 1677 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Blacknashe
1568–1625
Birth Location: Bracon Ash, Norfolk, , England
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Margaret Forthe
1565–1596
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
MF

Spouses(s)

Mary Newgate
1600–1692
Birth Location: Alnwick, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
MN
Elizabeth Mansfield
1600–1635
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
EM

Children(s)

Thomas Jr.
1646–1700
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Frances Townsend
1606–1658
Birth Location: Stixwould, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
FT

Thomas Lynn's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Lynn
1594–1677
Birth Place: Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Townsend Esquire of Blacknashe
1568–1625
Bracon Ash, Norfolk, , England
Margaret ((Mary)) Forthe
1565–1596
Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Townsend
1535–1591
Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Peryente
1536–1580
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Lynn's Descendants

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Thomas (Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of) Lynn (8 January 1594–22 December 1677) m. Mary Newgate (1600–28 February 1692) m. Elizabeth Mansfield (1600–1635)
  1. 1. Thomas (Townsend) Jr. 1646–1700 m. Mary Davis 1646–1700 m. Sarah Livermore 1645–1684
    1. 1. James (Townsend) 7GGF 1671–1738 m. Alice Newell 1678–1749 m. Mary Lynck 1673–1698 m. Rebecca Mosely 1673–1736
      1. 1. Susanna (Hannah) Townsend 1706–1748 m. Thomas (Squires) Bentley 1699–1783
        1. 1. Joshua Bentley 1727–1819 m. Elizabeth Paine 1738–1804
        2. 2. Dorothy Bentley 1738–1807
        3. 3. Nathaniel Bentley 1741–1743
        4. 4. Thomas (Bentley) Jr 1728–1789 m. Mary (Hannah) Beasley 1714–1795
        5. 5. Joshua Bentley 1726–1819
        6. 6. Dorothy Bentley 1738–1807
        7. 7. Ruth Bentley 1746–
        8. 8. James Bentley 1725–1726
        9. 9. Susannah Bentley 1730–1813
        10. 10. Mary Bentley 1736–1804 m. Jonathan Hayden 1740–
        11. 11. Alice Bentley 1732–1738
        12. 12. Caleb Bentley 1734–1754
        13. 13. Alice Bentley 1744–1772
        14. 14. Benjamin Bentley 1734–1839
        15. 15. Nathaniel Bentley 1741–1744
        16. 16. Margaret Bentley 1744–1760
      2. 2. Mary Townsend 1694–
      3. 3. Samuel Townsend 1695–
      4. 4. Patience Townsend 1715–1762
      5. 5. Rachel Townsend 1714–1715
      6. 6. Ruth Townsend 1712–1713
      7. 7. Davis Townsend 1708–1777 m. Mary Forbes –1762 m. Sarah Snelling 1708–1743
        1. 1. James Townsend 1735–1804
      8. 8. Elizabeth Townsend 1702–
      9. 9. Elisha Townsend 1702–1743 m. Martha Newell 1699–
        1. 1. Elias Townsend 1735–
        2. 2. Marah Townsend 1736–
        3. 3. Elisha Townsend 1739–
        4. 4. Elisheba Townsend 1742–
      10. 10. Joshua Townsend 1700–1790
      11. 11. Agnes Townsend 1698–1698
      12. 12. Mosely Townsend 1696–
      13. 13. James Townsend 1699–1737 m. Elizabeth (L.) Philips 1703–1788 m. Mary Davis 1646–1700
        1. 1. Rebecca Townsend 1724–1753
      14. 14. James Townsend 1699–1738 m. Elizabeth Phillips 1675–
        1. 1. William (Blair) Townsend 1723–1778
      15. 15. Davis Townsend 1708–1777
      16. 16. Elisha (Townsend) Townsend 1702–1729
      17. 17. Alice Townsend 1704–
      18. 18. James Townsend 1710–1739
      19. 19. Ruth Townsend 1712–1713
  2. 2. Frances Townsend 1606–1658

Thomas Lynn's Timeline

4 Records

1594
8 Jan 1594
Birth of Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn in bracon-ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England
bracon-ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England
1594
8 January 1594
Birth of Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn in Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1677
22 Dec 1677
Age 83
Death of Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1677
22 December 1677
Age 83
Death of Thomas Townsend (Aka Townshend),Sr. of Lynn in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1594
    Event Place: bracon-ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 January 1594
    Event Place: Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0588
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Dec 1677
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 December 1677
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0588
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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