Born in Norwich, Norfolk, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Stith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 58
in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
Mary and Robert were married in England, started a family, and then migrated to Virginia c.1650.
Robert and Mary were the parents of John Drury Stith, born in Kirkham Parish, Lancashire, England in 1640, emigrated with his family to Virginia c.1650, married the widow Jane Parsons, and died 1694.[1]
Name
Mary /Townsend/[2]
Birth
1610, Norwich, Norfolk, England[2]
Death
5 OCT 1668, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA[2]
1668, Charles City County, Virginia[3]
Research Notes
Disputed Origins
A previous version of this profile claimed that Mary Townsend (1622-1668), wife of Robert Stith (1606-1654), was daughter of Thomas Townsend and Mary Newgate (immigrants to Massachusetts). But research reveals no evidence that this couple had a daughter named Mary who married Stith & moved to Virginia. If you have sources to support this relationship, please share them.
Sources
- ↑ See The Stith Family: A Living History, by C.R. Stith, which notes that there is no evidence that John Stith - the immigrant progenitor of Virginia's Stith family - was born in Kirkham Parish, surmising that his family had moved, possibly to London, prior to his birth: "Dr. Christopher Johnston (1856-19--) of Baltimore, Maryland (himself a Stith descendant) stated as follows in an article written in Volume 21W(1), William and Mary Quarterly 'The Stith family appears to have been long settled in the parish of Kirkham, in Lancashire and both the parish registers and the wills show that the Stiths were quite numerous in that locality. A careful search, however, fails to show any unmistakable trace of the Virginia immigrant, and it is probable that his immediate family had moved elsewhere, perhaps to London.'"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Source: #S258. Database online, record for John Drury Stith Sr., Major
- ↑ Mary Townsend, The Valley Family online tree
See also:
- S258: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members). BETTER SOURCES SOUGHT.
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Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Greg Hays
Vic Watt
Ken Spratlin
US Southern Colonies Project Managed Profiles Team adding PMP/PPP—disputed relationships. Please continue to manage normally.
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by Ken Spratlin
Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Mary Newgate - Newgate-1, Newgate-13, and many more - and Thomas Townsend Townsend-133 do not appear to have had a daughter named Mary who married Stith & moved to Virginia. Do you have additional sources?
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by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Greg Hays
Townsend-3414 and Townsend-203 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse; it looks like she was born in England and immigrated with her husband[1]
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by Greg Hays
Vic Watt
Townsend-2395 and Townsend-203 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth year, same husband. Please merge. Thanks.
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by Vic Watt
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