Joseph Townsend (abt. 1698 - 1772)

Born about 1 Dec 1698 in Kent, Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Parsons) Townsend — married about 1724 in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, PA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1772 at about age 73 in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Joseph Townsend Find A Grave lists parents: John Townsend 1656–1727 Elizabeth Pococke 1678–1736^[1]

Joseph Townsend was born December 01, 1698 in Bucklebury, Berkshire, England, and died February 11, 1772 in Bedminister, Bucks Co., PA.

He married Ruth Parsons^[2]. She was born 1687 in Bucks Co., PA, and died 1730?. Note: according to data on these profiles she was daughter of Robert Parsons and we see his will naming her as living in 1760.

Children of Joseph Townsend and Ruth Parsons are:

1. JOHN TOWNSEND, b. 1723, Bucks Co., PA; d. 1803, Union Co., SC.
2. WILLIAM TOWNSEND, b. 1726, Bedminister, Bucks Co., PA; d. 1783, Bethlehem, Northampton, PA.
3. ROBERT TOWNSEND, b. 1729.
4. JOSEPH TOWNSEND, b. 1729.

Burial

Burial Date: 11 FEB 1772^[3]

Place: Plumstead Twp., Bucks Co., PA

Sources

1. ↑ David L. Greene, Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, v. 42 (2002), pp. 305-06:
2. ↑ Greene, David L. “Townsend Ancestry of Richard of the Welcome, John of Philadelphia, Joseph of Chester County, and Joan of Chester County”, in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania) 42 (4): 293–313, Fall/Winter 2002. P310-13
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVX-B2FW : 27 July 2019), Joseph Townsend, ; Burial, Plumsteadville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Plumsteadville Cemetery; citing record ID 12764509, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.