James Townsend (1702 - 1737)

Born 14 Feb 1702 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Temple — married 11 Jul 1727 (to 1737) in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 26 Sep 1737 at age 35 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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James Townsend born 1702-1737, is the son of John Townsend 1675–1757 and Sarah Boutell 1677–1737. James siblings are:

John Townsend III 1700–1765.

Sarah Townsend 1705–1776.

Timothy Townsend 1708–1754.

Jacob Townsend 1712–1714.

James Townsend married Elizabeth Temple 1706–1737 on 7 July 1727 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Their children are: Elizabath Townsend 1728–1737.

James Townsend 1731–1756.

Benjamin Townsend 1735–1737.

Elizabeth Townsend born 1737–.

He died on 20 September 1737, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (1)

Biography

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records

Name: James Townsend

Event Type: Birth

Birth Date: 14 Feb 1702-1703

Birth Place: Lynn, Massachusetts

Father Name: John Townsend

Mother Name: Sarah Townsend

Source Information:Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

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Ongoing Research

If this James Townsend was married to Elizabeth Temple: Birth Record for Elizabeth Page 226 Elizabeth d. of Richard and Debro [Temple], Oct 17 1706

Marriage to Elizabeth: [Temple] Elizabeth to James Townsend, July 11 1727*[*Intention not recorded] page 458

Death of James Townsend in Reading: [Townsend] James, Sept. 26 1737 page 575^[3]

Sources

Acknowledge

WikiTree profile Townsend-975 created through the import of Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Deborah Anne Welder.

1. ↑ Entered by Laura Lee Scott, Jan 28, 2014
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQXG-T65 : accessed 29 Jan 2014), James Townsend, 14 Feb 1702.
3. ↑ Author: Reading (Mass.); Baldwin, Thomas W. (Thomas Williams), b. 1849 comp Subject: Registers of births, etc. -- Massachusetts Reading Publisher: Boston, Mass., [Wright & Potter printing company]University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries > Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofre1912read

James Townsend, Familysearch.org. [https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNH8-9MR/james-townsend-1702-1737