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About Jonathan Townsend
Biography
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58219115/jonathan-townsend
Find A Grave: Memorial #58219115: Jonathan Townsend was born 27 Apr 1688 at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA., and he died 22 Mar 1764 (aged 75) at Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA.
BURIAL. Jonathan Townsend was buried in the Old Andover Cemetery at Andover, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA.
Find a Grave Notes: "Inscription: In Memory of Mr. Jonathan Townsend who died March 22, 1764 in ye 77th year of his age. "
Son of Martin and Abigail (Traine) Townsend of Watertown, MA. Jonathan's father died while he was still a minor and his sister, Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Pratt, was appointed his guardian in 1699.
As soon as he was legally of age, Jonathan sold the land he inherited from his father and was not heard from until about 1713 in Hebron, CT. He married and was the father of eight children. His first wife's name is not known but the early records of the First Congregational Church in Hebron were burned. She is not Mary Otis who married John Tompson. Nor is she Mary Sugars, the wife of a different man who lived at the same time, the Rev. Jonathan Townsend. Jonathan may have had a second marriage to Hannah Dean (per Mildred Clough). {The basis for these strong non-association statements is unknown (Sept 2020). See Find A Grave: Memorial #33048254 for Mary Sugars.})
Tombstone Photo: Inscription, "In Memory of Mr. | Jonathan Towns | end, who died | March 22d, 1764 | In ye 77th Year | of his | Age "
JONATHAN TOWNSEND OF HEBRON, CONNECTICUT.
We are unable to trace Jonathan Townsend of Watertown, Mass., after 1713 until he appears some years afterwards at Hebron, Connecticut. We have been unable to find the maiden name of his wife. We infer that he emigrated to Hebron, Connecticut, soon after 1713.
He became the father of six sons and at least two daughters. His sons were David, Martin, Amasa, Jesse, Richard and Timothy. His daughters were Anna and one whose christian name is unknown.
Origins
Martin Townsend of Watertown had four children.
- Martin, born in 1671, wbo died in infancy;
- Abigail, born about 1673,
- and another Martin, born before 1680,
- and Jonathan, born in 1687.
References
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-N8G : 20 May 2022), Johnathan Townsend, 27 Jul 1688; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58219115/jonathan-townsend
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Townsend-7533
- Townsend--Townshend, 1066-1909: the history, genealogy and alliances. of the English and American house of Townsend by Tagliapietra, Margaret (Townsend) [from old catalog] comp; Townsend, James C. [from old catalog]; Townsend, Martin Ingham, 1810-1903. [from old catalog]; Townshend, Charles Hervey, 1833- [from old catalog]; Smith, Isaac Townsend, 1813-1906. [from old catalog] (Publication date 1909). Page 43. < Archive.Org >
- The Townsend genealogy, 1066-1981 : Massachusetts, New York, Conneticut Leland H Townsend, 3027 Murray Road, Orange Park, FL 32073. Copyright 1981.
- Townsend, Martin Ingram; The English Townsends : the Tancreds crusaders : the Townsends of Watertown, Massachusetts : The Townsends of Hebron, Ct. and of Hancock, Mass., Troy, N.Y., 1899. pages 13-22. < FamilySearch >
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Jonathan Townsend's Timeline
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April 27, 1688
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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| 1721 |
1721
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Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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1725
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Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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| 1727 |
1727
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Tolland, CT, United States
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1728
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Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
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1729
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1733
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1735
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Hebron, CT, United States
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| 1764 |
March 22, 1764
Age 75
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Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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