Gera
Townsend
Born about in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Townsend
and Mercy (Stetson) Townsend
Brother of
Oliver Townsend
Husband of
Betsy Garland
— married
about 1790 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Polly Townsend, Sally Townsend, Mercy (Townsend) Bonzey, Jacob Townsend, Betsey (Townsend) Flood, Hannah Townsend, Mary (Townsend) Smith, Miriam Townsend, Apphia Townsend, Thomas Townsend and Lois Townsend
Died
at about age 76
in Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2018
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Biography
Gera was born about 1770. He was in Maine before 1798. He served on Mount Desert in the War of 1812. He passed away about 1850. >
Sources
- "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-MJ33 : 16 March 2018), Gera Townsend, 1844; citing Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States, Greenwood Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,316.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 August 2020), memorial page for Gera Townsend (unknown–15 May 1844), Find a Grave Memorial no. 118244141, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Darryl (contributor 48175404) .
- "Franklin" ancestral manuscript gathered and researched by Edward Dubravsky Jr. on Nov 23, 1994.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gera 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 Gera:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gera 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 Gera:
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~0.78%
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Gera is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 22 degrees from Carl Sagan, 22 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 13 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 25 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 15 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Greenwood Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine