Born about in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Keyes
and Ruth (Moore) Keys
Wife of
Joshua Townsend
— married
3 Jul 1753 in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Hannah (Townsend) Murphy, Priscilla (Townsend) Kendall, Abraham Townsend, Zilpah (Townsend) Rice, Reuben Townsend, Mary (Townsend) Weed, Zipporah Townsend, Lucy Townsend, Achsah Townsend and Ruth (Townsend) Ward
Died
at about age 78
in Ashburnham, Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Birth cannot be 1733 if she had a son in 1742. Estimated birth 1720..
Biography
Mary Keyes was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on Feb 12, 1734. She was daughter of Henry Keyes and Ruth Moore. [1]
She was wife of Joshua Townsend.
Mary died Dec 18, 1812 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts and is buried in Ashburnham at Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery. [2]
Joshua Townsend and his wife Mary moved to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts about 1760. Previously they lived in Westboro and (due to change of town lines) in Boylston, Massachusetts. [3]
In 1780 they moved to Ashburnham, Massachusetts and lived with their son Reuben. She died Dec 18, 1812. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-X21 : 20 May 2022), Henry Keyes in entry for Mary Keyes, 12 Feb 1734; citing Birth, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 April 2021), memorial page for Mary Keyes Townsend (1733–18 Dec 1812), Find A Grave: Memorial #142270637, citing Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery, Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Cheshire (contributor 47921031) .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts Stearns, Ezra Scollay, Ashburnham, Mass. Pub. by the town 1887. (p: 923)
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