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Leah (Selby) Townsend (abt. 1744 - aft. 1799)

Leah Townsend formerly Selby aka Whorton
Born about in Worcester, Marylandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 55 in Worcester, Maryland, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Leah Selby was born about 1744 in Worsecter County, MD. Birth date based on birth date of youngest son in 1786, she would have been about 42.

Married: Bef 1786 in Worcester Co., MD

Probate: 4 Sep 1801 Worcester Co., MD.

Other genealogies list father Ezekiel Selby 1720 - 26 Feb 1768 and mother Isabel Denwood 1724-1824 [1]. Same father's father Thomas Selby with slightly different birth/death years.

Sources

  • Census: 1800 Worcester County, Bogerternorton Hundred, Maryland

Page: page 190, line 34 Text: Listed as 45 years and over

  • Revolutionary Patriots of Worcester & Somerset Counties, Maryland, 1775-1783

Author: Henry C. Peden Page: page 304

  • Delmarva Genealogies Volume 1

Title: Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland Volumes 5 - 15 Author: compiled by Henry C. Peden Jr., Ralph A. Riggin, Vernon L. Skinner Jr., and F. Edward Wright Publication: Colonial Roots, 2009 Text: Volume contains Volumes 5 through 15 of Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland Page: Volume 9, page 255 Text: Listed as LEAH UNKNOWN

  • The Townsend Family of Maryland

Author: Ruth T. Dryden Publication: Ruth T. Dryden 2414 Front St. # 25 San Diego, CA 92101-1438, 1993

  • Selby Families of Colonial America

Author: Donna Valley Russell Publication: Catoctin Press Middletown, Maryland, 1990 Repository: Salt Lake City Family History Library Page: page 25 Text: Heirs: sons John (executor), Luke, James, Joshua; daughters Eleanor Merrill; granddaughters Leah Selby, Sally and Elizabeth Merrill

  • Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum www.ocmuseum.org

Page: October 15, 1799 Text: Leah Townsend Will Date: Probate Date: Townsend, Leah 15 Oct 1799w. 4 Sep 1801p. To my son Luke, the lands obtained of Major James Handy. To my sons James and Joshua. To daughter Eleanor Merrill. To grand-daughters Leah Selby Merrill, Sally Merrill, Elizabeth Merrill. Son John, the EX. Wit; Hannah Stevenson, John A. Townsend, William Selby. Bonds by Josiah Brattan, Jacob Teague. JBR 249.

  1. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=stauffr&id=P6126

Created through the import of Terry Fisher Family Tree.ged on 09 May 2011. Created through the import of Terry Fisher Family Tree.ged on 09 May 2011.





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