Benjamin
Townsend
Born about in Oyster Bay, Queens, New York Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Townsend
and Phoebe (Seaman) Townsend
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 66
[location unknown]
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Biography
Benjamin was born about 1723. He is the son of Jacob Townsend and Phoebe Seaman.
Sources
- Named in Father's 1739 WILL New York, New York Probates. Vol 17, page 443
- Jacob Townsend of Oysterbay, Queens, Nassau Island, yeoman
- Wife: Phebe
- Eldest son: Samuel Townsend
- Son: Jacob Townsend (not yet 21)
- Son: Benjamin Townsend (not yet 21)
- Youngest son: James Townsend (not yet 21)
- Daughter: Almy Townsend (not yet 18)
- Father: James Townsend, deceased (received land from his estate)
- Executors: wife and sons Samuel and Jacob
- Witn: Nathaniel Townsend; Jacob Seaman; Zebulon Seaman; Samuel Willis
- Will written: 13 June 1739
- Will proven: 9 September 1751 at Oyster Bay
- .......
- Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Vol. III page 1116
- Benjamin Townsend, born 1723, died Sept 18, 1789; md Betty, daughter of George Frost; children:
- Frost Townsend
- James Townsend
- Elizabeth Townsend
- Benjamin Townsend
- George Townsend
- Nancy Townsend
- Phoebe Townsend
- The Frost Genealogy : Descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York page 38 (more information)
- Elizabeth Frost, daughter of George Frost and Ann Coles; married Benjamin Townsend. Their children:
- Frost Townsend 1749-1770
- James Townsend 1751-1790
- Elizabeth Townsend md Henry Mitchell
- Benjamin Townsend md Martha Powell
- George Townsend md Elizabeth Bowne
- Nancy Townsend md Abraham Franklin
- Phoebe Townsend md Samuel Tallman
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