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:
JOHN TOWNSEND, b. 1723, Bucks Co., PA; d. 1803, Union Co., SC.
WILLIAM TOWNSEND, b. 1726, Bedminister, Bucks Co., PA; d. 1783, Bethlehem, Northampton, PA.
↑ David L. Greene, Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, v. 42 (2002), pp. 305-06:
↑ 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
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph: