Jonathan Townsend

1688 - 1764

• Name	Jonathan Townsend
  Born	27 Apr 1688	Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  	Watertown records give both 27 April and 27 July as dates of birth for Jonathan. Bond interprets as the July date a burial of a "first Jonathan" and no birth date for the "second Jonathan."
  Christened	29 Apr 1688	Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	1764	Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut   [1, 3]
  Buried	Old Andover Cemetery, Andover, Tolland Co, Connecticut   [4]
  	A stone in the north east quarter of the cemetery has the name Townsend split into "Towns" and "end" on two separate lines.
  Notes	Jonathan moved from Massachusetts to Hebron, Connecticut about 1714.
  Person ID	I25011	Bryant
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Martin Townsend,   b. 1644, Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 1697, Berkeley Co, South Carolina
  Mother	Abigail Dix Traine,   b. 31 Jan 1650, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Jan 1691, probably, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts
  Married	10 Apr 1668	Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   [5]
  	"Martaine Townesend & Abigall trayne Joyned in Marryage the 16 of Aprill [1668]"
  Family ID	F1981	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown
  Married	1724	Montville, New London Co, Connecticut   [4]
  	Jonathan did not marry Mary OTIS who married John Tompson of Hebron
  Children	1. David Townsend,   b. 1725, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut ,   d. 1815, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut   2. Martin Townsend,   b. 1727, Hancock, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1795, Hancock, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts   3. Amasa Townsend,   b. 1729, Hancock, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts   4. Jesse Townsend,   b. 1731, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut   5. Richard Townsend,   b. 1733, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut   6. Anna Townsend,   b. 1737, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut   7. Timothy Townsend,   b. Abt 1738, probably, Hancock, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Mar 1832, Canaan, Columbia Co, New York   8. Townsend,   b. 1739, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1964	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah
  Married	1749  [4]
  Family ID	F1980	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Apr 1688 - Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Christened - 29 Apr 1688 - Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Married - 1724 - Montville, New London Co, Connecticut Died - 1764 - Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut Buried - - Old Andover Cemetery, Andover, Tolland Co, Connecticut  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] Ewers, Fran, Townsend/Helms, Ewers, Fran (Townsend), (not published). [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Watertown: 60. [S188] Townsend, M.I., English Townse, Martin Ingham Townsend, (Author, Troy, NY, 1899), p.21. [S100] Townsend, Byron, Townsends, Byron G. Townsend, (Houghton Lake, MI, 1997). [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Watertown: 31.