Note: The following is a section of a family history compiled by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 & 1960, transcribed by AAA Maitland 1998. Subject numbers are HAP's originals. HAP's page divisions are shown: after subject page numbers are complete document page numbers in brackets and issue dates. The original text had generations indented in turn: here, generation numbers are added to each individual: the children of the title subject are "1/--". Subject 308. P1 22/4/1953 (292) JOHN TOWNSEND. The following is from Bunker's Long Island Genealogies: from Benjamin F. Thompson's History of Long Island: from "The Townshend- Townsend Genealogy", by Margaret Townsend, New York, 1909, in which there is much of interest not copied here: from "American Families of Historic Lineage", by William S. Pelletreau. I am adopting Pelletreau's idea that John, Henry and Richard were the sons of Thomas Townsend, born January 8/1594-5, died at Lynn, Mass., December 22/1677, see subject 616. Also from "The Cox, Cocks, Cock Family in America", by George William Cocks, New York, 1912. John Townsend was born at Norwich, Norfolk County, England, and died at Oyster Bay, L.I., in 1668-9. He came with his father Thomas Townsend and his two brothers Henry and Richard, from Norwich, some years prior to 1645, to Lynn, Mass., where they were brought up. He moved to the neighborhood of New Amsterdam on Long Island, but finding the persecutions he suffered under the Puritans repeated under the Dutch Government he moved to Flushing, L.I., which was largely settled by English colonials, He there received a patent from the town of Flushing, from Governor Kieft, The Townsends were members of the Society of Friends, and were soon at variance with the Dutch authorities in New York, who demanded military service, which was against their religion. John and his brother Henry were arrested and fined for countenancing Quakers, so the three brothers left Flushing and removed to Warwick, R.I. In 1656 the three brothers returned to Jamaica, L.I., then known as Rusdorp. Here in 1657 they were accused of calling together "conventicles", and John and Henry were again arrested and held in bail in the sum of œ12, and Richard in œ100. The two brothers with their wives were found guilty of countenancing Quakers, and in consequence they moved in 1661 to Oyster bay, L.I. John Townsend married Elizabeth (Coles) Montgomery, daughter of Robert and Mary (Hawkhurst) Coles, and widow of a Mr. Montgomery. Her will was dated May 10/1671, by which she gave each daughter œ30, and divided her husband's estate between her children, Issue:- 1/1. John Townsend. Born about 1630, probably in Long Island, died 1709 or 1715. The Townsend genealogy wrongly says he married Susanna Harcourt, born 1652, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Potter) Harcourt, see subject 306, page 1. According to the "Richard Washburn Family Genealogy", by Ida C. Haight, 1937, John Townsend married Phebe Williams, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Washburn) Williams. They settled first in Oyster Bay, and then removed to Jericho, L.I. Issue:- 2/1. James Townsend, born about 1665, died at Jericho between 1729 and 1733. He had a good education and was early a magistrate and a surveyor. He married in 1690, Audrey Almy, born 1669, died April 5/1769, daughter of Colonel Job and Mary (Unthank) Almy. They lived at Lusum, near Jericho, L.I. Issue:- (may not be in proper order) 3/1. Amy Townsend. She married Richard Hubbs, son of Job Hubbs. 3/2. Deborah Townsend. She married on October 1/1731, Abraham Seaman born November 10/1706, son of Nathaniel and Rachel (--) Seaman. Issue:- (from the N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, Vol 15, p 175) 4/1. James Seaman. He married in 1751, Sarah Smith. 4/2. Peleg Seaman. He married on June 1/1756, Ursula Ackerly. 4/3. Stephen Seaman, He married on November 3/1759, Martha McCow. 4/4. Almy Seaman. 4/5. Abraham Seaman. He married on October 28/1769, Phebe Andrews Subject 308 P2 (293) 4/6. Phebe Seaman. She married a Swasey and lived in New York. 4/7. Daughter. She married Captain Robinson. 3/3. Jacob Townsend, born 1692, died December 30/1742. He married Phebe Seaman, born 1699, died of smallpox, April 14/1774, daughter of Captain John Seaman. Issue:- 4/1. Samuel Townsend, born 1717, died November 24/1790. He married about 1740, Sarah Stoddard, who died April 10/1800, daughter of William Stoddard. He owned "Raynham" at Oyster Bay. See Benjamin F. Thompson's interesting account of his life and his ship building career. Issue:- 5/1. Solomon Townsend, born 1746, died March 27/1811. When 20 years old his father put him in command of a brig: when the Revolution broke out, he was in command of the ship "Glasgow", but as trade was then interrupted, he left the ship in London and went to Paris, and in the presence of Benjamin Franklin, took the oath of allegiance to the U.S. He returned to Boston, but being unable to reach his father in Long Island, on account of the British Forces, he went to Chester, Pa., to his relative Peter Townsend, (born 1729 son of Henry and Elizabeth (Titus) Townsend, see subject 616, page 2), and married there Anne Townsend, daughter of Peter and Hannah (Hawkhurst) Townsend; Anne died April 10/l823. He established a large iron works in Chester, but lived in New York City, and did a large iron business. Issue: (according to Anne's will) 6/1. Hannah Townsend, died November 1/1854. She married her cousin Isaiah Townsend of Albany, N.Y., son of Henry and Mary (Bennett) Townsend. He was one of the most prominent merchants and politicians in Albany. They had seven children. 6/2. Anne Townsend, died October 11/1845. She married her cousin Effingham Lawrence, son of Joseph and Phebe (Townsend), Lawrence, see subject 616 page 2. They had eleven children. 6/3. Mary Townsend, born 1789, died April 8/1849. She married Edward Holland Nicholl, born in New York City, in 1784, died 1848, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Woodhull) Nicholl, and had two children. 6/4. Phebe Townsend. She married James Thorn of Albany and had eight children. 6/5. Solomon Townsend. 6/6. Samuel Townsend, died unmarried, February 6/1834. 6/7. Jacob Townsend, died unmarried, July 25/1830. 6/8. Peter S. Townsend, died March 26/1849, a physician. 6/9. Martha Townsend. She married Elbert Floyd Jones. 5/2. Samuel Townsend, a New York merchant. 5/3. Robert Townsend, died unmarried, March 14/1837. 5/4. Audrey Townsend. 5/5. Phebe Townsend, died October 12/1840. She married Dr Ebeneezer Seeley: no children. 5/6. Sarah Townsend, died unmarried. December 19/1842. 4/2. Benjamin Townsend, born 1723, died September 18/1789. He married Elizabeth Frost, daughter of George and Anne (Coles) Subject 308. P3. (294) Frost, see subject 618, page 2. Elizabeth was an heiress and they lived on her property at Buckram, L.I. In 1769 they moved to Jericho, L.I. Issue:- 5/1. Frost Townsend, born 1749, died July l8/1770: unmarried. 5/2. James Townsend, born 1751, died at sea, February 13/1790, he was not married. 5/3. Elizabeth Townsend. She married Henry Mitchell of New York but had no children. 5/4. Benjamin Townsend. He married Martha Powell, daughter of Henry and Mary (Keen) Powell and had five children. 5/5. George Townsend, died September 20/1841. He married Elizabeth Bowne, born March 3/1772, died March 14/1841, daughter of James and Caroline (Rodman) Bowne. 3 children. 5/6. Nancy Townsend. She married Abraham Franklin. 5/7. Phebe Townsend. She married Samuel Tallman: 6 children. 4/3. James Townsend, born December 17/1729, died May 24/1790. He was a medical doctor. He married on April 2/1757, his cousin Mary Townsend, who died at Oyster Bay, July 2/1796, stepdaughter of Nathaniel and Martha (Doughty) Hicks, see next page. Margaret Townsend's Genealogy contains beautiful love letters he wrote to Mary from his ship in the Bay of Honduras. He practiced medicine in Jericho. He had seven children, four of them, himself and a servant, died within a few days of each other, the disease being confined to his house alone in the vicinity. Issue:- 5/1. Mary Townsend, born November 16/1759, died 1790, within seven days of her father's death, 5/2. Patty Townsend, born December 26/1761, died January 22/1810. She married Edmund Willis: no children. 5/3. James Townsend, born October 16/1763, died at Newark, N.J. in 1831. He married Bathsie Ketcham, who died in 1837. They had three children, 5/4. Phebe Townsend, born September 26/1765, died in 1790, ten days before her father. She married in 1789, John Townsend son of Thomas and Mary (Loines) Townsend, see subject 616.5 5/5. Almy Townsend, born April 18/1768, died in 1790, twelve days before her father. She married on March 23/1788, Townsend Underhill, a New York merchant, son of Benjamin and Letitia (Townsend) Underhill, see subject 616, page 7, for their issue and further particulars. After Almy's death, he married, 2nd, on December 22/1792, Elizabeth Thompson, 5/6. Samuel Townsend, born March 20/1770, died 1790, twelve days before his father. He was with Moses Rogers, a counting house in New York City. 5/7. Margaret Townsend, born February 6/1772, died October 11/1818. She married on February 8/1794, William Townsend born at Oyster Bay, September 12/1769, died August 23/1834, son of James and Freelove (Wilmot) Townsend, see subject 616, page 3, and they had eleven children. 4/4. Jacob Townsend, born 1730, died December 31/l793, will dated December 29/1783, proved May 9/1816. He married Mercy Butler. Issue:- (from his will) see next page Subject 308 P4 (295) Issue:- (from his will) 5/1. Jacob Townsend, died unmarried in the West Indies, 5/2. Almy Townsend. She married in 1765, Thomas Buchanan, born at Glasgow, Scotland, December 24/1744, died November 10/1815, son of George and Jean (Lowden) Buchanan. He came to New York in 1763, and was a dry goods importer and later president of the New York Chamber of Commerce, His house was on Wall St., on the site of the present Custom House. Issue:- 6/1. Almy Buchanan. She married Peter Goelet, 6/2. Margaret Buchanan. She married Robert Goelet 6/3. Martha Buchanan, born October 26/1771, died September 26/1844. She married on March 10/1794, Thomas Hicks, born January 14/1771, died July 5/1815, son of Whitehead and Charlotte (Brevoort) Hicks of New York, see subject 206, page 3 for their issue. 6/4. Elizabeth Buchanan. She married Samuel Gilford, 6/5. Frances Buchanan, She married Thomas Pearsall, 6/6. George Buchanan. died unmarried. 5/3. Hannah Townsend. She married Joseph Green and they went to Ireland. 5/4. Martha Townsend. She married John Pased or Pasha, and they lived on the island of Tortola, West Indies, 4/5.Amy Townsend, mentioned in her father's Will. 3/4. Nathaniel Townsend, born February 25/1698, died May 22/1754. He married, 1st, ---- name unknown: 2nd, in 1739, Martha (Doughty) Hicks, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Jackson) Doughty, see subject 534, page 3 which says Martha was the daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Williams) Doughty, and grand daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Jackson) Doughty: this is the more correct, as she was the widow of Samuel Hicks, horn October 1702, died May 10/1735, son of Jacob and Hannah (Carpenter) Hicks, see subject 266, page 4, whom she had married in 1723. Nathaniel was an active Quaker. Issue:- (by his first wife, name unknown) 4/1. Jacob Townsend, born May 3/1725, died in March 1745 on the island of Jamaica, British West Indies. 4/2. Stephen Townsend, born November 6/1727. He married Deborah Smith, lived in Flushing and had one son Nathaniel. 4/3. John Townsend, born November 6/1729, died February 25/1763, on the island of Guadeloupe, British West Indies. Issue:- (by his second wife Martha (Doughty) Hicks) 4/4. Martha Townsend, born July 2/1741. She married Charles Jeffrey Smith, who was engaged with Solomon Townsend in the manufacture of bar iron on the Peconic River, see page 2. They had no children. 4/5. Nathaniel Townsend, born October 5/1743. He married at Jamaica, L.I., on July 9/1769, Martha Cornell, baptized December 27/1753, daughter of William and Miriam (Mott) Cornell. They lived in Brooklyn and had two children. 4/6. Almy Townsend, born April 19/1746, died Aug 9/1811: unmarried. 4/7. Elizabeth Townsend, born July 20/1749, died 1707. She married a Cornell. 3/5. Thomas Townsend, born 1680. The Seaman genealogy says he married Sarah Pearsall, born January 5/1686, daughter of Subject 308. P4A (296) Nathaniel and Martha (Seaman) Pearsall. 3/6. Nathaniel Townsend, died young. 3/7. Hannah Townsend, born about 1680, died January 11/1757, She married, 1st, a Forman: 2nd, on July or January 18/1698, Samson Hawkhurst born 1671, died January 25/1733, son of Christopher and Mary (Ruddick) Hawkhurst, see subject 310, page 2, for their issue and further particulars. 2/2. Elizabeth Townsend, born about 1665, She married, 1st, in 1685, as his third wife, Theophilus Phillips, who died in 1686. She married, 2nd, on February 9/1690, as his second wife, Thomas Powell, born in August 1641, died at Westbury, L.I,, December 28/1722, and bore him seven children. 2/3. Solomon Townsend. In 1707 he lived in Rhode Island, 2/4. Daughter. No data, 1/2. Thomas Townsend, baptized April 9/1645: one source says he was born in 1633. In 1686 he went to Rhode Island but in 1709 returned to see next page. P 0? Subject 308. P5. (297) Oyster Bay and was last heard of in 1712, but is supposed to have gone back to Rhode Island and died there. In 1688 he bought 6000 acres of land at Fort Neck, Massapequa, from the Indians and gave them to his daughter Freelove Jones and her husband. He married, 1st, --- name unknown: 2nd, Mary (Unthank) Almy, daughter of Christopher and Susanna Unthank, and widow of Colonel Job Almy, who died in 1684, son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Cornell) Almy. Issue:- (by his first wife, name unknown) 2/1. Temperance Townsend, died young. 2/2. Sylvanus Townsend, In 1740 he moved to North Salem, N.Y,, His wife's name is unknown, Issue:- 3/1. Benjamin Townsend. He married Mary Hill, daughter of James and Rachel (---) Hill. 2/3. John Townsend, born April 28/1672, died November 6/1709 of smallpox. He married, 1st, on April 1/1692, Rebecca Almy, born 1671, died February 4/1703, daughter of Colonel Job and Mary (Unthank) Almy. He married, 2nd, Rose Wright, daughter of John and Mary (Townsend) Wright, see subject 616, page 4, and widow of Nathaniel Coles, see subject 618, page 3. Issue:- (by his first wife Rebecca Almy) 3/1. Thomas Townsend. His younger brother John left him œ10. 3/2. Philena Townsend, Her younger brother John left her son William Coxen œ50, 3/3. John Townsend. His will, dated January 13/1750, proved October 30/1760, left his money as above to his brother and sister: his executor was Jarvis Mudge: he was not married, Issue:- (by his second wife Rose (Wright) Coles) 3/4. Penn Townsend, born November 11/1706. He married on January 15/1739, Esther Townsend, who died December 20/1756: 6 children. 3/5. Rose Townsend, She married Zebulon Dickenson: two children, 2/4. Freelove Townsend, born December 29/1674, died July 1726. She married in 1695, Major Thomas Jones, born 1665, died December 13/1713 at Oyster Bay. He was called Pirate Jones, who came from Strabane, Ireland, via Jamaica, B.W.I, to Rhode Island in 1692, then moved to Massapequa, now Fort Neck, L.I. where he died. He was at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland, under King James II in 1690, and went to Port Royal, Jamaica, B.W.I. in 1692. She married, 2nd, Major Timothy Bagley, a retired British officer, but had no children by him. See Benjamin F. Thompson's History of Long Island for an interesting account of her childrens' lives. Issue:- (by her first husband Thomas Jones) 3/1. Sarah L. Jones, born 1695, died August 18/1696. 3/2. David Jones, born September 16/1699, died October 11/1775, He was a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1758 to 1773. He married, on November 22/1722, Anne Willet, born 1704, died January 31/1751, daughter of Colonel William Willet. After Anna's death, he married, 2nd, Margaret (Willet) Tredwell, daughter of Colonel William and Alice (Colden) Willet, and widow of John Tredwell: therefore Margaret was a niece of his first wife Anna. He had no children by her. Issue:- (by his first wife Anna Willet) 4/1. Sarah Jones, born February 12/1726, died in April 1728, 4/2. Thomas Jones, born April 20/1731, died at Hoddesdon, England, July 25/1792. He married on December 9/1762, Anne de Lancey Subject 308. P6. (298) born 1746, died in England, December 1/1817, daughter or Lieutenant Governor James and Anne (Heathcote) De Lancey. They were United Empire Loyalists and fled to England after the revolution, their American property being confiscated. 4/3. Arabella Jones, born December 7/1734, died May 29/1785. She married on November 2/1757, Richard Floyd, born 1731, died 1791, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Floyd, and had three children. 4/4. David Jones, born April 5/1737. died September 9/1758. 4/5. Mary Jones, born April 29/1743. 4/6. Anna Jones, born May 11/1744. She married on May 10/1756, Dr. John Gale and had three children. 3/3. Freelove Jones, born 1700. died before 1768. She married in 1719, Jacob Smith, probably son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Underhill) Smith, and had four children. 3/4. Thomas Jones, born 1701, drowned November 13/1741, when his horse powered ferry between Matinecock and Connecticut, capsised on the Sound, killing his three negro men, two women and six horses. 3/5. Sarah Jones, born March 11/1703. She married on October 19/1719, Gerardus Clowes, born April 27/1699, died October 12/1752, son of Samuel and Catherine (Doane) Clowes, and had four children. 3/6. Margaret Jones, born 1706, died before 1768. She married, 1st, Ezekiel Smith: 2nd, John Hill, a United Empire Loyalist who fled to Canada, and by whom she had one son. 3/7. William Jones, born April 25/1708, died August 29/1779. He married on April 22/1731, Phebe Jackson, born August 6/1715, died May 10/1800, aged 85 years, daughter of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Hallett) Jackson. They had fourteen children. His descendent John Henry Jones, 1852-1905, wrote the Jones Genealogy, from which these details have been copied. 3/8. Elizabeth Jones, born 1710. She married on May 30/1730, Jacomiah Mitchell, son of Robert and Hannah Mitchell of North Hempstead, L.I. They had seven children. 2/5. Sarah Townsend, born June 10/1679, died 1731. She married in 1702 Abraham Underhill born June 28/1679, died November 27/1713, son of John and Mary (Prior) Underhill. He was a farmer and a Justice of the Peace at Hempstead, L.I. Issue;- 3/1.Thomas Underhill, born about 1706. He was a mariner. He married Freelove Ailing, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hawkhurst) Alling of Oyster Bay, see subject 154, page 1. 3/2. Sarah Underhill. She married James Dickenson, son of Joseph and Ross (Townsend) Dickenson, see subject 616, page 4. They moved to Westchester County, N.Y. 3/3. William Underhill. In 1717 he lived in Huntington, L.I. 2/6. Phebe Townsend, died December 26/1726. 1/3. James Townsend. Died November 9/1698 in the smallpox epidemic. He married 1st, about 1670, Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Crabb) Wright of Oyster Bay. He married, 2nd, on October 16/1677, Jane Reddocke, born 1653, daughter of Henry and Mabel (Burrowes) Reddocke, see subject 622. He married, 3rd, Delivered Pratt. Subject 308. P7 (299) Issue: (by his first wife Elizabeth Wright) 2/1. James Townsend, born about 1671. He married about 1692, Hannah Halstead, born 1675, daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Harcourt) Halstead, see subject 306, page 1. This is from the N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, Vol 66, page 90) 2/2. Job Townsend. He lived at Cedar Swamp, L.I. His grandmother Alice Crabb left him all her lands on the Plain. 2/3. Alice Townsend. Her grandmother Alice Crabb, in her will of February 22/1685, left her a little iron pot and some pewter plate. Issue:- (by his second wife Jane Reddocke) 2/4. Daniel Townsend, died 1724-5. He married Freelove Dickenson, daughter of Captain Samuel Dickenson. Issue:- 3/1. John Townsend, born 1712, died 1787. He removed in 1738 to Eastchester N.Y., and married there in 1739, Anne Gedney. They had eight children. 3/2. Benjamin Townsend, of Scarsdale, N.Y., He married Elizabeth ---. Issue:- 4/1. Freelove Townsend, born February 14/1761. She married on September 5/1779, James Carpenter, born September 19/1754, son of Benedict and Hannah (Haviland) Carpenter: 8 children. 2/5. Ruddock Townsend. He married Abigail --- and lived at Norwich, L.I. In 1714-5 he moved to Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. 2/6. Joseph Townsend, died young. Issue:- (by his third wife Delivered Pratt) 2/7. Joshua Townsend. (The Cox Genealogy says he was the son of the second wife Jane Reddocke). His will was dated January 4/1741-2, proved November 2/1753. He married Meribah Cock, born March 21/1701-2, daughter of John Cock. After Joshua's death, Meribah married, 2nd, as his second wife, Micajah Townsend, born 1699, died November 9/1781, 82 years old, son of John and his second wife Esther (Smith) Townsend, see subject 616, page 3. Issue:- 3/1. Noah Townsend, lost at sea in 1763. He married Margaret Wright daughter of Zebulon and Clemence (Feake) Wright. After Noah's death, Margaret married, 2nd, Daniel Thorne, whose will dated September 24/1765, proved October 1/1765, left his wife Margaret œ150, and mentioned sons Charles and Stephen Thorne. After Daniel's death, Margaret married, 3rd, John Jackson. Issue:- 4/1. Joshua Townsend. He grew up determined to go to sea like his father, so has guardians placed him with Captain Parley, bound for London. There he shipped on a whaler, from which he was impressed on the British Warship "H.M.S. Conquistadore" and was never heard of after. He was 21 years of age in 1760. His grandfather Noah Townsend's estate remained unsettled for twenty six years on account of the uncertainty of his death. 3/2. John Townsend, of Westchester County, N.Y. He married Eliza Pratt Horton and had seven children. 2/8. Ruemorn Townsend, born 1698, died between November 25/1740 and May 20/1741. He was so named by his mother from her grief at the death of her husband before Ruemorn was born. He married at Hempstead, L.I., on January 24/1729, Mary Allen, born February 11/l70l, died May 31/1769, daughter of Captain Henry and Mary (--) Subject 308. 8. (300) Allen of Great Neck, L.I. After Remourn's death, Mary married, 2nd, William Moyles, whose will dated June 7/1776, proved March 2/1719, left one third of his estate to his wife Mary's children by her first husband, namely the wives of William Willis and John Hewlett: he left one third to Sarah, wife of Benjamin Latting, and one third to John Forman. Mary had no children by William Moyles. Issue:- 3/1. Mary Townsend, born December 5/1729. She married William Willis, born 1720, son of John and Abigail (Willets) Willis, and had six children. 3/2. Sarah Townsend, born March 27/1736, died September 8/1808. She inherited a total of œ3000 from her mother Mary (Allen) Townsend Moyles, and from her cousin Noah Townsend. She married on June 30/1751, John Hewlett, born February 17/1731, died April 4/1812, son of John end Hannah (Jackson) Hewlett. They had twelve children. 3/3. Restore Townsend. No data. 2/9. Deborah Townsend. Mentioned in Remourn's will as his sister, 2/10. Patience Townsend. According to Joshua Townsend's will, she married a Lovell. 1/4. Elizabeth Townsend, She married, 1st, Gideon Wright, son of Peter and Alice (Grabb) Wright of Oyster Bay and they had eight children, She married, 2nd, Gershom Lockwood, eldest son of Lieutenant Gershom and Lady Ann (Millington) Lockwood. The Lady Ann was the daughter of Lord Millington, who came to America in pursuit of her lover, a British Army officer: failing to find him, she taught school and then married Gershom Lockwood. 1/5. Rose Townsend. She married John Wickes, (not to be confused with the name Weekes), son of Samuel Wickes, the founder of the Wickes family in Rhode Island, and one of the purchasers of Shawomet, (now Warwick: he was imprisoned with Samuel Gorton for heresy. John Wickes was a representative to the Assembly of Providence Plantations. Issue:- (may be part only) 2/1. Thomas Wickes, of Warwick, R.I. He married on February 20/1702, Anne Coles, born about 1660-70, daughter of Daniel and Maha Shalel Hasbaz (Gorton) Coles, and had eleven children, see subject 618, page 2, 2/2. John Wickes, born August 8/1677, died December 27/1741. He married on December 15/1698, Sarah Gorton, born at Warwick, died June 30/1753, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Carder) Gorton, and grandson of Samuel and Mary (Maplet) Gorton. John was town clerk for twenty eight years and representative to the Assembly for 33 years. They had nine children, for whose names see the Gorton Genealogy. 1/6. Anne Townsend, She was probably the Hannah Townsend, born about 1660, who married John Weekes, born 1645, died before 1699, son of Francis and Elizabeth (---) Weekes, see subject 304, page 5 for issue and further particulars. 1/7. Sarah Townsend. No data. 1/8. George Townsend. Born at Oyster Bay, L.I., after 1661, died 1697, the year of the "Great Sickness", a smallpox epidemic. He married on November 17/1684, Mary Hawkhurst, born 1660, daughter of Christopher and Mary (Ruddick) Hawkhurst, see subject 310, page 1. See subject 154 for issue and further particulars. Subject 308. P9. 1/9. Daniel Townsend. Died July 2/1702. He lived on the south part of his father's estate in Oyster Bay, which he inherited, and to which he added the part inherited by his brother James. He married Susanna Forman daughter of Samuel and Miriam (Hoyt) Forman, see subject 600, page 3. Issue:- 2/1. Robert Townsend. He married Judith Birdsall, daughter of Benjamin and Mercy (Forman) Birdsall, his cousin. See subject 600, page 3. They had four sons, and later moved to Oblong, Duchess County, N.Y. 2/2. Daniel Townsend. No data.