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Joseph Townsend Sr (1764 - 1816)

Joseph Townsend Sr
Born in Solebury, Bucks Co, PAmap
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Husband of — married 11 Mar 1789 in Solebury, Bucks Co, PAmap
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Died at age 52 in West Chester, Tuscarawas Co, OHmap
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Biography

Townsend Newsletter (Fall 1990), pg 1.I-4: Joseph Townsend was b ca 1764, Bucks Co, Pa. He was a farmer and married March 11, 1789, Mary Hartley, dau of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Simcock) Hartley. They removed to Ohio about 1812 and Joseph was accidentally shot on Dec 11, 1816 at Short Creek Twp, Harrison Co, OH.

Marriage Certificate for Joseph Townsend and Mary Hartley

Whereas Joseph Townsend of the Township of Solebury of the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania son of Stephen Townsend and Mary Hartley Daughter of Benjamin Hartley of the same place having declared their intentions of Marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the people called Quakers held in Buckingham according to the good Order used among them and having the consent of Parents and Relations concerned their same proposals were allowed by the said Meeting.

Now these are to certify to all whom it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their said intentions the 11th Day of the 3rd Month in the year of our Lord 1789 they, the said Joseph Townsend & Mary Hartley appeared at a public meeting of the said people held at Buckingham aforesaid and the said Joseph Townsend taking the said Mary Hartley by the hand, did in a solemn manner openly declare he took her to be his Wife, promising with Divine Assistance to be unto her a loving and faithful Husband until death should separate them, and then there in the same assembly the said Mary Hartley did in like manner declare she took the said Joseph Townsend to be her husband, promising with Divine Assistance to be unto him a loving and faithful Wife until Death should separate them.

And moreover the said Joseph Townsend and Mary Hartley (she according to the custom of Marriage) assuming the name of her husband as a further confirmation thereby did then and there to these Present set their Hands: And we who's names are hereunder also subscribe being present as the Solemnization of the said Marriage and subscriptions have as witnesses thereunto set our hands the day and year above written.

Stephen Townsend Edith Sheleton Robert Smith Aaron Olden Joe Pickering Ann Price Jr. Abraham Parson Wm. Townsend John Balderston Sarah Beans Elizabeth Townsend Hannah Hambleton Hannah Walton Thomas Townsend Eliza Fell Martha Armitage Mary Townsend James Hinsey John Watson Hannah Ely Mary Sheleton Alice Watson Jas Pickering Wm Doan John Gillingham John Townsend Thomas Carey Oliver Parson Aaron Parson Mary Carey Isaac Moore Tho Carey Jr Meral Balderton Joseph Townsend Sarah Hartley Mary Townsend Ann Price Stephen Townsend Jno Townsend Benja. Hartley Joseph Hartley Elizabeth Hartley Anthony Hartley


The Western Herald - Steubenville, Ohio Friday, December 20, 1816 Cadiz, December 11 Distressing Incident - A truly distressing and melancholy event transpired, on Wednesday last, in the woods between the Laurel and Atkinson forks of the Big Stillwater, near West Chester, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. The circumstances are these: A Mr. Townsend and a Mr. Wells went out in company, hunting. They had separated a little distance. Mr. Townsend espying a flock of turkeys, had laid down, apparently with the intention of shooting, imitating the noise of a turkey, in order to draw them closer. Mr. Wells coming up at the same time, also saw the turkeys; and seeing the head of Mr. Townsend just rising above the ground, (who was in the act of firing himself), he unfortunately mistook the movement of his friend's head for the motion of a turkey; whereupon he levelled and fired. The ball pierced the head of Mr. Townsend, who expired before Mr. Wells had time to run to him; which the latter did as quick as possible, in order to pick up his turkey, as he thought-- entirely unconscious of the distracting catastrophe, until his arrival at the fatal spot. What renders the event truly distressing is, that they were related. They had lived neighbors near Mount Pleasant. Mr. Wells had removed some time previous, near to where the unhappy scene transpired, and Mr. Townsend had gone out there in order to pay a visit to his friend.

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  • CD193 - PA County and Family Histories

PA Archives, Vol IX, Marriages Authorized by the Buckingham MM of Friends, pg 267 3, 11, 1789 Townsend, Joseph, and Mary Hartley


Biography

Buried Short Cr. Burial, Harrison Co., Ohio.

Note: ! Residences: Bucks Co. PA [7-9,11]. Shortcreek Twp., Harrison Co., OH abt 1812, 1814, 1816. [2,7,9,11,14] Occupation: farmer [14]. 2 !He witnessed his wife's step-grandfather Samuel Armitage's will in 1798, Bucks Co., PA. This is unless there was another Joseph Townsend. [8]. 2 !Joseph retained possession of 110 acres of his father's land and sold it to Abraham Paxson on 9 APR 1813 for $3200. The property was described as adjoining lands of John Armitage, Ebenezer Large, and being the same 100 acres which Thomas Carey and John Armitage had, as executors of Stephen Townsend, by deed dated 1 MAY 1794, confirmed to Joseph Townsend. The new owners tore the old house down and built a substantial new one. [8]. 2 !Quaker records. 6 9th mo. 1813 David Townsend, Joseph Townsend Jr, Joseph Townsend and wife Mary with their minor children, Stephen, John, Levi, Amos, Sarah, Samuel, and Seneca, Buckingham MM PA to Short Creek MM OH. [17]. 18 JAN 1814 David, Joseph Jr., and Elizabeth Townsend received at. Shortcreek MM OH, on certificate from Buckingham MM,. PA, dated 6 SEP 1813. [7]. 18 JAN 1814 Joseph and wife Mary, & children: Stephen, John, Levi,. Amos, Sarah, Samuel & Seneca received at Shortcreek. MM, OH, on certificate from Buckingham MM, PA, dated. 6 SEP 1813. [7]. 2 !Non-resident land owners in Belmont Co. in 1802 & 1803: Joseph Townsend [4]. Belmont County Area on Steubenville Land District Plat - Ohio map #30 [4]. Range III Township VI Sec. 17 Lot N 1/2 Jos'h Townsend. VII 2 N 1/2 Jos'h Townsend. 9 N 1/2 Jos'h Townsend. 2 !Jefferson Co. OH tax list [12]. (Short Creek Twp., Harrison Co., OH was originally part of Jefferson Co. until Harrison Co. was formed in 1813). Joseph Townsend - to twp. listed 1806-7. 2 !Administrators of his estate: David Townsend and James Kinsey [3]. Guardians of his minor children [3]: Thomas White for Levi Townsend. David Townsend for Amos, Seneca, Sarah & Samuel 2 !1810 Census: Solebury Twp., Bucks Co., PA [1]. Joseph Townsend 3M 0-9 3M 10-15 1M 45+. 1F 0-9 2F 16-25 1F 26-44. 2 !--- SOURCES ---. NAME:1-17 B:10(19 NOV 1767);14(abt 1764) D:6,10,14;9(abt. 1815). DP:15;6,14(Harrison Co. OH) DP:15 BUR:10 F:5,8,10,13-14 M:10. WIFE:5-8,10,14,16-17 MD:5-6,8,14,16;10(11 AUG 1789) MP:5,10,16 MEND:10. 1. 1810 Census: Bucks Co. PA [20.28,310.4]. 2. Bucks Co. Intelligencer and ... - his son Joseph's marriage [20.20]. 3. Harrison Co. OH probates - his [401]. 4. Belmont Co. OH before 1830 by Ochenbein [426]. 5. Buckingham MM -. Rec. of PA Marr. Prior to 1810 [439]. PA Archives 2nd Series Vol.9 [439]. Early Settlers of Solebury Township, Bucks Co., PA by Eastburn Reeder [873]. PA Archives, 2nd Series: Buckingham MM Marriages 1730-1810 [1495]. 6. DAR appl. 322872, 479401 [492]. 7. Ency. of American Quaker Genealogy by Hinshaw - Shortcreek MM, OH [815]. 8. Early Settlers of Solebury Township, Bucks Co., PA by Eastburn Reeder [873] - includes his father's will. 9. Hist. Collections of Harrison Co., OH - 1900 by Hanna [905]. 10. DAR Library, corr. from Elsie Weaver Harding of information from her mother Elcedana Townsend Weaver [492]. 11. Commemorative Biographical Records of Counties of Harrison and Carroll, OH [953]. 12. Index to Ohio Tax Lists 1800-1810 by Jackson, Teeples, Schaefermeyer. 13. Elaine Townsend Corson [1031]. 14. Information from research of Marilyn Opfer found in "The Townsend Newsletter" Fall 1990 [1114]. 15. The Western Herald - Steubenville, Ohio, Friday, December 20, 1816. 16. Jason Townsend [5326]. Jason Townsend posting found 27 MAR 2011 at http:/audiorij.proboards.comindex.cgi?board=townsend1. 17. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

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Townsend-4595 and Townsend-4867 appear to represent the same person because: You can see they are the same when comparing - married to same woman, etc. You may email me at [email address removed]

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