Deliverance Townsend

DELIVERANCE (2) (COLES) TOWNSEND. b. ?Roxbury, Mass.. about 1631: d. ?Warwlck, R. I., before 10/6 mo. (Aug.) 1663; m.7 about 1650, Richard Townsend, one of the three brothers coming to Rhode Island about 1648.

Issue of Robert and Mary Coles, (In approximate order). I Deliverance, b. 71631 ; m. Richard Townsend. II John. b. 71633; m. Ann . III Ann. b. 71635; m. Henry Towneend. IV Daniel, b. 71637; m. Maha-Shalal-hasbnz Gorton. V Nathaniel, b. 71640; m. 1st, Martha Jackson; m. 2d. Deborah Wright; m. 3d. Sarah ?Harcurt. VI Sarah, b. 71644; m. Thomas Townsend. VII Robert, b. 7164S : m. Mercy Wright.

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RICHARD (2) TOWNSEND, (prob.) son of Robert, m. 1st ?Warvlck. R. I.. Deliverance Coles, dau. of Robert and Mary (Hawxhurst) Coles, of same place; m. 2d, about 1660. Mary Wlckes. dau. of John and Mary ( ) Wlckes. of Warwick. R. I. John being as per Henry Waters' Gen. Gleanings, the son of Robert Wickes, of Staines, Middlesex Co.. Old England. Richard d. Intestate before 23/Sept., 1670, at which date Letters were granted to his widow, who with the assistance of her husband's brother Henry, and his son John Townsend of the Mill, divided the estate (See Townsend Memorial and Oyster Bay Town Records). Elizabeth m. 2d, John Smith nan of Hempstead, widower of Anne Gildersleeve, and had by him dau. Elizabeth Smith.

Issue by 1st marriage:

• I Dinah, b. 1650; d. 18.10 mo. (Dec.) 1732, at 81; m. Thomas Wllletts, b. 1649/50; d. 15/4 mo. (June) 1714. in 65th year; son of Richard and Mary (Washbourne) Willits. (The spelling in as they wrote It).
• II Leah, b. ; m. John Williams, son of Robert and Sarah (Wash- bourne) Williams.

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GEDCOM Note

Biography

Name

: Deliverance Coles<ref name=Bunker>Bunker</ref> : Deliverance Cole

Birth

:: 1632 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts:: Abt 1634 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts<ref name=Anderson>Anderson</ref>

Marriage

:: Abt 1645 Rhode Island :: 1652<ref name=Anderson/><ref name=Bunker/>

Death

:: 10 Aug 1663 Jamaica, Queens County, Long Island, New York :: 10 Aug 1663 Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York :: 10 Aug 1663 Long Island, Queens, New York

References

1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L7J6-2XR cites
   1. The Davol-Willits genealogy book includes a succinct Gregory lineage, listing mostly names (see document under "memories")
   2. Family of Robert Coles, The Great Migration Begins, v. 1, A–F, pp. 437-438. Shows Robert Coles's 2 correct wives and children with NO daughter Elizabeth.By wife 1) Mary: John, 1630, Deliverance, Ann.By 2) Mary Hawkshurst: Daniel, Nathaniel, Robert, Sarah.
   3. Bio of Robert Coles in "Macdonough-Hackerstaff Ancestry," CH p. 455. JOHN, ANNE md. Henry Townsend I, DELIVERANCE md. Richard Townsend I, DANIEL, NATHANIEL, ROBERT, SARAH md. Thomas Townsend, son of John Townsend I. Did not cite Robert I had 2 wives Mary.
   4. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
   5. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   6. Millennium File. CAUTION. This source misses the correct mother for Deliverance. She was dau. of Robert Coles's 1st wife, surname not known. Mary Hawishurst was stepmother to Deliverance. See the more recent scholarship because errors have crept into trees
   7. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700