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Joshua
Townsend
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of James Townsend
and Alice (Newell) Townsend
Brother of
Elisha Townsend, Alice Townsend, Susannah (Townsend) Bentley, Davis Townsend, James Townsend, Ruth Townsend, Rachel Townsend and Patience Townsend
Husband of
Elizabeth White
— married
11 Jan 1723 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
James Townsend
Died
at age 89
in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2019
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Contents |
Biography
Joshua Townsend was born on 14 Mar 1700 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of James Townsend (1669 - ~1738) and Alice (Newell) Townsend (1678 - 1749).
His siblings were:
- Elisha Townsend (1702 - )
- Alice Townsend (1704 - )
- Susannah (Townsend) Bentley (1706 - 1748)
- Davis Townsend (1708 - 1777)
- James Townsend (1710 - )
- Ruth Townsend (1712 - 1713)
- Rachel Townsend (1714 - )
- Patience Townsend (1715 - )
Joshua died on 20 Jan 1790 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States aged 89. He is buried in Old Common Bury.,Lancaster,MA.
Vital
- Name: Joshua Townsend [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
- Birthdate: on 14 Mar 1700 [2][5][6][7]
- Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [5][6][7]
- Gender: Male [2][4][6]
- Father: James D. H. Townsend (1669 - ~1738) [2][5][6]
- Mother: Alice (Newell) Townsend (1678 - 1749). [2][5]
- His siblings were:
- Elisha Townsend (1702 - )
- Alice Townsend (1704 - )
- Susannah (Townsend) Bentley (1706 - 1748) [6]
- Davis Townsend (1708 - 1777)
- James Townsend (1710 - )
- Ruth Townsend (1712 - 1713) [6]
- Rachel Townsend (1714 - )
- Patience Townsend (1715 - )
- Thomas Townsend (?)
- Wife: Elizabeth (White) Townsend (1703 - 1779) [3][4][6][7]
- Marriage: 11 January 1723 Boston, Massachusetts, United States [3][4]
- Children were:
- Residence:
- 1700: Birth (14 March 1700) Boston, Massachusetts [5]
- 1723: Marriage (11 Jan 1723) Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Married by Dr. Cotten Mather Presn. [3][4]
- 1790: Census (2 Aug) Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1 male, 3 females. [1]
- 1790: Death (20 January 1790) Bolton, Massachusetts [6][7]
- 1790: Will Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
- Died: 20 Jan 1790 [6][7]
- Death place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
- Aged: 89 [7]
- Buried: in Old Common Bury.,Lancaster,Massachusetts, United States.[6]
- SAR membership: 50926 [7]
Research Notes
[1]1790 United States Federal Census:
| Name: | Joshua Townshend |
| Home in 1790 -City, County, State-: | Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: | 1 |
| Free White Persons - Females: | 3 |
| Number of Household Members: | 4 |
[2]Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1700-1800: Birth:
| Name: | Joshua Townsend |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birth Date: | 14 Mar 1700 |
| Father: | James Townsend |
| Mother: | Alice Townsend |
[3]Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809: Marriage:
| Name: | Joshua Townsend |
| Marriage Date: | 11 Jan 1723 |
| Marriage Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth White |
| Married By: | Dr. Cotten Mather Presn. |
| Notes: | Int. reads [Townsent] |
| Comments: | Int. reads [Eliza.] |
| Description: | 1723 |
[4]Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850: Marriage:
| Name: | Joshua Townsend |
| Gender: | Male |
| Marriage Date: | 11 Jan 1723 |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth White |
[5]Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Birth:
| Name: | Joshua Townsend |
| Record Type: | Birth |
| Birth Date: | 14 Mar 1700 |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Father: | James Townsend |
| Mother: | Alice Townsend |
[6]U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Death:
| Name: | Joshua Townsend |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birth Date: | 14 Mar 1700 |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Death Date: | 20 Jan 1790 |
| Cemetery: | Old Common Burial Ground |
| Burial or Cremation Place: | Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Has Bio: | Y |
| Father: | James Townsend |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Townsend |
| Children: | Joshua Townsend |
| URL: | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42970174/joshua-townsend |
[7]U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Death:
| Name: | Private Joshua Townshend |
| Birth Date: | 14 Mar 1700 |
| Birth Place: | Barton, Massachusetts |
| Death Date: | 20 Jan 1790 |
| Death Place: | Bolton, Lancaster, Massachusetts |
| SAR Membership: | 50926 |
| Role: | Ancestor |
| Application Date: | 21 Oct 1930 |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth White |
| Children: | John Townshend |
| Services of ancestor: | Private with Capt Hastings Co C1 J. White... Regiment served five days at Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775. Release signed by John Townshend Sargent |
| References: | Boston Town Records Mass Roll Vol 15-pg 31 Lancaster-Bolton Mass History p. 115 Lancaster-Bolton Mass Vital Records p 83-176 Columbia Co Wis History page 1021 under footnotes |
[8] Lant, Patrick. John and Joshua Townsend.
| In nearby Bolton, Massachusetts, are the graves of his father Joshua Townsend, two of John’s biological brothers (Richard and Robert) and three of his nephews who also marched to Concord and Cambridge with him in the early morning hours of April 19th, 1775. Joshua was in his seventy-fifth year on the night of, “The Lexington Alarm”, but he shouldered his musket and gamely marched beside his sons and grandsons to face the King’s Grenadiers. Three generations of Townsend’s stood shoulder to shoulder that next day. Through some Divine Providence, all would survive the seven long and arduous years to come. |
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1790 United States Federal Census: The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 91; Family History Library Film: 0568144
- Ancestry Record 5058 #93675 (subscription required)
- Ancestry Sharing Link (free)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1700-1800: Ancestry.com. Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1700-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1997. Original data: Boston Registry Department. Boston Births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800. Boston, MA, USA: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894.
- Ancestry Record 1021 #197 (subscription required)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809: Ancestry.com. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751. Vol. 1. Boston, MA, USA: Municipal Print, 1898.Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1752-1809. Vol. 2. Boston, MA, USA: Municipal Print, 1903.
- Ancestry Record 5208 #4119 (subscription required)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850: Family History Library; Salt Lake City, UT; Film # 0818093-0818095
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
- Ancestry Record 2495 #8520470 (subscription required)
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current:
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42970174/joshua-townsend: accessed 17 September 2022), memorial page for Joshua Townsend (14 Mar 1700–20 Jan 1790), , citing Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by cap624 (contributor 47007905) .
- Find A Grave: Memorial #42970174
- Ancestry Record 60525 #12014153 (subscription required)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Volume: 255
- Ancestry Record 2204 #1122402 (subscription required)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lant, Patrick. John and Joshua Townsend. Web blog post. Iowa Society, Sons of the American Revolution. iassar.org, October 16, 2017. link
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMC-KS9 : 11 March 2018), Joshua Townsend, 14 Mar 1700; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 70-71; FHL microfilm 592,866.
- Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881
Acknowledgements
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 July 2019, 20:28), entry for Joshua Townsend(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKKM-K4D); contributed by various users.
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