Reverend
John
Townsend
Born about in County Cork, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Townsend
and Dorothea (Robinson) Townsend
Husband of
Alice (Warren) Wolseley
— married
25 Feb 1808 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Townsend) Odell and Richard Townsend
Died
at about age 33
in Cork, County Cork, Ireland
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Biography
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| Church of Ireland Clergy |
John was the son of Richard Townsend and Dorothea Robinson.
He was educated by Mr Coghlan and entered Trinity College Dublin on 6 April 1801, aged 19. B.A. 1805. Note: The T.C.D. Alumni register states incorrectly that his father was John Townsend, Clericus (priest). [1]
He was ordained Deacon on 6 July 1806 and Priest on 12 July 1807.
John married Alicia Warren, daughter of Sir Robert Warren, of Crookstown, co. Cork. in 1808. [2]
Marriage Settlement dated 25 February 1808. [3]
Marriage Notice - Limerick Gazette March 1, 1808
- Thursday, at Moviddy Church, co Cork, the Rev. John Townsend, son to the Rev. Richard Townsend of Skull, to Miss Alicia Warren, daughter to Sir Robert Warren, of Crookstown, Bart.
Children
- Elisabeth married Lieutenant Odell, 20th Regt.,
- Richard married Maria Susanna Wilkinson
He died in 1815. [4]
Death Notice - Cork Advertiser 12 October 1815
- Suddenly at his house in Rutland Street, yesterday evening the Rev John Townsend.
Sources
- ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
- ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dm/IRE_DIOC_007246533_00286.pdf
- ↑ https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=409893
- ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246597_00226.pdf
- Townsend Family Records web site-http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/tree/home.php
- Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 3 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 258
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p30597.htm#i305964
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976: page 1115
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
Sharon Townsend
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~3.12%
Richard Townsend :
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Categories: Church of Ireland Priests | Alumni of Trinity College, Dublin
Marriage Notice - Limerick Gazette March 1, 1808
Thursday, at Moviddy Church, co Cork, the Rev. John Townsend, son to the Rev. Richard Townsend of Skull, to Miss Alicia Warren, daughter to Sir Robert Warren, of Crookstown, Bart.
edited by Maureen Ahern