Martin Townsend

1644 - 1697

• Name	Martin Townsend
  Born	1644	Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  	His age is shown as 47 as a witness on 7 April 1691.
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1664	Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts
  	||Watertown, Massachusetts||Soon after his arrival in Watertown he purchased successively five tracts of land and sold none. The neighborhood is now called Kendallville.
  Died	1697	Berkeley Co, South Carolina   [2]
  	Martin was a witness April 7, 1691, when he called his age 47 and he died in a few years. -Savage. According to South Carolina records, Martin had taken out a warrant (option) on 200 acres in 1696. After he died, primogeniture prevailed in South Carolina and his eldest son Martin (according to the Probate Court) was the recipient of this warrant. This son apparently had "expectations" in South Carolina. He died in South Carolina while arranging for land to purchase. His belongings were returned to Watertown, MA, aboard the Mary in 1698. His burial site, no doubt, is in Berkeley County but has never been located.
  Probate	12 Nov 1698	Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   [3]
  	Inventory of his estate, November 1698; 110 pounds, 8 shillings. Thomas Hammond was the administrator.
  Notes	Martin Townsend was a weaver. Late in life, after 1693, he apparently removed to "Carolina." As evidence of this, his daughter Abigail had "prospects in Carolina." And 9 July, 1711, his son Martin sold to Joshua Kendall, weaver, the house and four lots of land in Watertown "all formerly of Martin Townsend, his father, late of Carolina, deceased." On 6 February, 1699, guardianship of his sons Martin, age about 16 and Jonathan, age about 12, was granted to their sister Abigail, spinster. -Bond
  Person ID	I25012	Bryant
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2003

  
  

  Father	Martin Townsend,   b. 1596, England ,   d. 1675, Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire, England
  Mother	Juliana,   b. 1603, England ,   d. Massachusetts
  Married	Bef 1630	England
  Family ID	F1983	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	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   [4]
  	"Martaine Townesend & Abigall trayne Joyned in Marryage the 16 of Aprill [1668]"
  Children	1. Abigail Townsend,   b. 18 Sep 1669, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. Abt 1710   2. Martin Townsend,   b. 1671, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1671, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   3. Hannah Townsend,   b. 06 Oct 1673, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 03 Sep 1675, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   4. John Townsend,   b. 26 May 1679, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. Sep 1683, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   5. Martin Townsend,   b. 1681, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1714, probably, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   6. Jonathan Townsend,   b. say 1686,   d. Jul 1688, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   7. Jonathan Townsend,   b. 27 Apr 1688, Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1764, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1981	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Hester Hassell,   b. 06 Dec 1648, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts
  Married	30 Aug 1693	Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F1982	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1644 - Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire, England Immigration - 1664 - Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Married - 10 Apr 1668 - Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Married - 30 Aug 1693 - Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Died - 1697 - Berkeley Co, South Carolina Probate - 12 Nov 1698 - Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S100] Townsend, Byron, Townsends, Byron G. Townsend, (Houghton Lake, MI, 1997). [S53] Ewers, Fran, Townsend/Helms, Ewers, Fran (Townsend), (not published). [S56] Bond, Watertown Hist., Bond, Henry, M.D., (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), p.604. [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Watertown: 31. [S14] Torrey, Editor: Torrey, Clarence Almon, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, Baltimore, MD, 1985 (reprint)), p.750. [S54] Savage, Gen. Dict. 1st Settler, Savage, James, (Little, Brown & Company, 1860), VI:318.