Benjamin
Townsend
Born in Bath, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Townsend
and Sophia (Potts) Townsend
Husband of
Sidney (Colaw) Townsend
— married
1845 [location unknown]
Father of
Amanda Irene (Townsend) Ramey, William J Townsend, Mary Susan (Townsend) Parrish and George W Townsend
Died
at about age 52
in Monroe, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2019
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Biography
Benjamin was born in 1818. He was the son of William Townsend and Sophia Potts. He passed away in 1870.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DW-54M : 12 April 2016), Benjamin Townsend in household of Wm Townsend, Highland county, Highland, Virginia, United States; citing family 124, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 November 2019), memorial page for Benjamin Townsend (1818–Mar 1870), Find A Grave: Memorial #122505018, ; Maintained by Murt22 (contributor 46969880) Unknown.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Pam Wright 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 3245147a [compare], Ancestry member pwatteberr
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~1.56%
James Potts :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member MrJamesFPotts
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Michael Hall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A656048 [compare], Ancestry member mhall73341
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~0.78%
Valerie (Leech) Abid :
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Anonymous Simpson :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T596101 [compare], FTDNA kit #267681
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T596101 [compare], FTDNA kit #267681
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~0.78%
Alan Hale :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Grace (Stone) Hill :
AncestryDNA
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