^^'% ,0 -. ,<' Towns EN D-TowNSH END 1066-1909 The History, Genealogy and Alliances of The English and American House of Townsend COMPILED BY James C. Townsend, 1865; Hon. Martin I. Townsend, 1871; Charles Hervey Townshend, 1875; a Pam- phlet by Hon. Isaac Townsend Smith, 1904, now NEWLY COMPILED REVISED AND ILLUSTRATED By Margaret Townsend (Mdme. Giovanni Tagliapietra) NEW YORK 1909 « ». K H « /'h hM H !¥5 • ^ ^ J', ,31 p H Q, -»; o CONTENTS PACE 3 PrSTT-Th; T;;n;h;ndFam;iy of'l^nn.n oid";nd "nVw" E„gi;;d;" 'by Charles Hervey 5 Townshend 7 Introduction j i The Townshend Family • " • • 22 The Marriage of Lady Audrey Townshend at Raynham Hall ^^ Descendants of Jeremiah Townsend ^^ Descendants of Ebenezer Townsend •••■ •• Extracts from "The Descendants of Martin Townsend, of Watertown, Mass. •••:•••_ , « Smpid from Material Furn.shed by Hon. Henry C. Townsend. of Phdadelph.a, Pa., and Richard Hallet Townsend, of Baltimore, Md The Testimony of Richard Townsend... ^g _ Richard Townshend, Councilor of Virginia , Compiled from Early Colonial Records of Massachusetts • • • ■^■■■- ^ Compiled from Material Furnished by Hon. Martin I. Townsend, Troy, N. Y 4^ Addenda ■ -o Preface to "Memorial of the Townsend Brothers A Memorial V^'-'," ' ■,'^' '.' 68 Townsend Genealogy, Chapter I, John, Henry and Richard Townsend ■ • • • ^ Lnapter 11, jumi luwii^c.iu , ., . , ^ j 71 Chapter HI, John Sen., Son of John ist. Ancestor of Jericho T°wnsends. . . . ... 7 Chapter V, Thomas, Son of John ist. Ancestor of the Jones and Floyd-Jones Families . . .... 78 Chap r V Elizabeth, Daughter of John ist. Ancestress of the Mill River Hollow Wrights. . . 81 Chapter VI, James, Son of John ist. Ancestor of the Westchester Townsends, the Wilhs Fam- ily of Cedar Swamp, and the Hewletts of East Woods. •• ••••■••••• •p;-.' Chapter VII, George, Son of John ist, Ancestor of the Cocks of Matmecock, the Duck Pond, ^ Norwich, and Yellow Coat Townsends Chapter VIII, Daniel, Son of John ist ^^ cl7Z fnZ' sin of Henry ;;t: Xn;e;;or 'of 0;;nge Comity aiid Albany' To-"--;- • ;■ ^ Chapter XI, John, Son of Henry ist. Ancestor of the Mill Townsends and one Branch of ^^ ChaSr Xn:i;:ry'^::;::e;of H;n;; .;,' An;est;ess- of' the Du^k Pond" To^n^end.' Co^ks ^^^ cha:i^xSt:;:SnSt :; S::::y .;: An^st;.;- of -the mh. Rivern;..;; wHghis: : : : lo. Chapter XIV, Robert. Son of Henry ist ^^^ Chapter XV, Richard Townsend • ■ • ■ ••■■••••„• ■, ' ,„, Chapter XVI, John, Son of Richard ist. Ancestor of Cape May Townsends. . . '^^ ■■■;■■■ ^ Chapter XVII, Richard, Son of Richard ist. Ancestor of the North Side and one Branch of ^^ Cedar Swamp Townsends • A Short History of the English Townsends, by Martin I. Townsend. J The Underbill and Townsend Families, by Hon. Isaac Townsend Smith i '5 Broken and Untraced Branches ^^^ Addenda ILLUSTRATIONS I'AGE "Kaynham Hall," the Seat of the Marquis Townbheiid Frontispiece Captain Charles Hervey Townshend 5 The King and His Ministers '5 John, 4th Marquis Townshend of Raynham; Elizabeth Jane Stuart, 4th Marchioness Towns- hend of Raynham ; Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte Buller; General Sir Redvers Buller 20 John Villiers Stuart, 5th Marquis Townshend of Raynham; Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementine Duff, 5th Marchioness Townsend of Raynhahani; Lord James John Dudley Stuart, 6th Marquis Townshend 22 Edward Sands Townsend ; Frank G. Curtis ; Benjamin Townsend 28 "Raynham," Overbrook Penn., Seat of Joseph Brevitt Townsend, Jr 44 Margaret Townsend (Madame Giovanni Tagliapietra) 49 "Little Raynham," the Old Seat of Soloman Townsend, Oyster Bay, L. 1 68 Adolph Herrman Lothair Gosling; Mrs. Adolph Herrman Lothair Gosling; Eleanor Frances Charlotte Gosling 89 Mrs. Foxhall P. Keene; Mrs. Frank Thomas Woodbury; Bradley Martin; Frederick Towns- end Martin 9^ Isaac Townsend ; Audrey Townsend Sackett ; James Bliss Townsend 98 Jacob Townsend ; Rev. Israel Leander Townsend ; George W. Townsend 102 John Richard Townsend; Mrs. John Richard Townsend; Hon. John Drake Townsend 107 John Richard Townsend 108 Isaac Townsend Smith "6 A FOREWORD The present compiler desiring to preserve under one cover the valuable matter that has been previously written on the Townsend-Townshend family of England and America, and to bring their history up to the present date, embodied this statement in the circular letter sent out in April, 1908, under impression that the re- sponses hoped for from individual members would enable her to accomplish this task within a given space of four months. Locating the Townsends, however, throughout the length and breadth of the land proved a dif- ficult task, in which presumably many have not been reached, but, when located, the apathy ex- hibited in general, was a painful disappointment. The number of letters written by the compiler in an effort to secure data, and which were large- ly without return, would scarce be credited, and she feels that one year of continued and arduous labor in this field has not yielded an adequate result in these pages ; so it is that history is re- peating itself, and in same case with the compiler of "Memorial of The Townsend Brothers" and of "The Townshend Family of Lynn in Old and New England," consideration has to be asked for incomplete records, as no instigation or persuasion has proved adequate to acquire the desired data: therefore, with the feeling of having overstepped the time limit, the book must regretfully be pub- lished without it. As it frequently happens that a public does not take interest in a subject until a finished product lies before them, the compiler thinks it well to state, should this volume meet with the approval of a sufficient number of members of the family who have not previously subscribed, and are desirous of having the records of their particular branch included, if they will so communicate with her, she will issue a second edition of this volume within the year, together with any additions or revisions suggested by present subscribers. This volutrie can only be obtained from the compiler. The data of the comparatively small number who have enrolled themselves, has already reached the dimensions of a moderate sized volume. As the previous matter has not been illustrated, the compiler feels it will be of interest to intro- duce some types of Townsends, and has placed as many of these as can be conveniently inserted, the English Townshends being of especial interest historically, together with letters and notes that may be of interest. Some matter not directly connected with the genealogy, has been most reluctantly cut from Mr. Charles Hervey Townshend's compilation, and original deeds in possession of the writer, of historical interest to descendants of "The Three Brothers," have had to be omitted, as they enlarged the manuscript to considerably over the limit allowed by the publisher in his estimate, and there are no further funds at hand with which to controvert the argument. The present compiler has not attempted to alter or bring to one formal genealogical style, the original work herein contained. She desires to direct special attention to the two letters — one from Mrs. Dorinda E. Hyatt, to Mrs. Andrew J. Kinch, dated Sept., 1876, and the second from Andrew E. Townsend to Rev. Israel Leander Townsend, which were brought to her notice by the daughter of Rev. Dr. Townsend, Mrs. Walter Montague Wilson of Brooklyn, N. Y,, through which she had hoped to establish that elusive missing link between the English and American Townsends, but after an exhaustive and profitless search on both sides the Atlantic for the book referred to, she can only publish the letters as they have come to her, resigning the clue therein contained to a future search. Before closing, she desires to recognize the kind interest taken in her efforts by Mrs. Charles Hervey Townshend of New Haven, Mrs. Walter Mon- tague Wilson, Hon. Robert Townsend of Oyster Bay, Mr. Malcolm Townsend of N. Y. C, and Hon. Townsend D. Cock of Oyster Bay, L. L Margaret Townsend, (Mdme. Giovanni Tagtiapietra.) 343 West 34th Street, New York City. 'wvt^ IP^ffPk|^J CAPTAIN CIIARLKS IIKKX'KY TOVVNSIIKND. New Haven, Conn. PREFACE Through the kindness of John Ward Deane, A.M., the able editor of the New England His- torical and Genealogical Register, a genealogy of the Townshend family, compiled by the writer, was published in Vol. XXIX (January, 1873) and before the type was taken down a few pamphlets were struck off for distribution, with a most gratifying result, they having opened a wide field of search and investigation. As frequent inquiries have been made for this "reprint" (now e.xhausted), a revised and con- siderably augmented second edition was printed by request, and this, the third edition, prepared for the press with a double motive ; to preserve material collected ; and to support evidence from papers still extant, which agree with data taken from original wills, letters and recorded docu- ments, deposited in the British and American Archives. These materials, with the fragmentary evidence collected by others and put together here, have thrown much light on some of the early settlers of this country by the name of Townsend, and support a well-founded tradition which was handed down to the present generation by a great grand-son of Thomas Townsend or Townshend, who settled at Lynn, Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1637-8, and who knew many that had lived contemporaneously with him, as could now be proved, had not the early records of Lynn been destroyed or lost. The object, therefore, of this compilation is to save in abridged form the materials for future use and reference in preparing a more complete volume; and as several persons who are inter- ested in this work have asked for extra copies, and that notification be sent to others, the author has given those who he thought might be inter- ested an opportunity to subscribe. The writer takes this opportunity to thank for valuable assistance, his kinsman, the chief repre- sentative of the family. The Most Honorable Sir John Villiers Stuart Townshend, Bart, and 5th Marquis Townshend, of Raynham, Norfolk, and of Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England. He would also feel that he had been very remiss did he not mention the kind encouragement rendered by his Lordship's deceased mother, the late Dowager Marchioness Townshend, whose untir- ing efforts to assist his investigation among the British records prepared, and made easier for him, his path of research. To T. C. C. Smith, Esq., of the Literary De- partment, Somerset House, London, for his very courteous attention, and to Charles Woodhouse, Esq., Registrar of Her Majesty's Court of Pro- bate, Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk, also to G. R, Harman, Esq., Registrar of Her Majesty's Court of Probate. Norwich, Norfolk, England, the writer is indebted for similar favors ; to my old friend, the Hon. Alex. Hamilton, Jr., Presi- dent of the Astor Library, N. Y. ; and to J. Ham- mond Trumbull, LL.D., of Hartford, Conn.; and last but not least, Professors VanName and Dex- ter of Yale College, and Horace Day, Esq., Sec- retary of the Board of Education, of New Haven, Conn. Desiring to make a thorough investigation, the writer availed himself of the services of the late Col. Chester, D.C.L., etc., etc., who commenced to make an exhaustive research in the British Archives with a view to substantiate with posi- tive evidence a tradition which has been so satis- factorily proved by numerous facts and circum- stances. But just as he had reached a point that justified his giving a written opinion (as his letter shows), he was taken ill and died sud- denly. May 26, 1882. In connection with this let- ter it seems proper to mention that in his last conversation with me while lying on his death bed, he said: "I am satified your traditional ac- count is correct because I find it supported by many facts and circumstances — everything seems to point in the same direction, and if spared I still hope to find more to substantiate it." At another conversation he said, "if Thomas, the son of Henry Townsend of Geddings, had remained in Eng- land, I ought to have found some trace of him. I have no doubt, as your tradition states, he went to New England." If he did not, what became of this Thomas Townsend? 124 SouTHWARK Park Road, London, S. E. England, March 10, 1882. My dear Capt. Tozcnshend: I duly received your letters and the Genealogi- cal Chart sent in your last of the 23d Feb. This I am especially glad to have, and I should have been spared a good deal of labour if you could have sent it before. I have been giving all the time I possibly could to your case, but have been much interrupted, and am not certain that I shall have done all I wish to by the time you reach here, but will en- deavor to do so. Of course the main point is the direct affiliation of your emigrant ancestor, and so far my im- pression is that it will have to be accepted on the strength of circumstantial rather than positive evidence. I am afraid that no record exists that will positively prove it. I cannot, of course, say what may yet be the results of my exhaustive researches, but, even if not decisive, I am sure that you will regard with some value the expres- sion of my opinion concerning your own theory. I have no objection now to say that, so far as my investigations have gone, / see no reason to doubt its reasonableness and probable accuracy. I want to substantiate it if I can, and do not yet despair of doing so. I am not certain that this letter will reach Nevir Haven before you sail for Europe, and therefore reserve all details until I see you. Believe me, sincerely yours, Jos, L. Chester. INTRODUCTION The Massachusetts Probate and other Records at Boston, Salem and Lynn, give evidence of re- lationship between the families of i homas Townsin, Townesende, Towenshend, or 1 owns- hend, of Lynn (for in each way was this name spelled), and the families o John Newgate o Boston, and Robert Mansell, or Mansfield, of Lvnn This Mr. Newgate, an important citizen of Boston, representative and often selectman, was descended from the families of that name who in early times held estates at Holkham and neighboring parishes in the County Norfolk Eng- land a branch of which we find later residing at ■Homingsheath, near Bury St. Edmunds, in Suf- folk He seems to have followed the occupation of a feltmaker, and had lived for many years previous to his emigration to New England in the parish of St. Olives in Southwalk, London Bridge, but after 1627, his name and family disap- pear from the parish register, and about 1630 we find among the Suffolk Fines, London that a certain John Newgate buys and records Oct. 6th, 1631 of Peter Beck and Anne his wife, an estate in the parish of Tymworth, which estate is re- corded sold Feb. 3d, 1639, to Jane Bacon vvidow by a John Newgate alias Newdigate, and Anne his wife, whom we have no doubt are the same as the New England settlers whose children and relations often spelt their name Newdigate, as will be hereafter shown. , . , . -d This John Newgate, in his last will, dated Bos- ton May 8th, 1665, and proved Oct. 26th, follow- ing gives a legacy of "£io to my brother-in-law, Thomas Townsin, of Lyn, to be paid him within three years after my decease," and in codicil of same will, dated Sept. nth, 1665, he shows more than ordinary interest in his brother-in-law, as follows: "Further, my will is that Thomas Townsin, of Lyn, have his legacy above men- tioned, within one year after my decease, and a bequest to the free schools of Boston, for the same amount, he makes void." This Thomas Townesend had sons, lhomas,i Samuel,2 John.S and Andrew.^ He also may have had (by a first wife), 5 Robert of Ports- mouth, 1665, when he signed as one of the sup- porters of the jurisdiction of Massachusetts; and daughter Liddia who married Lawrence Cope- land, of Lynn, "Ye 12 10 mo. 1651," also, Eliz^a- beth, married to Samuel Mariam, Dec. 22d, 1669, and also (perhaps) Mary, a member of Samuel Gardner's family, 1661. The records prove that he gave his property to his children when they became of marriage estate, and by deed, dated Jan. 1st, 1674, he gave to "youngest son Andrew, two acres of his town lot of eight acres in Lynn, situated on the south side the Mill street, lying westerly of the town highway that leadeth through the said field; the said highway being the easterly bounds, and the remainder of the homestead after the death of the said Thomas Townesend, and Mary his now wife; provided, the said Andrew, then unmarried, would con- tinue to live with them and manager their prop- erty, they being disabled in a measure, through age ' to carry on their affairs." This Andrew Townesend died of camp fever, Dec. loth, 1692; his mother, his wife, and two of their children all dying of the same sickness, within a few days of each other, and the court appointed for ad- ministrators on his estate, their loving Uncte Samuel Townesend, of Winnesemet, and Samuel Johnson of Lynn; and for guardians of his chil- dren, their uncle Samuel, aforesaid, for Abigail and David the eldest and youngest, and for the others, viz: Thomas, Elizabeth, Andrew and Daniel, "their loving kinsman," Deacon Daniel Mansfield, who was son of Andrew (the town recorder), and grandson of Robert Mansfield, aforesaid. As we find frequently and for many generations since the settlement of Lynn, the christian name Andrew in the Townsend and Mansfield families, it is quite probable that the name came from the latter to the Townseuds. Blomfield, Norfolk, Vol. X, p. 423-4, mentions the Manor of Hayneford, near Norwich, with advowson of the church and other church lands and property in the same county, granted Oct. 2ist, 154s, to Andrew Mansfield, Esq., of the city of Norwich; also, same date, p. 438, lands in 1 The supposed eldest son married Mary, daughter ot Samuel Davis. 2 His son Samuel married Abigail, another daughter of Samuel Davis, and he leased one of Gov. Belllng- ham's farms at Winesemet or Chelsea, which continued In his family for more than 50 years. He also owned property in Boston (North end), and Charlestown and Rumney Marsh. 3 His son John, by Mary, his now (1669) wife. mar- Tied Sarah, daughter ot John Pearson, of Lynn, his Bear neighbor, who was formerly of Norwich, Norfolk. Eng. This John Townsend married secondly. Meheta- ble. daughter of Nicholas Brown, and sister of Eliza- beth, wife ot Hannaniah Parker, of Redding, who had for second wife Mary Barsham. and .she married 2d. Deacon John Bright, of Watertown, son of Henry Bright, Jr.. whose family lived on the now (1882) site of the Angle Inn at Bury St. Edmunds. County Suffolk, and where he was born and baptized, as per St. James' Parish Register. Dec. 29th, 1602, and emi- grated to New England in 1630. 4 The youngest son, Andrew, by Mary ("my now wife, 1674"). married Abigail, daughter ot John Col- lins, ot Linn. 5 Thomas Townsend. Sr.. in deeds of gift to sons John and Andrew, mentions Mary, his now wife, they the father and mother of aforesaid, and as Thomas and Samuel are not mentioned as sons by wife Mary. It i.s supposed that he had a first wife by whom he had children born in England, and perhaps in New Eng- land, where she may have died, and the above Robert, Liddia, Mary and Elizabeth, perhaps her children. Tradition says, money was left this family, also Thomas Townsend was a relation of the 1st Lord Townsend. Now, we find by will of Sir Roger Town- shend the Puritan Baronet, of Raynham. dated Jan. 1st 1637. a mention of £400 to children ot a Thomas Townsend. His 2d son, Horatio, In 1661, was created Baron Linn. TOWNSEND— TOWNSHEND Newtown ; also, same date, p. 383-4, in Stanhowe (Calthorpe Manor), lands belonging to Thetford Priory, and in Vol. VII, p. 380, same date, this Andrew Mansfield had a grant of the Canons, Marshes, &c., in Marsham, and the same year, 154s. had license to alien it to Elizabeth Spelman, and her heirs. This Elizabeth Spelman was probably a sister of the famous Antiquary Sir Henry Spelman, who was the first Treasurer of the "Council of the New England Company," and by marriage, connected to the Townsend and Mansfield families. Andrew Mansfield, Esq., aforesaid, by will, dated at Norwich, Norfolk, Feb. 20th, IS53, leaves legacies to the church of St. Mary's Coslany within the city of Norwich, appoints wife Jane (a sister of John Eyre, Esq.,) E.xecutrix, and she in her will, dated April 24th, 1587, gave bequest to Thomas Hayes, of silver spoons; orders her body to be buried in the church of Haynesford, Norfolk, in "the North Chansel ne.xt the place my husband Andrew Mansfield hath burial," mentions the house she now dwells in at Haynesford, gives money to the poor of Haynesford, and 20.S. to the Parish of St. Mary's Coslany, aforesaid, makes numerous bequests, gives her property to grand-child, Will- iam LeGryce, and her niece, Alice LeGryce, the wife of said William LeGryce; mentions niece Spelman, nephew George Everton, Elizabeth Bay- pool, wife of John Baypool and especial good friend, Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Kt., Supervisor of her will, she gives £10. Appoints her grand- child, William LeGryce, and nephew, George Everton, E.xecutors of her last will and testa- ment. This Andrew and Jane (Eyre) Mansfield, had an only daughter, Susan, who married Charles LeGryce, of Brodish, Norfolk, and they were the parents of the aforesaid William Le- Gryce, whose mother, Susan (Mansfield) Le- Gryce, was buried at Brodish, in 1564, and the said Charles, in 1572. The Manor of Aslacton, Norfolk. Blomfield tells us, was bought by Charles Le Gryce in 1561, and was granted after his death to Andrew Mansfield, of Norwich, a gentleman who was probably a near relative of the first Andrew Mansfield, and may have been father, uncle, or brother of the first Lynn settler of that name. There was a Charles' Grice, of Brantree, Mass., whose will in Boston Probate C!ourt, is dated Nov. gth, 1661, in which he men- tions son David and children of his brother John and William Grice, son-in-law William Owen, of New England, the others all living in Old Eng- land, and he may have been of this family. The first Andrew Mansfield, probably had other church lands granted him through his brother- in-law's (John Eyre) interest, and may have descended from Andrew, one of the sons of Sir Philip lilansell, or Mansfield, who came into England with William the Conqueror, and re- ceived the estates of his uncle. Sir Henry Harley, and the Manor of Oxmeath, in County Glamor- gan, in South Wales. Besides this Andrew Mansfield, of Hayneford and Norwich, we find in the will of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, of Stifkey, County Norfolk, in the State Papers, Domestic— Addenda— pp. 541-4 No 61 dated June 4th, 1614, frequent mention of Sir Robert Mansell (or, as he signs his name, Mans- held), Kt., Vice Admiral, etc., who was married to Jane, sister to Sir Nathaniel, whose daughter Anne married Sir John Townsend, of Raynham, Kt., killed m a duel, and father of Sir Roger Townsend, ist Bart. He (Sir Robert Mansfield) was noted for his great skill and bravery and knowledge of marine affairs. He had a grant to make saltpetre and glass; was knighted at the taking of Cadiz, Spain, in 1598, and died without issue, probably at his house in Greenwich, soon after 1640. He was living, however, as a paper on file in the State Paper Office, London, proves, bearing his seal and arms, and dated April 30th, 1639. This Sir Robert was largely interested in the North and South Virginia Company, and was one of the council of the New England Company, and at their meeting at the Earl of Carlisle's Chambers in White Hall, April 2Sth, 1635, when they resigned the charter of New England (the Gorges Patent), saying that they have found by long experience that their endeavors to advance the Plantation of New England has been at- tended with great trouble and charge; have had trouble with the Virginia Company and parties who had lands granted them in Massachusetts Bay, and they have thought fit to publish their reasons to posterity for resigning the patent, etc. At this meeting was the President, the Lord Gorges, the Vice-President, Capt. Mason, the Marquis of Hamilton, the Earls of Arundell, Surry, Southampton, Lindsey. Carlisle, Sterling, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Sir Kenelem Digby and others; also. Sir Henry Spelman, the Secretary of the Company. At the time Mount Desert Island was captured from the French by Capt. Samuel Argall, in 1634, it was granted to Sir Robert Mansfield, and called Mount Mansfield. He also was allotted a part of New England or North Virginia, as an old map now extant shows. Sir Robert's brother-in-law. Sir Nathaniel Bacon, married 2d wife, Dorothy, widow of Wm. Smith, of Winston, Norfolk, whose son, Sir Owen Smith, had Thomas, also of Winston, who died Jan. 6th, 1639, and his sister Mary, aunt of said Thomas, married Anthony Drury, of Besthorpe and Int- wood, Norfolk, son of Anthony and Bridget (Spelman) Drury, and the father of Elizabeth Drury, wife of Wm. Newgate, who resided at Intwood, where died Anne (Calthorpe) Towns- hend, "late ye wife of Henry Townshend, Es- quire, of Bracon Ash," and she was buried, ac- cording to the Intwood Register, Oct. 4th, 1629. She was eldest daughter of Bartram Calthorpe, Councillor of the Middle Temple, London, who was buried in Autringham Church, Norfolk. This Anne was co-heir to her sister Mary, wife of Edward D'Oyley, of Newton Trowse, Norfolk (2d brother of Edmund D'Oyley, of Shottesham), Dorothy, wife of Thomas Goodwyn, of Stone- ham, Suffolk, whose daughter Dorothy married Edward Rockwood, son of Nicholas, of Euston, Suffolk. Margeret married Richard and Audrey married Lyonell, Goodrick (cousifis), of Cour.ty T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D Lincoln. Sir Thomas Gresham owned Intwood, and his daughter Anne was wife of aforesaid Sir Nathaniel Bacon, and as before mentioned, grandfather of Sir Roger Townsend, Bart., of Raynham, Norfolk, a noted Puritan, who with his mother-in-law, the Lady Vera, were firm friends of the Rev. John Davenport, of the New Haven Colony, as his letters abundantly prove, and of the Rev. Samuel Whiting, of Lynn in the Massachusetts Colony; the latter having served as domestic Chaplain to the Bacon and Townsend families, and in compliment to these families and other settlers who were from the County Nor- folk, England, who had chosen for their pastor the Rev. Samuel Whiting, this town's name was changed from the Indian one, Saugus, to Lynn, Nov. 25th, 1637, O. S. , • , -ru Having shown on the paternal side Ihomas Townsend's connection with several parties in- terested in the early settlement of New England, a brief notice of the maternal side may interest. His mother was Margeret Forthe, the first wife of Henry Townsend, and a daughter of Robert Forthe, LL.D.. "Deane of the Arches," and a near cousin of Gov. Winthrop's first wife, Mary Forthe. This Margeret had an only brother, Thomas Forthe, Esq., of the Middle Temple, London, who after his father's death in 1596 com- menced to sell his estates at Lambeth, Streatham and Croydon, County Surrey ; and about the same time we find a Thomas Forthe (who may have been the same) buying estates at Southberg and Hingham, Norfolk, next estates occupied by Thomas Southwell, a brother-in-law to aforesaid Robert Forthe, and supervisor of his will, he having married for his third wife Mary, a sister of the said Thomas Southwell, the then widow of William Drury, LL.D., a cousin of Anthony Drury, of Intwood, Norfolk. This Thomas Forthe is called by Blomficld, yeoman, and may not be the same as called of the Middle Temple, Esquire, and in 1603, Edward Brown, Rector of Southberg, return 96 communicants, and that Thomas Forthe is patron. This Thomas Forthe died at Southberg, Aug. 22d, 1630. and his son Thomas is called by an inquisition, taken at Nor- wich, Oct. 22d, 1630. and a second, taken April 22d, 1634, next heir. We find by Robert Forthe's, LL.D., will and inquisition that he held lands and tenements in Surrey, Kent. London, Essex and Layham, County Suffolk, "where his grandfather once did dwell," that he mentions six acres of land in East Ham and other property held of the Arch Bishop, of Canterbury. The last mentioned Thomas Forthe was buried at Southberg, June 7th, 165s; appoints his wife Elizabeth, executrix, and Robert Long, of Remystone, County Norfolk, Esq., supervisor, of his will. In his father's will, John Sutton (probably clerk of Woodrising), his brother-in-law, is made supervisor, and the wit- nesses are Anthony Cooper and John Barrett._ These last three names appear afterwards in a list of settlers to New England, who came ovei in 1638 with the Rev. Robert Peck from Old Hingham, next parish to Southberg. Norfolk, and settled at New Hingham, on the south shore of Boston Bay. Another interesting fact in con- nection with Thomas Townsend, is the petition of Jane, wife of Joseph Armitage, of Lynn, ask- ing to keep an ordinary or Inn (to the General Court in session, Oct. 7th, 1O43, and voted granted Oct. 26th, following). It is drawn up in the hand writing of the Rev. Samuel Whiting, and with thirty-four other signatures, bears Ihomas Townsend's autograph. It is the Court or Nor- man style of the day, and proves that he was used to the pen. In this petition he writes his surname Townsend; but in a previous one at Salem Court, "ye 30th loth mo., 1641," the name is spelt Towenshend; and again a Deposition in the Essex County Court Files, Vol. XIII, p. 62, dated ye 12th loth mo., 1661, Thomas Towne- send's age is called about 60. From those and his well-drawn deeds of gift to his children it would seem that he was a man of good education for the times, and libera! in his views, and being a younger son he might have been educated for the church, and the quiet life he led after com- ing to New England would seem to make him a fit person to accept the position of Rector of a parish. These facts and his deposition wherein his name is mentioned, which nearly agree with the Bracon Ash register, gives great strength to the traditional account. Another strong link in the chain of evidence is the will of John New- gate of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, "Maultster, whose family were from Horningsheath and Ick- worth, next parishes to Nowton, where lived William Payne, Gentleman, sometimes Lord of this Manor, who was Executor of Henry Townes- hend's, of Gedding, will. This John Newgate in his will, dated at Bury St. Edmunds, Oct. 12th, 1642, and proved in the Archdeaconal Court of Sudbury, Oct. 5th, 1649. by his wife Sarah, his Executrix, then the wife of Thomas Frost, gives the use of his property in the Long Bracklands, in the parish of St. James, to Sarah his wife, for life; then to brother Joseph Newgate, and then to his "brother John Newgate, now resident in the parts beyond the seas called New England, and his heirs forever." This John Newgate of New England, as has been shown, was brother- in-law to Thomas Townesend of Lynn, and uncle to Thomas and Samuel Townsend of Rumny Marsh, where Newgate was granted 150 acres, and subsequently bought Governor Winthrop s grant c: 150 acres, and other lands adjoining, increasing his estate here to about 500 acres, which his grandson Nathaniel Newdigate, sold to Colonel Samuel Shrimpton of Boston, whose cousin Epaphrijs Shrimpton of New England, married Rebecca (perhaps Forth), mentioned m will of Mary (perhaps Forth), widow of Joseph Marshall of London. Her will (Fox 121), dated 15th June, 1716. His will (Fagg 54), proved 17th March, 171S, and called cousin, also mentions uncles John, Thomas and Dannett Forth. This Dannett Forth had a daughter Mary, w'ifc of Francis St. John, son of Cromwell, chief justice, Sir Oliver St. John, and so connected with the Rev. Samuel Whiting's wife Elizabeth (his aunt), and the ancestor of the Duke of Manchester. TOWNSEND— TOWNSHEND It is interesting to note that it was usual for respectable families in England, at this period, to use the alias, and such was the case with this branch of the Newgate family, for instance: the before-mentioned family in Fines, of Suffolk. The pedigree of Edmund Newgate alias Newdi- gate, of Holkham and Wighton, County Norfolk, recorded at College of Arms, London, in visita- tion of Norfolk for 1664, containing four genera- tions, and signed Edm. Newgate als. Newdigate, and certified to, Aug. ist, 1876, by George Harri- son, "Windsor Herald," and Edward Bellases, "Blue Mantle." The will of Nathaniel Newgate alias Newdigate, son of John Newgate, of Boston, Mass., who died at Greenwich, near London, and was buried, according to-the register of St. Olive's Parish, London Bridge. September 14th, 1668, and proved by his widow, then the wife of John Johnson, November 24th, 1679. The pedigrees of Newdigate, of Denton and HoU, Norfolk, drawn from original wills by the Rev. William Grigson, of Norwich, who ends his valuable report on the Newgates, saying: "I have seen it stated that this family of Newdigate were at one time called Newgate." — W. G. Now after carefully collect- ing and examining the evidence collected in Old and New England of the Newgates alias Newdi- gate, we have good reason to suppose that this before-mentioned John Newgate alias Newdigate, of Tymworth, was the feltmaker of Southwark, and that after years of prosperity he had about 1630 retired to the neighborhood of his birth, where he might enjoy quietly with his family the result of his efforts and industry; but his near neighbor. Sir Thomas Jermyn, of Rushbrook, County Suffolk, Kt., then one of His Majesty's Privy Council, and a friend of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, may have persuaded him to assist its colonization by removing there with his family. The Horningsheath and Hessett Parish Regis- ters record several generations of the Newgate and Hoo families. Philip Newgate, father of John of Boston, was married Dec. 13th, 1578, at Hessett, the next parish to Rougham and Rush- brook, Suffolk to Joan Hoo, a dau. of Gualther (Walter) Hoo or Howe of Rougham Hall, of which he held the cooy-hold; also Freeholds in Hessett, Beighton and adjoining parishes from his ancestors, as his will dated July 21st, 1587, proves. This Philip Newgate had a brother Rob- ert Newgate, who married at Horningsheath, Elizabeth Buckenham or Bokenham, Feb. 21, 1581, and she was probably of the same family as Ed- mund Buckenham, sheriff of Suffolk in 1605, who by marriage with Barbara, a daughter of John Wiseman, Esq., of Great Thornham, was brother- in-law by marriage of her sister Mary, to Philip Forth, an uncle of Mary Forth, first wife of Gov- ernor Winthrop. Aforesaid Edmund Buckenham had son Sir Henry Buckenham, who was by wife Dorothy, eldest daughter of Guilford Walsing- ham, had a daughter Timothea, who married a Mr. Gardner of Essex, and a son John Bucken- ham, whose son Wiseman Buckenham, married Grace, second sister to Sir Symon D'Ewes, Bart. The before-mentioned Robert Newgate had with other issue, William Newgate, baptized at Horn- ingsheath, April 14th, 1603, and who was prob- ably the uncle's son mentioned in will of John Newgate of Boston, as married to his wife's sister, and then (1665) living in London, and to whom he leaves a legacy in amount equal to Thomas Townsend, his other brother-in-law of Lynn, fio. This William Newgate has been sometimes called the same who married Bridget, daughter of Anthony Drury of Intwood, Norfolk. But the one who married at Intwood was prob- ably William, son of Edmund Newgate, alias Newdigate, of the family of Wighton and Holk- ham. It is however interesting to note that the Drury family of Beesthorpe and Intwood were near relations of the Drurys of Rougham, Suf- folk, and from whom probably Walter Hoo held the copyhold of Rougham Hall, and they were also related to the Pepys family of Norfolk. Jerome (Fermor) Pepyes of South Creek, Nor- folk, having by wife Frances, daughter of John Drury of Rougham, Suffolk, a son Fermor Pepys, who resided at Toftstrees, next Raynham, the seat of the Townshend family, and his nephew, Edward Pepyes of Broomsthorpe, Nor- folk, and Middle Temple, London, married Eliza- beth, co-heir of John Walpole, and she in her will, proved at Norwich, June 28, 1669. leaves with other legacies, a bequest to Cousin Newgate, who may have been of the Horningsheath family. ./» 10 THE TOWNSHEND FAMILY The Townsend or Townshend families of Eng- land and America are of mixed Saxon and Nor- man origin and of great antiquity in the County Norfolk, England. Walter Atte Townshende, son of Sir Lodovic de Townshende, a Norman nobleman whom Col- lins in his Peerage of England puts at the head of this family, flourished soon after the Conquest. This Lodovic it seems married Elizabeth de Hauteville, sole heiress of the manors of Rayn- ham ; daughter of Sir Thomas de Hauteville, of the famous family of de Hauteville or Havile, which family at this time appears to have been a most important one. They were of Norman extraction, and settling in the County of Nor- folk became possessed of a considerable property said to have been granted them by William the Conqueror, a portion of which by this marriage came to the Townsend family. We find the name in ancient deeds written thus: Ad-Finem-Ville. Ad-Exitum-Ville, Add- Caput-Ville. William Ad-Exitum-Ville. that is Townsend or Tunneshende, held considerable lands of the prior of Norwiche's lordship in Tav- erham, Norfolk, in the reign of King John, A. D. 1200. In the reign of Henry IH, A. D. 1217-72, lived Thomas Atte-Tunneshende, of West Herl- ing; and in 1292 lived William Atte-Tune'sende. In '304. John, son of Thomas Atte Tunnesende, died, leaving Alice his widow and William his son, who was married in 1306. This family was possessed of valuable estates, and their seal was a chevron between three escalop shells, the arms of the family to this day. There wer2 several of the name living in Nor- folk about the beginning of the 14th century, and from them no doubt the various families of the name sprang. Anno Domini 1319, Richard Atte- Towneshende of Fincham, conveyed lands, etc., with the services of divers men, to Adam de Fincham, and in the church of St. Martyn's, Fincham, on the pavement near the lowest south window, lies a gravestone, to which was once fixed a brass plate with a long Latin inscription memorative to Thomas Townsend, a probable descendant of this family, and which is now pre- served in the church chest, but much broken. In 1371, Peter Atte-Townsend was presented with the living of Great Winchingham by the king and nominated by the bishop. There was a William Atte-Tounsend whose son Thomas set- tled his estates in Thropland and Barsham in Norfolk, on his son John, by deed dated July 11, 1377. This John was living at Snoring Magna, A. D. 1396, and afterwards settled at R.iynham. Roger de Townshende, who by wife Cathrine, daughter of John Atherton, of the County Sus- sex, was father of Sir Thomas de TownsJiend, whose wife was Agnes, daughter of William Payne, gentleman. This Sir Thomas was buried in the choir of White Friars' Church in Fleet street, London, April i, 1421, and his son and heir Roger was wedded to Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Giggs, of Rollesby, in County Norfolk, and had issue John Townesend, son and heir, who married Joan, daughter and heir of Sir Rob- ert Lunsford of Rumford, in County Essex; his will is dated February 16, 1466. He orders his "body to be hurried in the middle of the church of St. Mary's, Raynham, before the image of the crucifix of our Lord, and appoints one secular priest to celebrate, for his soul and that of his wife, for the space of 20 years." By this match the Townsend family have right to bear the arms of Lunsford, Harrington, Belhouse, Marcy Man- derville, Earl of Essex, &c. By the said Joan Lunsford, this John Townsend had one son Roger, and four daughters. Roger Townsend, Esq., son and heir, was en- tered a student of Lincoln's Inn, and elected a governor and lent reader 1461. In 1468 was trustee in purchasing the Lordship at Wiching- ham, St. Mary's. In 1472 was member of Parlia- ment of Calme, in Wiltshire; and in 1476 he pur- chased the remainder of the Lordship of Havile, Raynham, so that the whole estate was then in the family. In 1477 he was called to the degree of sergeant-at-law ; in 1480, summoned to be an assistant to the house of Lords in Parliament; and in 1485 was made king's sergeant-at-law, and the year following was appointed a justice of the common pleas. King Henry VII renewed his patent, and knighted him in his chamber at Wor- cester, on Whitsunday before the coronation. Sir Roger dates his will Aug. 14, 1492, and orders his body to be buried in the chapel of St. Kath- erine's, in the church of St. Mary's, Raynham, if he fortunes to decease there; but if in London, in the church of White Friars in Fleet street, before the crucifix. He leaves legacies to his daughters, _ and mentions son Thomas; makes Eleanor, his wife, sole executrix and guardian to his eldest son Roger, on whom he entails his property. His will was proved 1403, and wife Eleanor survived him, and in her will dated Nov. 9, 1499, she orders her body to be buried by the high altar in the chancel of the church of St. Mary's, Raynham, and a new tomb to be made for her husband, and her bones, upon which tomb to be graven a sepulchre for Easter-day, if a chapel be not made at her decease, and if a chapel be made then she would be buried with her husband there. She appoints Sir Robert Clere, Kt., her executor, and her will was proved Oct. 8, 1500. Sir Roper had issue by wife Eleanor, viz: Roger, eldest son, heir; Thomas; Anne, wife of Sir Philip Cressner of Attleborough, Norfolk, II TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Esq.; Anne, wife of Humphrey Castell of Reving- ham, Norfolk, Esq.; Thomasim, wife of Thomas Woodhouse, of Kimberly, Norfolk, Esq. ; . . . . wife of Sir William Clopton of Kentwell, Suf- folk, Kt. Roger Towneshend, eldest son of the Judge, was bred to the law, and among other gentlemen of worth and dignity of the County Norfolk, was appointed a commissioner by act of Parliament for raising the sum of £163,000 by a poll-tax in 1513, for defraying the expense of taking Tero- ven and Tournay. In 15 18 he covenanted to serve the king with ten men-at-arms ; was sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1511, 1518, 1525, and one of the masters of the courts of request in 1529, serving also the same year as one of the King's Council with the Bishop of Lincoln. On Jan. 2, 1539, he attended the Duke of Norfolk at the marriage reception of King Henry VHI, and was knighted 1545, on the return of the king from Boulogne, and on the death of that mon- arch was commissioned to take care of the peace of the County Norfolk. He was a gentleman of great honor and worth, both at home and at court, and was one of the king's privy council. His wife was Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir William de Brevvse who was from a very ancient family which held by descent a great estate, and brought with it high honors, she being connected by birth with many of the ancient nobility. In his will, which bears date July 31, 1551, he calls himself son and heir of Sir Roger Townshend, deceased, and orders his body to be buried in the church of East Raynham by Amy, his wife, if he fortune to depart within the shire of Norfolk; leaves bequests to his sons and daughters, and makes his great-grandson Roger (then a minor), son of Richard, lately deceased, son of his son John, also deceased, his heir apparent when he attains the age of 27 years. Appoints his sons George and Thomas his executors, and his will was proven May 10, 1552, and he was buried in the church of St. Mary's, Raynham. As both these Sir Roger Townshends left wills, in which all their children are mentioned, it is evident that Collins and Blomfield have made an error in call- ing them the same person. Sir Roger had issue by wife Anne de Brewse, viz : John, eldest son, of Raynham, Norfolk and Brampton, Suffolk, Esq. ; Sir Robert, 2d son, of Ludlow, Kt., Chief Justice of Chester; George, 3d son, of Dereham Abbey. Esq., who married a daughter of Sir John Thurston, Sheriff of Lon- don, 1516; Roger, 4th son. Parson of Creek and Snoring, Norfolk, died A. D. 1537-8, will dated Oct. 8, 1536; Thomas, 5th son, of Testerton, Nor- folk, Esq. ; Giles, 6th son, will dated Nov. 15, 1552, proved Mar. 4, 1554. Susan married Sir Edmund Windham, Kt. ; Kathrine married Sir Henry Beddingfield, Kt. Which John Townshend, Esq., aforesaid, was seated at Brampton, in Com. Norf., and having married Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Hayden, of Baconsthorp, in the same county. Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Henry VIII, had issue two daughters and four sons; Richard, eldest son; Henry; John Townshend, of Hel- loughton, in Com. Norf., Esq.. who by wife Cecilia, daughter of Peirce (who was buried at Helloughton, Nov. 9, 1589), left an only daughter and heir. Amy ; and (5eorge, fourth son. His daughters were, Catharine, married to Francis Colvil, of Marshland, in Com. Norf., Esq. ; and Anne, the wife of Thomas Crofftes, of Felraingham, in the same county, Esq. He was succeeded by Richard, his eldest son. Which Richard Townshend, E^q., resided also at Brampton, and died in the fifth year of King Edward VI, 1551, as appears by his will, bearing date of the 20th of July the same year, (and the probate thereof Feb. 12th, 1544) at which time he was dangerously ill, and appoints Thomas Townshend, Esq., his uncle, sole executor. He married Catharine, third daughter and co-heir of Sir Humphrey Brown, of Ridley, in Cheshire, one of the justices of the Common Pleas, who was afterwards espoused to Sir William Roper, Knight, ancestor to the Ropers of Welhall ; but by her first husband had issue a son named Roger, and a daughter Elizabeth, married to Thomas Godsalve, of Buckenham, in Com. Norf., Esq., who deceased on August 2d, in 30 Elizabeth, leaving by her Roger Godsalve, of Buckenham, his son and heir, at that time twenty years of age. Roger Tounshend, Esq., son and also heir to his great-grandfather Sir Roger, aforesaid, and ancestor to the present Marquis Townshend. The Earl, Sydney, the Viscount Raynham and the late Lord Bayning, was afterwards a celebrated com- mander, and brought his own ships into the serv- ice of his country during the time of the Spanish Arrnada, in 1588, and showing such undaunted spirit and bravery, was knighted at sea, on board the "Ark Royal," the 26th of July of the same year, by the Lord High Admiral Charles Howard, with the Lord Howard, the Lord Sheffield, John Hawkins and Martyn Frobisher ; and as his name is mentioned before the two last, his command was, no doubt, a most important one. On the tapestry hanging on the walls of the House of Lords, was embroidered. Lord Howard and his captains, one of which, was this Sir Roger. He resided at Raynham, and became famed for his prudence, valor, and other accomplishments. He enlarged his estates by divers purchases of manor- lands, etc., in the County Middlesex, Norfolk and Essex, as appears by several authorities. He lived but two years afterwards, departing this life in the flower of his age, at a seat he had purchased of Thomas Sutton, Esq., at Newing- ton, County Middlesex, June 30, 1590. and was buried in the church of St. Giles, Cripple-gate, London. His lady was Jane, youngest daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope, of Shelford, in County Norfolk, ancester to the present Earl of Chester- field and Stanhope, by whom he had two sons, John and Robert Townshend, who lived a widow till about seven years after his decease, when she was married to Henry Berkley — Lord Berk- ley, viz. on the loth of March, 1597, and, survi- ving her second husband, died Jan. 3, 1617-18. 12 T O W' N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D Robert Townshend, youngest son of Sir Roger, was knighted at the Charter House by King James I, on May ii, 1603; and took to wife Anne, daughter of WilHam Lord Spencer, but died without issue, having been elected for Castle Rising and Orford, to all parliaments from 42 Elizabeth to the last parliament of King James I. John Townshend, Esq., the eldest son, was elected to parliament for Castle Rising, in Nor- folk, in 35 Elizabeth ; and four years after, when the Earl of Essex had concerted the invading of the Spanish dominions, in the year 1596, he fol- lowed the example of his father, going in person in the service of his country, in that expedition; and for his signal valour in entering the town of Cales, was knighted by the general. After his return, he was the same year elected to parliament one of the Knights for the county of Norfolk; and in the 35th of Elizabeth for the borough of Castle Rising, in the same county; also in the 43d of Elizabeth for the borough of Orford, in Suffolk; and was a leading member in the first parliament called by King James; being appointed, among others of the principal members, to consider of the grievances of the nation ; and in a committee for a conference with the lords, concerning wardships ; as also in other special affairs, as the journals of the house of commons show. During the sitting of this par- liament he had the misfortune of falling into a quarrel with Sir Matthew Brown, of Beachworth Castle, in Surrey, which ended in a duel fought between them on horseback on Hounslow heath, wherein they were both mortally wounded. Sir Matthew dying on the spot, and Sir John Townshend soon after, on August 2, 1603, in the first year of King James I. He was possessed of a very great estate, as appears by two inquisitions taken after his death, at Thetford, one on the 8th of June, and one on the last of November the same year, wherein it was found that Roger, his son and heir, was eight years of age, and that he died possessed in the county of Norfolk of the manors of Reynham, and Sherbornes in West Reynham, the manor and castle of Rudham, with the rectory, the lordship of Holloughton, the scite of the priory of Coxford, the manors of Ingaldesthorpe, Scales, Barwick, Haviles, Reyton, Halles Payne and Morehouse, Scales, Horsham, with the rectory and advowson of the vicarage of the church, Buckenhams in Barwick, Eatshall and Stanhoe, Sherburnes in Stanhoe, Stinton Hall, Stibard, Pandles, and Barnier, with other lands and tenements. He married Anne, eldest daugh- ter and co-heir of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, of Stifkey in Norfolk. Knight of the Bath, (second son by the first wife of Lord Keeper Bacon, and elder brother of the half-blood of the famous Lord Verulam). By her he had a daughter. Elizabeth, who was married to John Spelman, Esq. ; and a second son. Stanhope Townshend, who went a volunteer in the service of the States of Holland against the Spaniards; and being wounded in a duel in the Low Countries, it occasioned his death, though he lived to come into England,, dy- ing at London unmarried, Nov. 6, 1620. Roger Townshend, his eldest son, was created a Baronet by King James I, by letters patent bearing date April 16, 161 7, in the fifteenth year of his reign, and the ninety-eight in order of creation. He rendered himself so conspicuous, and was so well esteemed in his country, that in the third year of King Charles I, anno 1627, he was unanimously elected one of the knights in parliament for the county of Norfolk; was sheriff of that county in the fifth year of King Charles I, and served in all other offices suiting his degree. He resided for the most part of his life in the country, an eminent example of all christian vir- tues ; and is mentioned with honour by Sir Henry Spelman, who says "Coxford abbey, after the Dissolution, came to the duke of Norfolk, who was beheaded 2d June, 1572, 14 Eliz. The queen then granted it to Edward earl of Oxon, who wasted all his patrimony. Sir Roger Townsend then bought it, who had issue sir John Townsend and sir Robert Townsend. Sir Robert died with- out issue: sir John has issue sir Roger the bar- onet, and Stanhope and Ann, married to John Spelman ; he falling into a quarel with sir Mat- thew Brown of Betchworth castle, in Surrey, each of them slew other in a duel, i Jac. Stanhope Townsend wounded mortally by in a duel in the Low-Countries, came into Eng- land, and died at London. Sir Roger, the bar- onet, intending to build a goodly house at Rainham, and to fetch stone for the same from Coxford abbey, by advice of sir Nathaniel Bacon, his grandfather, began to demolish the church there, which till then was standing: and beginning with the steeple, the first stone (as it is said) in the fall brake a man's leg, which somewhat amazed them; yet contemning such advertisement, they proceeded in the work, and overthrowing the steeple, it fell upon a house by, and breaking it down, slew in it one Mr. Seller, that lay lame in it of a broken leg, gotten at foot-ball, others hav- ing saved themselves by fright and flight. Sir Roger having digged the cellaring of his new house, and raised the walls with some of the abbey stone breast-high, the wall reft from the corner stones, though it was clear above ground ; which being reported to me by my servant, Rich- ard Tedcastle, I viewed them with mine own eyes, and found it so. Sir Roger, utterly dismayed with these occurrents, gave over his begun foun- dation ; and digging a new wholly out of the ground, about twenty yards more forward toward the north, hath there finished a stately house, using none of the abbey stone about it, but em- ployed the same in building a parsonage-house for the minister of that town, and about the walls of the churchyard, &c. Himself also shewed me that as his first foundation reft in sunder, so the new bridge, which he had made of the same stone at the foot of the hill, which ascendeth to his house, settled down with a belly as if it would fall. But if there be any offences or ominous consequences depending upon such possessions, he hath very nobly and piously endeavored to expatiate it; for he hath given back to the church three or four appropriations." 13 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Other writers of those times ; being universally esteemed for his piety and charity, having nobly endowed several churches with impropriations, to the yearly value of some hundred pounds. He built from the ground a stately house at Rayn- ham, now the mansion seat of the family, and departed this life on January ist, 1636, aged forty-one years, and was buried in the church of East Raynham. He took to wife Mary, second daughter and co-heir of the famous Horatio Vere, Lord Vere of Tilbury, by whom he had two sons and five daughters; and she surviving him, was afterwards married to Mildmay Fane, Earl of Westmoreland, by whom she was mother of Vere Fane, Earl of Westmoreland. Her sons by Sir Roger Townshend were, Sir Roger, and Sir Ho- ratio ; and her daughters, who were married after their father's decease, were Mary, wedded to Thomas Lord Crewe, of Steen, in Com. North- amp. ; Jane to John Windham, Esq. ; Anne to William Cartwright, of Ayno, in Com. North- amp., Esq.; Elizabeth, who died after her father's decease, unmarried ; and Vere, wedded to Sir Ralph Hare, of Stow Hall, in Com. Norf., Bart. Sir Roger Townshend, Bart., baptized at Stif- key. County Norfolk, born December 21, 1628, was in ward to the King, and dying in his minority, was succeeded by his brother Sir Ho- ratio Townshend, 2d, Bart. Created Baron Lynn, April 20, 1661. Sir Horatio Townshend, first Viscount Towns- hend, was baptized at Stifkey, County Norfolk, December 16, 1630, and under age during the civil war begun in 1641 ; but when he became possessed of the estate of his ancestors, which was one of the best of the County of Norfolk (as the inquisition taken after the death of his father shows) he was soon distinguished for his eminent abilities, and courted by all those who had the interest of their country at heart; and the part he acted during those times of confusion was a principal means of the restoration of mon- archy and episcopacy. Lord Clarendon says of him, "that he was a gentleman of the greatest interest and credit in that large County of Nor- folk, and was able to bring in a good body; that he had been under age till long after the end of the war, and so liable to no reproach or jealousy, yet of very worthy principles, and of a noble fortune, which he engaged very frankly to borrow money, and laid it out to provide arms and am- munition ; and all the King's friends in those parts were ready to obey him, and the Lord Willough- by, of Parham (whom he had brought over to his side), in whatsoever they undertook." And he says, their design in the year 1659 for sur- prising of Lynn, a maritime town of great im- portance in respect of its situation, was the best digested, and the most likely to succeed in re- storing of the King, of any that had been formed. He took to heart the oppression of his country, and had the courage, with the Lord Richardson and Sir John Hobart, to bring an address from the County of Norfolk, which, on Jan. 28, 1659, he presented to the members then sitting, "where- in they demanded the secluded members to be admitted, or a free Parliament chosen." This forwarded the arrival of Gen. Monk, and most counties in England followed the example, and delivered addresses to the same purpose. During the time of his being in the Council of State, he contracted a friendship with the Lord Fairfax, who was general of the army; and being intrusted by the King with his affairs, he delivered that Lord a letter from His Majesty, and brought him into the King's interest; which, as Lord Claren- don writes, greatly facilitated Gen. Monk's ad- vance into England, and his reception into the City of York. When the Long Parliament was dissolved, and another called to be holden at Westminster, April 29, 1660, this Sir Horatio and the Lord Richardson were elected knights for the County of Norfolk ; and he was nominated by the House of Commons, with six lords (sons of peers) of their body, and five other commoners, to attend the King at the Hague, "to desire His Majesty to make a speedy return to his Parlia- ment, and take the government of the kingdom into his hands." He was the first named of the commoners, and arriving at the Hague, they had their audiences of the King, May i6th, 1660; and Sir Horatio came over with his Majesty, who had a full sense of his great services; and in consid- eration thereof, advanced him to the dignity of a peer of this realm, by the title of Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis, April 20, 1661 ; and August 19th following, constituted him Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk, and City and County of Norwich. Also further advanced him to the title of Viscount Townshend, of Rayn- ham, in County Norfolk, on December 11, 1682, 34 (Tar. H. He departed this life in December, 1687, having married two wives. His first Lady was Mary, daughter and sole, heir to Edward Lewkenor, Esq., son and heir of Sir Edward Lewkenor, of Denham in Sussex, Kt., who deceasing without issue anno 1673, his Lord- ship married Mary, daughter of Sir Joseph Ashe, of Twickenham, in the County of Middlesex, Bart., by whom he had three sons; First, Charles, his successor. Second, Roger, who was one of the knights of the shire for the County of Norfolk, in the first Parliament of Great Britain, and one of the burgesses for Yarmouth, in that county, in the second Parliament, but died on May 22d, 1709, unmarried, and was buried at Raynham. Third, Horatio, who was member of Parliament for Yarmouth, in Norfolk, and afterwards for Heytesbury, in Wiltshire; also one of the com- missions of the Excise; he died October 24, 1751, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, and lies buried under an altar tomb near the northeast corner of Nelson's burial ground, behind the Foundling Hospital, as does also his wife, Alice, daughter of ... . Starkey, Esq., who died November 22, 1747, aged fifty-four; by whom he had issue Ho- ratio, who died unmarried April 22, 1747; Mary, who died August 12, 1730, aged nine years and six months; Alice, who died Nov. 7, 1726, aged five months, and Letitia, their only surviving child, who was married July 24, 1749, to Brown- 14 EARL OF BUTE. CHARLES TOWXSHEND, Chancellor of the Exchequer. LORD NORTH. ARCHl'.ISHOP MARK^A^r. GEORGE in. WILLIAM PITT. THE KI.\G AND HIS MINISTERS. TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND low, the late Earl of Exeter, but died in April, 1756, without issue. , , , Charles, second Lord Viscount Townshend, took his seat in the House of Peers, December 3, 1697; and June 24, 1702, was constituted Lord Lieuten- ant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Nor- folk, and of the City and County of Norwich. In 1706 he was one of the commissioners that treated of the union between the two kingdoms; and on Nov. 16, 1707, was appointed captain of the yeo- men of her Majesty's guard; and was sworn of the privy council to her Majesty the 20lh of May following. In 1709 his Lordship, and the Duke of Marlborough, were appointed plenipotentiaries to treat of a peace with those of France. "The choice," says Burnet, "was well made; for as Lord Townshend had great parts, had improved them by traveling, and was by much the most shining person of all our young nobility, and had on many occasions distinguished himself very em- inently ; so he was a man of great integrity, and of good principles in all respects, free frorn all vice, and of an engaging conversation." Arriving at Gertruydenburgh, they had several conferences with the French ministers about a general peace; and preliminaries were signed by the plenipoten- tiaries of the allies, the Duke of Marlborough and his Lordship, May 28, 1709; and Monsieur de Torcy went with them to France; but the French monarch refused to ratify them. His Lordship continued at the Hague as her Majesty's ambas- sador extraordinary. In 1710, the French made fresh overtures for a peace, delivered by them at Gertruydenburgh, April 8th; but according to their usual delusive artful management, it ap- peared only to protract time ; and the conferences ending July 25, N. S., the States General was so exasperated at their shuffling, that they came to vigorous resolutions to push on the war, which are set forth in the Annals of Qucen Anne, year the ninth, page 22, and seq. On the change of the ministry that year, his Lordship not coining into the measures of the court, desired to be recalled; and thereupon it was published in our Gazette, March 7, 1710, "that the Lord Viscount Townshend, her Majesty's ambassador extraor- dinary and plenipotentiary to the States General of the United Provinces, having desired leave to return home, her Majesty had appointed the Lord Raby to succeed him." And on June 13th following, he was removed from his post of cap- tain of the yeomen of her Majesty's guard. His Lordship concurred in all measures for the secur- ing of the Protestant succession ; and on the demise of the Queen, he was, by King George I, according to the power invested in him by Act of Parliament, nominated one of the lords justices of Great Britain, till he arrived from Hanover. And in pursuance of his Majesty's pleasure, sig- nified to the lords justices, he was, on September 17th, 1714, sworn principal secretary of state, and took his place at the board accordingly. Three days after his Majesty arriving, he was received with great marks of his favour. At this period Coxe gives the following char- acter of him. "Charles Viscount Townshend, who now took the lead in the administration, had taken his seat in the house of peers in i6g6; and being of a Tory family, attached himself so strongly to that party, that he signed the protest respecting the impeachment of the Whig Lords. But his zeal for the Tories soon abated, and even took a contrary direction, to which the repre- sentations and conduct of his friend Walpole greatly contributed. He then attached himself to Somers, and acted so cordially with the Whigs, that when William formed a new administration, principally composed of that party, a rumour was confidentially circulated that he was appointed privy-seal. In 1706, he was nominated one of the commissioners for settling the union with Scot- land; in 1707, captain of the yeomen of the Queen's guard; and in 1709 accompanied the Duke of Marlborough to Gertruydenberg, as joint plenipotentiary, to open a negotiation for peace with France ; he was deputed in the same year ambassador extraordinary to the States General, and concluded with them the Barrier Treaty. Soon after the change of the Whig administra- tion, he resigned his embassy, was removed from his post of captain of the yeomen, and censured by the Tory House of Commons for having signed that treaty. During the early part of the reign of Queen Anne, on account of his youth, he acted only a subordinate part, and was not considered as one of the great leaders of the Whig interest ; but towards the close of that reign, his services and decisive conduct raised his consequence ; and he gained great accession of character with his party, on being prosecuted at while lying on his death bed, he said : "I am the same time with the Duke of Marlborough. "Though actually of slow parts, he had ac- quired from long experience the talent that ren- dered him an able man of business, which was the sole object of his ambition ; he was rough in manners, impatient of contradiction, of a san- guine disposition, impetuous and overbearing; though inelegant in language, and often perplexed in argument, yet he spoke sensibly, and often with a thorough knowledge of his subject. He was generous, highly disinterested, of unblemished integrity, and unsullied honor; initiated in diplo- matic transactions during the congress at Ger- truydenberg and the Hague, he cherished too great an attachment to negotiation, and fond of vision- ary schemes, was too apt to propose bold and decisive measures, which the more temperate and pacific disposition of Walpole was continually employed in counteracting. "During the two months which immediately preceded the Queen's death, and the interval which ensued between that event and the arrival of the King, he seems to have secured and gov- erned Bothmar, and the other Hanoverian agents in England ; to have supplanted Sunderland and Halifax, and to have obtained the entire con- fidence of the King, of which he had previously acquired a very distinguished share, by his great reputation for integrity and talents, by the recom- mendation of Pensionary Heinsius, Slingelandt, and other leading men of the Dutch Republic, 15 T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D and by his uniform adherence to the cause of the Protestant succession. "An early and intimate connection had been formed between Townshend and VValpole ; they were distantly related, neighbors in the same county, and educated at the same school ; they joined the same party, acted under the same lead- ers, underwent the same persecutions, and co- operated in the same opposition. The marriage which Townshend had contracted with Dorothy VValpole in 1713, drew closer the bonds of amity, and added an union of blood to the connections of party. Walpole had performed too many es- sential services to the Hanover family, and was too able a speaker in the House of Commons, not to occupy a distinguished situation at the accession of George the First, and his connection with Townshend facilitated his promotion." On December 12, 1716, the seals of secretary of state were taken from him, and Jan. 23, 1716-17, he was prevailed on to accept the Lord Lieuten- antcy of Ireland; but declined going over to that kingdom, and was dismissed on the 19th of April following. On June 11, 1720, he was constituted president of the council, and the same year was one of the lords justices in his Majesty's absence. On February 10, 1720-21, he was again made principal secretary of state, and the 26th of May, 1723, on his Majesty's going abroad, one of the lords justices of Great Britain; and embarking with the King, in his passage through Osnaburgh was very graciously received by the Duke of York. The deaths of Stanhope and Sunderland served to remove all obstacles to the power of Townshend and Walpole, who now became the great leaders of the Whigs, and being strictly united both in blood and interest, concentered in themselves the favor of the crown and the confi- dence of their party. On July gth, 1724, being elected a Knight of the most noble order of the Garter, he was installed at Windsor on the 28th of the same month. On June i, 1725, he was likewise one of the lords justices, and waited on his Majesty that year at Hanover; from whence he returned to Rye with the King, after a very dangerous passage, in stormy weather. In 1727, he was again one of the lords justices, and waited on the King, who arrived at Helvoetsluys the 6th of June, and departed this life the nth following, at Osnaburgh : thereupon his Lordship returned, and waited on King George II, on the 19th of June. On July 24th ensuing, he delivered the seals of his office of secretary of state to his Majesty, when he was pleased to deliver them to him again; after which, on September sth. he was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum of the County of Norfolk, and City and County of Norwich. In 1729, he also attended the King to Hanover. And on May 15, 1730, resigned the post of secretary of state, of which our Gazette makes this mention : "Whitehall, May i6th. The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Townshend having received his Majesty's permission, resigned the seals of secretary of state on Friday last." "The treaty of Seville." says Coxe, "was the concluding act of Townshend's administration; it was signed on the gth of November, 1729, and on the i6th of May he retired in disgust from the office of secretary of state. His resignation was owing to a disagreement with his brother-in-law and coadjutor. Sir Robert Walpole, which had long subsisted. It had been occasionally com- promised by the interference of common friends, but finally broke into a rupture, which rendered the continuance of both in office incompatible. The causes of this misunderstanding were vari- ous, and originated from the difference of their tempers, from disagreement on subjects of do- mestic and foreign politics, from political and private jealousy. Townshend was frank, impetu- ous, and overbearing; long accustomed to dictate in the cabinet, and fond of recommending violent measures. Walpole was mild, insinuating, pliant and good-tempered; desirous of conciliating by lenient methods, but prepared to employ vigor, when vigor was necessary. "The rough and impetuous manners of Towns- hend began to alienate the King, and disgust the Queen. All the members of the cabinet were no less dissatisfied with him. Newcastle in particular was anxious to remove a minister who absolutely directed all foreign affairs, and who rendered him a mere cypher. He wished to procure the ap- pointment of Lord Harrington, who already owed his peerage to him, and who, he flattered himself, would act in subservience to his dictates. "To these public causes of misunderstanding, derived from a desire of pre-eminence, a private motive was unfortunately added. The family of Townshend had long been the most conspicuous, and accustomed to take the lead as the only one then distinguished by a peerage in the County of Norfolk ; the Walpoles were subordinate both in estate and consequence; and Houghton was far inferior in splendor to Raynham. But circum- stances were much altered. Sir Robert Walpole was at the head of the treasury; a peerage had been conferred on his son ; the increase of his paternal domains, the building of a magnificent seat, the acquisition of a superb collection of paintings, a sumptuous style of living, and affable manners, drew to Houghton a conflux of com- pany; and eclipsed the more sober and less splen- did establishment of Raynhain. "Walpole had long been considered as the first minister in all business relating to the internal affairs; he was the principal butt of opposition; for the name of Townshend scarcely once occurs in the "Craftsman," and the other political papers against government, while that of Walpole is seen in almost every page. "His influence over the Queen had on the acces- sion of George II prevented the removal of Townshend. He managed the House of Com- mons and was supported by a far greater number of friends than his brother minister could boast, who had little parliamentary interest and still less personal credit. Walpole felt in all these cir- cumstances his superior consequence; he was conscious that he should be supported by the Queen, and was unwilling to continue to act in a subordinate situation ; while Townshend, who had 16 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND long been used to dictate, would not bear any opposition to his sentiments, or any resistance to his views. He considered his brother minister as one who had first enlisted himself under his ban- ners, and who ought to continue to act with the same implicit obedience to his commands, hence a struggle for power ensued." "Townshend retired with the most unsullied character for integrity, honor and disinterested- ness, and gave several striking proofs that he could command the natural warmth of his temper, and rise superior to the malignant influence of party spirit and disappointed ambition. He passed the evening of his days in the pursuit of rural occupations and agricultural experiments ; his im- provements ameliorated the state of husbandry ; his hospitality endeared to his neighbors, and the dignity of his character ensured respect. Appre- hensive of being tempted again to enter into those scenes of active life which he had resolved totally to abandon, he never re-visited the capital but died at Raynham in 1738, aged sixty-four." His lordship married, first, Elizabeth, only issue of Thomas Lord Pelham, father of his Grace Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir to Sir William Jones, Kt., attorney general to King Charles H. Her ladyship, who was heir to her mother, died on May 11, 171 1, leaving issue a daughter, Eliza- beth, married to Charles, first Earl Cornwallis ; and four sons : First, Charles, the third Viscount Townshend. Second, Thomas, father of the late Viscount Sydney, for whom see that title. Third, William, father of Lord Bayning, for whom see that title. Fourth, Roger, youngest son, was captain of a troop of horse in Gen. Wade's regiment ; and on the death of his brother William, was cliosen member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth afore- said ; also was chosen for the same place in the succeeding Parliament; and in 1747 served for Eye, in Suffolk. On July 9, 1743. he was ap- pointed aid-de-camp to his Majesty, and was that year at the battle of Dettingen ; and on the sth of January, 1744-5, made governor of the forts and batteries of Yarmouth. On February 28, 1747-8, he was made receiver general and cashier of his Majesty's customs; he died Aug. 7, 17O0, unmarried, and is buried at Oiiselhurst, in Kent, where an handsome monument is erected to his memorj'. Born June 15, 1708; died Aug. 7, 1760. His Lordship married, secondly, in July 1713, Dorothy, daughter of Robert Walpole, of Hough- ton, in Norfolk, Esq., and sister to Sir Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford, who left him a widower, March 29, 1726, by whom he had issue four sons and two daughters : First, the Honorable George Townshend, who took to a maritime life; in 1747, being commodore of a squadron of his Majesty's ships in the West Indies, he took a large fleet of French merchant ships ; and on the fourth of February, 1755, was appointed rear admiral of the White, in his Majesty's navy; he died August 9, 1762, aged fifty-four. Second, Augustus Townshend, who made sev- eral voyages to China, as chief supercargo and captain in the service of the East India Company; in which station he died in Batavia, unmarried, in 1746, having then the command of the Au- gusta. Third, Horatio Townshend, who was in the late reign appointed a commissioner for victualing the royal navy, and continued in that office by the present king until his death, which happened at Lisbon (whither he had gone for the recovery of his health) in February. 1764. and unmarried. Fourth, Edward Townshend, prebend of West- minster, deputy clerk of the closet to his Majesty, and Dean of Norwich, who died on Jan. 27, 1765; in 1747 he married Mary, daughter of brig- adier general Price, by whom he left issue one son, Edward in holy orders, who married March 23, 1785, Louisa, daughter of the late Sir William Milner, Bart., and five daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, Henrietta, who died unmarried ; Charlotte, mar- ried on ;\Iay 12, 1773, at Lambeth Chapel, to John Norris, of Whitton in Norfolk, Esq. ; and Lucy, who died unmarried. Of his Lordship's two daughters, Dorothy, mar- ried in 1743 to Dr. Spencer Cowper, late Dean of Durham, only brother of William, Earl Cow- per, and died 1799 without issue; and Mary, wedded to the late Honorable Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis, member of Parliament for the City of Westminster ; Governor of Gibraltar, and brother to Charles, late Earl Cornwallis, and died without issue, Dec. 29, 1776. Charles, third Lord Viscount Townshend, born July II, 1700, was, in his father's lifetime, sum- moned to the house of peers, by the style and title of Baron Lynne, of Lynne Regis, in the County of Norfolk, May 24, 1723, in 9 George L and took his place according to his grandfather's patent of creation. Also on the same day his Majesty was pleased to appoint him one of the gentlemen of his bed-chamber. And on June 15, 1730, his Majesty appointed his lordship Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Norfolk, and of the city of Norwich and county thereof at the desire of his father, the Lord Viscount Townshend, who resigned to him. And also on the same day granted to his lordship the office of master or treasurer of his Majesty's jewels; which, on succeeding his father in his honors and estate, he resigned in 1738, as he had the places of Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum, in January, 1739-40. His Lordship erected and endowed at Raynham a charity school for cloth- ing and educating thirty boys and twenty girls; the latter to be brought up in spinning. His Lordship departed this life on May 12, 1764, in his return from Bath, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. In May, 1723, his Lord- ship married Audrey, daughter and sole heir of Edward Harrison, of Balls, in the County of Hertford, Esq., formerly Governor of Fort St. George, in the East Indies, and by her ladyship had issue, a daughter, Audrey, married to Robert Orme, Esq., who died February, 1781, at Hart- ford, and five sons. 17 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND First, George, the late Marquis. Second, Charles, seated at Adderbury, in Ox- fordshire, celebrated for his brilliant talents, by which he distinguished himself in a most eminent degree, both in the senate and cabinet. He was chosen member for the town of Yarmouth, in the Parliament which sat for the dispatch of busi- ness in November 12, 1747, and May I, 1754, and was returned for the borough of Harwich, in Essex, to the Parliament which convened on March 3, 1761. He was, in conjunction with his brother, a sedulous promoter of the laws for establishing a national militia, even when the court seemed rather averse to that measure. In June, 1749, he was constituted one of the com- missioners of trade and the plantations; in June, I75l> was appointed one of the commissioners for executing tfie office of lord high admiral of Great Britain, as he was also at a new nomination in 1754. In 1756 he was declared treasurer of. his Majesty's chamber, by which his seat in Parlia- ment being vacated, he was soon after chosen for the Borough of Saltash, in Cornwall, and about the same time was sworn of the privy council. At the accession of his present Majesty he was continued at the council board, and, in his office as treasurer of the chambers, which on March 24, 1761, he quitted, on being appointed secretary at war. He resigned this office in February, 1763; and was on March ist following, appointed first lord of trade and the plantations; on June 8, 1765, he was constituted paymaster-general of all his majesty's land forces; and on August 2, 1766, was appointed chancellor of the exchequer, and one of the lords of the treasury, in which high post he continued to his death, which happened on September 4, 1767, being then forty-two years of age. "Charles Townshend," says Adolphus, "from whose splendid abilities government was expected to receive a new impulse, and whose talents were employed in an attempt to rescue the administra- tion from the feebleness of fluctuating councils, was celebrated for that pointed and finished wit, which rendered him the delight and ornament of Parliament, and the charm of private society. In his speeches he brought together, in a short compass, all that was necessary to establish, to illustrate, and to decorate that side of the ques- tion which he supported. He stated his matter skillfully and powerfully ; his style of argument was neither trite and vulgar, nor subtle and ab- struse. He excelled in a most luminous e.xplana- tion and display of his subject. His defects arose from his lively talents and exquisite penetration; he readily perceived and decried the errors of his coadjutors, and from the versatility of his political conduct acquired the nick-name of "the Weathercock." He sat in Parliament twenty years, and successively filled the places of lord of trade, and of the admiralty, secretary at war, paymaster of the forces, and chancellor of the exchequer, in which offices he executed business with such accuracy and dispatch as demonstrated that genius and industry are not incompatible. He was carried off in the meridian of life, at the age of forty-two, at a time when it might be hoped his lively talents were matured by experi- ence, and the irregular sallies of his versatile temper subjected to the restraints of judgment. But it is impossible to refrain from giving some of those passages of splendid eloquence, from one of Burke's celebrated speeches, in which this statesman's memory has been embalmed, and from which indeed all other characters of him have been borrowed. This great orator in his speech on American taxation, after speaking of Lord Chatham, goes on thus : "Even then, Sir, before this splendid orb was entirely set, and while the western horizon was in a blaze with his descending glory, on the opposite quarter of the heavens, arose another luminary, and for his hour, became lord of the ascendant. "This light too is passed, and set forever. You understand, to be sure, that I speak of Charles Townshend, officially the reproducer of this fatal scheme (of American taxation); whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sen- sibility. In truth. Sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he honored with his pres- ence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit; and (where his passions were not concerned) of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. If he had not so great a stock, as some have had who flourished formerly, of knowledge long treasured up, he knew better by far, than any man I ever was acquainted with, how to bring together, within a short time, all that was necessary to establish, to illustrate, and to decorate that side of the question he supported. He stated his matter skillfully and powerfully; he particularly excelled in a most luminous ex- planation, and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar, nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the house just be- tween wind and water. And not being troubled vyith too anxious a zeal for any matter in ques- tion, he was never more tedious, or more earnest, than the preconceived opinions and present tem- per of his hearers required; to whom he was al- ways in perfect unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the house; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it. There are many young members in the house (such of late has been the rapid succession of public men) who never saw that prodigy, Charles Townshend, nor of course knew what a ferment he was able to excite in every thing, by the violent ebullition of his mixed virtues and fail- ings, for failings he had undoubtedly ; many of us remember them: we are this day considering the efl'ect of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. He worshiped that goddess wheresoever she appeared ; but he paid his particular devotions to her in her favorite habitations, in her chosen temple, the House of Commons. 18 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND "That fear of displeasing those who ought most to be pleased, betrayed him sometimes into the other extreme. He had voted, and, in the year 1765, had been an advocate for the stamp act. He therefore attended at the private meeting, in which the resolutions moved by a Right Hon- orable Gentleman were settled; resolutions leading to the repeal : and he would have spoken for it too, if an illness (not as was then given out a political, but to my knowledge a very real ill- ness), had not prevented it. "The very next session, as the fashion of this world passeth away, the repeal began to be in as bad an odor in this house, as the stamp act had been in the session before. To conform to the temper which began to prevail, and to prevail mostly amongst those most in power, he declared, very early in the winter, that a revenue must be had out of America. Instantly he was tied down to his engagements by some, who had no objec- tion to such experiments, when made at the cost of persons for whom they had no particular re- gard. The whole body of courtiers drove him onward. They always talked as if the King stood in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. "Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the exchequer, found himself in great straits : to please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. However, he attempted it. "He was truly the child of the house. He never thought, did, or said anything but with a view to you. He every day adapted himself to your disposition; and adjusted himself before it as at a looking-glass. "He had observed (indeed it could not escape him) that several persons, infinitely his inferiors in all respects, had formerly rendered themselves considerable in this house by one method alone. "The fortune of such men was a temptation too great to be resisted by one to whom a single whiff of incense withheld, gave much greater pain, than he received delight in the clouds of it, which daily rose about him from the prodigal super- stition of innumerable admirers. He was a can- didate for contradictory honors ; and his great aim was to make those agree in admiration of him who never agreed in anything else." On August 15, 1735, he married Lady Caroline, eldest daughter and co-heir of John, Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, widow of Francis. Earl of Dalkeith, eldest son of Francis, Duke of Buc- cleugh ; by which lady (who was created Baroness of Greenwich, December 22, 1766, with limitation of that honor to her sons, by the said Charles Townshend, Esq.), he left issue two sons, Thomas Charles, born June 22, 1758, who was found dead in his marquee at Cox Heath camp, Oct. 29, 1782; he was captain in the forty-fifth regiment; and William Johii, born March 29, 1761, who also died unmarried before his mother; also one daughter, Anne, bom June 29, 1756, married March 22, 1779, Richard Wilson, Esq., by whom she has issue. Lady Greenwich died in 1794, when the title became extinct. Edward, third son, died of the small-pox, June 29- 1731, unmarried; , the fourth son, died youtig. Roger, the fifth and youngest son, entered young into the army, and at length attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel of foot, in which station he was unfortunately killed by a cannon shot at Ticon- deroga, in North America, July 25, 1759, being then in the twenty-eighth year of his age, and unmarried. His melancholy fate was universally lamented, and, together with his character, is elegantly and justly described in the following in- scription, on a monument which has since been erected to his memory in Westminster Abbey: This monument was erected by a disconsolate parent, the Lady Viscountess Townshend, To the memory of her fifth son. The Hon. Lieutenant Colonel Roger Townshend, who was killed by a cannon ball on the 25th of July, I7S9, in the 28th year of his age. As he was reconnoitering the French lines at Ticonderoga, in North America. From the parent, the brother, and the friend, His social and amiable manners, His enterprising bravery. And the integrity of his heart, May claim the tribute of affliction. Yet, stranger I weep not ; For though premature his death, His life was glorious; Enrolling him with the names of those immortal Statesmen and Commanders Whose wisdom and intrepidity. In the course of this comprehensive and successful war, Have extended the commerce, Enlarged the dominion. And upheld the majesty of these kingdoms, Beyond the idea of any former age. George, the fourth Viscount and first Marquis, was born on February 27, 1723-4, and had his Majesty King George I as one of his sponsors. He was chosen one of the knights of the shire for the County of Norfolk, in the Parliament which met on August 3, 1747; being then colonel of a company in the foot guards, and aid-de-camp to his Royal Highness William, Duke of Cumber- land, both of which he resigned in 1750. He served under (}eorge II, at the battle of Dettin- gen; he served also in the battles of Fontenoy, Culloden, and Lafeldt; also at the memorable siege of Quebec, which town surrendered into his hands as commander-in-chief, after the fatal death of Wolfe. He continued to represent his native county, till his accession to the peerage, on the death of his noble father, on March 12, 1764; two years before which he was appointed lieutenant- general of the ordnance, and on October 17, 1772, his Lordship was appointed master-general of the ordnance, from which he was removed in 1782 and again appointed 1783, and again removed in December following. On August 12, 1767, his 19 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Lordship kissed his Majesty's hand at St. James's, on his being appointed lord lieutenant and general governor of the Kingdom of Ireland; and em- barking at Holyhead, on October 13th. arrived at Dublin the next day, and was immediately sworn into that high and important trust. The first year of his presiding in that kingdom will be ever memorable in the history thereof, as productive of a bill for septennial parliaments. On October 27, 1787, he was created Marquis Townshend. His Lordship was colonel of the Queen's regi- ment of dragoon guards, field marshal of his Majesty's forces, and one of his Majesty's most honorable privy council ; governor of Jersey, lord lieutenant, vice-admiral, Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk; high steward of Tamworth, Yarmouth, and Norwich, &c. He died September 14, 1807, set. 84. In December, 1751, he married, first Lady Char- lotte Compton, only surviving issue of James, Earl of Northampton, by Elizabeth Shirley, Baroness de Ferrars, by which Lady, who was in her own right Baroness de Ferrars, Bourchier, Lovaine, Bassett, and Compton, he had issue four sons. First, George, born April 18, 1753, second Mar- quis. Second, Lord John, born Jan. 19, 1757; who in 1780 was elected member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge ; made a lord of ad- miralty in 1782, and again in 1783; on both which occasions vacating his seat he was re-elected. In 1788 he was elected for the city of Westminster; and from 1793 to the present time, for Knares- borough, in Yorkshire. In February, 1806, he was appointed joint paymaster of the army, and a lord of trade and plantations, from which he was re- moved in the spring of the following year. He married, April 10, 1787, Georgina Anne Poyntz, daughter of William Poyntz, Esq., of Midgham, in Berkshire, who had been before the wife of Everard Fawkener, Esq. ; which marriage was dissolved by act of Parliament. By her he had issue, first, Audrey Harriet, born February i, 1788; second, Elizabeth Frances, born August 2, 1789; third, Isabella Georgina, born February i, 1791 ; fourth, Jane, born September 28, 1792; fifth, Charles Fo.x, born June 28, 1795; sixth, Anne, born Aug. 31, 1798; seventh, John, born March 28, 1790 (fourth Marquis his son, present Mar- quis, 1881 ) ; eighth, Caroline, died young. Third, Lord Frederick Patrick, born December 30, 1767, in holy orders. Fourth, Lord Charles Patrick Thomas, born at Leixlip in Ireland, January 6, 1768. He was elected member of Parliament for Yarmouth, 1796, and died immediately afterwards, May 27th of that year. Also four daughters, Charlotte, Caroline, Fran- ces, who all died young, and Elizabeth, born in August, 1766. married on May 7, 1790, lieutenant- general William Loftus, colonel of the twenty- fourth regiment of dragoons, and governor of Dunbarton Castle, and has issue. Her Ladyship departing this life at Leixlip Castle, in County Kildare, on September 14, 1770, her remains were brought over to England, and interred on October 1st, among his Lordship's ancestors at Raynham. She was succeeded in the Barony of De Ferrars by her eldest son. On May 19, 1773, his Lordship was married to his second Lady, Anne, daughter of Sir William Montgomery, Bart., member of Parliament for Ballynakill, in the Kingdom of Ireland ; and by her had the following issue. Lady Anne, born February I, 1775, married Oc- tober 26, 179s, Harrington Hudson, Esq. Lady Charlotte, born March 19, 1776, married August 9, 1797, George William Frederick, pres- ent Duke of Leeds. Lady Honoria Maria, born July 6th, 1777. Lord William, born September 5, 1778; a mid- shipman on board the Boyne, died in the West Indies, 1794. Lady Henrietta, born April 20, 1782. Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo, born Sep- tember ir, 1785. A captain in the navy. His Lordship was succeeded by his eldest son George, Earl of Leicester, who thus became sec- ond Marquis Townshend. His Lordship on his mother's decease, succeeded to the titles of Lord De Ferrars (of Chartley), Lord Bourchier, Lovaine, Bassett, and Compton, being at that time seventeen years of age. Soon after his coming of age, having demanded his writ of summons to the house of peers, as Baron de Ferrars, of Chartley, he took his seat in that house in April, 1774, being placed on the Baron's bench, according to the precedency of that ancient Barony, between the Lord Audley and the Lord Dacre. On December 24, 1777, his Lordship was mar- ried to Charlotte, second sister and co-heir to Roger Mainwaring Ellerker, of Risby, in the East Riding of the County of York, Esq., and daugh- ter of Eaton Mainwaring Ellerker, Esq., of the same place, which Eaton Ellerker, Esq., was pa- ternally descended from a collateral line of the very ancient family of the Mainwarings, of Over Peover in the County Palatine of Chester, and as- sumed the name and arms of the ancient family of Ellerker of Risby, by act of Parliament, pur- suant to the will of his kinsman, Ellerker Brad- shaw, of Risby, Esq., by which lady his Lordship has had issue three sons and several daughters. First, George Ferrars Townshend, styled Earl of Leicester, born in Wimpole street, Mary-le- bone, Midlesex, December 13, 1778, married May 12, 1807, Miss Gardner, daughter of W. D. Gard- ner, Esq. Second, Thomas Compton Townshend, born in Wimpole street, aforesaid, March 29, 1780, died January 7, 1787. Third, Lord Vere Charles, an ensign in the third regiment of foot-guards. Fourth, Lady Charlotte Barbara, born at Pend- ley House, in the parish of Aldbury, in Hert- fordshire, June 26, 1781; married, April, 1805, Capt. Cecil Bishopp. of the first foot-guards, eldest son of Sir Cecil Bishopp, Bart., and died October 3, 1807. Fifth, Lady Harriet Ann, born in Upper Brook 20 JUIIN TOWNSIIKNI). Admiral in the Royal Navy ami M. P. for Tam- worth; 4th Marcinis Townshcnd of Raynliam. Cimiity Norfolk, Rngland. KLIZADETII JANE STUAKT. Grt-at grand-dauKlitrr of tlu- ICarl of I'.utc ; 4tli Marchioness Townshcnd of Ravnhaiii, County Nor- folk. KuRland. LADY AKOREY-JANE CHARLOTTE. Daughter 4tli Marquis Townshcnd; married first a son of the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire; second, General Sir Rcdveis liullcr, nepliew of the Duke of Norfolk. GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER. Nephew of the Duke of Norfolk. TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND street, Grosvenor square, London, May 23, 1782. Sixth, Lady Elizabeth Margaret, born August 26, 1784. Seventh, Lady Arabella, born April 2, 1787. His Lordship on April 6, 1782, was appointed captain of the honorable band of gentlemen pen- sioners to his Majesty, and on the 24th of the same month sworn a member of his Majesty's most honorable privy council ; but resigned his command of the band of gentlemen pensioners on April 6, 1783, to \j'hich he was re-appointed on December 31st, foltowing, and which he held till December, 1790; was elected president of the So- ciety of Antiquaries on April 23, 1784; and on May 18th following, was advanced to the Earldom of Leicester, in consideration of his being de- scended from the heirs female of both the Saxon and Norman Earls of that county. Li 1794 he was appointed joint post master general, which he held till 1798; and in 1799 was constituted lord steward of the household, which he retained till 1802. The Marquis died July 27, 181 1, and was suc- ceeded by his eldest son, George Ferrars, 3d Mar- quis, born Dec. 13, 1778; who married May 12, 1807, Sarah, daughter of the late William Dunn Gardner, Esq., but by her had no issue. He died Dec. 31, 1855, and was succeeded in the mar- quisate by his cousin, John Townshend, Esq., an admiral in the Royal Navy and member of Par- liament for Tamworth, (of whom presently) but the earldom of Leicester became extinct, and the baronies of Ferrars, of Chartley, and of Compton, fell into abeyance between the present Marmion- Edward Ferrars, Esq., of Baddesley Clinton, County Warwick, and Lady Elizabeth-Margaret Boultbee. His Lordship John, fourth Marquis, was bom March 28, 1798, and succeeded his cousin George- Ferrars, third Marquis, Dec. 31, 1855, and died Sept. 10, 1863, at Raynham, aged 66. In politics the noble Marquis was a Whig of a decided stamp, and he was a warm supporter of Polish independence. He was for many years a colleage of Sir Robert Peel. He married Aug. 18, 1825, Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of the late Rear Admiral Lord George Stuart, son of the Marquis of Bute and grandson of the Earl of Bute, Premier of George HL This truly noble lady was endowed with many rare accomplishments well befitting one of her high rank and station ; highly educated, courtly, agreeable and entertaining, of a kindly disposition and pleasing manners, always showing natural interest for those around her she won for herself the love and admiration of all, whether the lowly tenant on the estates or royalty that found it a privilege to be her guest. Her ladyship departed this life at her late residence, Queen Anne street. Cavendish square, London, Jan. 27, 1877. Issue: i. Lady Anne Maria, b. Dec. 6, 1826; m. Feb. 9, 1854, Capt. A. N. Sherson, R. N. ii. John Villiers Stuart, present and fifth Marquis, of whom presently. iii. James Dudley Rromlow Stuart, R. N., b. Dec. 14, 1832; d. Aug. 11, 1846. iv. Lady Elizabeth Clementina, b. July 26, 1834; ni. July IS, 1856, Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart., M. P., of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. V. George Harrison Stuart, b. Feb. 3, 1838; d. April 13, 1840. Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte, b. Nov. 10, 1844; m. first Sept. 18, 1873, Hon. Greville Theophelus Howard, (son of the late Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire) of Castle Rising, County Norfolk, and had issue two sons and one daughter. The eldest son died in India. After the death of her first husband. Lady Audrey m. second General, the Right Honorable Sir Rcdvers Buller, one of England's most dis- tinguished soldiers. General Buller was born at Crediton in 1839, being of distinguished family. His father was a member of Parliament for North Devon and his mother was a niece of the twelfth Duke of Norfolk. General Buller entered the Army as ensign in the King's Own Rifles, and upon his death. Tuesday, June 2, 1908, the press of the civilized world published eulogies over this hero, the New York Herald stating, "By the death of Sir Redvers Buller, England loses one of her soldiers who for nearly half a century has been a conspicuous figure for bravery, iron nerve, and military skill." His Lordship's father. Lord John Townshend, second son of the first Marquis, had also, 2. Lord George-Osborne, in holy orders ; b. Nov. 13, 1801 ; d. Sept. 7, 1876; educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge (B.A., Fellow of his college, 1827, M.A., 1826) ; married in 1839, Jessie Victoria, second daughter of Vice-Admiral John MacKellar, and has issue, 1. Charles Thornton, b. Jan. 29, 1840; m. July 2, 1859, Louise, eldest daugh- ter of the late John Graham, and has issue 1. Charles- Vere Ferrar, b. Feb, 1861 ; 2. George Augustus, b. Nov. I, 1865. 2. George-Ferrars, b. 1854. 3. Augusta-Mary, b. 1845 ; m. Aug. 16, 1865, George Brooks Meares, Esq., Capt. 7th Fusillecrs, of Dol-Llys Hall, Montgomeryshire. 1. Earnest, b. 'March 4, 1858; 2. Henry, b. Aug. 18, 1859. 1. Lady Audrey-Harriet, b. Feb. i, 1788; mar- ried Oct., 1826, to the Rev. Robert Ridsdale, M.A., prebendary of Chichester; d. May 21, 1876. 2. Lady Elizabeth-Frances, b. Aug. 2, 1789; d. April 10, 1862 ; m. Oct. 20, 1813, to Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clift'ord, Bart., R. N., C. B., gentleman usher of the black rod. He died Feb. 8, 1877, at his official residence, the Palace of Westminster. He was born May 24, 1788. He entered the Navy as far back as May, i8o8, his patron being Earl Spencer, then first Lord of the Admiralty, on board the Ville de Paris, no, the flagship of Earl St. Vincent and Admiral Hon. Sir William Cornwallis. He served under Ad- miral Sir John T. Duckworth and other dis- 21 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND tinguished Naval commanders of that period, and saw some severe service, particularly off the coast of Egypt in 1800, when he served in the boats under Lieutenant Taillour against some French vessels defended by strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. Afterwards he was appointed to com- mand the Cephalus, sloop, 18 guns, in which ves- sel he contributed to the destruction of ten armed feluccas on the beach near Cetraro, in the Gulf of Policastro. He was subsequently actively em- ployed on the Italian coast, and had some severe fighting with the enemy, until he obtained his post rank in July, 1812, during which period he rendered many important services. He returned to England with despatches from Lord William Bentinck. He subsequently was appointed to the Bonne Citoyenne and Euryalus, in which vessel he escorted his Excellency Sir W. R. Hamilton, the British Ambassador to Naples. In May, 1826, he was appointed to the command of the Herald yacht to attend the late Duke of Devonshire on his Extraordinary Embassy to Russia. For some time, as Captain Clifford, he was employed in attendance on the Lord High Admiral William IV, and in 1828 took out his friend Lord William Bentinck as Governor-General to India. That was his last service afloat, as he had not been actively employed since 1831. For a short time Sir Augustus sat in Parliament as representative for Bandon-bridge in 1818, for Dungarvan in 1820, and again for Bandon-bridge in 1831. In July, 1832, he was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in the room of Sir Thomas Tyr- whitt, to which he was nominated by the late Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain, an office which he has held ever since. The late Sir Au- gustus was created a Baronet in 1838, He mar- ried Oct. 20, 1813, Lady Elizabeth Frances Towns- hend, sister of John, fourth Marquis Townshend, and by her, who died April 10, 1862, he leaves surviving issue his successor. Admiral Sir W. J. Cavendish Clifford, C. B. ; Col. Robert Cavendish Spencer Clifford, late of the Grenadier Guards, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod ; Mr. Charles Clifford, formerly private secretary to Viscount Palmerston, M. P., for Newport, Isle of Wight ; and two unmarried daughters. The late Sir Augustus, during his services as Usher of the Black Rod, has occasionally discharged the duties of Lord Great Oiamberlain during the absence of the late Lord Willoughby from England. He was the senior flag officer on the Retired List, his commission as Captain dating from July 28, 1812; Rear- Admiral, March 23, 1848; Vice-Admiral, September 27, 1855 ; and Admiral, November 7, 1860.1 3. Lady Jane, married Nov. 6, 1824, John Hildyard, Esq., barrister at law, who died Feb. 13. i8SS- Her ladyship died at Hampton Court, 1879. Frederick-Patrick, in holy orders; bom Dec. 30, 1767, died Jan. 18. 1836. 4. Isabella Georgina, b. Feb. i, 1791 ; d. Sept. 17, 1811. Charles Fox, b. June 28, 1795; d. April 2, 1817. Anne. b. Aug. 31, 1796; d. July 30, 1822. John-Villiers-Stuart Townshend, Marquis and iVisrount Townshend, of Raynham, County Nor- folk, Baron Townshend of Lynn, and a baronet, b. April 10, 1831, succeeded Sept. 10, 1863. Mar- ried Oct. 17, 1865, the Lady Anne-Elizabeth- Clementina Duff, eldest daughter of the Earle of Fife and has issue, Lord John James Dudley-Stuart, Viscount Raynham, b. Oct. 17, 1866. Heir ap- parent. Lady Agnes Townshend. John James Dudley Stuart Townshend bears the hereditary titles of baronet, bestowed in 1617; baron, bestowed in 1661 ; Viscount, bestowed in 1682 and Oct. 27, 1797. George, the fourth Vis- count, at whose birth King George I acted as one of his sponsors, was created (first) Marquis Townshend. John James Dudley Stuart is the sixth Marquis of the name and third in point of preference in the role of Marquises in the English peerage. He succeeded his father, and in August, 190S, married Gladys, daughter of Thomas Sutherst. Should Lord Townshend die without issue, the heir apparent to the Marquisate is his cousin Charles Townshend, who is married to , a lady of great wealth. At the coronation of King Edward VII, Mar- quis Townshend wore black velvet clothes, the cloak, crimson velvet bordered with ermine. Edgar Townshend, of the Shropshire branch a lineal descendant of Sir Robert, 2d son, ol Ludlow, Kt., Chief Justice of Chester Mr. Townshend's great-grandfather, grand- father and father were all in the Excise, his father reaching the post of "Chief Inspector of Excise at Somerset House," but the slowness of ascent determined him to place his sons in trade. His eldest brother a retired shipbuilder, he is an Iron Merchant and his youngest brother a professor of music. He is married, has issue, and lives at "Avoca" Mulgrave Road, Sutton, Surrey, England. [From the Lynn Advertiser, and Norfolk & Cambridgeshire Herald, September 27, 1873.] THE MARRIAGE OF LADY AUDREY TOWNSHEND AT RAYNHAM HALL. In the account of this auspicious event which appeared in our last publication, and which was copied from a contemporary journal, there were several inaccuracies. We therefore insert the following corrected report, with which we have been specially supplied : — The morning of Thursday, the i8th inst., was ushered in at Raynham by merry peals upon the church bells, it being the day appointed for the nuptials of Lady Audrey Townshend, (youngest daughter of the late Marquis Townshend and the Dowager Marchioness, and sister to the present Marquis), with the Hon. Greville Theophilus Howard, second son of the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. The hour of 11.30 was appointed for the interesting ceremony, but long before that time every seat in the church was filled (except 22 JOHN \I1.I.IERS SXrAKT. Fifth Marquis and \'iscount Townslicnd of Rayn- ham, County Norfolk, of Tamworth Castle, Warwick- shire, and I'.aron Townshcnd uf Lynn, England. I..\1)V AXNIvIil.IZ.MiKTII CI.ICMKNTINE IJUf-p Eldest daughter of tlie Earl of Fife and stii Mar- cliioness Townshend of Raynliam, County Norfolk, England. LORD JOHN JAMES DUDLEY STUART. Si.xth Marquis and Viscount Townshend of Rayn- ham. County Norfolk, of Tamworth Castle, Warwick- shire, and Baron Townshend of Lynn, England. T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D the space reserved for the wedding party and the guests at the hall), and every available "coigne of vantage was occupied by expectant sightseers. Shortly before the appointed time tlie bridegroom entered the church, accompanied by his best man, W. H. Willatt, Esq. The bridesmaids soon after entered, and their entrance attracted inuch atten- tion. They were eight in number, as follows : — The Lady Victoria Howard, tlie Hon, Mariquita Milles, Miss Ogilvy (cousin of the bridegroom), the Misses Lily, Audrey and Evelyn St. Aubyii (nieces of the bride). Miss Stuart (cousin of the bride) and Miss Osborne. They were dressed in light blue silk, with garniture of Grenat velvet, with bonnets to match, and they had been pre- sented by the bridegroom with beautiful silver bracelets and lockets, with the bride's and bride- groom's monogram upon them. But now every eye was turned to the north door, where the bride entered, leaning upon the arm of her cousin, the Marquis of Bute. She was elegantly attired in a magnificent white satin dress, with rich garni- ture and flounces of Brussels lace, and wearing a splendid Brussels lace veil, with wreath of orange flowers and myrtle. Her ornaments were diamond necklace and earrings, and gold and turquoise bracelets, the gift of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Attended by her bridesmaids, she advanced to the altar, where the bridegroom awaited, and the marriage ceremony was at once commenced by the Rev. Mr. Mc- Knight, chaplain to the Earl of Suffolk, assisted by the Rev, R. Pliayre, rector of the parish. The service being concluded, the bride and bridegroom led the way down the church, the path through the churchyard being strewn with flowers by the children of the village school. Amongst the guests staying at the hall and who were present at the ceremony were : the Marquis and Mar- chioness of Bute, the Earl and Countess of Suf- folk, the Lady Victoria Howard, Sir John and Lady Elizabeth St, Aubyn, Admiral Clifford, Sir John Metcalfe, Mr. and Mrs, Ridley Smith, the Misses Ogilvy, Mr, and Miss Osborne, the Rev. Mr. McKnight, Mr. Willatts. Mr. Willington, Mr. J. W. Stuart, &c., &c. The wedding break- fast, which was of the most recherche description, was served in the Marble Hall, and amongst the gentry of the neighbourhood invited to the wed- din.g we observed the Hon. and Rev. Kenelm Digby, Sir \V. and Lady Jones, Lord Hastings, the Rev. G., Mrs., Miss Audrey and Miss Cecil Ridsdale, .Sir W, Ffolkes, Mr. Somerville Gumey, Mr. L and j^lrs. Everitt, Air. and Mrs. Franks, Mr. R. N. Hamond, the Hon. Mrs. Phayre, the Misses Troubridge, Maior and Mrs. Hollway, Mr. Coldham, the Rev. J. G, Handford. the Rev. W. Barlow, the Rev. E. W.. Mrs. and Miss Dow- ell, Rev, E, H., Mrs. and Miss Morton, Rev, A. and Miss Noel, Miss Hoste, Rev. M. A. and Mrs. Atkinson, Mr. W. E. and Mrs. Elwes. the Rev. W. and Mrs. Hoare, the Rev. H. and Mrs. Jones, the Rev. A. J., Mrs. and Miss Johnson, and many others. One was reminded of those scenes which are the delight of painters, .\long the spacious .wood bordered walk, adorned with garlanded masts, the visitors had assembled in picturesque groups, while further on, upun the lawn, were the West Norfolk pack hounds with the huntsman, and whips in their scarlet jackets, that attended out of compliment to the bride, who has followed them many a time across the country. All the tenants on the estates had the honour of being in- vited to breakfast, which was served in the outer court, and the principal tradesmen of Fakenham and Raynham had luncheon in the Audit-room, The total number who were feasted was upwards of 300. The church was tastefully decorated, and two pretty triumphal arches had been erected across the road leading to the village, and from the Marble hall door to the church gate numerous flags, banners and Venetian masts had been erected, A large number of the members of the "Raynham Provident Benefit Society," wearing their club bows and wedding favours, and having their beautiful silk banner, presented to the club by the Dowager Marchioness, were ranged on each side of the churchyard walk, and their ap- pearance formed a pleasing feature in the day's proceedings. They were afterwards supplied with refreshments in their club-room. After breakfast, the newly-w-edded pair drove away from the Marble hall door to Castle Rising in a carriage drawn by four grey horses, the bride wearing a dark blue velvet dress with polonaise richly trimmed with fringe and lace, and bonnet to match, A numerous company, with the mem- bers of the club, were formed near the gate, and greeted them with the heartiest clieering as thev drove off. The bride has much endeared herself to all classes on the estate, especially to her poorer neighbours, by whom she will be much missed. The presents of the bride were very numerous and costly, including a handsome brace- let from their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, a silver salver from the ten- antry, a silver eggstand from the commercial in- habitants of Fakenham, silver inkstand from the cottagers of East, West and South Raynham and Helhoughton, silver cruet stand from the gardeners and gamekeepers on the estate, hand- some cut glass flower stand and candlesticks from the carpenters, &c. On the previous Thursday, the carpenters, bricklayers, gamekeepers and labourers employed on the estate, with their wives, to the number of 74, were invited to a substantial dinner of roast beef, mutton, plum-puddin.g, &c., with ale ad libitum, which was served in the Audit-room, and to which they did ample justice. The health of the Marquis Townshend, The Dowager Marchion- ess Townshend and the Lady Audrey Towns- hend was received with im?nense cheering. The school children were also invited on the same day to tea. After spending the afternoon in various sports on the bowling green, at five o'clock they sat down to the good things provided for them. Having enjoyed these to their hearts' content, they again returned to their sports, and as it became dark two balloons were successfully sent off to the delight of old and young. Each child on leaving received a bun, sweets, nuts, &c,. 23 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND .and then departed to their homes with grateful feelings for their liberal entertainment. The aged and infirm were supplied with tea, sugar and wine at their own homes. The wedding presents were displayed in the library, and everyone had the privilege of seeing them. As the history of the chief branch of this fam- ily has been written several times within the past century, we did not continue it further, in a previous edition, than Sir Roger Townshend, who was knighted for meritorious ser\'ices during the several engagements with the Spanish Armada in 1588, but since then much valu.ible family history has been extracted from the records, and as fre- quent requests have been made to continue the English family down to the present day, the compiler, after consultation with the Marquis Townshend and others, has decided to do so in this edition, and as the different modes of spell- ing the name have been noticed, it will be proper to again make mention of it here. The first part, Atte. seems to have been dropped during the 14th century, and from this time down to the dawn of Puritanism as many as twelve different ways of spelling the name have been found. Thus : Town- send, Tounneyshende, Towneshende, Towen- shende, etc. About A. D. 1500, we learn it be- came fashionable to cut down still more; so Towneshende was abridged by dropping the e in the first, and the /; and e in the last syllables, which abridged form seems at this time to have been generally adopted by the different branches of the family; but soon after the year 1580, the chief family at Raynham. finding that this mode gave a wrong signification to their name, as they were the land-holders, stadt or town-holders of that section of the country, they again used the /( in the last syllable, considering it more correct. Burke says, in his "Landed Gentry," that pre- vious to the ennobling "of the Norfolk family, we find the name as frequently spelt without the h as with, and according to Blomfield, the or- thography of the old Townshend Monuments at Ryndham is similar. Spelling, however, in those days, was not considered a matter of much im- portance, and it seems not improbable that Townshend is the most correct, "hend" being derived from hand (Saxon "henden"), or the Latin root hendcre, only used in composition, to take, to hold, to occupy." Having enlarged on the orthography of this ancient family name, we turn our attention to the line of Robert Townshend, 2nd son of Sir Roger, by wife Anne de Brewse, who married Alice, daughter and one of the heirs of Robert Poppy, Esq., of Twyford, County Norfolk. This Robert, in his father's will, is called Sir Robert Townshend. Kt.. and he bequeaths him his "Cheyne of Gold." Sir Robert was of the Society of Lincoln's Inn in the early part of the reign of King Henry VIH, becoming as eminent as his ancestor in the study of Law, and with his father attended the Duke of Norfolk at the reception of Lady Anne, daughter of John, Duke of Cleves, who married King Henry VIH, Jan. i, 1539. He was afterward made king's Sergeant-at-law, 1541, and knighted by Henry Vlll, at Hampton Court, on Trinity Sunday, 1545. and the same year made Lord Chief Justice of Chester, in which post he was continued by both King Edward VI and Queen Mary. He deceased on Feb. 8, 1555-6, possessed of the manor and rectory of Twyford and Gayst, an advowson of the vicarages of the churches, the Manors of Swanton. Foxley, and Southwell in Norfolk, and the priory and house of St. Augustine in Ludlow, Salop. Sir Robert was buried in the high chancel of Ludlow church, in an altar tomb, which is a remarkable example of an early and very rich classic monument of the time. On the top of it, cut in marble, are the full-length recumbent figures of himself dressed in full armor, and his lady in the costume of her day, while figures of his children surround the base of the tomb. Over the monument, built in the solid masonry of the chancel, is a beautiful Gothic arch, and the family crest, a buck trippant, crowns the whole fabric, which is decorated with escalop shells and other insignia of the family; above the monument on the walls are the Town- send arms, quartered with the de Hautevillc, de Brewse, Gift'ord, Lunsford, Schardlow, Carbonnel, Curson, Poppy and others; and beneath the beautiful Gothic window, of stained glass, is this inscription; "Memento Mori Respice Finam," A. D. 1581, and around tlie coping of the top of the tomb: "Here lyelh the body of Sir Robert Towneshende, Knight, Chief Justice of the Coun- cill in the Marches of Wales & Chester and Dame Alice, his wife, daughter and one of the heirs of Robert Poppy, Esq.. who had between them 12 children, 6 sons, and 6 daughters lawfully be- gotten." On the paneling of the monument are the names of his children, but time has obliterated most of them. The names, however, of Thomas, Robert, Isaac and Henry are still visible. This Sir Robert Townshend died at Salop. Feb. 8, 1556, and from an inquisition taken at Norwich. Nor- folk, Apr. 26, 1555, and at Salop, nth of Aug, following, Thomas Townsend of Bracon-Ash, Norfolk, Esq., was found to be his heir, who was at that time "22 years of age and more," and was seized of the Manors of Sutton, Swanton and Folsham, in Folsham, with Foxley Manor in Twyford, which came to him, by Alice his mother, daughter and heir of Robert Poppy, Esq. Sir Robert Tounshend had by the Lady Alice : i. Thomas, b. . . bur. at Bracon-Ash, Norfolk, June 12, 1591. ii. Robert, b. . . bur. at Ludlow Salop, Aug. 28, 1614, mar. Anne Machell, Apr. 30, 1571, at St. Mary's, Alder- mary, London. iii. Isaac, b. . . . bur. He living April, 1552. under 18, perhaps from him Sir Isaac T., Com'nr for R. N., will proved June 3, 1721, and his nephew, Adm'l Isaac T., Gov. Greenwich Hos'pt. iv. Sir Henry, b. . . bur. at Conde Salop, Dec. . . 1621, "reckoned himself aged 84." By first wife, daughter of 24 T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D Sir Rowland Hayward, Lord Mayor of London, he had with other issue, Hayward T., Member Parliament, and Mary T.. wife of Sir Philip Cromwell, uncle of the "Protector," Oliver Cromwell. By 2d wife, Dor- othy Heveningham, he had Henry T., son and heir, who, by ist wife Eliza- beth, daughter of Sir John Acton, Kt., and 2d wife, Dorothy, who was buried at Elmley Lovet, County Wor- cester. July IS, 163s. and daughter of Henry Bright, was the ancestor of the Townshends of Worcestershire. V. Thomasine, b. . . mar. 1st, to William Curson, of Beckhall, Norfolk, and secondly, to William Rugge, of Felmingham. Esq. vi. Anne, b. . . Raffe Dutton, Esq. vii. . . b. . . Richard Smythe, Esq. viii. Bridget, b. . . Henry Acton, 3d son of Robert. ix. Grace, b. . . Ambrose Gilbert. X. Alice, b. . . Humphrey Archer, of L'mberslade, County Warwick. He died, Oct. 24, 4 Queen Elizabeth (A. D. 1562). She died, Nov. 28, 5 King James I (A. D. 1607). She having married, secondly, Edward Coles, Esq. Thomas Townsend, Esq., eldest son of Sir Robert, in 1558 presented the advowson of the church of Twyford. and in 1568, he passed his Manor to Rowland Hayward. He was married at Beckcnham. Kent, June 27, 1558, to his first wife, the Lady Elizabeth Styles, daughter of George Periente, Gentleman, of Digswell, County Hert- ford [who died at Lavenham, County Suffolk, will proved A. D. 1532. He was brother to Sir John Periente, and descended from John Periente, of Digswell, Esq., and wife Joan, daughter of Thomas Mansfeld,! "a man of great name under King Henry IV, who married Matilda de Etton, of noble race in County York" (Harl. MS. 6147, fol. 50-51), and widow of Sir Humphrey Styles, of Langley. Sheriff of Kent, 1543. and one of the Esquires of King Henry VIIL He was after- wards Lord of the Manors of Hethill, Pennes, Standfield Hall, Carlton Curson, Carlton Peveral, and held interest in other manors, and the ad- vowson of the church of Bracon-Ash. He ac- knowledged the receipt of the Herring Pyes of the Sheriff of Norwich, Sept. 4, 1576, and the year following Hcthill-Green was divided between him and the city. On Aug. 16, 1578, he and his lady entertained Queen Elizabeth at Bracon-Ash Hall, where she dined while on her progress through Norfolk to Norwich, and had it not been for this family's Popish proclivities he would probably have been knighted, as Her Majesty conferred that honor on several of his neighbors. By this lady he had several children, but all died young except Henry, who was baptized at Bracon- 1 The Mansfield family of Mansfleld-End. Lynn. Mars., kinsmen and ne.\t nelghbor.s of Thomas Town- fiend, may have descended from him. Ash "ye last of May, 1568." The lady Elizabeth Styles was buried June 30, 1580. They had : i. Roger, bapt. July 5, 1563 ; bur. Jan. 22, 1573- ii. Thomas, bapt. Sept. 25, 1566; bur. Jan. 2, 1566-7, O. S. iii. Henry, bapt. "ye last of May, 1568," son and heir. Thomas Townsend married for second wife, 1581-2. Anne, daughter of Henry D'Oyly, Esq., of Pond-Hall, Hadleigh, County Suffolk, and of Shottisham, Norwich, County Norfolk. By this lady, who was many years his junior, he had sev- eral children, and all died young except Alice, baptized May 12, 1583, and Mary, baptized Nov. 17, 1586, living unmarried in 1624. In 1585 his father-in-law, Henry D'Oyly, levied a fine of Pond-Hall. Suffolk, and Shottisham, Norfolk, and all others of his estate to him in trust, for the benefit of his D'Oyly children. He is often spoken of in connection with his own and the D'Oyly estates, and seems to have been quite a man of business, leading the life of a country esquire. His daughter Alice married Ambrose Clyve, Esq., of Styche, in Shropshire, and by him was progenitrix of the Lord Clive and the Earl Powis. He died at Bracon-Ash, and was buried June 12, 1591, and by a special livery, dated Westminster, Nov. 25. of the same year, Henry Townsend, Esq., at that time 23 years of age, was proved his son and heir. After the decease of Thomas Townsend, his wife Anne D'Oyly married a Mr. Wilmott, of Staffordshire. She survived him also, and wedded, thirdly, in or before 1597, Sir Robert Needham, of Shenton, County Salop, Kt., who in 1625 was created Viscount Kilmorey in the Kingdom of Ireland. Henry Townsend, Esq., son of the aforesaid Thomas by first wife. Elizabeth Periente (Lady Stj'les). who had sister Katherine, married, first, to Sir Humphrey Drewell, of County Hunts. Kt., second, to John Bacon, of Hesset and Troston, County Suffolk, Esq., whose son, Capt. Robert Bacon, married Lady Cordelia, daughter of John Gyll or Gill, and widow of Sir Thomas Harris, Kt. John Bacon _ died Jan. 3, 1566. and she (Katherine) married, third. John Spring, of County Norfolk. Also a sister, Mary Periente, second wife of William Clopton, son of John Clopton, and grandson of Sir William Clopton, of Kentwell and long Melford. County Suffolk, by his first wife. Joan, daughter of William Marrow, of London, who had sons George, Thomas and Tozvnscnd Clnpton. Thomas Clop- ton, son and heir of the aforesaid William Clop- ton, by wife Mary Waldcgrave, had Sir William Clopton. who by wife Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Barnardiston, was father of Anne Clop- ton, sole heir to the knightly family of Clopton, of Kentwell Hall. County Suffolk, and wife of Sir Symond D'Ewes. Bart. This (Mary Peri- ente) married, second. George Barnardiston, of Korthill. County Bedford, Esq., and had issue Robert Barnardiston, son and heir. 25 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND The aforesaid Sir William Clopton, by second ■wife, Thomasine, eldest daughter of Thomas Knevets, was father of Richard Clopton, of Gro- ton, County Suffolk, whose son, William Clopton, by wife Margery, daughter of Edmund Walde- grave, was the father of William Clopton, who married Alice, the daughter of Edmund D'Oyly, brother of Anne D'Oyly, second wife of Thomas Townsend, Esq., father of the said Henry Town- send, who. by first wife, Margaret Forthe, daugh- ter of Robert Forthe, was cousin of Mary Forthe, 'first wife of John Winthrop, Esq., Governor of New England, who married for his second wife Thomasine Clopton, sister of the aforesaid Will- iam Clopton, of Groton. Henry Townsend, "Gentleman," and Margaret Forthe, "Gentlewoman," were married at St. John Zacharies, London, by Rev. Ambrose Gold- en, minister, Nov. 5, 1590; and the said Margaret was buried at Bracon-Ash, June 23, 1596. They had : i. Robert, bapt. June 8, 1591 (old style), ii. Arthur, bapt. Nov. 16, 1593, who died young. iii. Thomas, bapt. Jan. 8, 1594-5. iv. Elizabeth. By his second wife, Anne, daughter and one of the heirs of Berthram Calthorpe, Counselor of the Middle Temple, London, and of Antringham and Ormsby, County Norfolk, he had. it is sup- posed, no issue, as his will, which is quite lengthy, speaks of none by her, and it gives an outline history of the past twenty-five years of his life, a portion of which he appears to have spent at Gcdding near Edwardston and Groton, County Suffolk. Family tradition informs us. and we have sufficient evidence from this will and other- wise to prove, that the estates of Henry Town- send were encumbered before the death of his father, and he sold Bracon-Ash to Sir Edmund Riche in 1599. In this will, dated Sept. 10. 1624, and proved Norwich, Norfolk, Aug. 29. 1625, he appoints his well-beloved William Payne, of Now- ton. County Suffolk, Gentleman, his executor, and leaves his now wife Anne an annual annuity of ^40 lawful money towards her maintenance during her life. To son Robert £400, to be paid him by sums of £100 a year; to his other son, Thomas. £300, to be paid him in sums of £50 a year; and to his daughter Elizabeth £300, to be paid in sums of £50 a year. He leaves numerous bequests to others, and the residue of all his goods, chattels, ready money, and debts of whatever kind and nature they be. he wholly and freely gives to his executor towards his charges, and for bringing his body decently to the earth. This Henry Townsend or Townshend, for we find his name spelled in both ways, was buried at Gedding, County Suffolk, Aug. 22, 1625, and the original copy of his will was delivered to his executor, Aug. s, 1626. His third son, Thomas, was born at Bracon- Ash, and after the sale of the Norfolk estates he resided at Gedding, County Suffolk, until his majority, when he moved to the neighborhood of London, where his uncle, Thomas Forthe, Esq. (of the Middle Temple, London, Jan. 10,^ 1590), resided, who was son and heir of Robert Forthe, D.C.L.. LL.D., deceased, whose funeral was solemnized at St. Gregory's church, near St. Paul's, with heraldic ceremonies, Oct. 13. 1595, he having died the 3d of the same, seized of landed estates in Suffolk, Essex, Kent and Lon- don, also the Manors of Levehurst in Lambert and of Palmer alias Tylehurst in Croyden, both near Southwark, County Surry. Tradition and family records inform us that Mr. Thomas Town- send came from London and settled at Lynn, in- the colony of Massachusetts Bay, about 1637-8; and as John Winthrop, his connection, was gov- ernor of this colony, it is probable that his puri- tanical relations aided him to select a home in New England, whence many of his kinsmen and neighbors had emigrated a few years before. His wife was Mary, probably a sister of Anne.l wife of John Newgate or Newdigate. a merchant and selectman of Boston, who had resided in South- wark, near London Bridge, and who in his will, dated May 8. 1665, calls him brothcr-in-laiv. and leaves him a legacy of £10, to be paid him within one year after his decease. I. Thomas Townsend was granted 60 acres of land with Lord Brook and others by the town of Lynn, in 1638. and he bought other lands near the iron-works and at Rumney Marsh, Chelsea. He is called in the records husbandman, which occupation many settlers of good families chose, and not being trades-people, the most consistent with their landed interests. His town-house and lot of 7 acres was on the south side of the Mill street near the Common, and on the present N. E. and S. E. corners of Franklyn and Mill (now Boston) street, and he gives son Andrew the southerly corner lot of two acres, provided he would take care of the affairs of himself and wife for life; and after their decease, he (Andrew) to have all remaining property. He also gave be- quest of lio to son Thomas and £5 to son Sam- uel. His son John he had given in 1669. for mar- riage portion, a farm of 60 acres, next Mr. Nicho- las Wylly. (formerly of Bury St. Edniund.=, County Suffolk,) which he had purchased of Ed- ward Hutchison that was formerly in the tenure of Mr. Edmund Needham of Lynn. This town plot, one of the best sites in Lynn and not far from the Rev. Samuel Whiting's residence (across the now Common), was next the Mans- field property, and was sold by his grandson Thomas, son of Andrew, to his kinsman, Daniel Mansfield, of Lynn. July 25, 1702. He was made a freeman March 14, 1639, calls himself husbandman in his well-drawn deeds of gift to his children, and from his serving the public on more than one occasion seemed to have been an important citizen, and from papers bear- ing his name, and his beautiful autograph, now to 1 Her will witnessed at Boston. Aug. 6. 1676. by Penelope Bellingham and Anne Manning, and proved April 8. 1679. by Mrs. Penelope Bellingham and Anno " Gerrish. late Manning, and sealed with Gov. Belling- ham's arms. 26 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND be seen in the Secretary of State's office in Bos- ton, we have sufficient evidence of his ability. He did not agree with the Salem and Lynn Puritans in their extreme measures, and with the Rev. Samuel Whitney was opposed to persecution. Was a liberal and in favor of his neighbor Ar- mitage keeping an inn. He died in Lynn, Dec. 22, 1677, aged 83, and his wife Mary died at the ■house of her son Andrew, Feb. 28, 1692. They had : — 2. i. Thomas, born about 1637. 3. ii. Samuel, b. in Lynn about 1638. 4. iii. John, b. in Lynn about 1640. 5. iv. Andrew, b. in Lynn about 1642. v. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Samuel Mariam of Lynn. Dec. 22, 1669. Probably other children. Essex Ins. Col. [Perhaps the follovying were children of Thomas Townsend]. Lydia Town- send married Lawrence Copeland, 9th, loth mo. 1651, died Jan. 8, 1688. He died Dec. 30, 1699, was born in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. She was in 1650 a member of Mr. Ruck's family, next neighbor of Thomas Townsend. Essex Ins. Col., Vol. Ill, p. 235. Mary Town- send of family of Samuel Gardiner, deceased, 1661. Robert Townsend of Portsmouth, in De- position taken 1668, aged i-- Essex Ins. Col., Vol. VIII, p. 127. Salem 20th Quarter Court, "ye 30th, ist mo., 1641." Thomas Towenshend as juryman appears on the record. y 2. Thomas {Thomas), born in England and came with his father to Lynn, where he lived and afterwards settled at Rumney Marsh, where he leased a farm of Thomas Mateson, who may have been connected with a family of that name living at Boxted, County Suffolk, England, of which Margaret Mateson married Walter Clopton, and John Mateson married Anne Clopton. These Cloptons had sister Bridget who married John Sampson, of Sampson Hall, Kersey, County Suf- folk, whose son Robert came over to New Eng- land in the ship Arabella with Gov. Winthrop, and is called by him cousin on account of his 2d wife, Thomasine Clopton. He married Mary, daughter of Samuel Davis, was member of 2d church, Boston, Oct. 30, 1681, and freeman, 1683. He is left a legacy by his father, in deed of gift to his brother Andrew, Mar. 24, 1674-5, and his will was proved July i, 1700 : leaves wife his property, but if she marries again it goes to his children. Appoints his wife executrix. They had : — . i. Joseph, b. 23 loth mo., 1665. X ii. Thomas, b. Dec. 10, 1667. jii. Susannah, b. Nov. 5, 1672. iv. Joshua, ^ • i ^t ^ V. Caleb twms, b. Nov. 21, 1674. vi. Nathan, b. July 5, 1677. yii. Priscilla, b. Sept. 20. 1679. viii. Elisha, b. Sept. 9, 1680; d. Oct. I, 1693. ix. Benjamin, b. Jan. 10, 1682. x. Hezekiah, b. April 12, 1685. xi. Timothy, b. Apr. 25, 1688. xii. Josiah, b. May 8, 1690; d. Sept. 28, 1695. xiii. Thomas, b. Oct., 1692. 3. Samuel (Thomas'^), born in Lynn, and set- tled at Winnisemet, or Chelsea, Mass., where he held several important offices and where he leased a farm of Gov. Richard Bellingham, who was connected by marriage with the Goodrick families of Counties York, Lincoln and Suffolk; as is proved by letters to the Governor still e.xtant in the Mass. Archives from his nephew and nieces, the children of Col. William Goodrick, of Kilby, (Skidby) County York. In these letters, dated York, 1662, and London, 1688-9, they mention much distress caused by the Cromwellian wars, and "the fatall distructcon of London by a most wonderful and dreadful fire." We also find en- rolled at London, Oct. 10, 1634, sale of property, &c., for £200 in Swinthrop and Froddingham, County Lincoln, by Richard Bellingham, Esq., and Elizabeth, his wife; they then of Bromby, in the same county, to William Goodrick, Esq., of Skidby, County York. This William Goodrick was no doubt the same as the Governor, brother- in-law and cousin of Lyonell and Richard Good- rick, who are called of County Lincoln, and brother-in-law of Henry Townsend, Esq., of Bracon-.Ash, Norfolk, and Gcdding, Suffolk. The last mentioned Richard Goodrick and Margeret his wife, sold 1602 to George Townsend, of Nar- ford and Cramworth, County Norfolk, Esq., and cousin of Henry Townsend aforesaid, the Manor of Waddingworth, County Lincoln, Samuel Townsend followed the vocation of a husbandman, and from ]\ISS. of the family letters and the records we know that he was a respec- table and prosperous man; he was made freeman in 1683, having joined the 2nd Church, Boston, Sept. 18. 1681. By wife Abigail, daughter of Samuel Davis, who leaves her a legacy, he has several children. He was Administrator for son Jeremiah's estate, Nov. 19, i6go, also of the estate of his brother Andrew Townsend of Lynn, which was inventoried March 10, 1692-3, and was ap- pointed guardian for his children, Abigail and David. He was constable and town surveyor, and is mentioned by Sewell in his diary, June 22, 1688, as being of a party which went with Mr. Nathaniel Newdigate (grandson of John) to Hogg Island, regarding an agreement about marsh lands there. He lived and died at Win- nisemet, and from the inventory of the estate 1 The Records of the Colony of Massarhusetts Bay. inform us that Gov. Bellingham. soon after his arrival. Tni;„ l\ Yf*.J>onf;ht of Mr. Samuel Maverick and John Blackleaeh the Manor of Winnisemet. They having received it probably under the Gorges' Patent wT2, ''v^.'"'';. ';•''<"■«■ and when Rumney Marsh was al- iRln II- H^ was recoenized. but not recorded until i„iW,„ *.';*''',?' '•'""'' ^<'<'™-"' to have been divided JSte, on/ t?,"^;; *"'' '="^"'^1' manner of dividing es- tetes and the Governor's will, dated Nov. 2.=; 1672 mentions two farms at Winnisemet. occupied by lohn Belcher and Samuel Townsend [the latter son of Thomas Townsend. of Lynnl , the rents of which ha f,™V'°"/!''^„"^<' r'"^' of f""-- '3""Khters of Col Wi"- am Goodnclj, as long as they had urgent need Aeaia in Re^rds of Ma.s^ Col., Vol. VI.. p'' 142 dated .fune reneiope [Felham] Bellingham. w dow of the latn Hon. Gov Bellingham. Esq.. orders her to have thi "'"'J°\ '^f °f the farm now leased by Samuel -Town! la ?e|alr^'°'"'''°''' ^"^ ^o keep the h'^use and Incea 27 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND proved at Boston, Jan. 9, 1705, and settled by the heirs, July 22, 1708, he seems to have had his efforts repaid with gain, as his ownership of property in Rumney Marsh, Charlestown and Boston proves. Want of space prevents a further recital of the Bellingham, Goodrick and Townsend connection; tradition having its strong support from numer- ous facts and circumstances, already and here- after to be shoci'n, makes firm the belief that the intimacy of these families, both in Old and New England, was due to other ties than those of friendship and fastens more firmly the traditional cord. Mr. Townsend died at Winnisemet, and in the old burying-ground at Rumney Marsh (now Re- vere) is to be seen his grave-stone, bearing date Dec. 21, 1704, aged about 66. His wife, Abigail Townsend, was buried in the Copp Hill Cemetery, Boston, and her stone there records her death, Jan. 2d, 1728-9, aged 87 years and eight months. They had, probably, the following issue, and as the records were imperfectly kept, we print ver- batim the first two entries : Samuel, son of Samuel Towne .... and Abigail his wife, b. July 12, 1661 ; m. ist, Elizabeth .... Mar. 15, 1693; d. Nov. 20, 1699; m. 2d, Elizabeth .... Apr, 7, 1701. He d. Nov. 18, 1723. aged 61. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Towne .... and Abigail his wife, b. Sept. 3, 1662. Jeremiah, son of Samuel Townsend and Abigail his wife, b. . . . 1664, and d. Sept. 6, 1690. David, son of Samuel Townsend and Abigail his wife, b Sept. 29, 1666. iv. Jonathan, b. Sept. 10, 1668; d. Apr. 11, 1717- 8; m. Elizabeth Waltham, dau. of Samuel, son of Rev. William Waltham, of Marble Head, Mar. 22, 1695; d. Mar. 30, 1749, aged 83. Their eldest son. Rev. Jonathan Townsend, of Needham, a grad. of Harv. Coll. He married Mary, daughter of Capt. Gregory Sugars, principal com- mander of the Naval forces which went against Quebec in 1690. She died at Needham. Sept. 10, 1765, aged 75. He succeeded John, son of Rev. John Wil- son, of 1st Church, Boston, as clergyman at Needham. and d. 1762, and was father of the Rev. Jonathan Townsend, of Med- field, Mass. V. Anne, b. Jan. 30, 1672; prob. bur. at Copp Hill Cemetery, Nov. 11, 1717, aged 45. vi. Solomon, b. Aug. I. 1676; d. 17—; m. 1st wife, Elizabeth Jarvis, June 20, i6g8; m. 2d wife, Esther Sugars, dau. of Capt. Gregory Sugars, of Boston. vii. Elias, b. Mar. 2, 1678; d. Nov. 1738; m. Re- becca, dau. of Samuel Frothingham, d. about 1738. viii. Isaac, b. May 20, 1682; d. Jan. 12. 1718; m. Anne Ranger, July 6, 1703; d. Nov. 8, 1726, aged 50. ix. Abraham, twin brother of Isaac, b. May 20, 1682; d. May 20. 1746; m. Mary Eustice, Nov. 30, 1708. She was b. May 4, 1682; d. Jan. 28, 1718. They had: — i. Abraham, d. at 3. ii. Nathan, b. 1711. iii. Joseph, iv. Isaac. v. Mary, b. 1715. vi, Abraham, b. 1717. He removed to Bidde- ford, Maine, m. 2d, Dec. 8, 1720, Judith Edgecombe, dau. Robert and Rachel Edgecombe. Settled at Saco, Maine; d. at Hollis, Maine, 1746. She d. Dec. 3. 1773- They had : — i. Thomas, b. Oct. 29, 1722. ii. Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1725. iii. James, b. July 31, 1730. There is some trace of Thomas, but little rec- ord of Samuel and James, the records of the Probate Court in Portland, Me., having been de- stroyed by fire. James Townsend, b. bwt. 1760-1770, it is con- cluded was son of James of Biddeford, who in all probability moved into Cumberland County, so left no trace in Biddeford or York County. He m. Abigail or Nabby Pittee, dau. of James Pittee, of North Yarmouth, 1794, and lived in Freeport, Maine. They had : — i. Sarah, b. Sep. 20, 1795. ii. Phoebe, b. April 25, 1797. iii. Charles, b. Oct. 27, 1799; d. 1827. iv. Benjamin. V. Eliza. vi. Hannah, vii. Jane. Charles, m. Rachel Whitmore, of Bowdoinham, b. 1801, d. 1896, in 1821. They had : — I. Stephen Whitmore, b. 1822; m, Brann. They had ; — i. Rachel, deceased, ii. Loella. iii. Cora, deceased, iv. Nellie, m. Chas. Case. V. Caroline, m. Charles Hanson. They had : Margaret, vi. Hattie. II. True Whitmore, b. July 10, 1824; m. Susan L, Colby, of Bangor, Maine; b, 1838; d. 1895. They had : — '• idwTrd'^PayS- '--' <^ ^-"«- ii. Tennie Colby, b. May 30, 1866; m. Will- iam H. Temple. They had : Walter Parker, Ethel Florence, Bertha Alice, Edward Townsend. iii. Edward Sands, b. Dec. 12, 1869, Chelsea, Mass. A.B. Harvard, 1892; LL.B,, 1895 ; m, Georgia D. Sanborn, Feb. 17, 1897, at Somerville, Mass. They had : — i. Charles Edward Sanborn, b. May 7, 1898. 28 KDWAKD SANDS TOWNSKMX r.i.^inn. Mnss. BENJAMIN TOWNSKND. New York City. KRAXK G. Cl'RTIS. Jamestown, N. Y. TOWNSEND — TOVVNSHEND ii. Newell Colby, b. Jan. 27, 190J. iii. Clara Gary, b. Feb. 22, 1905. iv. Edith Helleii, b. Nov. 25, 1907- V Mabel Edith (.Chelsea), b. Jan. 28, 1S72; A.B. Kadchffe College, 1S94; unmar- ried. III. James, b. 1S2O; m. Louisa WitUam. They had ; — i. Charles. ii. William. iii. Maria, iv. John. V. Walter. vi. Sarah, ^^.j^j Elmer, vii. Caroline. , ^^i j ■*. 4. John2 (r/ioHia^i), born in Lynn, and settled in Reading, Mass.; freeman May 8, 1678. His father gave him a farm of 60 acres m the town of Lynn, Nov. 23, 166S, and he bouglit with his brother-in-law, Hananiah Parker, son of 1 homas Parker, of Lynn, lands in Reading, of Edward Taylor and Elizabeth his wife, June i, 1675. He was by occupation a wheelwright and lived to be a very aged man; his will, dated June 15, 1722-3, styles him of "Lynn in the County ot Essex, in this, his Alajesty's Province of Massa- chusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman. Being by God's providence grown into old age, and weak in body, though of perfect mind and mem- ory." , His wills, dated Jan. 15. 1722-3, mentions hav- ing given his real estate to his sons; books and other household goods to be equally divided among his children. He died at Lynn, Dec. 4, 1726, and his will was proved at Salem, Dec. 30, 1726. Son Daniel, executor. He married at Lynn, March 27, 1668, Sarah, daughter of John Pearson, who was from Norwich, County Nor- folk, England, and who was near neighbor to his father, on Boston street, Lynn; she died, July 9, 1689. They had : — i. George, prob. his son, m. Rebecca Cow- dry, Dec. 7, 1688. He may have m. 2d, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Crane. ii. Sarah, b. Sept. 4, 1673 ; m. Stephen Wes- ton. iii. John, b. Mar. 17, 1675; d. Jan. 1757. iv. Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1677; d. July 6, 1717. V. Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1680. vi. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1682; m. Jonathan Nichols Apr. 11, 1753. vii. Noah, b. Aug. 30, 1686; d. Dec. 15, 1713. viii. Ebenezer, b. July 3, 1686. Second wife, Mehitable, daughter of Nicholas Brown, whose other daughter, Elizabeth, married Hannaniah Parker, and he, for second wife, mar- ried Mary Barsham, widow of Deacon John, son of Henry Bright, of Watertown. Mass., and for- merly of Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk, England, married, April 2^, 1690. "This Henry Bright's sister, Mary, married William Forth, of Nayland, County Suffolk, and their son, Dr. William Forth of London, -was executor for his aunt Elizabeth (Forth) Dells' will, [widow late of Bowes, County Middlesex, Eng.J The 'Brights of Suffolk, Eng.,' p. 281, mentions an acquittance, Suffolk Records Mass., Vol. HI, p. 170, dated Boston, July 20, 1659, and wiUiessed by three principal men of Boston, Ed- ward Ting, Thomas Buttolph and Nathaniel New- gate; for Henry Bright of New England, the brother of aforesaid, for i200. These Forths were near cousins to Mary F"orth, first wife of Gov. Winthrop and to Margaret F'orth, the mother of Thomas Townsend, aforesaid. William Forth, LL.D., and his brother Dannett F^orth, woolen-draper, were appointed overseers of will of Edward Park, of London, proved Jan. 29, 1650. In a letter to Gov. Winthrop he is called cousin, and Henry Bright of Watertown, Mass., uncle, who is made attorney for his son, Henry Park, 1655, (Mass. Flist. Soc. Col., Vol. VII, p. 385-8, series IV.) Of this Forth family were John, Thomas, Robert and Roger F'orth, all brothers of Dr. William Forth, LL.D,, and Dannett Forth, draper, and sheriff of London, whose daughter, Mary, married Francis St. John, brother of Cath- erine St. John, nephew and niece of Rev. Samuel Whitings, of Lynn, wife Elizabeth. There was, also, of this family, Henry Forth, Esq., Alderman of London, who married Albinia 'y^ posthumous daughter of Sir Henry Vane, of Raby, County York (the Martyr), and Gov. of New England.'" Henry Bright's will, dated Aug. 28, 1733- She died July, 173S, and her will was proved July 14, I735,_giving a few articles of clothing to Han- nah Aborne and her property to son Daniel, whom she appoints executor. This Daniel had son Daniel killed at Lexington, April 19, 1775- He was born at Lynn, December 26, 1738. aud ^ Deacon of the Church at Lynfield when the War of the Revolution broke out, and on receipt of the news of a detachment of regulars marching on Concord to destroy army stores, he marched with a company of minute-men and arrived at the scene of action about daylight on the day of the battle. Lewis' Hist, of Lynn, Mass., says: Timothy Monroe, of Lynn, one of the wounded, testified "that he was standing behind a house with Daniel Townsend, firing on the British troops as they were coming down the road_ on their retreat toward Boston. Townsend had just fired, and exclaimed, 'There's another red-coat down,' when Monroe, looking around, saw to his astonishment that they were completely hemmed in by the flank guard of the British army, who were coming down through the field behind them. They immediately ran into the house and sought for the cellar, but no cellar was there. All this time, which was indeed but a moment, the balls were pouring through the back window, making; havoc of the glass. Townsend leaped through the end window, carrying the sash and all with Viim, and instantly fell dead. Monroe followed him and escaped." After the regulars had passed, Mr. Townsend S remains, which had seven bullets through the body, were carried by his townsmen to Lynfield, and lay the next night in the Bancroft House, where the blood stains remain on the old oaken 29 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEMD floor to this day. He left a wife and five chil- dren. The Essex Casctte of May 2, 1775, in a brief obituary, speaks of him as having been "a constant and ready friend to the poor and aflficted, a good adviser m cases of diliicuhy, a mild, snicere and able reprover. In short," it adds, "he was a friend to his country, a blessing to society, an ornament to the church of which he was an officer." He was buried at Lynfield, April 2, 1775, where his monument now stands, with the following inscription; Lie, valiant Townsend, in the peaceful shades; we trust Immortal honors mingle with thy dust. What though thy body struggled in its gore. So did thy Saviour's body long before; And as he raised his own by power divine So the same power shall also quicken thine. And in eternal glory mayst thou shine. John Townsend died at Lynn, Dec. 14, 1726-7. They had : , i.x. Thomas, b. Oct. 7, 1692; d. June i, 1716. X. Mehitable, b. Apr. 28, 1695 ; d. Sept. 1695. xi. Martha, b. Aug. 14, 1697; d. May 27, 1729. xii. Daniel, b. Apr. i, 1700; d. Oct. 10, 1761 ; m. Lydia Sawyer, Oct. 18, 1726. 5. Andrew^ (Thomas^), born in Lynn; made freeman April 18, 1691. His father gave him in deed of gift dated June ist, 1674, two acres of land, part of his own lot, south side the Mill street, near the commons in Lynn ; and the rest of his estate after the death of himself and wife Mary (the mother of aforesaid), provided he would live with them and carry on their afifairs during life. He was a soldier in Captain Gard- ner's company and was wounded in the great bat- tle fought with the Narragansett Indians, in Rhode Lsland, Dec. 19, 1675. He married, July 18, 167S, Abigail, daughter of John Collins of Lynn. They both died of camp fever, he on the loth of Feb., 1692, she on the 22d of Feb. following; and the inventory of his estate was made by appraisers chosen by his brothers, March 3, 1692; and his brother Samuel Townsend of Chelsea, and Sam- uel Johnson of Lynn, were appointed Admin- istrators to his estate, which was settled May I, 1694; and as guardians for his children, their uncle Samuel Townsend was appointed for Abi- gail and David, and kinsman Daniel Mansfield of Lynn, for Thomas, Elizabeth, Andrew and Daniel. They had: — _i. Thomas, b. June 11, 1679; d. ii. Abigail, b. Jan. 23, 1680; d. Fel». 22, 1692. iii. Elizabeth, b. May 21, 1683; d. iv. Mary, b. July 7, l68q : d. Dec. TO, 1685. V. Andrew, b. July 7, 1685 ; d. Dec. 1688. vi. Daniel, b. Dec, 1688; mar., had children, settled in Charleston, S. C. vii. David, b. April 6, 1691; mar. Mabel Shippie. Samuel Johnson, one of the Adms. of Andrew Townsend estate, married, June 22, 1664, Mary, sister of Abigail, daughter of John Collins of Lynn. Mr. Shippie Townsend's son David was a pupil of Maj. Gen. Warren [who was killed at Bunker's Hill] ; and was during the Revolution- ary War a surgeon in the American Army and member of the Society of Cincimiati, and his son, Maj. David S. Townsend, lost a leg at the battle of Chrystlers-Field, Canada, in the war of 1812- 14. Dr. Solomon Davis Townsend, a distin- guished physician of Boston, who was much in- terested in the history of his family, informed the writer that William Townsend of Boston, 1634, and Thomas Townsend, of Lynn, 1637-8, if related at all, must have been very distant rela- tives, as no relationship was claimed by his (the Lynn) family with the Boston family. He, by wife Elizabeth, a daughter of Elbridge Gerry, Vice-President of the United States, had Maj. Gen. E. D. Townsend, U. S. A., now [1881] stationed at Washington, D. C. 6. Isaac {Samuel^ Thomas^, born in Chelsea and settled in Boston. He bought, April 20, 1716, lands on Winter street, of Henry Bridgman, join- ing to Colonel Penn Townsend's on north-west and north-east. He was killed at a fire in Bos- ton, Jan. 16, 1717-18, aged 37. He witnessed Gov. Bellmgham's will. Married July 7, 1703, Anne, daughter of Captain Edmund Ranger, who, after her hu,sband's death, sells the property on Winter street to John Clark, Esq., of Boston, Oct. 10, 1719, for i88. Her sister Prudence (Ranger) married Mr. Ezekiel Clisby, and in her will proved Mar. 27, 1732, she divides her estate be- tween her "two kinswomen. Prudence Ranger, daughter of my brother John Ranger, and Anne Townsend, daughter of my sister Anne Towns- end, deceased." Mrs. Townsend died at Boston, Nov. 8, 1726, aged 50. They had : — i. Isaac, b. March 25, 1704; d. Apr. 26, 1785, in Boston. ii. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 2, 1705; d. Sept. 28, 1708, in Boston. 7 iii. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 12, 1711; d. Jan. 6, 1802, in New Haven. iv. Anne, b. June 27, 1714; d. June 2, 1744, in Boston ; m. David Bell, Aug. 28, 1735; d. Jan. 2, I744-S- V. Ebenezer, b. June 25, 1716; d. Dec. 3, 1775, in New Haven; m. Elizabeth Lar- man. Nov. 23, 1738; d. Aug. 30, 1774. 7. Jeremiah (Isaac? Samuel? Thomas'^), born in Boston, Mass. Baptized in Old South Church, Nov. 18, 171 1. Moved with his family and brother Ebenezer to New Haven, Conn., where they settled May 20, 1739. He bought lands the year before (Mar. 10. 1738) of Mindwell Jones, in the Governor's Quarters, for £16; also buys, Dec. 10, 1739, of Ebenezer Mix, one-half of house and lot, one acre more or less, on the north-west corner of the Green or Market Place. He again buys, Apr. 6. 1742. the other half for $260. Also house and land of Elizabeth Perkins. His first wife was Hannah, daughter of John Kneeland or Cleland, of Boston, Mass., member of Old South Church, April 16, 1722; married April 16, 1734. hy the Rev. Thomas Prince. She died July 30 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND 30, 1744, aged 33. Married, 2d wife, Rebecca Parkman, widow of Captain Coit of Boston (who was lost on a voyage from the West Indies), Oct. 9, 1746. She died in New Haven, Jan. 15, 1788, aged 69. Mr. Townsend left to his descendants and younger contcinporaries [many known to the writer] a record of his family, together with a tradition which has been proved correct by evi- dence collected from English and Colonial Rec- ords, and supported by numerous facts and cir- cumstances. His change of residence to New Haven was through the suggestion of his friend Mr. William Greenough, a ship-wright of New Haven, who was from Boston and connected with the Stoddard. Chauncey and Shrimpton families, of Noddle Island (now East Boston). Mr. Townsend died at New Haven Jan. 6, 1803, and was buried in the old church-yard in the rear of the first church on the Green ne.xt his two wives, and the foundation of the west wall of the present edifice was laid across their graves, and their monuments are now preserved in the Crypt lately renovated through the public spirit and meritori- ous efforts of Thomas Rutherford Trowbridge, Jr., Esq., a member of the society's committee. They had : i. Jeremiah, b. in Boston, Jan. 20, 1734-5; d. Sept. 24, 1794, in New Haven; m. Abigail Woodbridge; d. May 20, 1768, aged 31. ii. Isaac, b. in Boston, July 18, 1735 ; d. Nov. 28, 1736. in New Haven. 8. iii. Isaac, b. in Boston, Oct. 13, 1737 ; d. June, 1818, in New Haven; m. Eliza- beth Hitchcock. iv. John, b. in Boston, July 22, 1739; d. Nov. 30, 17.39, in New Haven. V. Samuel, b. Oct. 14, 1740; d. Aug. 29, 1795, in East Haven ; m. Sarah Tread- way: d. Feb. 7, 1801. aged 64. vi. Hannah, b. Nov. 29, 1742; d. May 31, 1773, in New Haven. His children by second wife, Rebecca (Park- man) Coit, were : vii. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 10, 1747; d. 1818, in Norwich, Conn.; m. Hannah Hughes; d. 1802. aged 42. viii. John, b. Aug. i, 1749: d. Feb. 1833, in New Haven, Conn. ; m. Martha Beards- ley; d. Nov. 7, 1797, aged 45. ix. Rebecca, b. Dec. 14, 1751 ; d. 1800. X. William, b. Dec. 7, 1753 ; d. . xi. Timothy, b. Nov. 10, 1755; d. Feb. 15, 1832; m. Hannah Ailing. 8. Isaac (Jrirmiah.' Isaac;' Samuel: Thomas'), born m Boston, came a child to New Haven with his parents. Commenced business in New Haven, but moved to Stratford, Conn., about 1763. where he owned property and most of his children were born. About 1783 he removed to New Haven, where he lived the remainder of nis life. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of £ fj aid Abigail (Butler) Hitchcock, of Spring- field, Mass., and cousin of Maj. Gen. David iWooster, killed near Ridgefield, Conn., May 2, 1777, in battle with the British forces under Gov. Tryon, while on their return from Danbury. Her sister, Abigail, widow of John Brown, married Capt. Ezekiel Hayes, great-grandfather of Ruth erford Burchard Hayes, ex-President of the United States. She was born at Springfield, Mass., Aug. 5, 1741 ; died Nov. 9, 1792. They had : — i. Elizabeth, b. Nov. I, 1762; d. Jan. 15, 1852, unmaried. 9. ii. Isaac, b. Feb. 4, 1765; d. Nov. S, 1841; m. Rhoda Atwater. iii. Kneeland, b. March 20, 1757; d. May 15, 1844; m. Sarah Thompson. iv. Jacob, b. April 10, 1769; d. May 7, 1852; m. first wife, Betsey Clark; second wife, Eunice Atwater. V. Abigail, b. Sept. 4, 1771 ; d. May 30, 1814, unmarried. vi. Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1774; d. Dec. 26, 1788, unmarried. vii. Sarah, b. 1776; died May I, 1844; mar- ried Joel Atwater. viii, Anne, b. May 20, 1779; died Nov. 18, 1S61, unmarried. ix. William, b. May 12, 1781 ; d. July 28, 1849; m. Maria Lampson. Elmer Townsend (son of William), b. March 2, 1807, d. April 13, 1871, at Boston, Mass., where he went when about 19 years of age. He started as a clerk 'in a wholesale leather store and ad- vanced rapidly to the point where he bought the business and conducted it in his own name. He invented many valuable machines that are used in shoe manufactory. He married Wealthy Ann Beecher, of New Haven, Conn., Nov. 21, 1833. Issue, Elizabeth and Elizabeth Mary, who died young, Henry Elmer, b. Dec. 29, 1841 ; d. July II, i8gi ; Helen Cordelia, b. July 9, 1849, and Benjamin Beecher, b. Dec. 4, 1848. Henry Elmer, married Emilie W. Kaupe, April II, 1867. She was born in Crefeld, Prussia, d. April, igo6. Issue, Robert Elmer, b. Feb. 7, 1868; Fritz Edward, b. Aug. 15, 1869; d. 1898, and Lilian Henrietta, b. June 17, 1873. Helen Cordelia, married Theodore Frelinghuy- sen Breck April 18, 1872. Dr. Breck was born in Vienna. N. Y., July 29, 1844. His family emi- grated to America in 1635, he being a descendant in the eighth generation of Edward Breck, of Lancaster, Eng. His great great grandfather was graduated from Harvard College in 1742, and be- came a physician of prominence. His father. Dr. Wm. G. Breck, a practicing physician in Spring- field, Mass., for forty years, is recalled as a masterly man with a natural talent for his profes- sion. Theo. F. d. at his home, "Round Hill," Springfield, Mass., June 25, 1904. Issue, Helen Townsend, b. March 19, 1873, and William Gil- man, b. June 12, 1875. Helen Townsend m. John C. Howard, of Chicago. Issue, Helen. William Gilman, m. Edith Woods, of Springfield, Mass. Benjamin Beecher, married Sophie Anna Kaupe, of Crefeld Prussia. Issue, Nelson K., m. Marie K., of N. Y. C. Issue, Welthean May, b. ,1901. M TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Robert Elmer, son of Henry Elmer, residing in Boston, m. Josephine Weildon, Ap. 1891. Issue, Robert Elmer, Jr., b. Dec. 11, 1892. Lillian Henrietta, dau. Henry Elmer, m. Fred- erick Elmer Snow, of Boston, Mass., April ii, 1896. Issue, twins, died at birth, 1896; William Townsend, b. Sep. 19, 1897; Kitchell, b. June 29, 1899, and C , b. 1905. 9. Isaac^ (Isaac,^ Jeremiah,'^ Isaac? Samuel^ Thomas^), born in Stratford, Conn. In the year 1781, when but 16 years of age, he joined a Con- necticut regiment under the command of Col. Meigs, and served until the close of the war of the Revolution. He commenced business as a merchant in New Haven, 1788-89, and was largely interested in mercantile pursuits by land and sea, having branch houses in Charleston and Cheraw, S. C, and an Agency in New York and London, where his brother Kneeland Townsend for many years resided. Was interested in landed estate in V'irginia, Vermont, Connecticut and Ohio. In the latter State he was joint owner with his brothers of the town of Townsend, Huron Coun- ty. During the last war with England he was, with his sou Isaac Henry (late professor of law in Yale College), taken prisoner by one of the enemy's armed vessels cruising in Long Island Sound, while on the passage to New Haven from New York on board the packet sloop "Susan," Oct. 9, 1814. They were taken to Plum Island and detained on board H. B. Majesty's ship "Pomone," Captain Carteret, until ransomed. Mr. Townsend retired from active business soon after the war on an ample fortune, and his business was successfully carried on by his sons. He married Rhoda, daughter of David and Eliza- beth (Bassett) Atwater, April 11, I79S- She was born in Hamden, Conn., May 13, 1766, and died in New Haven, April 10, 1840, aged 74 years. They had : — 10. i. William Kneeland, b. June 3, 1796; d- Sept. 23, 1849. ii. Elizabeth Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1798; m. Isaac Beers, Nov. 26, 1821. iii. Isaac Atwater, b. Dec. 2, 1799; d. June, 1803. iv. Charles Henry, b. April 26, 1801 ; d. June II. 1847. V. Isaac Henry, b. April 25, 1S03 ; d. June II, 1847. vi. Jane Marie, b. May I, 1805 ; d. Dec. 15, 1814. Vii. George Atwater, b. Oct. 28, 1807; _m. first wife, Juliet Sanford; second wife, Mildred Parker. viii. Emily Augusta, b. Sept. 28, 1810; m. David Sanford, of Newtown, Conn., Oct. 5. 1831 : d. Feb. 6. 1875. 10. William Kneeland^ (Isaac,^ Isaac.^ Jere- miah* Isaac? Samuel? TJwmas''-). bom in New Haven, educated at the Hopkins Grammar School, and commenced life a merchant. He was Di- rector of the New Haven Bank, President of several Corporations and Associations, a Lieuten- ant of the 2d Company of Governor's Horse Guards of the State of Connecticut, a Justice of the Peace and Representative for the town of East Haven to the Conencticut State Assembly. About 1830, on account of ill health, he retired from business and made his residence at "Bay- ridge," Raynham, then within the limits of the town of East Haven, but by an Act of the Con- necticut Legislature annexed in 1881 to New Haven. This property he had bought of his father and uncle some time before, and it was a part of the original grant by the New Haven Colony to William Tuttle. the maternal ancestor of his wife, Eliza Ann, eldest daughter of Hervey and Nancy (Bradley) Mulford, whom he married Dec. 3, 1820, and was born in New Haven, Nov. 26, 1798. This lady's lineage has been traced back to many of the first settlers of the New England colonies, among them Captain Lyon Gardiner, the first Patentee and Lord of the Manor of Gardiner's Island, who came over as engineer in the employ of the Earl of Warwick, and "en route" stopped at Boston, where he laid out the fortification on Fort Hill, and the season following located and built Saybrook Fort, which he so valiantly defended against the Pe- quot Indians, and where his daughter Mary was born, who married Jeremiah Conklin, from whom descended Mrs. Townsend's father. Hervey Mul- ford, Esq., a graduate of Yale College, class 1794, and a merchant ; eldest son of Barnabas Mulford, Jr.5 (Barnabas,* Thomas,^ Thomas,2 Williaml), born at Branford, Conn., Feb. 13, 174S; married November 10, 1771, Mehitable, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Punchard) Gorham, fifth in descent from Capt. John Gorham, who married 1643, Desire, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tilly) Howland (and perhaps grand-daughter of Gov. Carver), Pilgrims of the "Mayflower," 1620. This Capt. Gorham, an early settler of Barnstable from the Plymouth Colony, died on service at Swanzey of fever contracted in the King Philip Indian War, Feb. 5, 1676. His son Jabez, born at Barnstable Aug. 3, 1656, married Hannah and was wounded in the same war, and for this family's efforts the Plymouth Court granted the heirs of Capt. John Gorham, in recognition of their service, 100 acres of the tract called Papasquash Neck, now Bristol, R. I. Isaac, a son of Jabez, born Feb. i, 1689. His first wife, Mary He moved to New Haven, where he bought lands in 1719, and married his second wife, Hannah Miles, by whom with other children they had son Timothy aforesaid. Both Mr. and Mrs. Townsend died at "Ravnham." Mr. T. Sept. 23, 1849, and Mrs. T. Jan' 3, 1881. aged 82, and the next day after Mrs. Townsend's death, in the New Haven "Journal and Courier," appeared the following notice of Mrs. Townsend's useful and well-spent life, and three days afterwards an account of her funeral ceremonies. These in memoriam the writer prints for preservation, prompted only by love and affection for those whose memories he holds dear. PASSED AWAY. "Eliza A., widow of the late William Kneeland Townsend, died at the family residence at Rajn- 32 TOWNSEND — TOWNS HEN D ham, New Haven, yesterday afternoon at half- past four. The deceased was 82 years of age the 26th of last November. She had been in her wonted health until about a day or two be- fore her death. The cause of her death was owing apparently to sudden failure of the vital powers. She had lived to see her children grow up to fill honored and prominent places and to see her grandchildren likewise rising to places of honor. She had been active for one of her years, and retained to a high degree her cheerfulness, quick discernment and active powers of mmd generally. She was the eldest daughter of the late Hervey and Nancy (Bradley) Mulford. The husband of the deceased was for years a highly esteemed merchant of New Haven, and on ac- count of declining health he retired to the beauti- ful and picturesque property now the residence of the family, devoting his whole attention to agri- culture as a science, and there spent the re- mainder of his life, dying at the early age of 53, Sept. 23, 1849, after a brief illness. He \yas a devoted Christian gentleman, and his virtues and valuable public services were finely com- memorated in a beautiful in memoriam tribute by the Rev. Burdett Hart. Of Mrs. Townsend it may truly be said that she was a lady of refine- ment and education, and that she lived esteemed, honored, beloved and admired by all who knew her, bearing her part equally perfect as a Chris- tian and a gentlewoman. She was equally be- loved bv all, of whatever station; in the homes of the poor and the mansions of the rich she re- ceived equal homage. She was one of the orna- ments of society in her youth and a most lovable companion in age. Though highly accomplished she was a domestic wife, the fondest of mothers, an indulgent mistress, a most sincere and disin- terested "friend, and kindly, generous and chari- table towards all;" and the ne.\t day after the funeral the same paper adds; "The funeral of the late Mrs. William Knee- land Townsend took place yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, from the residence of the family at Raynham. New Haven. The grounds, so beauti- ful at all seasons of the year, wore a drear aspect with their thick burden of snow, ice-encased and dripping branches of the trees, and with_ a misty rain falling; and outward the water view pre- sented an ice-bound harbor and sullen waves of the Sound in the distance. _ Notwithstanding na- ture wore this somewhat inclement aspect, the beautiful residence was thronged with mourning friends, many of whom had left homes of_ ele- gance and every comfort to pay their last tribute to the memory of the sleeper, whose long life had become invested with a radiance from her rare union of accomplishments, a most endearing na- ture and whose lovely character and Christian virtues shone more and more brightly as life wore on apace, leaving a store of precious mem- ories to three generations of descendants. Offici- ating at the funeral were the Rev. Burdett Hart, of the First Congregational Church, Fair Havep, who delivered a rarely beautiful discourse in memoriam at the death of Mr. Townsend, the beloved husband of the deceased; and Rev. Dr. Bacon, tlic honored divine, who was the pastor of the deceased for many years. A finished and elegant tribute was given by the Rev. Mr. Hart, in which he referred to the beautiful Christian character of the deceased lady, and to the hus- band who died years before, honored, esteemed and lamented at the old home, where the closing years of his life were spent. The separation was now over, and both had left a precious message to their children and children's children and friends, in the dying words, 'Live for Christ.' Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Bacon, who spoke of the consolations of Christ as the true balm for the stricken heart; and the joy and serenity which Christ's blessing gave to the be- lieving soul. Thomas Rutherford Trowbridge, Senior, Esq., was in charge of the funeral cere- monies, and the pall bearers were six of the sons of the deceased. The death of Mrs. Townsend is the third in the family that has occurred in the old homestead in a period of 75 years." They had : — 11. i. William Isaac, b. Nov. 28, 1822. 12. ii. James Mulford, b. Jan. 20, 1825. iii. George Henry, b. in New Haven, Dec. 28, 1826; m. Oct. 22, 1862, Mary Ger- trude, dau. of James and Margaret (Snedecker) Buckelew, of Jamesburg, N. J., where she was born Nov. 12, 1838. He still resides on Townsend Ave., New Haven, Conn. iv. Frederick Atwater, b. in New Haven, Mar. 23, 1829; m. Jane, dau. of the late , Roger Sherman Prescott, Esq., of New Haven, Conn. V. Robert Raikes, b. in East Haven, Dec. 22, 1831 ; d. June 30, 1857; m. March 21, 1853, Almira N., dau. of Hezekiah and Nancy (Landfair) Tuttle, of Fair Ha- ven, Conn., where she was b. Oct. 17, 13. vi. Charles Hervey, b. Nov. 16, 1833. vii. Timothy Beers, b. Nov. 21, 1835. 14. viii. Edward Howard, b. April 8, 1840. ix. Eliza Mulford, b. Dec. 3. 1842, in East Haven; m. Oct. 13, 1863, Charles Au- gustus Lindsley, of New York. 11. William Isaac? iWiUiam KJ Isaac,^ Isaac.^ lereviiah,'^ Isaac.^ Sainncl? Tlminas'^). bom in New Haven ; married .-Xpril 22, 1850. Elizabeth B., daughter of Col. Mason A. and Elizabeth (Brad- ley) Durand. of New Haven, where she was born April 7, 1828. They had : — i. Elizabeth Durand, b. Feb. 11, 1851; d. May 27, 1857. 12. James Mulford^ {IVUUam KJ Isaac^ Isaac^ Jeremiah,^ Isaac? Samuel." Thomas^), born in New Haven: married Sept. i, 1847, Maria Theresa, daughter of Epaphras and Sarah (Hall) Clark, of Middletown, Conn., where she was born, Oct. 10, 1828. Thev had : — i. William KneelandS (lames, A/. .8 William KJ Isaac^ Isaac,^ Jeremiah^ Isaac? Samuel^ 33 TOWNSEND-TOWNSHEND Thomas^), Attorney and Counselor at Law, New Haven. Conn.; born June 12, 1848; was gradu- ated from Yale College (academic department), 1871, with high honors. He then took an ex- tended tour to Europe, and, on his return en- tered the Yale Law School, 1872, taking both the Jewell and Civil Law composition prizes, and graduated, 1874, second in his class, with degree of LL.B. On his return from a second Euro- pean trip he began the practice of law in New Haven and entered the "graduate course" of the Law School in 1876, taking the degree of M L in 1878, and of D.C.L. in 1880. In 1879-80 he was a member of the Court of Common Council, New Haven, and in 1880 was elected Alderman from the First Ward for the term of two years. In 1881 Doctor Townsend published a law book entitled: "The New Connecticut Civil Officer" and m June, 1881, he was appointed Professor of o Vl^ in Yale College. He married, July i, 1874. Mary Leavenworth, eldest daugliter of Win- ston J. and Mary (Leavenworth) Trowbridge of New Haven, Conn. She was born in Barbadoes West Indies, May 6, 1851, where her father was American Consul and a resident merchant and partner of the house of Henry Trowbridge's Sons, of New Haven, Conn. They had : — Winston Trowbridge, b. June 10. 1878. Mary Leavenworth, b. Dec. 6, 1879 James Mulford. Jr., Attorney and Counselor at Law, New York City; bom Aug. 26, 1852 gradu- ated at the Hopkins Grammar School in 1869, and after traveling through Europe, entered Yale College in 1870 and graduated in 1874 vvith an oration, and was chosen one of the Commence- ment speakers. He took, besides other honors, both the Junior and Senior "Townsend prizes" was one of the editors of the "College Courant"" ranked first in his class in English Composition and received the DeForest prize (gold medal) then the highest collegiate honor at Yale, being awarded to that scholar of the Senior class who shall write and pronounce an English oration in '"e best manner." On completion of his duties at Yale he again visited Europe, and on his return studied law in the office of Chittenden & Hubbard, and at same time was a member of Columbia Law School in New York, from which he graduated in 1876, and in the same year be- came a member of the firm of Chittenden & Hubbard, and upon the retirement of Mr. Hub- bard became a member of the new firm of Chit- tenden, Townsend & Chittenden. Mr. Townsend was married Nov. 15, 1882, in Lexington. Va., to Miss Harriet Campbell, daughter nf Professor John Campbell. LL.D., Professor of Geology and Chemistry in Washington and Lee University of Lexington. 13- Charles Hervev? (jrHIiani KJ Isaac.^ Isaac^ Jcremiah.i Isaac? Samuel.^ Thomas^), born at "Raynham," East Haven, married April 26, 1871, Mary Ann, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Prescott) Hotchkiss of New Haven, where she was bom Dec. 5, 1839. They had : — i. Henry Hotchkiss Townshend, bom in New Haven Sept. 30, 1874. 11. Raynham Townshend, born in New Ha- ven July 10, 1878. A Yale graduate; after serving as house phy- l?r", q", ^°°5evejt Hospital, N. Y. C, married Juliet Stanton Adee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs George A Adee m St. Peters Episcopal Church, Westchester Village, June 4, 1908. Dr. Towns- hend IS now a practicing physician in New rlaven. 14. Edward Howards aViUiam K.7 Isaacs Isaac,^ Jeremiahi Isaac? Samuel,^ Thomas^ ^9'",9^i i^^"'iTT'" 5=^'* ^'^''^"' ™""«d April fv^^^\ ^J"i\^'"i'VT^='"- °^ Caleb S. and Mary (Foster) Maltby, of New Haven, Conn. She was b. April 4, 1843, ,n Triadelphia, Va, They had :— 1. Maud, b. in New Haven June 21, 1871- died July 2$, 1871. ■^RNm ^A'^^JS OP JEREMIAH TOWNS- t,.\iJ (7) (Isaac, Samuel, Thomas), con- tinued raoM P. 58 "The Townshend Family" AND N.E Register, Vol. xxix, Jan., i87t; ' Jeremiah Townsend (7) removed to New Ha- r!."=V.„ "m '""^"8 May 20, 1739. He was m. in Boston, Mass., by the Rev. Thomas Prince Ap 10, 1734, to Hannah Kneeland, who d July V) 1744, (2) Oct. 9, 1746, Rebecca (Parkman) Coit' who d. Jan. 15, 1785. ' ' Jeremiah Townsend, eldest s. of Jeremiah (7), b Boston, Mass., Jan. 20, 1734-e (n c&) /\ ' l7. 'l.r: "^"""t- '^P^ ^'•''^'' '-■ Man I79S, i336. 7- 3— Jeremiah Atwater and Rob't 1 ownsend apprs., s. Jeremiah adm'n, wid refus- ing. Sarah a minor child chose bro. Jeremiah guard, m. by Rev. Mr. Whittlesey, Nov. 20, 176, Abigail, dau. of Hon Timothy and Abigail (Day) Woodbridge b. Stockbridge, Mass., Ap. 2 1737 d. New Haven, May 20, 1768 i. Jeremiah, b. June 27, 1762. Y. C. 1779: en- gaged m the shipping business with his f.-in-law Jeremiah Atwater. He d. in N. H. of yellow fever, Juty 22 1805. Adm. of his est. given to Wm. S Hotchkiss and Thos. Townsend July 29 i8os; bond $40,000; Anna. H. Denison, Lydia James_ A., Chas. W., Nancy and Wm. B named f ^"-l "f ."'■ J™^ 4- 1784, Anna, dau. of .1^a\'''"^ '^""^ ''Mix) Atwater, b. Sept. 28 1764; d. Aug. 10, 1852, a. 88 I. Juliana b. Oct. 15, 1785; d. Dec. 17, 1824; m. Henry Denison, pres. New Haven Bank--i I. Henry. 2. Charles. 3. Abel ^' w-n- ''■ ^'P^ -°i '788; d. Ap. ir, 1819. 3. Wilham Buck, b Ap. 6, 1790; d Mav 18 1867: res m N^Y. C, and ' wa's' Editor oF the Siisan T Rillf ^TuTu'^-.''^ Raynham, E. H.. Susan I. Bills, and had besides 3 daus I Kneeland S b at Raynham, E. H.. Sept Lland^N^r'- ""• ^- ^- ^^^'■^^"•^^ °" Statin colonel.^R^^Y.^C ''°"' ^^ ^"'- ''• '^'^' '^-y^^' 3- William B., b. Dec. 4, 1829. 34 TOWNSEND— TOWNSHEND 1. Susan m. G. S. Scofield, Agt. Am. S. S. Union, N. Y. 2. Julia m. Nathaniel Marsh, Pres. N. \. & Erie R. R. Co. 3. Mary Townsend m. George B. Ripley, Banker, N. Y. 4. Jeremiah, b. Ap. 7, 1/93; d. Sept. 5, l/QS- 5. Catharine, b. Nov. 3, 1796; d. June 24, 1803. 6. Lydia, b. June 30, 1708; d. June 23, 1821. 7. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 29, 1800; d. Oct. 16, 1845; m. Mary C. Mix— rem. to Mo. i. James T. 2. Louisa R. 8. Catharine W., b. June 30, 1803; m. Francis T. Jarman: had son F. Townsend Jarman, mer- chant of New Haven, Conn. ii. Woodbridge, b. Nov. 21, 1762; d. 1762; d. ,r. p. Feb. 20, 1793; m. Catharine who d. a abt. 20 yrs. ; (2) Sally Gorham— She m. (2) Isaac Beers. iii. Abigail, b. June 29, 1764; d. Sept. 10, Sm. iv. Abigail, b. June 24, d. Dec, 1767. V. Thomas, d. .y. i. at Nassau, New Provi- dence. W. I., m. vi. Sally. vii. James, d. in N. H. Ap. I, 1870; m. Cook, {2) Hulda Smith— i. by 2 m. I. Emily. 2. Virginia : an Authoress. 3. Mary. Samuel, b. Oct. 14, 1740, d. Aug. 29, 179S, m East Haven, m. Sarah Treadway, who d. Feb. 7, 1801, aged 64. Will proved Mar. 16, 1801. Gave all property to nephew Jered Andrewes and wife Dorothv. Hannah Townsend (p. 58), 6th child of Jere- miah (7), b. Nov. 9, 17+2, d. May 31. 1873, at New Haven. Children by 2d wife Rebecca (Parkham) Coit. Nathaniel Townsend, b. Oct. 10, 1747 (p. 58), s. of Jeremiah (7) m. Hannah, dau. of John and Zipporah (Hartshorn) Hughes, Sept. 7, 1744, d. in Norwich, Conn., 1802, a. 52. She d. Jan. 23, 1799, a. 74. They had 1. Fanny, b. Nov. 7, 1776; d. Mar. 29, 1836, unm. 2. John Hughes, b. Sept. i, 1778; d. Oct. 4, 1858, unm. 3. Charles, b. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 22, 1786; d. Sept. 14, 1847; m. by Rev. John Chester, D.D., at Albany, June 5, 1819, Jane Corning of Hartford, Conn. He was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Niagara Co., N. _ Y., Apr. 1814, and was Pres. of the Buffalo Savings Bank at the time of his death. They had i. Anna M., b. Ap. 23, 1820, m. Alfred Par- ish Stone of Columbus, O., May 11, 1841. He d. Aug. 3, 1865. i. ii. George C, b. Sept. 25, 1821 ; d. Jan. 31, 1852; m. Louisa Matthews, Aug. 30, 1843. He d. Columbus, O., Jan. 30, 1852. They had 1. Charles, b. July I, 1S44, merch't, 116 John St., N. Y. C; res. Elizabeth, N. J.; m. thr. Sept. 29, 1868, Mary Mulligan, i. Louisa b. Jan. 31, 1870—2. Harriet b. Ap. I, 1874. 2. Louis, b. Clarence. N. Y., June 23, 1847; m. at Elizabeth, N. J., June 8, 1869, Carrie W. McKinley. He is in the Gents' Furnishing business, N. Y. C. ; res. Elizabeth, N. J. i. Willie b. Ap. 8, 1870. 3. Edward W., b. Springville, N. Y., July 24, 1850; d. Nov. 29, 1854. 4. George, b. Columbus, O., Jan, 3, 1852. iii. Jane C, b. Nov. 30, 1823, m. Guilford Reed Wilson of Burlington, Pa., Mar. 31, 1846. He d. Feb. 18, 1877. i. iv. Mary W., b. Ap. S, 1826, ni. Andrew Jackson Rich, Aug. 12, 1846. He d. in N. Y. Dec. IS, 1870, Pres. of Bank of Attica, Buffalo, N. Y. i. V. Charles, b. Ap. 12, 1831, Y. C. 1856, m. Martha S. Rich at Buffalo, June, 1856, d. Sept. i, 1877, at Haslach, Germany. They have : Charles, b. July 15, 1857; Harriet, b. June 12, 1859; Ed- ward Corning, b. June 10, i860; Cora, b. Jan. 10, 1867."- vi. Frances H., b. July 25, 1835, m. Charles Rossell at Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1856. He d. Apr. 16, 1869. They had : Fanny Townsend, b. Jan. 7, 1857; Pierre Adolph, b. May 3, 1859; Charles Wilson, b. May 13, 1863. 4. Hannah, b. Mar. 5. 1789; d. Mar. 12, 1835; m. at Buffalo, N. Y., George Coit, Esq.,+ Apr. 4, 1815. She d. Mar. 1835. He d. May 9, 1866. i. Sarah Frances, b. 1816. ii. Charles Townsend, b. i8ig — iii. Geo., b. 1821. iv. John Townsend, b. 1824 — v. Francis Ed- ward, b. 1826. vi. Nath'l Townsend, b. 1829 — vii. Eliza Rip- ley, b. 1832. viii. William Benjamin, b. 1835. 5. Rebecca Parkman, b. Aug. 10, 1800; d. Buffalo, 1879, unm. John Townsend, born Aug. I, 1749, son of Jere- miah (7), died in New Haven, Conn., Feb. 6, 1833. He was a West India merchant, and a charter member of the 2d Company Governors Foot Guards, and at the Lexington Alarm in 1775 he marched to Boston with his company, under the command of Captain Benedict Arnold. Jan. 23, 1780, m. Martha Beardsley of Stratford, Conn., b. Sept. 22, 1753, and d. in New Haven, Nov. 7, 1797. She was the first person buried in the city cemetery on Grove St., Nov. 9, 1797. They had 15 i. James Webster, b. July 20, 1782; d. Dec. 21, 1824. ii. Frances, b. July 12, 1785 ; d. May 15, 184S. iii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 24, 1788; d. July 23, 1869. iv. Lucius Beardsley, b. Sept. 9, 1793; d. Apr. S, 1794- James Webster (15), born in New Haven, was a mariner. June 20, 1807, he married Rachel Mansfield, daughter of James Kiersted Mansfield of New Haven. She was born March 14, 1787, and died Feb. 26, 1855. They had 35 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND i. Lucius Beardsley, b. Apr. i6, 1808; d. in N. H. Mar. 19, i88;2. 16 ii. John, b. July 10, 1812; d. Mar. 16, 1867. iii. Mary Frances, b. June 20, 1820; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1899. 16 John Townsend 7 (James W. 6, John 5, Jeremiah 4, Isaac 3, Samuel 2, Thomas i). Mer- chant and Captain of Militia. He married Feb. 5, 1S37, Rebecca, daughter of Sidney Hull of New Haven. She was born Feb. 24, 1815, and died Mar. 6, 1849. They had i. Amelia Hull, b. Nov. 4, 1837, m. Sep. 5, 1861, Elnathan Dwight Street of East Haven, Conn. They had Clara Rebecca, b. June 5, 1S62. ii. John Webster, b. Feb. 21, 1841. Hard- ware merchant in New Haven (The Bronson & Townsend Co.). Married June 6, 1871, Ella Tal- cott Hull, who died Alar. 10, 1872; (2) Oct. 2, 1878, married Mary Hickey, born April 4, 1849, died May 14, 1898. They had : Mary Ella, b. June 15, 1880. iii. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 28, 1843. During the Civil War he was Captain in the Seventh Connec- ticut Volunteers. Married July 5, 1S81, Ida Vanda Huke. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 2$, igoo. iv. Charles Knevals, b. July 10, 1847. John (16) married (2) May 15, 1854, Harriet Esther Sears, daughter of Elisha Sears of Middletown, Conn. She was born April 15, 1830; died June IS, 1891. They had V. Harriet Rebecca, b. Oct. 31, 1855. vii. Mary Mansfield, b. July 22, 1857, d. Mar. 17, 1859- vii. Emily Allison, b. Sept. 30, i860; gradu- ated at Vassar College with hanors 1884. viii. Joseph Hendley, b. Jan. 18, 1862. Yale College, Class 1885. Physician and Secretary Conn. State Board of Health, New Haven. Mar- ried Apr. 28, 1896, Bertha, daughter of General E. D. S. Goodyear of North Haven, Conn., who was born Aug. 4, 1865. Charles Knevals (iv), son of John Townsend, Fruit Grower, Gold Run, Placer County, Cal., married in 1873 Emily Schofield of Leoni, Mich. They had i. John Schofield, b. Oct. 1874; d. Feb. 4, 1875.. ii. John Webster, b. Feb. 15, 1876. iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 21, 1878. iv. Emily Alvira. b. Dec. 26, 1883. y. Martha Amelia, b. Oct. 13, 1888. vi. Charles Herbert, b. Mar. 13, 1893. Rebecca Townsend, b. Dec. 14, 1751 (p. 58), dau. of Jer. Townsend (7) ; d. Jan. 28, 1800, a. 49. m. Abel Buel. William Townsend (58), s. of Jer. Townsend (7), rem. Colchester, Ct. Timothy Townsend, s. of Jer. Townsend (7), m. Hannah Ailing — j. i. Patty, b. Jan. 18, 1781 ; d. Feb. 12, 1835, a. 55, m. Timothy Fowler, of N. H., 9 chil. ; of whom : 2. Caroline A. Fowler, d. Oct. 23, 1874; m. Jan. 25, 1837, Hon. James Edward English ; b. Alar. 13, 1812 (bro. of Henry, who m. Grace), Gov. of Conn. 2 terms — U. S. Senator. I. Henry Fowler English, b. June S, 1851/ other issue dec. I. Grace Fowler m. Sept. 16, 1839, Henry, s. of James and Nancy Griswold English, b. Sept. 4, 1816; d. July 5, 1847— I. I. Benjamin Rice English, b. Feb. 26, 1842. Pres. Board of Selectmen New Haven ; ex-Pres. Board of Fire Commissioners; m. May 17, 1866, Theresa Henrietta Farren — i. I. James Edward, b. Sept. 17, 1868 — 2. Benjamin Farren, June 25, 1873 — 3. (jrace Lou- isa, b. Sept. s, 1877. 3. Charles Fowler, d. 1883. Many years City Eng. of N. H. ii. Nancy, b. 1783; d. May 19, 1824. iii. Timothy Parkman, b. 1785; d. April J, 1825, unm. iv. Charles, b. Feb. 26, 1795; m. 1821, Rhoda A. Thomas, of Mass.; rem. to Maine; merchant; she d. Nov. 10, 1835. 1. Charles Thomas, b. Feb. 6, 1829; drowned in East River April 14, 1834. 2. Betty P., b. Oct. 29, 1826. 3. Emeline, b. Feb. 3, 1828; d. Feb. 8, 1854. 4. George R., b. July 18, 1831, unm. 5. Mary A., b. June 27, 1833. 6. Rhoda A., b. Oct. 17, 1835. V. Ailing, b. Mar. 13, 1797; d. N. H., May 29th, 1866; m. 1829, widow Phebe Pratt. (2) 1841, Susan Blackman. 1. Julia Ann, b. Mar. 16, 1835. 2. Frederick Augustus, b. May I, 1845 1 d. July 28, Sm. 3. George Pratt, b. Dec. 21, 1846. 4. Alonzo Augustus, b. Dec. 23, 1846; mer- chant ; m. Nov. 19, 1868, Emma Benton, of New Haven. Mr. Townsend, who is a staunch Re- publican, was elected a member of the Board of Common Council of New Haven for the gth ward in 1882 ; and in 1883 an Alderman for the same ward for the term of 2 years. Mr. T. is a Deacon of the Dwight Place Church, and has held other important offices of trust. I. Herbert Benton, b. Oct. 8, 1877—2. Mabel Cornelia, b. May 15, 1879 — 3. Roger Ai- ling, b. Sept. 2, 1882. 5. Edward, b. Sept. 28, 1S49. 6. Emily Maria, b. April 11, 1855. vi. William, b. June 16, 1799; m. Mar. 12, 1826, Maria Miles McNeil; b. 1797; d. April 20, 1831— (2.) Mar. II, 1832, in Trinity Church, N. H., Rebecca Trowbridge, b. Nov. 8, 1798; d. in N. H. Mr. Townsend is a gentleman of marked ability and has held many important offices of trust. Is Senior Warden of Christ Church, New Haven. 1. William Miles, b. Jan. 12, 1827; d. June, 1830. 2. Susan Maria, b. June 31, 1829; m. Jan. 24, 1842, Albert Mix died at Macon, Georgia, Mar. 26, 1882. 1. Albert Townsend, b. Sept. 14, 1854. 2. William Miles, b. Macon, Georgia, Dec. 28, 1858. 36 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND 3. Harry Crosswell, b. Macon, Jan. 11, 1861. Charles, Mary, Maria, Anne, John, of whom in 1884 Haro', Anne and John survive. 3. William Miles, b. April I, 1831 ; m. Ma- con, April 22, 1857, Martha Anne Bond, dau. of Elijah Bond, Esq., merchant and president of the Manufacturer's Bank of Macon, Georgia. During the war for southern rights and recognition he served with the Confederate Army, entering the service in Dec, 1861, as Junior ist Lieut, of the Napier Battery of Light Artillery, General W. H. T. Walker's Brigade, from which he was trans- ferred to the Engineer Corps of General Joseph Johnston, where he remained until the surrender of that brilliant chieftain. :Mr. Townsend writes the compiler; "The house in w^hich I was born was formerly the barn of Benedict Arnold, who achieved distinction as a soldier and notoriety as a traitor in the Revolution episode with England. Here is a concatenation as it were of "Good Friday," "All Fool's Day," "Benedict Arnold," and a "Tow^nshend." He m. (2) Ellen Amelia, only surviving daughter of Dr. Thomas Dutton of Milford, Conn., b. July nth, 1842. /. by ist m. 1. Grace Wylie, b. Macon, Ga., Jan. 21, 1S61. !. by 2d m. : 2. Ellen Dutton, of New Haven, June 18, 3. Isabel Dutton, of New Haven, Mar. 21, 1872. 4. Alice Rebecca Dutton, b., N. H., Feb. 21, 1882. 4. Henry Alonzo, d. Mar. i, 1841. 5. Charles Timothy, b. Oct. 17, 1833; m. Oct. 24, 1855, Elizabeth Augusta Ford, who d. .\pril 17, 1861, a. 27— (2.) Adela Josephene Barnes, IMay 20th, 1863. I. Charles Edwin, b. July i, 1866. 6. James Edwin, b. Dec. 10, 1835; d. Oct. 18, 1853. „ , ^ , 7. Emily Rebecca, b. Oct. 20, 1837 ; d. Feb. 5, 1844. Kneeland, s. of Isaac Townsend (8), p. 59; b. in Stratford, Conn.; m. Dec. 12, 1789, Susanna Thompson, who d. at Milan, O., April 6, 1842; a 74, s. i. Jacob, s. of Isaac Townsend (8), p. S9. b. Stratford, Conn., April 10. 1769; sometime in shipping bus. in New Haven, firm of GiUet & Townsend. Mr. Townsend about the year 1804 freighted a vessel at New Haven with a complete outfit for a country store and sailed for Matta- masket, North Carolina. He also took several ship carpenters and there cut timber and built the ship "Keziah," which, when completed, he loaded with lumber, naval stores and re-embarked the poods from the store unsold, and sailed for the West Indies, where the cargo and goods were exchanged in part for a return cargo which he sold in New Haven at a good profit. He was a large owner in the Derby Fishing Co., and on account of losses by the Milan Decree and Em- bargo, settled his Connecticut business and rem. to Lcwiston, Niagara Co., N. Y., jn 1808, and in company with Hon. Alvin Bronson, afterwards the first mayor of Oswego, and Capt. Sheldon Thompson, who had commanded the ship "Ke- ziah" (Townsend, Bronson & Co.), engaged in transportation and trading on tlie lakes. Mr. Townsend was part owner of the schooner Erie, the first vessel that passed through the Welland canal. Two of his vessels, "Gov. Tomp- kins," and the "Fair American," were in Com. Chauncey's Fleet in the war of 1812 and at the close of the war were bought of the U. S. Gov. by Mr. Townsend's firm and resumed the transpor- tation business. He bought a fine estate of 300 acres on the heights above Lewiston, on which a battery was erected (Fort Gray) and a regiment of riflemen quartered in war of 1812-14. At burning of Lewiston, his store, before mentioned, was destroyed. In 1S48 he rem. to Buffalo, and d. there at the house of his son-in-law J. C. Evans, Esq., May 7, 1852, a. 83 yrs. He m. July 1798, Betsy, dau. of Sheldon Clark, of Derby, Conn. (2.) Feb., 1S06, Eunice, dau. of Eldad At- water, of N. H.; b. Oct. 30, 1781; d. Buffalo, Aug. 2, 1848. i. Kneeland, b. Derby, Conn., April 16, 1800; d. Lewiston; m. at L., July i, 1821, Caroline, dau. of Hon. Gideon Frisbie; b. Johnstown, N. Y., JMay 15, 1804; d. at Milan, O., 1873, i. at L. While living Mr. T. compiled for the writer more than 50 pages of reminiscences of New Haven and its environs. 1. Kneeland, b. May 14, 1823; m. and had : I. Arthur K., b. Sept. 5, 1857—2. Har- riet M., b. June 14, 1859- 2. Elizabeth F., b. Aug. 7, 1827; d. Newark, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1840. 3. Jacob B., b. June 20, 1824; d. on Lake Erie, Nov. 7, 1S44; bu. Sandusky, O. 4. Harriet, b. Sept. 25, 1S28; d. Milan, O., Jan. 6, 1847. 5. William C, b. :Mar. 31, 1830; d. Aug. 5. 1831- 6. Susan P., b. Sept. 6, 1832; d. Mar. 30, 1848. 7. William R., b. Gaines, N. Y., April 15, 1833; d. Victor, N. Y., Aug, 1834. 8. Mary Anne, b. V. Aug. 7, 1834; d. M. Feb. 28, 185 1 ; m. George Wood. I. Caddie, b. Sept. 5, 1857. 9. Dorothea, b. V. Oct. 27, 1835; d. M. July 28, 1850, 10. Sarah, b. Newark, N. Y., June 28, 1844; d. Feb. 7. 1845- ii. Sheldon Clark, b. N. H., Jan. 18, 1802; m. at Niagara Falls, Mar. 14, 1824. Rachel, dau. of SamueXand Mary Tompkins, of Niagara, N. Y,; b. Westchester Co., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1803— res. Lewiston. "To-, this gentleman now (1884) living, the compiler is indebted ior many historical and genealogical facts and his genealogy of this branch- of the family. Mr. Townsend's well-spent life has been devoted to the noblest works of man, having held many offices of trust, notwithstanding his business relations. He has for many years officiated as a "Local Preacher" in the Methodist 37 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Episcopal Church, a class of men much appreci- ated in Frontier settlements. I. Samuel, b. Jan. 14, 1825 ; m. Feb. 13, 1850, Susan, dau. of Thomas and Fanny Pool : b. L. Dec. 3, 1828. i. I. Fanny, b. Feb. 15, 1851; 2. Kate E., b. May 13, 1853. 3. George, b. Oct. 15, 1855; d. Mar. 10, 1857. 4- James S., b. Feb. 10, 1855^-5. Charles E., b. Mar. 5, 1863 ; d. Jan. 29, 1864—6. William C, b. Oct. 2, 1866. 2. Charles A., b. Aug. 7, 1828; enlisted Co. F. 21 Reg. Ind. Vols. ; was disabled and dis- charged at Baltimore, Md. ; returned home and d. J. i. July 9, 1862; m. Caroline Button of Cam- bria, N. Y. 3. Anna, b. Ap. 27, 1832; d. May 28, 1836. 4. Jane A., b. Ap. 29, 1834; m. William B. Cook of Cambria. I. Mary E. 2. Sheldon N. 3. Sarah R. 4. Laura V. iii. Charles A., d. inf., bur. at Carlisle, N. Y., on journey to Buffalo, where his father settled. iv. Lydia Ann, b. Lewiston, 1815. Now living, 1884. V. Jane A., b. July 19, 1814; m. Aug. 25th, 1834, James C. Evans, Esq., merchant and founder of the Evans Line of steamboats plying on the Lakes. She d. at Lewiston, Ap. 29, 1870, a. 56. 1. Edwin Townsend, b. Oct. 11, 1837. A leading merchant and banker of Buffalo, N. Y., and largely interested in Lake Commerce. 2. George Atwater, b. May 22, 1842; d. Mar. 19, 1844. 3. Mary Jane, b. Mar. 16, 1845. 4. Ella Kate, b. Ap. 26, 185 1. vi. Mary, m. William Hotchkiss, of L. ; b. Clinton, Oneida Co., i8og — moved to Lewiston 1815 — became wealthy. He was a man of great public spirit ; d. of apoplexy Mar., 1875. Had I, Eugene ; 2, Charles Townsend ; 3, Lander W. ; 4, Seth C, S, George A. vii. Eunice Atwater, d. Buffalo, Aug. 2, 1848. Sarah Townsend, b. Jan. 23, 1776, dau. of Isaac Townsend (8), p. 59; d. May I, 1844; m. Joel Atwater; b. Nov. i, 1769. i. Frederick Isaac Atwater, d. unm. Ji. William Townsend Atwater, d. unm. iii. Harriet Maria Atwater, d. y. iv. Harriet Maria Atwater — 5. Eliza Ann. V. Grace Ann Atwater, m. Abraham Mur- dock, and residence Columbus, Miss. vi. Elizabeth Ann Atwater, m. Geo. M. Blakeslee, Esq., of North Haven, Conn. William Townsend, b. May 12, 1781, youngest son of Isaac Townsend (8), p. 59. merch. in New Haven with his brothers I. K. & Jacob Townsend. He rem. abt. 1815 to Sandusky, O., and became one of the first merchants of the place. He was largely interested in transporta- tion on the Great Lakes ; one of the first to introduce steam between Buffalo and Sandusky. Had valuable stores and warehouses and wharves at the latter place, and a branch house at Milan, Ohio. He d. July 27, 1849; m. Aug. 28, 1824, Maria Lampson, b. Burlington, Vt., Mar. 18 loOI J ' i. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1825 ; m Au'' 7, 1844, Pitt Cook, Esq., firm of Jay Cook & Co" bankers, who negotiated a loan of $300,000,000 tor the U. S. Government, and who built the northern Pacific R. R. ii. Emily Augusta, b. Feb. 16, 1827; m. Oct 20, 1846, G. W. Pritchard of N. Y. C iii. Sarah Maria, b. Aug. 17, 1829; d. iv. Sarah Maria, b. Aug. 15, 1832'; d. Aug. I, 1049- T-y Ann Canfield. 1 Helen Townsend, b. Ap. 23,^ 1842. 2 Willis Benedict, b. Dec. 10, 1^547- 4 Edward Sterling, b. Aug. 21, 1856. 6. Sarah, b. July 15, 1818. 7. Charles, b. June 20, 1820; d Aug. Son. 8. Augustus M., b. Dec. 23, 1821 ; d. June ^' ' 'g. Henry, b. Sept. 4, 1823 ; d. June 15 1859. vii Robert, b. May 8, 1786; mfcht; d. May 19, 1814; m. Sally Ford of N. H., b. Sep. 29, 1784; d. Ap., 1858. T ■ ir 1. Julia A., b. Ap., 1809; m. Lunus K. Dow, druggist, Ap., 1S30. 1. Juha T., b. Mar. S> 1831- 2. Virgil M., b. Ap. 14, iS33- 2. Caroline, b. May, 1810; d. 1813. 3. Robert, b. 1812; d. 1835. v, v . viii Nancy, b. Ap. 29, 1788; d. Dundee, N. Y., m. Augustus Maltby. 1. Theodore. 2. Augustus. . c- u 3 George W., b. Sept. 11, 1821, m. Sarah A Bogart, May 14, 1846. A much respected mer- chant of N. H. Mem. Board of Common Council, New Haven, and had I Theodore Augustus, b. Mar. 19, i»47, m- Emma D. Clark, Apr. 8, 18S2, issue Grace Sarah, Edith Rebecca. . o ,q.o ,^ 2. Emily Williams, b. Nov. 8, 1848, m. Chas. E. Ailing, Oct. 22, 1873. issue Clnarles Ed- ward, Mary Eleanor, Percy Williams, Roger Ells- "^""r Eleanor Augusta, b. May 12, 1850, m. Henrv H. Benedict, Apr. 16, 1872, issue Henry Hoba'rt, Paul Maltby, Helen Margaret. 4. George Ellsworth, b. Feb. 9, 1852, m Georgiana Morehouse, May, 1882, issue Maud Evelyn, May Violet. , , <- . o ,Qr'man of any denomination is alluded to, except in the deposition of Samuel Titus, al- ready copied, and the following entry : "At a Town Meeting, Feb. 19th, 1693. This day the Town met togetlier, in order to a late Act of Assembly, for settling two ministers in the County, but nothing done about it, but made return that it was against their judgment, there- fore could act nothing about it." Among the most important officers of the Town, if not the most so, was that of Surveyor. Two were elected every year, but the same ones were re-elected many times. John Townsend, at Mill, held the office nineteen years, being elected in 1686, with Thomas Weeks, wlio served with him, until '95 or '96, when Rhode Island John Townsend took his place. Mill John died in 1705, and was succeeded by his nephew, the 3d Henry ; he and Rhode Island John both dying in 1709, were replaced, after a short interval, by James Townsend. of Jericho, and George Town- send, of Oyster Bay, who continued to be elected for twenty years. The fee at first was sixpence per acre, but in 1686 was reduced to three. The inducement to hold the office was to obtain such a knowledge of all the land in the town as would enable them to purchase and exchange advan- tageously. But when the price of this work, or of anything else, is mentioned, it is not to be supposed that money was the medium of pay- ment. That was very rarely the case ; if "mov- ables" were scarce, money was more so, and there are constant allusions to payments in prod- 55 TOW N SEND — TOW NSHEND \i:e, at stipulated prices. We will copy a speci- men of these transactions. In 1692, Henry Townsend sold several parcels of land, at the Planting Fields, to John Dows- bury, for sixty pounds of silver money, current in the colony, to be paid by annual instalments of five pounds, but "it is to be understood that these several payments, before expressed, are to be paid, the one half in money, the other half in goods, at money price." The following is the receipt for the first payment : "Received, this last day of October, 1693. Then received of John Dowsbury, in this within-men- tioned bill, one cow, one calf, and two years' old heifer, at the sum of five pounds, being in full of the first year's payment, according to the within- written obligation. I say received by me, "Henry Townsend." Even the half stipulated to be paid in money was not forthcoming. This scarcity of money, however, we know to have been general. As an illustration of it, we may mention that when William Bradford issued proposals for printing the Bible, in New York, in 1688, the price was to be twenty shillings, but the proposals contain a clause that the pay may be half silver, "or they who really have not money, goods at money price will satisfy." A people who had little or no money, or surplus produce, could buy little, and they were obliged to supply their wants among themselves as they best could. They had sheep, and of course raised flax, though it is not mentioned in the Records. Weavers and shoe- makers were in abundance, so that they had no difficulty about clothing and house linen (though a single sheet is more than once mentioned in a will). Their chief trouble was the want of a competent blacksmith. They no doubt required an accomplished artist, who could keep their iron- ware of all kinds as good as new for twice its natural life, and then contrive something to an- swer the purpose out of the remains. The first one mentioned was John Thomson, whom the Town receives as blacksmith, and allots to him a home lot, which if he die in the Town is to belong to his heirs, but if he leaves is to return to the Town, they paying for his improvements. For a while things went on very smoothly, al- lotments were made here and there to John Thomson, and he was evidently in high favor. Suddenly there was a change ; at a Town Meet- ing, in 1677, the Constable, Thomas Townsend, was ordered to "give notice to John Thomson to resine up the land, which the Town formerly gave him, for a breach of covenant, being then entertained as the Town smith, or to answer the Town's complaints the next session at Jamaica." This reads as though the land had been given for a breach of covenant, a blunder which would have been avoided had their Constable drafted the resolution, his style being remarkable for clearness. John did not "resine up" the land, but appointed two attorneys to maintain his right to it. The Constable was ordered to take pos- session ; but finally the Town and the attorneys agreed that he should have liberty to sell his 56 house and lands to any that the town approves, "but not to come and live in it himself." The house was sold to Joseph Ludlum, and there the matter ended. Soon after that, Abraham Ailing, or Alen, was accepted as smith. His lot, how- ever, was granted upon the terms usual in such gifts, that is, to be built upon in a year and a day, or forfeited. He seems to have given entire satisfaction as long as he exercised his trade, which was not, however, many years ; he took up land, and continued to add to it, until he owned the tract on the east side of Mill Neck, now divided into four farms, one of which (that at the Point, then called Cedar Point) still belongs to his descendants. There are other negotiations with blacksmiths, showing that for many years the settlement of one in the village was a public concern. In 1661, the grant of the Mill Stream was made to Henry Townsend. Dr. Peter Townsend says that before he built the mill, the people were obliged to carry their grain across to Norwalk to be ground, and that he was invited here to build the mill by the Wrights and John Dickinson. This is tradition, but is no doubt true. The original grant and the property conveyed by it are now in the possession of (jeorge Townsend, great-great-great-great-grandson of Henry. "Oyster Bay, September i6th, i86i. Be it known unto all men by these presents, that we, the Inhabiters of the Town of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, in America, whose names are under- written — we do by these presents, firmly covenant, and engage, unto Henry Townsend, now in the said town, upon condition the said Henry Town- send do build such a mill, as at Norwalk, on the Maine, or an English mill, on our stream, called by us, the Mill River, at the west end of our Town, then we do give and confirm such lands to him, his heirs, and assigns, forever, without molestation or condition, as, namely, all the mill lot, bounded with Henry Disbrow's lot on the east side; the salt meadow on the north end ; Anthony Wright's meadow lot on the west ; and the highway on the south ; and the said An- thony Wright's "lot is given also to the said Henry Townsend. that adjoin to the aforesaid mill lot on the east, and Latting's salt meadow on the north end. and a highway on the west side, two poles broad, between the said stream, and mill lot, and the highway on the south ; and we give him also the salt meadow and upland, on the west side the mill stream, to a little stream of water, on the west side of it, and the sea is the north bounds; on the south a highway of six poles broad joining unto the Swamp, And we do hereby give unto Henry Townsend the said mill stream to build a mill or mills on it, as he shall see cause, and so to remain firm to him, his heirs, and assigns, so long as he or they do keep a mill on it, as aforesaid. But if the mill cease to be for half a year after it is built, and no preparation is made to repair the hiill aeain, that then the Town may lawfully enter on the River again, as their own, and improve it as the Town shall see necessary. But if the said Henry Town- TO W NSEND — TOWNSMEN D send's heirs or assigns make preparation to re- pair the mill, so that it be finished for service, after a year's decay, that the said stream shall continue his or theirs, on condition a mill be kept up, or else the stream to return to the Town, as aforesaid ; and therefore we give him by this full power to trench and dam, and to take what timber he hath need of for his use, and to have commoning for his cattle, and on our charges, we engage to trench and make a dam for the mill, as he shall give direction, when he calls to have it done. And we allow him the tenth part for grinding; but if, in process of time, the toll do so increase, that less may be sufficient to uphold the mill, so that the miller be not discouraged, he shall have less, as understanding men, in the case, chosen by him and us, shall judge. His toll dish to be made true, and to be struck in taking the toll, and we engage no other than what is before mentioned, shall be made join to the forementioned lands we have given to said Henry Townsend, and we are content, that the mill do app in a week to grind our corn, and that when the said Henry Townsend do fence in the above-said land, that such as have upland or meadow joining to the above said, shall join in fencing with him their half, according to Eng- lish custom, and is to have it, all rates and taxes free, forever, and to enter in present possession on the stream and lands. And so, to the true, and due, and faithful performance, of all and every of the above-mentioned engagements and promises, we bind us, our heirs and assigns, to perform, unto the said Henry Townsend, his heirs and assigns, as witness our hand, the day and year above written, upon condition he build a mill as aforesaid, serviceable to the Tow'n of Oyster Bay, in the condition the town now is in, as the Mill at Norwalk is serviceable to their town. "Nicholas Simkins, Robert Furman, Benjamin Hubbard, Richard Latting, Anthony Wright, Francis Weeks, Henry Disbrow, Richard Harcut, John Richbill, Nicholas Wright, Matthew Bridg- man. Town Clerk, John Finch, John Dickinson, Jonas Halstead, John Bates, John Townsend, Sen., John Townsend, Jr., Thomas Armitage." Some part of the land given in this grant only came into Henry Townsend's possession (or that of his sons) by purchase. It is impossible to fix the western boundary now, but, as it was a stream of water, it could not have been much if any west of the canal. The following entry, in relation to some dis- satisfaction with the miller, is an illustration of the simplicity of the habits and ideas of the people. Dr. P. Townsend says that Richard Harcut was the miller at one time, and probably when the complaint was made : "30th of 7th month, 1672. At a Town Meeting, ordered by reason of asper.^ions cast upon the miller, the Town have taken it into serious con- sideration, and have ordered, with the consent and agreement of Henry Townsend, owner of the mill, that if any person or persons do not like their usage at the mill, they are to give no- tice of it to the miller, and attend himself, or his wife, if he have one, and see their corn ground, if they will, but if they will not attend the grinding, and do cast blemishes, notwithstanding, on the miller, they are at liberty to grind it an- other place, and the miller at his liberty, whether he will grind again for any such person or per- sons until him or them do tender such reasonable satisfaction, as may be adjudged just by the Town." Henry Townsend also built a saw-mill, for the use of which the Town gave him the following grant of timber: "24th of gth month, 1673. A Town Meeting held, and granted by the Town, that Henry Townsend shall have, and hath liberty to make use of what timber he shall stand in need of for his saw-mill, within the bounds and limits of our Town, that is to be understood. Pine Island, or any other common lands, to make use of, either for building, or to sell in the town, or to sell out of the town, as he shall see cause : the said grant is to be understood to be to Henry Townsend and his heirs forever." It does not appear from the Records where this will was. Henry Townsend, 2d, Robert, and two of the Birdsalls, put up a saw-mill at Mill Neck, in 1694. In 1678, a grant was made to Isaac Horner, of the mill privileges at Shoo Brook, for a fulling-mill, but he did not build it ; and in 1684, it was given to John Dowsbury, who made e.xtensive improvements (among the rest a brick house), not very much to his ad- vantage, as upon his death the property was sold by the Sheriff, at the suit of Wm. Bradford, to Samuel Hayden, who again sold to Nicholas Lang, who at his death left a part of it to his son-in-law, William Moyles, who bought the rights of the other heirs. Moyles married the second time, Mary, widow of Ruemourn Town- send, to whose daughters, Mary Willis and Sarah Hewlett, he left one-third of his estate. Town- send Hewlett, the son of Sarah, bought from his mother and the other heirs, and left it to his son, the late Wm. M. Hewlett. In 1668, a piece of upland at A.sh Swamp was laid out to Nicholas Davis, with liberty to build a wharf into the sea, at what is now Ship Point (but not called by that name for some years afterwards). This grant was forfeited, and the foot of South street is called the Dock. The "old brick-kill" is mentioned in 1672, which seems to have been in the Cove. In 1678, there was a brick-yard near the brook, east of South street, then called Anthony's Brook, and the lot on the north side of the street was called the "clay lot" for a great many years. In 1680, a brick-kiln is mentioned on flog Island. The following will shows that, at the date of it, the testator was engaged in making brick : "Oyster Bay, 23d of the 8th month, 1673. I, William Risbie, Sen., of Oyster Bay, being sick, but having my understanding, and do not know what the Lord will do with me, concerning life or death, am willing to settle matters, so that 57 TOW N SEND — TOW NSHEND none may suffer by me ; and therefore I shall relate how matters stand, of what I owe, and is owing me; how my estate lieth, and in what, as followeth. I am indebted to Wni. Buckler, nine pounds; to Robert Coe, of Jamaica, I owe five pounds, and I do owe to George Dennis, forty- nine shillings, beside what my daughter Mary had, in broadcloth, — in all, it was three pounds nine shillings. I am indebted to James Brooking five pounds two; to John Gatts, ten shillings. I am something in debt to Joseph Carpenter, and Daniel Coles. To Nicholas Simkins, in brick, two pounds ten. To Samuel Weeks, twelve shil- lings. Here followeth an account of what is due me : From Thomas Townsend, ten shillings. Matthias Harvey owes me two pounds one shil- ling, and Joseph Ludlum owes me five shillings. Robert Bragall, at Hempstead, two pecks of wheat. Thomas Thomson owes me one bushel. James Townsend owes me five shillings ; and to John Rogers, I owe one pound one shilling. Jonathan Rock Smith have a mare of mine in his hands, and one gray mare and colt, at Matine- cock ; and of cow-kind, I have one young cow, and white steer, at Thomas Townsend's ; Samuel Weeks have a three-year old steer, and Elizabeth Townsend have another, of the same age ; and I have one more three-year old steer at Matthias Harvey's, and another at James Cock's, and an ox and cow at the Widow Underbill's, and I have two fat cows at Richard Harcut's, and John Dickenson's ; a cow at halves, and a steer I had of Adam Wright, and two three-year old heifers, at John Townsend's; and a cow I had of Nathaniel Coles, he is to have her agait for work. My will is, that my debts are to be paid oiit of my estate, and the remainder I give to Richard Harcurt, as witness my hand, except one cow, I give to my wife and daughter Sarah. "William X Risbie. "The mark of. "Memorandum.— I, William Risbie, do owe to Widow Dennis, or her order, 13.500 bricks, upon Richard Harcurt's account, and I, William Risbie, do own, that I have received full satisfaction for the aforesaid bricks, from Richard Harcurt, as witness my hand, in the presence of "Nathaniel Coles, William X Risbie. Benj. Hubbard. His mark." In 1694, "liberty is granted to Thomas Youngs, to spm rope yarn, and make rope in the Hollow by his shop, on the common, not prejudicing any highway." Although the people had little money, that did not deter merchants from trving their for- tunes here. The first mentioned is John Richbill, who soon sold his large interest in the town, and disappeared. Next we have George Dennis, who, after a few very busy years, was obliged to assign his property for the benefit of his creditors. Then Pierre Breton, merchant, sells his good sloop, the 1 rue-Love,_ now lying, and lately built at Oyster A*^:i,*°i son-in-law, Pierre Dugo, mariner. At the close of the seventeenth century, we have a notable person, in the character of merchant, William Bradford, the first printer and publisher in New York; for several years before 1702 he is styled, in his deeds, merchant, of Oyster Bay; then, and after that, printer, of New York, though he appears to have carried on his publishing and printing while he lived here. Some of the old books of Records have an inscription to the effect that they were bought of William Brad- ford. The following entries show how the few poor were provided for, and how cases of intemper- ance were dealt with, for although intemperance is not stated to be the cause of the incapacity mentioned, in the second extract, it no doubt was, as the will of the father, Robert Furman, shows that Moses labored under no natural incapacity. "The 1st day of February, 1661. All we, whose names are here underwritten, do hereby engage ourselves that we will give freely, toward the maintenance of the Widow Draper, so much In- dian corn for a year, beginning at the ist day of February, 1661, to end the ist day of February, 1662, provided we may be no more troubled with her, more than the rent of the house, and that there be some person appointed to receive it, and to look to it and her, so that it may not be wasted. So much corn as followeth : "John Richbill, 3 bush. ; Robert Furman, 2 bush. ; John Townsend, Jr., i bush. ; Nicholas Wright, 2 bush. ; John Townsend, 2 bush. ; Thomas Armitage, 2 bush. ; Jones Halstead, 2 bush. ; John Dickinson, 2 bush. ; Francis Weeks, 2 bush.; Moses Furman, i bush.; Benj. Hubbard, 2 bush. ; Henry Townsend, i bush. ; John Bates, I bush. ; Samuel Andrews, 3 bush." It will he observed that Moses Furman, who, in the following paper, acknowledges his inca- pacity to sell five shillings' worth, was one of the contributors. "This writing testifieth that I, Moses Furman, of Oyster Bay, upon divers considerations, finding myself not capable to deal with any man, or trade for the good of myself and family, being of a weak capacity, I do by these presents, con- stitute and appoint the officers of the Town of Oyster Bay, as now, and for the time to come, as overseers of my whole estate, for the use and maintenance of my wife and children as their own ; and I do further engage and promise not to make sale of, to the value of five shillings, at any time, without the consent of one or all the officers, that now are, or hereafter shall be, as witness my hand, in presence of us. "Saml. Andrews, Moses Furman." "Caleb Wright. After making this assignment of his property, Furman left, and the Town officers made ar- rangements with a man to take his property in charge, and provide for the wife, and fulfil his obligations to his mother, under his father's will ; and they also resolved to put out the children to be brought up, as they said the mother was not capable. Before they completed their design, 58 TQWNSEND — TOVVNSHEND Furman returned, and then left again, which he repeated to their great annoyance. There are frequent instances of differences be- ins settled by arbitration, boundaries being the principal cause of dispute, which is no more than might be expected, considering the extreme vagueness with which the boundaries of the land granted by the town are described, of which the mill grant is a striking instance, though it is not known that it occasioned any dispute. It is surprising how few allusions are made in the Records to boats, or ship-building, or to navigation in any way. We should think a boat as well worth mention in a will as many articles they bequeath; but they are never mentioned. Ship Point is so called early in the eighteenth century, perhaps a few years before that It is probable that, even then, there was a considerable trade here By the middle of the century, we know that the business was very important. Samuel Townsend was actively engaged in the English and West India trade, building and own- ing several ships of different kinds. William and Benjamin Hawxhurst, too, operated largely, owning fulling and grist mills at Cold Spring and a store (probably one at Cold Spring, and one at Oyster Bay), for which they imported goods from England. Their business was prob- ably more extensive than the held warranted, for they failed and removed to New \ork. Samuel Towu'iend continued his business prosperously until the Revolution, and through that period, notwithstanding many difficulties and obstructions After that, the trade of the place was transferred to New York. , There is not the slightest allusion made in the Record to the French War. The only person whom we know to have gone from the town was Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, son of the Rev. Benjamin Woolsey, who entered the army as Colonel, and died during the war. He vvas buried at Dosoris, his residence, which, after his death was sold to John Butler, from whom it descended to his daughter, the wife of Nathaniel Coles. Tames Townsend, of Duck Pond, was the ex- ecutor of Benjamin, the brother of Colonel Woolsey, and among other letters left in his hands were some from Colonel Woolsey, written during the war. The most of them were given by J. C. Townsend, to a descendant of Benjamin, but we have found three more, two of them re- lating to the disastrous attack on Ticonderoga, and the other, probably, written during his last sickness. We shall insert them, as interesting in themselves, and possessing a peculiar interest for the people of this Town, as coming from a townsman. "Juh Sth. 1758- "On Board the Fleet on Lake George. "Dear Brother :— The fate of Ticonderoga will doubtless be determined before this reaches you, as we are now embarked, with fourteen thou- sand troops, all eager for victory, and willing to expose themselves, in order to obtain it. You will doubtless be uneasy to hear from us after this, as it is most likely many of our fates will be unalterably fixed. But I have a strong impres- sion, that I shall survive the day of battle, and not because 1 desire to hide myself, but hope you may hear something honorable, whether I stand or fall. And as no man can tell the event, lest It should be my lot to be found among the slain, 1 shall now recommend to your kindness my wife and children, family, and estate, to be treated with the utmost tenderness, and disposed of, agreeable to a will, in Air. Lloyd's hands, which, I make no doubt, you will execute, with all the integrity, care, and prudence, you are master of, together with James and Joseph Lloyd. But nothwithsianding this hint, 1 hope soon to send you the agreeable news of the I'rench fort- resses, at the Narrows, and Crown Point, being subjected to our arms. Then we shall be willing to march and carry fire and sword into Canada, and return by the way of St. Lawrence. But be that as it will. Give my best regards to all friends and acquaintances. My duty to my mother. Love to your wife and family. I would have wrote to all my friends if time was my own, but nothing is to be seen here but one con- tinued round of hurry; so am forced to conclude, and am your most affectionate brother, "M. Taylor Woolsey." "Schenectady, 26//1 July, 1758- "Dear Brother:— I wrote you in high spirits, at the time of embarkation for Ticonderoga, when it seemed that Providence was lavish of smiles upon our enterprise, and we as foolish, in not making a proper use of the advantages put into our hands; for which neglect, the devil take somebody ! I also wrote you again on our return, or rather flight, giving some account of our hav- ing most sadly Be st the voyage, and suf- fered greatly, especially in the person of Lord Plowe, whose conduct and prudence, I make no doubt, would have saved the lives of many brave fellows, who were set as targets to be fired at by the enemy, without being allowed to return the fire; and had they returned it, would have been to but little purpose, as the enemy had a breastwork of wood and earth which quite cov- ered them. In this action we lost about eighteen hundred killed and wounded, amongst whom were a great many officers of worth. The only one among the provincials that you know, was your intended brother. Lieutenant Smith, whose wound proved mortal, notwithstanding the best endeavors of all the surgeons. He died the day after we were ordered to march to this place, and is much lamented by all his acquaintance with us. as he was esteemed an active, good of- ficer. Major Woodhull has taken care of all his effects, which you'll be good enough to inform his father of, and tell him I bear a part in his affliction. We are now under marching orders, and are going to the Oneida Carrying Place, as 'tis said, to build a fort for some General Webb to destroy hereafter. 'Tis Colonel Delance/s opinion, as soon as this is completed, we are to be discharged, and, as our number will be about four thousand, suppose we may do it in two 59 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND months. We have great desertions lately, and some deaths, but not of your acquaintance. We have one hundred and thirty sick, but most likely to do well. Give my best regards to all friends. My duty to mother. Love to my wife, and yours, with the little ones. 1 am in haste. Your loving brother, "M. Taylor Woolsey. "To Benj. Woolsey." "Schenectady, 24^/1 Aug., 1758. "Dear Brother: — Your favor, per the old post- boy, came safe to hand, at the Great Carrying Place, with the agreeable accounts of health and welfare of my friends on Long Island. Though at the time ot receiving your letter, I was myself very ill of a fever and flux, which occasioned my being sent to this place, which is one hundred miles from the regiment. Two days before 1 left the army, there was a detachment from the several regiments of two thousand men, officers included, with seventy batteaux and seventy whaleboats, under the command of Colonel Brad- street, who are gone down the Wood Creek, into the Oneida Lake, to surprise, take, and destroy Cadroque, a fort on the lake, where the French keep their shipping and craft of all kinds. There are one thousand of the New York regiments gone on this expedition. Colonel Clinton, Colonel Corse, and Major Woodhull are the field-officers from one regiment, and all the soldiers from Long Island that were well are gone. As they have not been in action, we are in hopes of hear- ing some agreeable accounts from them soon. We have sundry times lately had certain accounts that Louisberg is taken, but soon turns out false. Last Saturday evening, on my arrival here, found the town illuminated, but whether true or false, can't yet determine. Have nothing to add, but duty, love, and good wishes to you all, and am your loving brother, "M. Taylor Woolsey. "I have so far recovered my health, that I hope to join the army in ten days or a fortnight. '•M. T." Major Woodhull, mentioned in these letters, was afterwards General Woodhull. who. after the battle of Long Island, was taken prisoner by the British, and died of wounds received after his surrender. THE TOWN SPOT, Or Plot, as it is sometimes called, extended from the foot of Mill Hill to Cove Hill, and as far south as the head of South street, which was the only one beside the Main street for some little time. In the old deeds, and even as late as 1748, South street is called the Main street, and was, no doubt, so considered. The one leading from Edward Weeks's to Pine Hollow was soon opened, and then that between Edward Weeks's and B. T. LTnderhill's. Quogne Lane was not opened for a good many years, and was at first called Oyster Lane. There was a road from the Main street to the water farther west, but the formation of the Pond and dam, and the subse- quent changes in them (the Pond was originally much smaller, and the dam at the east end farther south), make it impossible to determine localities in that immediate neighborhood with precision. East of that there is no difficulty, except in a few cases. The most western building in the Town Spot, for some years, was the mill, which stood very near what is now the southeast corner of George Townsend's yard. The house now there was, in 1720, called Esther Townsend's new dwelling- house, and was probably built by her (the widow of Mill John). The one which was on the Hill, northeast of the present house, was probably built by Henry Townsend, Sen., in 1683. For a great many years after the mill was built, the bolting was done by hand, by the owners of the grain. Henry Townsend 2d sold to Win. Brad- ford twenty-five acres, just south of his house, on the Hill (including the graveyard, which he reserved, being one acre). Here Bradford erected a bolting-house; Henry 3d repurchased the whole in 1703. It is not known when or by whom the second mill, which stood near the present flood- gate, was built, but probably by Jotham, son of Mill John. The mill now standing was built near the close of the last century, by James Townsend, of Duck Pond, and his son William. East of the mill-dam, on the south side of the street, the first house belonged to Richard Har- cut, and the next was built by John Washbourne, and sold to James Halsted, who very soon sold to Richard Harcut, and he (Harcut), moving to the other end of the town, gave one or both of these places to his son Daniel. East of this was Mark Meggs's place. He very soon disappears from the Records. Across the street was a place be- longing to Richard Latting, which he sold to Samuel Andrews. At the bottom of the deed is a memorandum that Latting owed four days' work on the dam, and no more ; from which we gather that the lots were assessed for labor on the dam, and the obligation transferred with the property. Next, east of this, Henry Townsend bought, or built ; and next to him. on what is now the corner of Quogue Lane, Henry Disbrow built, and, in 1661, sold to John Dickenson, who in the same year sold to James Cock (or Coke, as it is sometimes spelled), of Setauket. In 1669, Henry Townsend bought and gave it to his son John ; and in 1683, having six acres laid out to him upon the Hill, he built there, and gave the one in which he lived to his son Henry. John and Henry then exchanged houses, and their descendants exchanged, until it is difficult to know or remember to whom they belong. They sold it off, too, by degrees, until, a few years after the death of Jotham, in about 1756, the whole, from Quogue Lane to the mill-stream, be- longed to Benjamin Hawxhurst, as well as a quarter of an acre on the south side of the road. It was bought again by the son of Jotham. East of Quogue Lane. John Dickenson lived on a lot bought from John Hinksman, in 1658, the 60 T O W NSEND — TOWNSHEND second deed from a white -man on the Records. It is as follows : "To all Christian people, to zvhom this shall or may come, grccttng: Be it known unto all men, that I, John Hinksman, late of Oyster Bay, have sold, and by these presents do alienate, bargain, and sell, and have sold, unto John Dickenson, of Oyster Bay, aforesaid, all and singular all that parcel of land which I exchanged with Peter Wright, with all and singular all the fencing, meadows, and uplands that is or shall thereunto belong, with all the appurtenances or privileges whatsoever, to him, his heirs, or assigns, forever ; for and in consideration hereof, John Dickenson hath paid unto the said John Hinksman, in broadcloth, at eighteen shillings a yard, the full and just sum of three pounds sterling, and twenty shillings paid in liquor to the Town of Oyster Bay, by the hand of John Dickenson. Also, a quart of sack and half a pint of liquor to Peter Wright, for the exchange. In witness hereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this day of Feb., in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and fifty-nine. John Hinksman." This place was bequeathed by John Dickenson to his widow Elizabeth, who left it to her young- est son, Jobus, by the will we copy below. It passed from him to Joseph, who married Rose, daughter of Henry Townsend, whose grandsons, Townsend and Henry, sold it to Daniel Parish, in 1756. "In the name of God, amen. I, Elizabeth Dickinson, widow, of Oyster Bay, in Queen's Co., on Long Island, and in the Colony of New York, being somewhat weakly and sick, but in perfect memory and understanding, praised be God, I now make my last will and testament, as fol- loweth ; Imp. I bequeath my body to the earth, and my soul to God that gave it. Imp. I give to my son Jobus my house and lot, with the orchard and meadow adjoining it, meaning all that I now possess adjoining to my house and home lot, in Oyster Bay aforesaid, with a half a share of meadow on the West Neck, at the south of Oyster Bay aforesaid, during his natural life; also, I give to him, the said Jobus, one bed, and a bolster, a pillow, and coverlet, and blanket, with one sheet ; and at my son Jobus his decease, all this that I have given him I do give to my eldest son Joseph, him and his heirs forever. "Imp. I give to my son Samuel, five shares of land, at the plains, more than that which I have already given him, and this to be his full portion. "Imp. I give to my son James, two-thirds, or two rights of three, of my land in the Old Purchase of Oyster Bay, on the west side of Nicholas Wright's land, in the Old Purchase, going to Lusum, as the Records of Oyster Bay showeth how it is bounded and laid out, vyith half a share of meadow on the West Neck, at Oyster Bay south, five acres of land at the plains; and my right of commonage belonging to my home lot I give to my three sons, Samuel, Jobus, James, equally between them. Also, I give to my son James, one bed, a bolster, a pillow, a coverlet, a blanket, and one sheet. Imp. I give to my daughter Hannah, my bed I lie on, with the bolsters, and two pillows, a coverlet, two blankets, a pair of sheets, with the curtains and vallons belonging to it, with one chest, two pillow covers. "Imp. I give all my cart, and plough gear, and tacklings, with the cart and plough and that which belongs to it, to my son James. Imp. I give to my grandson, Robert Harcut, two sheep. All the residue of my estate I give to my young- est daughters, Mehetable, Cheshire, and Hannah, both of household goods and with all that I am possessed of, after my debts are paid and other charges necessary are paid out of it. Lastly, I do make my son Joseph my full and whole executor, to dispose of my estate according to this my last will and testament above written. And also I do make John Townsend at the mill, with my son Joseph, to be overseers of this my last will, which I declare to be my last will and testament, as witness my hand and seal, this loth Sept., 1691. Eliz.\beth Dickinson." Gideon, the son of Peter Wright, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Townsend isl, and settled on the place now belonging to Edward Weeks. His son Anthony sold it to Justice John Townsend, from whom it descended to his son Penn, who built the house now upon it. We give the will of Gideon Wright below ; it is a good specimen of the manner in which the people generally left their property : "In the name of God, I, Gideon Wright, being weak of body, but of sound and perfect memory, do tnake and ordain this my last will and testa- ment, in manner and form following: First, I bequeath my body to the earth and my soul into the hands of God that gave it. Itt. I give to my eldest son, Peter Wright, all my right of that homestead belonging to me, which was of late in the possession of my mother, Alice Crabb, lately deceased, formerly belonging to my father Peter Wright. Itt. I give all the rest of my land to be equally divided among my other four sons, until they are made equal to my son Peter, and what remains over their being made equal to my son Peter to be divided equally among my five sons, Peter to have his choice of the said five divisions, which land above mentioned I give to my sons and their heirs forever; and it is my will, that none of my sons alienate or dispose of any of my lands given to them from their brethren, and that their brethren shall have the refusal, and if their brethren can or will buy the said land so for sale, that then it shall not be sold off ui o any other; and it is my will, that if any sons die without issue, that then his or their part of land shall go to be equally divided among the sur- viving brethren. Itt. I give the one half of my movables to my three daughters, and the other half to my wife, for her to dispose of as she thinks fit ; only I give to my son Peter my bald- 61 :;f(v T O W N S E N D — T O AV N S H E N D' face mare, and he shall give the first colt that she brings to his brother Gideon, and I also give to my son Peter, one two-year-old heifer, and to my sons Anthony and Gideon, to each of them, a calf; and it is my will, that my wife shall have and possess this place and homestead in which I live, with what outlands she shall stand in need of during her widowhood as afore- said. Itt. It is my will, that if one or more of my daughters happen to die before they come to age, that their portion shall return to the surviving sister or sisters. To which, as a testi- mony that it is my last will and testament, I set my hand and seal, this 14th day of May, 1685. Gideon Wright." Notwithstanding the eight children, the home- stead was forfeited. Peter Wright's homestead was next to John Dickinson's. He may be called the founder of Oyster Bay. He was the only one of the orig- inal three purchasers who settled here; and of those whom they admitted as partners, not one continued longer than ten years, excepting his brother Anthony, who had no children ; but Peter and his brother Nicholas left large families, and for many years they were, in point of ability, in- fluence, and fortune, among the leading men of the town. Peter's homestead included Mrs. Wright's and Mrs. De Kay's places. The part belonging to Mrs. Wright was sold by Anthony, grandson of Peter, to William, grandson of Nicholas, to whose descendants it still belongs. The other part, we believe, was sold by Anthony to Henry Townsend 3d, from whose son Absalom It descended to his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Storrs, by whom it was sold not very many years since. On this part Peter's house stood. Opposite to Peter Wright's, from the corner half way down to South street, was the homestead of Nicholas Wright. He gave the east part of it to his son Caleb, who lived there until his father's death, when he inherited the whole. It has remained in the family until a few years since, when the heirs of the late Caleb Wright sold it. The house had been many years ago !abandoned by the family for one built across the [street on Peter's place. In 1720, William, son of the 1st Caleb, gave to the Baptist Society forty feet square, on which the church then stood, being a part of the present lot. The trustees ■were Robert Feeke and Joseph Weeks. The place now owned by B. T. Underbill was given by Nicholas Wright to his son John, who mar- ried Mary, daughter of Henry Townsend. From him it descended to his daughter Rose, who left it to her son, Wright Coles ; when or to whom it passed from his heirs, does not appear on the Records. There is every reason to believe that a part of the house now there was built by John Wright. Next south, Josias Latting, son-in-law of Nich- olas \yright, had a lot laid out to him, and built upon it. South of him, Edmond, son of Nicholas, son-in-law of Peter Wright, lived. Josias Lat- ting sold to William Buckler (or Butler; it is spelled both ways in one deed), whose son Richard sold to the heirs of Edmond Wright. From Ed- mond Wright 2d. both places united passed to his son-in-law, John Townsend, from whom it descended to his son Ephraim, whose heirs sold to James Prior, who sold to Jacob Colwell, from whose heirs it was bought by its present owner, J. C. Townsend. In the old deeds (not the very oldest, however) possession is said to be given by turf and twig, which we supposed to be a mere figure of speech, until we found the following entry in relation to the sale by Latting: "Josias Latting did give Wm. Buckler posses- sion of the house and land that he sold him in Oyster Bay, by turf and twig, according to law, in presence of the Constable and Overseers of Oyster Bay and several neighbors, the 22d of April, 1676." Nicholas Wright left a handsome estate, which he divided among his three sons, but made no disposition in his will of his personal estate, or mention of his daughters. To supply this omis- sion we find the following settlement : "Whereas, our father and mother, Nicholas and Ann Wright, deceased, and left a consider- able estate amongst us, their children, under- written ; and for a true settlement of said estate, and prevention of further contests and troubles that may arise thereby, we do jointly and unani- mously agree, and freely condescend to each other, that our father's will for the division and stating of his lands upon his sons, according to his will, shall stand good to them, and their heirs forever; and, forasmuch as there was no certain order in the said will, or at the death of our mother, for the division of the movable estate, as left by our deceased father and mother, we do unanimously agree, that all the said movable estate shall be for the sisters' portions, to be di- vided as they shall order or agree, excepting only all the neat-cattle, one great kettle, and all the iron-work belonging to the cart and plough, and our deceased father's clothes, to be divided among his three sons; and in consideration, by agree- ment, that our brother, Caleb Wright, is to have all the neat-cattle, as above said, excepting only two heifers, one in the possession of John, the other in the possession of Edmond, for which they, with their brother Caleb, are equally to pay all their deceased father's and mother's debts, and acquit and discharge their sisters from any trouble of demand that may arise thereby, and their heirs forever; and Caleb Wright doth en-, gage, in consideration of the cattle, as above mentioned, to pay to his four sisters, their hus- bands', or their order, ten pounds current, mer- chant pay, according to pork, at threepence per pound, at or before the first day of November, next ensuing the date underwritten. And the movables that are to be divided amongst our sisters, is the swine, horseflesh, brass, pewter, tin, iron, wooden ware, woollen, linen, silver, gold, earthenware, or what else be to the said estate whatsoever only what is above excepted ; and to the true performance of this our agreement, we TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND have interchangeably subscribed our hands to each other, in Oyster Bay, June 4th, 1683. "Caleb Wright, Josias Latting, "John Wright, Nathaniel Coles, "Edmund Wright, Robert Coles. In presence of us, "Richard Harcut, Constable. "Thomas Townsend, Recorder. "John Weeks, Overseer." Returning to the Main street, we find, next east to Peter Wright, the homestead of his brother Anthony, extending to South street. He had no children, and, from his recorded gifts, must have been a warm-hearted, generous man. He died September gth, 1680, and left his whole property to his sister-in-law Alice, the widow of Peter, then the wife of Richard Crabb. She gave this homestead to her youngest daughier, Lydia, the wife of Isaac Horner, in 1684, re- serving "si.x rods square, at the northeast corner, as already agreed upon, for a burying-place, and forty feet square, at the southeast corner, where the meeting-house now stands." There is no tradition that this spot was ever used as a grave- yard, though, for at least fifty years, it was called the Quaker Burying-Ground. In 1706, William Willis, of Hempstead, Henry Cock, and John Prior, received a deed for it from Isaac Horner, in which he says that it was deeded to him, Sam- uel Andrews, and Simon Cooper, by Alice Crabb, in 1682. From Dr. P. Townsend's Note-Book, it appears that the Records of the meeting in New York, mention the "usual meeting-house of An- thonie Wright ;" and as the meetings had been held at his house, it is probable that he either left the land to them, or directed Alice Crabb to give it, if he did not build the house him- self. In the Records of the Westbury meeting, we find the trustees are directed, in 1709, to see about leasing the meeting-house ground and bury- ing-ground, in Oyster Bay : so that the meeting- house had then disappeared. They were to re- serve liberty for Friends to bury there. In 1720, they exchanged the forty feet square, on the cor- ner, with Jacob Wright, for another piece, ad- joining the burying-ground, forming the present lot. This was leased, in 1736, to Freelove Under- bill, for twenty years. In 1749, Jacob Seaman and Nathaniel Townsend were directed to buy shingles for the meeting-house at Oyster Bay, which marks the date of the present edifice. While the lot was leased a house was built upon it, which was sold, to be removed when the term expired. There was no regular service in this meeting- house (which was very much injured during the occupation of the place by the British) until the latter part of the century, when meetincs were held here and at Jericho ; the latter eflfort re- sulted in the establishment of a meeting, and the building of a house; here they were, after a while, discontinued. For the rest of this home lot of Anthony Wright's (six acres), so few convey- ances are on the Records, that it is not possible to trace it clearly. 63 North of this was the lot which was laid oat to Samuel Mayo ; he did not settle there, and Anthony Wriglit gave it to Job, his brother Peter's son, in 1677. Job built the house which now stands upon it. It was sold by his son Anthony to Rose, widow of Justice John Towns- end, who sold it to her son-in-law, George Townsend, in 1712, who, in the same year, sold it to Abraham Underbill, whose son gave it to his sister Sarah, who, with her husband, James Dickinson, sold it to Jacob Townsend, who, we believe (the description is not entirely clear), sold it to Silas Weeks, when it disappears for a long time, and is then mentioned as in the pos session of Joshua Hammond. In all the deeds, the "dubble house" is a very conspicuous feature. North of this was the lot laid out to John Thomson, the blacksmith ; when he left, it was sold to Joseph Ludlam. North of this again, was a lot laid out to Georg:e Dennis ; when he failed, it was sold by his assignee, Thomas Townsend, to Edward White, of Setauket, in 1682. White afterwards bought Joseph Ludlam's lot, and the place is still the residence of his descendants. Coming back to the Main street again, on the south side, from Nicholas Wright's to South street, lay the lot of the Rev. William Leverich; his son Eliezer sold it, in 1658, to Nicholas Sim- kins, the son-in-law of Francis Weeks. This deed is the first, from a white man, on the Records. Simkins sold it to .A.lice Crabb, and removed to Musketocove in 1668, when this place had on it twenty-four apple-trees in bearing, and one pear-tree. Alice Crabb gave it to her son, Adam Wri.cht, who moved to Cedar Swamp, and S' Id to Nathaniel Coles, Sen., who. in 1691, gave it to his son Nathaniel, then lately married t» Rose, daughter of John Wright. From him it descended to his son. Wright Coles, who (or his heirs) sold to Samuel Townsend, whose heirs sold to Dr. Seely, from whom it passed to the present owners. South of this, the homestead was owned by Benjamin Hubbard, who built the houses for- merly belonging to the Chadcaynes. In 1669 he sold to Josias Latting, who not many years after removing to Matinecock, where he had bought land of the Indians, sold it to Edmond Wright From iiis son Edmond, it descended to his son- in-law, John Townsend, who sold to Absalom 'i'ownsPMd, from whom it was bought by William Butler, who sold it, or at least the south part of it, to Tristrim Dodge, who gave it to his daughters. This place, at that time, extended through to the back street, as the one running by B. T. Underbill's was called. Upon this back street, somewhere, probably on the property of Edmond Wright (as his daughter, the wife of John Townsend. was a leading member), was the 1 New-Light Meeting-House. It was taken down by the British, and set up in another place. The next house in South street was built by Richard Hnlbrook, the first erected in the town, and sold by him to Jonas Halstead. Holbrook removed to Connecticut. His will is so quaint, and shows TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND so moch of the simplicity of their manners and ideas, that we shall copy it, though he was a resident of the town but a short time. "This is the last will and testament of Richard Holbrook, of Milford, in the Colony of Connecti- cut, March 29th, 1670. "I, Richard Holbrook, being in perfect mem- ory, though weak in body, do here make my last will and testament, as followeth. Item. I give unto my son, Abel Holbrook, my loom, and all the tackling belonging to it, and he shall work with them for his mother, and maintain them, and these shall be his when he is married. Item. My will is, that my son, Abel Holbrook, shall live with his mother, and be obedient unto her, and work for her, until he is married, and at the day of his marriage, he shall receive the loom, with all the gears. Item. I give unto my son Abel, above mentioned, my gray mare. Item. I give unto my son, Israel Holbrook, my yearling mare colt. Item. I give unto my son, Peletiah Holbrook, the first colt that either of these two mares has, and they shall bring it up for him. Item. I give unto my three daughters which are unmarried, Mary Holbrook, Hannah Holbrook, and Patience Holbrook, those of them which marry while their mother lives : Item. My will is, that their mother shall endeavor to give them ten pounds a piece, so soon as she can, after the day of their marriage; but if they live with her until the day of her death : Item. My will is, that after their mother is dead, the household goods and cittle shall be equally divided between these my three daughters, above mentioned, Mary Holbrook, Hannah Holbrook, and Patience Hol- brook. "Item. My will is, that if my beloved wife, Agnes Holbrook. should marry again, then what estate is then, in household goods and cattle, shall then be equally divided between her and her daughters, above mentioned, Mary Holbrook, Hannah Holbrook, and Patience Holbrook. Item. My will is, that the day of my beloved wife's decease, or marrying again, which of them shall first happen, my house and land shall then be equally divided between my three sons, above mentioned, Abel Holbrook, Israel Holbrook, Pela- tiah Holbrook. "Item. My will is, that if any of these my three sons, above mentioned, Abel Holbrook, Israel Holbrook, and Pehtiah Holbrook, doth prove perverse or disobedient unto their mother's law- ful commands, or will not live with her, then they shall have no right unto my house and land, above mentioned ; then those of them that are obedient shall have it. Item. Unto my son, John Holbrook, I give one shilling. I give unto my son, Daniel Holbrook, one shilline. Item. I give unto my daughter Abigail one shilling, she having received her portion already. Item. My will is, that my beloved wife, Agnes Holbrook, shall be my whole and sole executrix. In witness where- of, I do hereunto set my hand, and seal. "Richard Holbrook." In 1661, Jonas Halstead sold the place to John Townsend, who died in 1668. His widow Eliza- beth, in 1670, built the house, which was pulled down a few years ago, by Daniel Cock. Her son George inherited it from her, and, in 1742, his son Samuel sold it to John Youngs, reserving the burying-ground, six rods from east to west, four from north to south, to his family and re- lations, forever. Youngs sold to Absalom Town- send, who sold again to William Butler, from whom it was bought by Samuel Townsend, of the Jericho family; his heirs sold to to Ephraini Townsend, from whose heirs it was bought by Daniel Cock, who sold to the Rev. Aaron Jack- son, the present owner. South of this, Thomas Armitage built. In 1663, he sold it to John Townsend, from whom it de- scended to his son Daniel. The three acres and three-quarters, forming the point, was also bought by John Townsend, and fell to his son James, who built upon it, but, removing to Cedar Swamp, sold it to David Underbill, from whom it was bought by Daniel Townsend, and, together with Daniel's homestead, descended to his son Robert, who exchanged the whole with Caleb Coles, for land at Duck Pond. At the head of South street, on the corner of Pine Hollow Road, Isaac Doughty had a homestead, which he sold to John Weeks. East of this was a house owned by David Underbill, which he sold to Samuel Maccoon. On the east side of South street, on the corner, was the homestead of Joseph, son of Francis Weeks. He married a daughter of Henry Rudick, and when his father-in-law died, went to Matine- cock, upon his wife's property, and gave this place to his son Henry, who sold to his brother John ; which is its last appearance on the Rec- ords. North of this was the home lot of John, son of Francis Weeks; he left it to his only son, Nathaniel, who dying without issue, it passed to his sisters, Phebe, wife of Richard Youngs, and Susannah, wife of Richard Townsend. The latter sold to her sister, who sold again to her nephew, John Townsend, from whom it was bought by George Weeks ; which is the last we hear of it. Next to this was a vacant lot, belonging to John Townsend 2d, who sold it to John Rogers. Then came the house of Samuel, son of Fran- cis \yeeks. He also married a daughter of Henry Rudick, and removed to Matinecock, but this place continued in his name, nor is there any transfer of it recorded. Next, north, was the house and lot of John Underhill, Jr. (his father. Captain John Under- bill, had a house in the Town Spot before he settled at Matinecock, which he sold to George Dennis, but there is nothing in the deed by which it can be identified). He sold it, in 1663, to Thomas Townsend. North of this was a half- lot and house, belonging to the wife of John Rogers. The last house belonged to John Town- send 2d, who, in 1668, sold to his brother Thomas, who, in 1673, exchanged the south half of the 64 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND lot, which he bought of Underbill with the house, for the half-lot of Mrs. Rogers, that lay between his two lots, reserving the use of the house until he finished a new one, wliicli new one was that lately owned by Mrs. Summers. This house and double lot he gave to his son. Justice John Townsend, and bought again the house and lot he had sold to Mrs. Rogers, and the vacant lot sold by his brother to her hus- band, and gave them to his daughter Freelove, wife of Thomas Jones, who, in 1712, sold to George Townsend; after which there are no con- vevances for either place. North of Thomas Townsend's lot, the swamp, opposite to Nicholas Simkin's's home lot, be- longed to him, and was transferred with it two or three times. The north end of it belonged to Isaac Horner, who sold it to John Dowsbury, from whom it passed to John Newman, who had already bought from John Robinson, the original owner, the homestead east of the swamp, extend- ing to the place now owned by Mrs. Miner. The brook running out of the swamp, and the bridge over it, were then (1680), and for many years after, called Anthony's Brook and Anthony's Bridge, after Anthony Wright. It is a pity that a name commemorative of one of the very first settlers, and a particularly estimable man, should have been dropped, to be replaced by nothing. John Newman was Town-Clerk for eleven years ; the entries he made are a most honorable monu- ment to his memory. He died in 1697, intestate, without heirs. In 1700, Edward White seems to have the property in charge. Nothing more is heard of it until 1733, when the Hon. Captain Charles Boyles petitions the Provincial authori- ties to be allowed to take up the land of John Newman, who, besides this place, owned quite a large estate in different parts of the town. This petition was granted, upon certain conditions. The honorable Captain probably lent his name and influence, for a consideration, to William Moyles, an Englishman, who lived here and knew the situation of the property; he sold this place, by power of attorney from Boyles, to Samuel Shaw, and bought, or by some means came into PQSsession of, part of the property himself. Among the papers of William M. Hewlett was a receipt to Moyles, for papers and accounts from Thomas and 'Walter Buchanan, as agents for Boyles's heir, the Earl of Glasgow. A great stir was made, about thirty years ago, among the owners of this Newman property, by a report that Boyles's heirs were coming to claim it. East of Newman's place was the homestead of Samuel Andrews, son-in-law of Peter Wright, consisting of seventeen acres. In 1683 he re- moved to New Jersey, and sold this place to Jo- seph Ludlam for fioo. In 1694, Ludlam sold it to Mill John Townsend, and his daughter Zeru- iah, married to Dr. Matthew Parish, inherited it. From her it descended to her son John, who lived upon it to a very advanced a.ge ; after his death the house fell down, and his heirs sold it to Thomas Kilner, from whom it was bought by Ezra Miner, whose heirs now own it. In 1669, a highway was ordered to be opened cast of Andrews's place; it was only carried a short distance, and some years afterward it was ordered to be opened through, to Nan's Hollow, "near the wolf-pit of Nathaniel Coles, Jr., and Daniel Townsend." There is another wolf-pit mentioned, in what is now Fleet's woods. A hollow beside the bars on the Swamp Road, south of Wm. T. McCoun's gate, was pointed out to J. C. Town- send by his father as a wolf-pit. There was a reward of ten shillings for killing a wolf, to be paid by the Town-Clerk, upon the presentation of the head or claws. The County also paid a bounty on their heads, and, when that was with- drawn, the Town offered twenty shillings. From the following notice, it would appear that a good many must have been killed. "Aug. 1st, 1661. It is ordered by the Town, that every townsman shall bring in all their dues, for wolf-killing, against the next Town meeting, at Anthony Wright's. It being three shillings a man." On the north side of the Main street, from South street to Ship Point Lane, there were no houses for a great many years. In 1677, a large part of it was set apart for a perpetual common, and as a site for a Town-House, which was to be twenty-four feet by twenty. It was in use in 1684, and probably before; but, for many years after. Town Meetings were frequently held at private houses. When and how this property came into the possession of the Episcopal Church, does not appear. The church was used as a Town-House, nearly, if not quite, up to the Revolution. The first mention of Harry Wilson's house is in 1752; the lot had been sold in 1739, but there is nothing said of a house. In 1757, there was still a highway between the house and the church- yard. There was no house on the corner of the Main and South streets, as late as 1753. East of the churchyard, and adjoining it, Thomas Towii- send, at a very early date, sold an acre to Morris Shadbolt, but there is no proof that it was built upon for many years. In 1667, a half acre was laid out to Nathaniel Coles. He built very near, if not exactly, where the present Ship Point house stands. After his death, his son Barak sold it to his brother-in-law, Samuel Maccoon. East of this, and nearer to the point, John Richbill had a house, which he sold to Matthias Harvey. Robert Coles, son of Na- thaniel, had a homestead on the Ship Point place, probably on the east corner of the Main street. On the south side of the Main street, cast of Coon's Lane, was Richard Crabb's home- stead; he left it to his step-daughter, Lydia Wright; she, with her husband. Isaac Horner, removing to New Jersey, sold it to Eliezer Darby, and he to John Rogers, from whom it was {)Ought by Thomas Weeks, who already had a homestead adjoining it on the east. The next time it appears, the two together are sold by Edward White to Samuel Maccoon, in 1700; after which it is found no more on the Records. But it was the homestead of Augustine Weeks, by 65 TOWNSEND— TOWNSHEND whose son Refine it was sold to Walter Franklin, who sold it to Albert Albertson, the trustees of whose great-granddaughter sold it, not long since, to John and Joseph Wright. All the deeds for this place on the Town Records bound it on the east "by ye Town's burying-ground," and when i the highway was ordered between Francis and Thomas Weeks (now Latten's and Irvin's) it vvas to go through the Town's burying-ground, which was reserved for that purpose forever. It is probable that few, if any, were buried there but those who owned the place, as almost every place had a graveyard on it. East of this was the place of Francis Weeks, who gave it to his youngest son, Daniel, from whom it descended to his sons Solomon and Abra- ham, and was divided between them by their guardian, Henry Weeks. There are no traces of it after this. On the east of his homestead, Francis Weeks gave two acres to his son James, on which he built, and he received another acre from the Town, on the east. He gave it to his youngest son, Edmond, which is all we know about it. The ne.xt place was laid out to Samuel Fur- man. It passed through the hands of many per- sons, whose names are now entirely unknown here; it then disappears. It is a part of Mrs. Irving's place. Then came a place which was one of the first built upon, by Walter Salter, and was called Salter's Lot for a great many years. It con- tained six acres, and ran so far east as to take in William Tomlin's place. It was sold by Salter to Matthew Prior, and by him to Henry Town- send, Sen., who gave it, in 1673, to his daughter, Susannah Furman, who sold it many years after- wards to a man named Tillot, from whom there is no conveyance. It was bounded on the east by a road which ran along the west side of the swamp, and, turning to the west, came out in the road that was then called the highway to the plains. On the east side of this road, was the home- stead of Richard Harcurt, who left it to his son Benjamin, in a will which we annex. In this and other cases of ridiculously small legacies, neither the poverty of the testator nor his in- difference to the legatee is to be inferred ; it is simply their way of testifying their remembrance of a child whose portion has already been paid. "In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Har- curt, of Oyster Bay, in Queen's County, some- what sick of body, but perfect and whole in memory and understanding, praised be God for it ! do now make my last will and testament, as followeth : Imprimis. I bequeath my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body to be buried, with Christian burial, at the discretion of my executrix. Itt. I give and bequeath unto my oldest son, Daniel Harcurt, my lot of up- land, lying on the West Neck, at the south of Oyster Bay, aforesaid ; meaning my southernmost lot of the first south division of the said neck, containing about six acres, be it more or less; the bounds, limits, and numbers of the lot, is plainly demonstrated in the record thereof. And also I do give the said Daniel the one-half of my lot, or share of meadow, lying on West Neck aforesaid ; this I give to my son Daniel, beside what I formerly gave him, for his portion, before he was married, of which the Records of Oyster Bay plainly showeth ; and the lands I have now given to my son Daniel, shall be, and remain to him and his heirs forever. Itt. I give to my wife Miriam, the use of three acres of land in my new field, of three acres in my old field, and one-half of my pasture lot, at home, and one-third part of my dwelling-house and orchard, during her life; but if she marries again, she shall no longer have any right nor claim to any of this that I have given her, but to leave it to him or them, as I shall hereafter dispose of it. I also do give my said wife the one-third part of all my movable estate, both without doors and within, of household stuff, cattle, under what denomination soever it goeth, and for her to dispose of as she see cause. My will is, that my wife shall have the use of my dwelling-house, but if she see cause to live by herself, then she shall have the brick house to live in during her widowhood, any words before written to the contrary notwithstanding ; and she shall have her choice of the feather beds, and one other bed, and her choice of the pots. Itt. I give to my grandson, Daniel Ketchum, twenty acres of land, to be taken in the common of the Old Purchase of Oyster Bay, to him and to his heirs forever. "Itt. I give to my son Benjamin, all my land and commonage, and meadow, and Plain lands, which I have on Oyster Bay, and bounds that I have not disposed of, and the lands and house- room I have given to my wife, to be his after the expiration of her life or widowhood, to him my said son Benjamin, during his life, and after his decease, to the heirs of his body forever — al- ways provided, that my wife must have liberty during her widowhood, to mow grass on my meadow, or plain lands, during her widowhood. Itt. I do give to all my seven living daughters all my movable estate, which I have not given already to my wife, to be equally divided between them ; only my wife, if she see cause, to have the white mare, but to go as part of her thirds. Itt. I make my trusty and well-beloved friends, John Townsend, at Mill. Thomas Willets, and John Newman, overseers to this my will, to be helpful to my executrix, and to divide my estate between my wife and children, as I have now given it, according to the best of their under- standing, that is to say, when all debts, and funeral and other charges, are discharged. Itt. I make my loving wife my sole executrix of this my will, and all my estate, and to pay all my debts, and funeral and other charges, out of tny movable estate, and this I declare to be my last will and testament, to stand, revoking all other wills formerly made. Witness my hand and seal, this 2Sth day of April, Anno Dei 1696. "Richard Harcitjit. 66 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND "May 2d, 1696. — It having pleased God to keep and preserve me in my perfect memory and understanding, I do now, in addition to my with- in written will, and to stand for my will, is that my son Benjamin shall have my cart and plough, with the instruments that belong to it, and my oxen and chain, and one axe for the use of him and my wife, as long as she is a widow. Also I do give to Hannah Townsend, the daughter of my daughter Susannah, deceased, one coverlet, meaning that which my wife hath lent her, and to my said daughter Susannah's son James, and to her other son and two daughters, I give between them, five shillings. This I declare to be an addi- tion to my within written will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, to the confirmation of my within written will, and this to be one entire will, the day and year first above written. "Richard Harcurt." The fear of his wife marrying again, that evi- dently haunts him, taken in connection with the fact that she was a widow with several children when he married her, twenty years before, shows what perilous times those were for widows. Ben- jamin Harcurt and his son sold the place, with every thing within doors and without, to Micajah Townsend. who sold it to Joseph Simson, from whom there is no conveyance for it. The next place, on the corner, was the homestead of Dr. Robert Cooper, son of Simon. After his death, it belonged to his wife Marcy, with a piece on the north side of the road, called Marcy Cooper's garden, as well as the place now belonging to the heirs of Dr. De Kay. The homestead she left to her grandsons, Samuel and Daniel, sons of Samuel Townsend. Daniel died young, and Sam- uel, in the latter part of his life, exchanged it with his nephew Joseph, for a place at Yellow Coats. Joseph's descendants still occupy the homestead. The De Kay place she sold to Jonas Green, in 1729. when there was no house upon it; he probably built the house, and, in 1745, sold it to Jacob Weeks, whose great-grandchildren sold it to Dr. De Kay. The land on the north side of the road, now belonging to James Town- send's heirs, belonged to Richard Harcurt (ex- cept the southeast corner, Marcy Cooper's gar- den), and was sold with the Harcurt place, on the other side of the road, except a half acre on the southwest, on which there was a house, which Richard Harcurt gave to his son-in-law, Thomas Youngs, who gave it to Thomas Wood, in pay- ment for building him a house ; he sold it to William Bradford: after that the owners are innumerable, until finally Esther Townsend sold it back to the Harcurts, the half-acre grown to an acre, and it disappears. West of the road to the water was the home- stead of Simon Cooper, chirurgeon ; he owned as far west as the Ship Point place ; his house was the one which Daniel Parish lived in. There are no conveyances for this part of the place recorded. The western part, now belonging to the Albertson place, was sold to Edward White by Simon Cooper; at his death, it fell to his son Robert, who must have built the house on the hill. It next appears in the possession of his sister, Mary White, who gave it to Robert, Ed- ward, and Harvey, sons of her sister, Abigail Colwell. After the death of Edward Colwell, who lived there, Augustine Weeks gave the south- west corner, ten rods from east to west, eight from north to south, to his son Refine, who built the house now there, and sold it, with the property on the other side of the road, to Walter Frank- lin, and he to Albert Albertson, whose great- granddaughter now owns it. Within the memory of middle-aged people, there were several houses still standing, which were built by the first settlers. Those in which Daniel and John Parish lived, built by Simon Cooper and Samuel Andrews, at a very early pe- riod ; the one on the hill, opposite the Episcopal Church, built by John Robinson, before 1680; that lately belonging to Hamilton, built about 1677, by Job Wright ; the one formerly owned by the Chadeaynes, built probably by Benjamin Hubbard, before 1669; that on the place owned by Rev. Mr. Jackson, built by the widow Eliza- beth Townsend, 1670; the Summers house, built by Thomas Townsend, 167,1 ; the one south of that, formerly belonging to the Weeks family, and a part of that belonging to B. T. Underbill, which was built by John Wright, were all of this class: those built by Job Wright and Thomas Townsend and John Wright, are all that remain. 67 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND TOWNSEND GENEALOGY CHAPTER I. JOHN, HENRY, AND RICHARD TOWNSEND. These brothers came from Norwich, County of Norfolk, England. The time of their emigra- tion cannot be precisely fixed. It was, however, several years before 1645, as in that year Governor Kieft gave a patent for the Town of Flushing to John Townsend and others; and from a peti- tion of his widow to Governor Andros, we learn that he had previously taken up land near New York, and "peaceably enjoyed the same divers years," but alarms from the Indians, and other difficulties which she does not specify, induced him to leave his improvements, and commence the settlement of Flushing, where he was joined by Henry. The Townsends were Friends, and were soon at variance with the Dutch authorities; the differences between them, however, seem to have had their origin quite as much in politics as re- ligion ; for John Townsend is named by Governor Stuyvesant among the principal persons of Flush- ing "who resist the Dutch mode of choosing Sheriff, pretending against the adopted course in the Fatherland, and who refuse to contribute their share to the maintenance of Christian, pious, re- formed ministers." He, with the others named, was summoned to appear, 23d of January, 1648, before the Director-General. Governor, and Coun- cil, at Fort Amsterdam. If they decline, they are to be apprehended and prosecuted by the Attor- ney-General. Thompson, in his History of Long Island, says that on account of these difficulties with the Government, the Townsends left Flush- ing and went to Warwick, R, I., where they were, all three, members of the Provincial As- sembly, beside holding municipal offices. In 1656, they determined once more to attempt a settle- ment on Long Island, and in that year obtained, with others, the patent of Jamaica, then called Riisdorp. Very soon, however, the old religious difficulties _beset them. Henry seems to have made himself particularly obnoxious, although, as already shown, John neither concealed nor com- promised his opinions. In 1657, Henry was sen- tenced to pay £8 Flanders, or to leave the Province in six weeks, for having "called together conventicles." The people of Flushing held a meeting and addressed a remonstrance to the Governor, written by the Town-Clerk, and signed, among others, by Tobias Feake, Sheriff, and Noble and FarrinPton, two of the magistrates, and presented by the Sheriff. He, the Clerk, and magistrates were arrested, and John Townsend also, upon a charge of having induced the magis- trates to sign, and he was ordered to find bail in £12, to appear when summoned. Henry was brought before the Council, January isth, 1658, and condemned to pay iioo Flanders, and to remain arrested until it be paid. We are not told how this was settled ; but he was in Oyster Bay during this year, as his signature as witness to an Indian deed proves. In January, 1661, two of the magistrates furnished the names of twelve persons, including John and Henry Town- send and their wives, "who countenanced the Quakers." Henry was again imprisoned, but there is no indication that John was molested. This account of the Townsends. before they came to Oyster Bay, is taken entirely from Thompson's History of Long Island. He probably received it from Dr. Peter Townsend, whose Note-Book shows conclusively the reason why Henry was so much more involved in these difficulties than John, who was also a Friend, attended "con- venticles," and "countenanced Quakers," but Henry went from door to door, urging people to attend their meetings, which gave great um- brage, especially as regarded young people and children. From the date of the Mill grant, September 16, 1661, the history of the brothers and their de- scendants has been taken from the Town Rec- ords, and from family papers, and for that we are responsible. Where we have only inferences and conjectures to give, we offer them as such. CHAPTER II. JOHN TOWNSEND Settled in Oyster Bay, between the middle of January and the i6th of September, 1661. As he was living in Jamaica at the first date, and his name being upon the Mill grant, he must have been admitted as a Townsman in Oyster Bay before the last. There is an entry upon the Records, that he bought his house in South street in February, 1661, but the deed, in the possession of J. C. Townsend, is dated October. It is as follows : "Oyster Bay, this Sth day of the loth month, 1661. Be it known unto all by these presents, that I, Jonas Halstead. of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, in America, do hereby acknowledge that I have sold and delivered all my right, title, and interest of all the housing and land that is here named, as follows:— Richard Holbrook's house or houses, built by him or me, and house lot, and two shares of meadow on the north side of the Town, and a share of meadow at Matinecock, 68 ■■MTTl.E KAVXIIAM." Thu Did Seat of SoK.iiian rnwiisuiul, Oystvr Bay. Lung Islar. TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND and one right of meadow at the south, and twenty shares of the Great Plains, that is on the east side of the footpath, near the wood edge, and also all the rights, appurtenances, and privileges that do fall to, or any way belong to the afore- said house lot, within the Town bounds. I say, I have sold and delivered it all in quiet posses- sion, for full satisfaction already received, unto John Townsend, of the said Town and place, and do also hereby engage to make good the sale of the aforesaid house and lands, against any person or persons that may any wise lay claim thereto; and I do hereby further acknowledge that I have fully sold all the said houses and lands from me, my heirs and assigns, unto him, his heirs and assigns forever, to enjoy without molestation by me, or any from me, as witness my hand, this day and year first above written. "Jonas Halstead." John Townsend must have been quite advanced in years when he settled in Oyster Bay; having led a most active and laborious life since his emigration, he had made three different homes in the wilderness, if not four, before he found a final resting-place. His widow, in the petition to Governor Andros, above mentioned, says : "Your Honor's petitioner's husband, many years last past, was seized of a certain parcel of land, containing eight acres by estimation, lying and being at the Fresh Water (Collect), New York, then called New Amsterdam, where your Honor's petitioner's husband did build, and make large improvements, and peaceably enjoyed the same divers years in the time of great calamity, being daily alarmed by the Indians, and other diffi- culties attending upon your Honor's petitioner's husband, and afterwards got no better reward than such discouragements as caused your Hon- or's petitioner's husband to leave his good im- provements. However, your Honor's petitioner is well contented at present, hoping her husband and others, by their adventures, and running through many fiery trials of affliction, has been in some measure instrumental to bring a chaos into goodly fields, buildings, and gardens; and instead of your Honor's petitioner's husband reap- ing the fruits of their labors, but on the con- trary, was forced to hew a small fortune out of the thick wood, with his own hands, for himself, wife, and children." Her object in this petition was to reclaim the eight acres taken up by her husband ; but as it had been thirty years since he left it, never hav- ing had any title but possession, it is not sur- prising that her petition was not granted. Per- haps she might have fared better if it had been written in the clear, condensed style of her son Thomas, instead of the clumsy, involved, tedious, and inelegant document elaborated by George Cooke. As we have seen, after leaving his home, he, with others, settled Flushing in 1645, .and Jamaica in 1656. At his age, and after such toils and privations as he had undergone, it is not surprising that he should have retired from all public concerns, and have left the burden of organizing and managing the new settlement to younger men, especially as he had two sons of an age to take his place. The office of Overseer is the only one he is known to have held here. In 1663, he bought from Thomas Armitage the homestead next south of his own, and his name frequently appears on the Records as a purchaser of property. His wife was Elizabeth Montgom- ery. He died in 1668, and was buried on his own place, probably the first person laid in the grave- yard on Fort Hill. As he died intestate, his widow, according to a custom prevailing here, divided his estate, with the advice and consent of her older sons, and her husband's brothers. We give this docu- ment below. The solicitude which she shows for the comfort and welfare of "the lad^." as she calls her two younger sons, is very touching. "These presents declare unto whom it may any wise concern, that I, Elizabeth Townsend, widow of the late deceased John Townsend, in Oyster Bay, in the north riding, on Long Island, because my said husband deceased without a will, 1 here- in, with the advice of my husband's two brothers, Heiiry and Richard Townsend, and with the advice and consent of my two eldest sons, John and Thomas Townsend, all of Oyster Bay, above said, have together parted my said husband's estate amongst his six younger children, for their portions, instead of a will, by which will, each of the children, namely, James, Rose, Anne, Sarah, George, and Daniel may know what shall be, and what to claim for their portion of their father's estate, and this to stand firm and un- alterable by me, or any through, or by me, but to remain for a settlement of peace between me and my children, which is as foUoweth. Imp. 1st. Unto my son James, I give for his portion out of the estate, in present possession, in lands, beside cattle and horses he have in hand already, first, three acres of land and three-quarters, lying on the south side of that was old Armitage's lot, in Oyster Bay, lying or adjoining to the high- way on the eastward and western sides, with commoning and common privileges to it, of wood, land, timber, as other such lots have ; and he is to have the land upon part of his common right, that his father did improve, on the east side of Matinecock Creek, joining on the south of his uncle Henry's land, and two shares of meadow lying on the west side of the Creek, or Beaver Swamp, and one share of meadow on the east of the said Creek; and he is to have the land his father fenced and improved on the west side of the Mill River Swamp, with the share of the swamp joining to the east side of it; and he is to have six acres of Plains, and a quarter of a share of meadow at the south, and so much of the south side of the swamp at the rear of my house as proves to be mine, of which swamp Josias Latting hath a part. To my daughters I do engage to give to each of them thirty pounds apiece, for their portion, and to my eldest daughter Elizabeth, although not above mentioned, yet she is to have, with what she 69 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND hath already received, thirty pounds, all at such pay as passes between man and man, after the rate of Indian corn at three shillings a bushel, and wheat at five. 2d. To the said Elizabeth, or her husband, Gideon Wright, towards her por- tion, 1 give, with what her father had before given her already, first, two cows, ten pounds; a young horse, five pounds; a bed and furniture, ten pounds; two sheep, one pound; one kettle, one pound ; in all twenty-seven pounds ; and Gideon, her husband, is to have three pounds more; and that will be thirty pounds in all. 3d. To my daughter Rose I give half a share of meadow at the south, with two cows and two calves she hath already received, and commoning in Oyster Bay, with twenty-six acres of land, and three pounds in Richard Townsend's hands, and a yearling mare colt, it all being called by us at thirty pounds. 4th. To my two youngest daughters, Anne and Sarah, their portions are to be thirty pounds apiece, out of tlie stock or in lands, as they may desire, if their mother de- cease before their portions are paid; but if they be disposed of in marriage while I remain a widow, 1 have liberty to pay to each of them their portion in cattle or land, as I see they have most need and I able to do it, or part one, part of the other. 5th. It is my will, and I do fully agree that my two youngest sons, George and Daniel, shall have these two homesteads I now possess, with the privileges belonging to tliem, after my decease, but they are to be mine and for my use, to possess and enjoy for my use and comfort, during my life, and at my decease to be theirs as above said, with privileges as fol- lows : to each party is nominated his particular interest. 6thly. To my son George I give for his portion as above said, being the eldest, the house and house lot that I now possess, and orchard which then shall be on it, and two shares of meadow that lie in the Town of Oyster Bay, which was bought with the lot, and six acres of Plains, with commoning and common privileges, in the First Purchase of the Town. 7th. To my youngest son, Daniel, above mentioned, after my decease above said, is to have the other lot, or that part of land lying between his brother James's lot and his brother George's lot. It was bought of old Armitage. I say, he is to have it, with the privileges belonging to it ; namely, two shares of meadow lying on the north side of the town, which was bought with the lot of the said Thomas Armitage, and six acres of Plains, and twelve acres of land and common privileges. And I do by this will and appoint, that if I de- cease before these my two youngest sons be of age, that two of their eldest brothers take them and bring them up, and to have the use of the boys' land and what other goods and chattels fall to them. The goods and chattels are to be priced when they receive it, and delivered back to the said boys the same price of value again, when they go from their brothers, whether they be of age or not ; for I do appoint my brother, Henry Townsend, their uncle, to have the over- sight of them if he outlive me, and to remove one or both to the rest of their brothers or sisters, with the lands and estates to make use of toward the bringing up of the said lads ; but when they go away to have their whole principal returned to or with them, but not to remove them without their complaint to him on good grounds, for the said removal, of hard usage. .■\nd I do by this will and appoint that, at my decease, un- alterable by me, or any through or by me, all my estate undisposed of. as goods, household stuff, and cattle, are all to be equally divided amongst all my living children; and I further order and appoint that, if any one or more of my said sons or daughters die under age, undisposed of in marriage, the deceased's lands and estates are all to be divided equally amongst all my living sons and daughters ; but it is still to be under- stood that whoever have the bringing up of the two young lads, and the use of their estate to- wards their maintenance, their lands and houses is with fences to he delivered up in good repair as when they received it, and the property of lands and houses, and orchard, is not to be al- tered to or from either of the said lads, although the property of other goods or chattels may be altered upon just and honest terms. And further, it is agreed that my eldest son, John, is to have such land at Hog Island, at my decease, or at south, if I leave any undisposed of, to my young- est daughters, Anne and Sarah, above said. But a lot on Hog Island, of the third division, num- ber ten, my husband gave my son Thomas. Unto all the promises and engagements above men- tioned, I do hereby engage to perform, under my hand and seal, the twenty-third year of the reign of Charles the Second, King of England, and the tenth day of the fifth month, 1671. Be- fore signing was entered in the fifth and eighth lines I now as witness my hand and seal, "EuzABETH Townsend. "In the presence of us, "Moses Furman, ''Benjamin Hubbard._ "I do own my brother Richard did consent to the substance of which is above mentioned, and with my advice also, as witness my hand. "Henry Townsend, "And we consent to the above said. "John Townsend, James Townsend. "Thomas Townsend, Gideon Wright." Richard Townsend must have died after this settlement was agreed upon, but before its ex- ecution. The thirty pounds allotted to each of the daughters seems, to our ideas, a very small for- tune, while the Fort Neck estate, given by Thomas Townsend to his daughter Freelove, we regard as a munificent portion ; but we must re- member that thirty pounds would have bought two such estates. John's daughters, however, received nearer one hundred pounds than thirty, for Rose sold her land for thirty pounds, the cattle and money allotted to her were worth at least twenty, and her dividend, at her mother's 70 T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D death, must have been very considerable; for the widow Townsend appears very often on the Rec- ords, buying land and receiving allotments, and was evidently a woman of great energy and abil- ity. So that, no doubt, her daughters were among the greatest fortunes of their day, as it was not expected that any girls should share equally with their brothers. Rose married John Wicks, or Weeks, of War- wick, Rhode Island, the brother of Richard Townsend's second wife. After his death she married Samuel Hayden. Nothing is known of her family. Of Anne and Sarah, nothing what- ever is known. CHAPTER III. JOHN, SON OF JOHN 1ST. During his father's life, John 2d lived in South street, on the east side, north of the Summers house. In 1698 the name of his wife was Phebe, but there is reason to believe that his first wife, the mother of his children, was Susannah, daugh- ter of Richard Harcurt, or, properly, Harcourt. Shortly after his father's death, in 1668, he sold his house to his brother Thomas, and bought land of Robert Williams, at Lusum (now Jer- icho), of which he must have been one of the first six settlers. After living at Lusum some time, he removed to West Neck, where, as well as at Unkoway Neck, he made many purchases of land. It is probable that he returned to Lusum before his death, the date of which is not known ; but he was still living in 1715, when he was not less than eighty years old. He is called, on the Records. John Townsend, Senior. — Issue, Solo- mon, James, Thomas. Nathaniel, and probably three daughters. Of the daughters nothing is known, unless it be that the name of one of them was Hannah, Nathaniel died young. Of Thomas we only know that he was born at Lu- sum. in 16S0. and that his uncle Thomas gave him land in 1685. He no doubt died young. Solomon, son of John 2d. of Jericho, removed to Rhode Island with his family in 1707. He received from his father the homestead, at Jericho, which his son Job. the only one of his children known, sold to Nathaniel Townsend. This home- stead we believe to be the place afterwards owned by Elias Hicks, but the house was on the east side of the road. Dr. Peter Townsend mentions Solomon and Christopher Townsend, of Rhode Island, who were in Oyster Bay during his grandfather's life, and claimed relationship with him. The Record of the meeting also mentions Christopher visiting friends. They were prob- ably grandsons of this Solomon. James, son of John 2d. of Jericho, is the an- cestor of those known in the family as Jericho Townsends. He married Audrey, daughter of Colonel Job Almy, of Rhode Island. 'The date of his marriage is not known, but his oldest son was born in 1692. Of his wife, nothing but her very pretty name is known ; but Susannah Almy, her sister, was the author of some verses (pre- served by Dr. P. Townsend), from which we shall give an extract, as their date gives them an interest besides that which they possess for her sister's descendants. "A CONTENTED MIND. "If thy estate be took from thee. And thou art brought to poverty, By crosses or afflictions strong — Murmur nor grieve at any wrong. Its God that hath a hand o'er all. To raise thee up. or let thee fall. Perhap.s the Lord will try to find It thou hast a contented mind. "If thou art rich, then be content ; Forget not thou from whom 'twas sent : If God hath given thee treasure's store. Think thou art steward for the poor. One day be sure thou must appear. To give account what thou didst here, And then these lines you true shall find- No wealth like a contented mind. "If honor or preferment great Shall raise thee up on Justice's seat ; Or if by place or dignity, A judge of causes thou mayest be — Think Heaven's court of justice high "Will on thine actions cast an eye. This mighty Judge, be sure, can find The secrets of your heart and mind. "If thou God's laws do break, be sure. Or by oppression wrong the poor. Or let the mighty bear the sway, To turn the poor man's cause away — He that doth this, be sure, shall find Afflictions, with a troubled mind. "If. otherwise, thou chance to be A judge of right and equity. And wilt the poor man's cause defend As well as his who means doth spend. And right the poor and fatherless. Likewise the widow in distress — Reward from heaven be sure shall find ; On earth, a sweet, contented mind." James was the Deputy Surveyor-General of the Province, and after the death of Justice John Townsend and the 3d Henry, he and his cousin George, of Oyster Bay, were elected Town Sur- veyors. His was the first appointment to the office of a person not a resident of the village of Oyster Bay, and was made in 1710 or '11. He continued to be re-elected until his death. He was appointed, with George Townsend, to conduct the defence of the Town in a suit brough by Nicholas Lang and others, to recover a large part of the original Purchase, under the title of William Leverich. Dr. Peter Townsend says that the family tradition represents him as a man of strong mind and amiable temper. He was certainly a proinincnt and influcnti.ll man in the town, and must, from the number of surveys he made, have been very active. He died between 1729 and 173.1. We think he lived upon the place now belonging to Samuel Llnder- hill, at Jericho, and was buried there. — Issue, Mary, Deborah. Jacob, Nathaniel. MAR'Y married Jackson. — Issue, Thomas, Charles, Almy. 71 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Almy married Richard, son of Job Hubbs. Nothing more is known of her family. — From Dr. Townsend's Notes. DEBORAH married Abraham Seaman. — Issue, James, Phebe. Phebe married Casey, and lived in New York. There was another daughter, name not known, married to Captain Robinson. — From Dr. Toicnscnd's Notes. JACOB was born 1692, and married Phebe, daughter of Captain John Seaman, of Jerusalem. Dr. P. Townsend says his aunts described him as a tall man, grave to despondency. He lived at the place now owned by William Jackson, at Jericho. The old house stood very near the turn- pike. He died December 30, 1742, and was buried in the family burying-ground, on the place of Samuel Underbill, where his tombstone still stands. His wife died of the small-pox, after a long and painful illness, April 14, 1774, aged sev- enty-five. — Issue, Samuel, Jacob, Benjamin, James, Almy. The last died young, unmarried. Samuel was born in 1717, and married Sarah, daughter of Wm. Stoddard, then of Oyster Bay, but formerly of Rhode Island. In 1740, he bought the house now occupied by his grandson, Solo- mon Townsend, in Oyster Bay, known as "Rayn- ham." It was subsequently occupied by his son Solomon, who married Anne, daughter of Peter Townsend, later by Solomon, son of Solomon, who married Helene, daughter of Dr. Charles Townsend, of Albany, and at the present day is in possession of their children. During the Revo- lution, the officers commanding the Queens Ran- gers were quartered here, who scratched their names on the panes of the window glasses, to- gether with those of Audrey, Sarah and Phebe, the daughters of Samuel Townsend, then young ladies. Major Andre spent the last week before he started for West Point at the old house. The clock that stood in the Townsend house at Sterling, Orange Co., and which was a marriage present from old Peter to his daughter Anne, was brought to "Raynham" on her wedding day, and three of the links of "The Great Chain" built by her father and stretched across the Hudson River to keep the British from passing up, are still to^ be seen lying at the old garden gateway. His widow, in 1813, sold six hundred acres of the estate to the Lorillards, which is now known as Tuxedo. He was actively engaged in the Eng- lish and West India trade, which he successfully prosecuted until the Revolution, when, beside the unavoidable obstructions to business occasioned by the war, he being a Whig, was subjected to many annoyances and interruptions from the British after they obtained possession of the place. Before that time he was a member of the Provincial Congress, and at the close of the war resumed his seat, and continued in public life until his death. He was a State Senator, and a member of the first Council of Appointment un- der the Constitution, in 1789. Before the Revolu- t>0". he had been for thirty years a Justice of the Peace. He died November 24th, 1790. and was buried m the graveyard south side of Fort Hill. His wife died April loth, 1800. We find the following description of him in Dr. P. Town- send's Note-Book. "A fine old gentleman, of regular features, straight nose, a large blue eye, high forehead. A snuff-colored or gray suit, with silver knee and shoe buckles, a white stock of carnbric lawn gathered in five plaits, fastened behind with a paste buckle, showing no collar, narrow ruffles at the shirt-bosom, gold-headed cane and cocked hat. A certain Solomon Sea- man, uncle to Samuel, used to say he hated to see Sam and Sarah Townsend come into meeting, they looked so tall and proud. He was a mem- ber of meeting by birthright, his parents being strict Friends, and his wife, though baptized in the Episcopal Church, preferred the Friends. The preachers, when in Oyster Bay, made his house their home." — Issue, Solomon, Samuel, Robert, William, David, Audrey, Sarah, Phebe. Solomon was born in 1746. In his twentieth year his father put him in command of a brig. When the Revolution broke out he was in com- mand of the ship Glasgow, belonging to Walter Buchanan. In consequence of the interruption to trade she was left in London. Captain Town- send went to Paris, where he made the acquaint- ance of Dr. Franklin, who gave him the follow- ing certificate when he sailed for America : "P.'\ssY, NEAR Pakis, June 28th, 1778. "I certify, to all whom it may concern, that Captain Solomon Townsend, mariner, hath this day appeared voluntarily before me and taken the oath of allegiance to the United States of America, according to the Resolution of Congress, thereby acknowledging himself a subject of the United States. B. Franklin." The original is in the possession of his son, Solomon Townsend. He landed in Boston, and being unable to come to his father's, crossed the country to Chester, Orange County, to the resi- dence of Peter Townsend, son of the 4th Henry. After an absence of seven years. Captain Town- send, by appointment, met some of his family on Shelter Island. Returning to Chester, he married Anne, daughter of Peter Townsend, bought property adjoining his father-in-law, and estab- lished extensive iron-works, but he resided in New York, where he did a large business in iron. He also established a manufactory of bar-iron on Peconic River, Suffolk County. He, in common with others, suffered severely from the commer- cial derangements in the early part of the cen- tury, but he continued his manufacturing opera- tions until his death. He frequently represented New York in the State Legislature, and was a member at the time of his death, which occurred March 27, 181 1. His wife died April 26, 1823.— Issue, Hannah, Anne, Mary, Phebe, Samuel, Ja- cob, Peter, Solomon. Hannah married Isaiah Townsend, and died November i, 1854. (See Isaiah Townsend, Chap. X.) Anne married Effingham Lawrence, and died October 11, 1845. (See Effingham Lawrence, Chap. X.) 72 T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E X D Mary married Edward Holland Nicoll, of New York, and died April 5, 1849.— Issue, Henry, Sol- omon. Henry married Anne, daughter of Phebe Townsend and James Thorne. Solomon married Charlotte, daughter of Samuel Benjamin Nicoll, of Shelter Island.— Issue, De Lanccy, Benjamin, Annie, Charlotte, Edward H., and Mary T. De Lancey, born in 1854, grad. from Princeton College, 1874, later graduated from Columbia Law School, entering the law office of late Clarkson W Potter, brother of late Bishop Potter, and that of Jiilien T. Davies. Mr. Nicoll rose rapidly in his profession and is recognized as one of New York's distinguished lawyers. In 1890, he was elected to the office of Dist. Atty. of N. Y. C. He has also taken great interest in the local politics, as well as taking the stump (Demo- cratic) in several presidential campaigns. In 1890, Mr. Nicoll married Maud Churchill.— Issue, De Lancey and Josephine. Benjamin, a merchant of N. Y. C, married Grace Lord.— Issue, Elise and Courtlandt. Annie married Wm. M. Hoes, a well-known lawyer of N. Y. C. Charlotte mar- ried, first, McKim Minton, second, Willoughby Weston Edward Holland married Edith M. Xravers— Issue, Charlotte Van C, Nancy and Edward H., Jr. Mary T. married, first, James Brown Lord, second, Cornelius C. Cuyler of N. Y. C— Issue, by first, James Couper Lord. Phebe married James Thorne, of Albany.- Is- sue, Sarah, Anna, Robert, Mary, Edward, John, James, Martba. „ t, o . Solomon was born at Oyster Bay, 1805, and died at the old house "Raynham," Oyster Bny, April 2d, 1880. When eighteen years of age he went to China as supercargo for the old Tea House of Edward H. Nicoll & Co. He subse- quently became a member of the firm, and with his nephew Solomon T. Nicoll, continued for many years the firm of S. T. Nicoll & Co. This concern had their ships at sea and did the large,-;! tea business with China at that time of any con- cern in this country. Mr. Townsend was a mem- ber of the Legislature for five years. He mar- ried Helene de Kay Townsend. daughter of Charles de Kay Townsend, of Albany, N. Y.— Issue, Solomon S., Charles de Kay, Robert, Maurice E., Edward N. and Maria Fonda. Sol- omon S. was a member of the State Legislature from Queen's County for five terms. Charles de Kay, a lawyer, was Surrogate of Queen's Co. for six years. He married Wilhelmina B. Har- sell. Robert, a lawyer in N. Y. C, was Aide-dc- Camp on the staff of Governor Grover Cleveland, and for fifteen vears was Asst. Dist. Atty. of N Y C He married Edvthe Earle. Maurice E., a merchant, unmarried. Edward Nicoll, super- visor of the Town of Hempste?d and Editor of the "The Republican." a newspaper published on Lone Island, married Kleta Dow. of Poughkeep- ,;ie N Y.— Issue, Anne, Edward N. Audrey, Farley and Henry M. Maria Fonda, unmarried, resided at "Ravnham," Oyster Bay, together with her brothers Solomon and Maurice Edward. She was a woman of high order of character, and took pleasure in conducting the home from which for so many generations hospitality and loving cheer had been bountifully extended. Always public spirited in any matter concerning the im- provement of Oyster Bay. She died at "Rayn- ham," March "th, 1909, sincerely mourned by the community. Anna married Henry, son of Mary Townsend and Edward H. Nicoll. Robert married Sallie Richardson. Mary married Dr. Artliur Jackson, Middletown, Conn.— Issue, Arthur, Edward, and Lottie. Edward died unmarried. May 23, 1863. Samuel died unmarried, February 6, 1834. Jacob died unmarried, July 25, 1830. Peter was educated as a physician, and pub- lished several medical works. Beside his profes- sional labors, he was the most indefatigable col- lector of family history, tradition, and anecdote. His manuscripts are monuments of the zeal and industry with which he pursued his work of love. It will be observed that we make frequent use of these manuscripts. He died March 26, 1849. Martha married Elbert Floyd-Jones. Samuel, son of Samuel, married Esther, daugh- ter of Penn Townsend. He died in Wilmington, N. C. — Issue, Penn, who died in infancy. Robert, son of Samuel, died unmarried, March 7, 1S38. William, son of Samuel, died unmarried. He was drowned. David, son of Samuel, died unmarried, May 17, 178s. Audrey, daughter of Samuel, married Captain James Farley, and died without children, No- vember 28, 1829. Sarah, daughter of Samuel, died unmarried, December 19, 1S42. This lady and her sisters are remembered with respect and affection by those who were in their day the young people of the family, who always found them, notwitlistanding their advanced age and Mrs. Farley's blindness, most cheerful, agreeable companions. Phebe, daughter of Samuel, married Dr. Eben- ezer Seely, and died without children, October 12, 1841. All these children of Samuel, except Samuel and William, are buried on Fort Hill. J.^coB. son of Jacob, of Jericho, was born in 1730. He settled in Oyster Bay, in the house next to his brother Samuel, and married Mercy Butler. He afterwards removed to New York, where he was extensively and successfully en- gaged in mercantile pursuits. He died December 31, 1773, and was buried in the family burying- ground at Jericho. — Issue, Jacob, Almy, Hannah, Martha. Jacob died unmarried in the West Indies. Ahny married Thomas Buchanan.— Issue, Jean, Almv, Margaret, Martha, Eliza, George, Hannah, Fanny.— Jean died unmarried (1848) in her eighty-second year. Almy married Peter P. Goelet. Margaret mar- ried Robert R. Goelet. Martha married Thomas Hicks. Eliza married Samuel Gifford, and died (1855) in her eighty-second year. George died unmarried. Hannah died unmarried. Fanny 73 T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D married Thomas Pearsall, and died (1863) in her eighty-fifth year. Hannah married Major Joseph Green, and went to Ireland. Martha married I. Pasha, Tortola, W. I. Benjamin, son of Jacob, of Jericho, was born 1723. He married Betty, daughter of George Frost, an heiress. She is described as a wee wee woman. They Hved for soine time on her prop- erty at Buckram, which included the mill now belonging to Silas Cocke. In 1769, they sold to Zebulon Frost, and removed to Jericho, where, upon the place which was his grandfather's, now owned by Samuel Underbill, he built a house, the first of two stories, front and rear, erected in this part of the country. Samuel Underbill told us he had heard of a wagon-full of people going up from Oyster Bay to look at the "high bouse." He died September 18, 1789. and was buried on his own place, in the family burying-ground. — Issue, Frost, Jaines, Elizabeth, Benjamin, George, Nancy, Phebe. Frost died unmarried, July 18, 1770, aged twenty-one. James died at sea, unmarried, Feb- ruary 13, 1790, aged thirty-nine years. Elizabeth married Henry Mitchel, of New York, and was a woman of very superior character. She left no children. Benjamin married Martha Powell. — Issue, Bet- sey, Mary, Jacob P., Nancy, Benjamin, Jr. George married Elizabeth Bowne. — Issue, Wal- ter, James. Walter married Harriet Jones, and died January 23, 1854. James married Charlotte Robinson. Nancy married Abraham Franklin. Phebe married Samuel Talman. — Issue, James T., George, Frances. Sarah, Anne, William. James Townsend married Mary Watson Lawrence. — Is- sue, Emily, who married William Henry Davis, March 3d, 1S25. — Issue, Townsend (see Dr. An- thony Davis of Henry 2d., Chap. X.), and Mary Talman. Mary Talman married George Howell Dunbar, June 18, 1S72. — Issue, Anna Lawrence, born Feb. 23, 1875, Ethel Effingham, born Aug. 30, 1S76, and Davis Townsend, born July 14th, 1882. Anna Lawrence married Seymour P. White, May loth, 1898. — Issue, ^larian, born June 27th, 1899, and Einily, born Feb. 16, 1901. Ethel Effingham married John Plerkimer Graves, March 30, 1901. — Issue, John Dunbar, born Jan. g, 1902, and Davis Dunbar, born Aug. 29, 1903. George died unmarried. Frances inarried George W. Russell. Sarah married Gabriel Wisner. Anne married Henry Coit. William died unmarried. James, son of Jacob, of Jericho, was born De- cember 17, 1729. He studied medicine with Dr. Bard, one of the most eminent physicians in New York. His uncle, Nathaniel Townsend, had married the widow of Samuel Hicks, and to her daughter Mary he became very much attached ; the letter in which he offered himself to her has been preserved, and we think his descendants will thank us for the perusal of it. TO MARY HICKS. "Most Amiable Maid: It is a long time since I first conceived an extraordinary esteem of your person and virtues, and, since I have been more particularly acquainted with you, am convinced that my opinion is founded on a firm and solid basis. Esteem it not flattery, when I tell you that, in my opinion, you excel most of your sex. When I reflect on the sweetness of your temper, the harmony of your language, the courteousness of your behavior, with the graceful deportment of your person, adorned with an unaffected and charming modesty, my heart is filled with love; and if a breast void of dissimulation, with a pas- sion founded on the strictest principles of virtue and honor, could plead me a return of your affection, I should not much doubt of obtaining it. Though perhaps you cannot grant me that, I am sensible the sweetness of your disposition will not allow you to be guilty of so much in- gratitude as to hate any one for loving you, so that I may hope that by continuing my en- deavors to convince you of the greatness and sincerity of my passion, I may at last cause you to cominiserate my condition and bless me with your love, the attaining of which is my chief aim in presenting you with these. Pray pardon my boldness in addressing you after this manner, and believe me to be your sincere admirer and humble servant, "James Townsend. "21st of March, I7SS-" The answer of the lady is not extant, but it was favorable, and in 1756, when he was at the Bay of Honduras — on what errand does not appear — he addressed the following chantiir»g love-letter to her: TO MARY HICKS. "I could not, my dear Molly, without being guilty of the highest degree of ingratitude, omit this opportunity of writing to one who had so great an esteem for me as to think me worthy of the first place m her affection, and who expressed so great and tender a concern for my welfare as you did when I last saw you. I had a short and pleasant voyage to this place, and am now in a good state of health, as my sincerest wish is these may find you. I am sorry to tell you that I do not e.xpect to see you before ne.xt summer, my affairs here being likely to detain me longer than I expected when I left Long Island. I beg, my dear Molly, that you will not impute my continuing here to a coldness or alienation in my affection, for I can truly assure you that my love is no ways impaired by absence, and that I have as great an opinion of and esteem for your person and virtues, and my affection is so firmly centred on you that it is impossible for time or absence to remove or diminish it. What gives me the greatest uneasiness is that I am obliged to be so long absent from you, and no probability of hearing from you while I am here. Excuse 74 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND me my dear Molly, for reminding you of the MelitTthat we have mutually P^'"'^^,;^. ^"^'^ other Although I have no reason to doubt the sincerity of your love, I must acknowledge to you that when I consider of your ment and my absence, I cannot keep the thought of a rival out of my breast, and notwithstandmg I miagms yoiir °ove is as truly fixed as mine, yet the threats and entreaties of friends, and such as say they are and are not, I am sensible w,th some (though I hone I mav exclude you out of the number) would induce them to pursue measures contrary to their inclination. Allow me, dear Molly, to mention to you a couple of hues that I have met with somewhere in the course of my rcadmg, and to recommend them to you ; they are these : •■ 'Let no dire threat, or kind entreaties move To give thy person where thou canst not love. "May the Protector of virgin innocence be with vou With the greatest sincerity and warmth ot affection, I most tenderly salute you, and am, my dear Molly, immutably yours "Jas. Townsend. "My best respects to your uncle and aunt, to Polly VVillets, and all inquirers m general. •^ "J.^S. fOWNSENa "Bay of Honduras, i4"» of March, 1756." His fears of a rival, if indeed they were any thin°- more than the rhetorical flourish of a love?, proved unfounded, and they were mar- ried, April 2, 1757, and settled upon his father s homestead at Jericho, where he practised niedi- cine He was a member of the Provmcial Con- gress before the British took possession of the Town, and was elected a member of the hrst Federal Congress, in 1789, but he died before the session opened. The circumstances of his death, and that of four of his seven children within a few days of each other, make one of the saddest records we ever read. The seven were Mary, Patty James, Phebe, Almy, Samuel, Margaret. In 1787, Samuel, a lad of seventeen, went to New York, into the counting-house of Moses Rogers. In 1788, Almy married Townsend Underbill, a merchant in New \ ork. In 1780 Phebe married John Townsend, also a merchant in New York. These three ab«nt members kept up a lively correspondence with their family at Jericho, especially with Mary, the oldest sister. A great many of these lettei-s are in the possession of Miss Mary Townsend, the daughter of Margaret. They are very in- teresting in themselves, showing great warmth ot family affection, and written in a very easy, agree- able style ; but when read with the knowledge of the melancholy fate that was so soon to befall this united, happy young family, they are extreme- ly touching. A few of them we will insert. 1 He f^rst is from Phebe to Almy, then living in New York It was written December 9, 1788. she was married early in 1798. and was now making her preparations. It may be edifying to the brides of the present generation to know something ot the preparations made by their great-grand- tnothers for the important event, and, to add to the interest on this occasion, we will state the fact that the bride was a beauty. TO MRS. ALMY UNDERBILL. "Jericho, Dec. gth, 1788. "Dear Sister :— To convince you how happy I am to hear from you, I sit down to thank you for your favor (which I received on Sunday) of a pretty late date. I thought quite hard that you could not answer my letter, though I read yours to Mary with pleasure, if you would not write to me. Oh, Almy, you do not know how much I want to see you, though I cannot wish you to come now, lest you would not come in a few weeks hence, when I am to promise to remain in one mind forever. I could wish my dear sister and brothers to be present when the solemn cere- mony is performed ; however, if you had rather come now than wait a few weeks longer, 1 can t insist upon it. • l 1 • 1, t "I send enclosed four pounds, with which 1 shall be much obliged to you to get me silk" for a bonnet. White satin I have seen, from 1 en- brook's, which was twelve shillings a yard, that I think good enough ; but don't think it is so white as I could wish. You can look at it._ Per- haps I was mistaken in the whiteness of it; the width is the same of yours, and yours took three-quarters, I remember. Ribbon to put on behind, and lining for the fore-part and crown; you will know better how much to get than I can tell now. I should be glad you would get me such a muslin handkerchief as the finest one that I got for you. I likewise wish you would get me muslin and gauze for caps, a half a yard, and a half a nail of book-mushn of the width of this string. I would not wish it narrower, as that is the width of two crowns, and narrower would not suit. Silk gauze I should prefer; get a yard and a half, if you please, and five or six yards of ribbon to trim them. I am sorry to trouble you for these things, but hope you will not make it a fatigue, as I am not in a hurry. Bmther James will be in town (he now talks) at Christ- mas or before. I should be glad if you could get them to send by him. I believe I have done all my business, so will conclude with my most re- spectful compliments to Townsend and Samma (her brother Samuel), and believe me, your af- fectionate sister, Phebe Townsend. "This goes by Hubbs, whom I shall expect you to write by. <„, . "Monday morning. "I shall be glad you would get me camlet for a cloak. I like the color of yours. You caii inquire how much it will take, and ferret to bind the cape, and baize for lining. P. 1- The next letter is from Mary to Almy, written about two months after the birth of Almy s child, the first in the family, generally a sufficiently im- portant event; but these sisters were more than ordinarily pleased with the little stranger, and from this time their letters show how large a space he occupied in the family circle. 75 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND TO MRS. ALMY UNDERHILL. "2yth May, 1789. "The sun has just tipped the tops of the trees with gold, and I am seated to write to my sister without any thing particular to say. It is a lux- urious morning, though a little chilly; all nature looks smiling, and the birds seem to enjoy it as much as any part of the creation. I think the Sentimental Traveller might have as joyous a riot of the affections, travelling this season of the year, as he could paint to himself in the vintage in France. We can't boast of many flowers but the narcissus. We have them this year, though they are small. I am not botanist enough to ac- count for it. I think Armstrong ascribes their blasting to the east winds; we had very cold wmds from the east at the time the buds were shooting, so I can't agree with him. I rather thmk It is leaving the earth untouched. Another year shall try it. "Yours by post I have received, the bit of vel- vet also, which I thank you for. You said you wrote m a hurry. I suppose, by the shortness of your letter, you did. I have written to know how that dear babe is several times, but can't get any particular account relative to him He is a good child, all agree, but whether he has ever smiled I can't find out. I asked George, but he could not tell. He says he has grown consider- ably. I wish to know your intention with regard to sending those things talked of to bleach Captain Farley is down, and will have things to bring up in the boat. H you would send them on board with his, I dare say he will take care to bring them ashore; we can get them any time from there. "I have heard there is considerable small-pox in t°wn. I hope you will be particularly careful of the babe. Is the measles done in town? I hear It IS now in Jericho. The whooping-cough is not far from us. John has had a chance to catch it Should they get both, it would be bad indeed Aunt A. s wheel is buzzing, and I must join, so conclude with love to Townsend, "Your affectionate sister, M. T." This Mary, the oldest of the family, seems not only to have relieved her mother of the care of the household, but to have assisted in every pos- ^ble way the two young housekeepers in town. Ihere is no letter in which there is not some allusion to matters which she had in hand for them, and her letters prove her to have had an excellent head to contrive, as well as a skilful hand to execute, all the arrangements for house- hold comforts and necessities. The next letter is from her to Patty, written while on a visit to rhebe and Almy, in November, 1789. TO MISS PATTY TOWNSEND. „P, e "Nov 20th, Little Dock Stkeet. Uear Sister :— Several of my last letters I wrote in such a hurry, that I could not mention particulars; now have time, but am trcubled with the toothache, which will prevent my beinth, 1803. His wife died September 17th, 1825, aged 90 years. — Issue, Betsey, Henry, Zebulon, Noah, Phebe, and Charles. Charles died unmarried, of yellow fever, on Staten Island, September iSth, 1799. Betsey married, first, Lewis Carpenter. — Issue, Townsend, Thomas, and Henry. Second, Robert Little. — Issue, Phebe, Elizabeth, and Martha. Phebe married Wright, and is one of the ladies to whom this Memorial is dedicated. Martha married Henry Titus. — Issue, two sons and one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Joshua T. Cromwell. Her daughter Sarah married Charles H. Townsend, and is the person from whom we obtained the genealogy of this branch of the family. Henry 6th married Mary Bennett. — Issue, Isaiah, John, Mary A., Samuel, William, Peter A., Han- nah, Charles, and Noah. Peter, Charles, and Noah, died unmarried. Isaiah married Hannah, daughter of Solomon Townsend (see Solomon, of Samuel, Chap. III.). He and his brother John were for many years among the most prominent men in Albany, both as merchants and politicians. — Issue, Isaiah, An- na, Robert, Franklin, Howard, Frederick, and Mary. Isaiah married Harriet, daughter of his uncle Samuel Townsend. Anna married Henry Hull Martin, of Albany, N. Y. — Issue, Henry H., Bradley, born Dec. 18, 1841, Frederick Townsend, Howard Townsend and Alice. Bradley Martin married Cornelia Sherman. — Issue, Bradley, Jr., capitalist, born July 6th, 1873, grad. Christ Churcli, Oxford, Eng., B.A., 1894, and Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1897, married at Beverley Castle, Scotland, Nov. 2d, 1904, Helen Margaretten Phipps. — Issue, Henry Bradley, born March 27. igo6, director of several companies and member of many clubs; residing in N. Y. City; are prom- inent socially. Cornelia, daughter of Bradley Mar- tin, married Earl Craven. The Earl and Countess Craven reside at Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair, London, England. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, before their daughter's marriage, gave most notable entertainments in their N. Y. mansion, but now reside with Countess Craven in London. Mr. Martin recalls his great-uncle Dr. Peter Townsend, his grandmother's brother, who died in New York City at the old home in State Street on Battery. He says when he visited the old Townsend Mansion at Albany he used to play the piano for him, the favorite piece representing a great battle, through the power of music. He would also tell him "bloody stories." Frederick Townsend Martin and Howard Townsend ar.e unmarried. The former, especially, is noted for the number and brilliancy of the entertainments of which he is host, on both sides of the Atlantic. He aims to bring the social, theatrical, and lit- erary world agreeably together, and is interested as •well in many charities. It gives him pleasure to refer lo his great-grandfather, Solomon Townsend, who lived in the State Street Mansion on Battery, N. Y. City, who was as well a great entertainer in the days of Alexander Hamilton. Alice, daughter of Henry and Anna (Townsend) Martin, mar- ried Julicn Tappan Davies, born Sept. 25, 1845, N. Y. City, a graduate of many schools and of Columbia College, and Columbia College Law School; a man of attainments, a brilliant lawyer, trustee of business corporations, a member of many clubs, and of great social prominence, April 22d, 1869, Mrs. Davies deceased. — Issue, Julien Townsend married Marie R. de Garmendia, resid- ing at W. Islip, L. I. Ethel married Archibald G. Thatcher, residing in New York City. Frederick Martin and Cornelia Sherman, residing with their father in New York City. Robert, Captain, in the U. S. Navy married Harriet Monroe. Franklin, Adjutant General S. N. Y., married Anna King. Howard, prominent physician, Albany, married Justina Van Rensalear. — Issue, Howard Towns- end, son of Dr. Howard Townsend, is a leading member of the New York bar. Frederick, Ad- jutant General S. N. Y., founded Camp Towns- end at Peekskill, married Sarah Rathbone. Mary married General William H. Walker, of the Southern Army, who was killed at Atlanta, Ga. John married Abby Spencer. — Issue, Theodore, John, Edward, Laura, Abby, Julia, and Mary A. Samuel married Mary, daughter of William Townsend, of Cornwall. (See William, of Thomas, Chap. XVII.) Mary married Andrew Cock. Hannah married Dr. Elisha Hedges. Zebulon, of Henry 5th, married Anna Cock. He died October 4th, 1836; his wife, March 3d. 1851, aged 88 years. — Issue, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe, Charles, and Henry. Elizabeth was born May 25th, 1794, and mar- ried Daniel Cromwell. — Issue, Charlotte, Eliza- beth, Henry, Edward and Daniel. Elizabeth mar- ried Thomas Woodward. Henry married Sarah Bowne. Edward married Martha Birdsall. Dan- iel died unmarried. Mary was born June 7th. 1796, and married David Ford. — Issue, Elizabeth, Phebe, Margaret Harriet, Charles, John, Benjamin, William, Henry, David, and Townsend. Phebe was born December 15th, 1797, and mar- ried Israel Green. — Issue, Anne, Charles, Towns- end, William, Henry, Caroline, and Fanny. Townsend and Henry died unmarried. Charles was born January i6tli, 1800, and mar- ried Margaret Conklin. He died September 24th, '839. — Issue, Sally A., Noah, William, and Har- riet. All except Noah died young. Henry was born May 9th, 1S03, and married Harriet Conklin. He died Scptemljer 29th, 1849. tissue, Charles Henry, Margaret, Mary, and Ed- ward. All died young but Charles H., who mar- ried Sarah Cromwell, daughter of Joshua Titus Cromwell and Elizabeth Little, December 28th, 1858. — Issue, Harriet Conklin, Willet R,, who died in infancy, Elizabeth Little, Margaret Conk- lin, and Rosamond Burphalter. Harriet Conklin married William Mackintosh, of Buffalo, N. Y., 97 T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D April 23. 1885. — Issue, Walter Townsend, Crom- well, and Rosamond. Margaret mirried Philip Sydney Westcott, April 29th, 1905. Charles Henry Townsend died 1905 and his wife Sarah Crom- well in 1907. Mr. Townsend's grandfather, Zeb- ulon Townsend, came to Highland iMills, N. Y., in 1804, purchasing the large farming lands and homestead on which Charles Hy. lived and died. He continued the cultivation of the lands ; kept the mill going, which was built in 1756, until it burned in 1873. He was also postmaster at Highland Mills for many years. The four daughters who survive him are the last of his branch of the family, three of whom continue to live in the old homestead at Highland Mills. Noah, of Henry 5th, married Letty Conklin. He left no children. Phchc, of Henry Sth, married William Jackson, of Philadelphia. — Issue. William and Isaac. The last is professor in Union College, Schenectady. Nicholas married Philadelphia Doughty. — Is- sue, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Mary. Hannah married Jacob Cock. Elizabeth married James Hallock. Mary married Cock. Peter married Hannah Hawxhurst. He was very successfully employed in the manufacture of iron, and made the chain that was stretched across the North River in the Revolution. — Issue, Anne, William, Peter, Isaac, and Sarah. Anne married Solomon Townsend. (See Sol- omon, of Samuel, Chap. III.) VVilUam married Elizabeth Franklin. Isaae married Elizabeth Jackson. Sarah married Dr. Anthony Davis. — Issue, William Henry, born January ist, 181 1, married Emily Talman, daughter of James Townsend Tal- man, of New York City, March 3d, 1825. He died May, 1874. They were cousins, descended from Townsends on both sides. — Issue, Tozoisend Davis, who became member of the firm of Smith Davis & Co., Marine & Fire Underwriters, of Buffalo, N. Y. He married Annie Carter Knowl- ton, and died September 30th. 1899. — Issue, Emily Knowlton, Henry Townsend, and William Henry. Henry Townsend, or, as known, H. Townsend Davis, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., June 8, 1867, grad. at Harvard College 1800, became a member of his father's firm, Smith-Davis & Co., in Buf- falo, and later a member of the firm of E. F. Hutton & Co., Bankers, N. Y. C, also a member of the N. Y. Stock Exchange. He married, Jan- uary 9th, 1900, Henrietta Poole, daughter of Dr. Parker A. Poole. No issue. Mr. Davis has re- signed from the firm of E. F. Hutton & Co.. and resides at his place, "Tower Hall," Mahwah, N. J._ He is a member of many clubs, and this winter is touring Cuba. Peter married Alice Cornell. — Issue, William H., Peter, Isaac, Robert C, Elizabeth A., and George C. William married Sarah A. Austin. Peter married Caroline Parish. Isaac married Mary Austen. He was a very public-spirited man and did much towards gaining improvements for Blackwell's and Randall's islands. — Issue, Amy Cornell, Elizabeth Austen, Sarah Helen, Isaac and Mary Alice. Amy Cornell, unmarried, re- sides in the family mansion, Fifth Avenue, N. Y. C. Elizabeth Austen married George H. Bend. — Issue, Amy and Beatrice. Amy married Cort- landt Field Bishop — Issue, . They reside in N. Y. C. Mr. Bishop is one of America's fore- most promoters of Aeronautics. He has served two terms as President of the 'Aero Club of America," and has lately returned with his family from a sojourn in France to take the presidency a third time at the unanimous request of the members and directors, as his knowledge of aeronautic affairs here and abroad is extensive. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are very prominent socially. Sarah Helen married Buchanan Winlhrop. — Issue, Henry Rogers and Marie. They reside in N. Y. City. Henry Rogers, born July 2d. 1876, is a mem- ber of the firm of Harris, Winthrop & Co., of New York City. He married Alice Babcock, daughter of Henry D. Babcock, October 3d, 1905. — Issue, Alice, born October 23d, 1908. They are very prominent socially. Mr. Winthrop is one of the founders and patrons of "The New Theatre," which is designed to raise the standard of Art in America. Isaac. Mary Alice, married Charles Adams Sackett, of Providence, R. I., and they reside and are very prominent socially at their place, "Miramir," New London, Conn. — Issue, Isaac Townsend, . who died. Austen Townsend, who grad. at Yale College, 1907, and Audrey Townsend. It is told that Lafayette scratched lines on one of the window panes of the house of the late Edward Townsend, of Oyster Bay, "To Audrey's Eyes." Robert C married Mary Whittemore. Elizabeth A. married John H. Austin. Phebe married Joseph Lawrence, in 1764. — Is- sue, Elizabeth, Henry, Phebe, Richard, and Ef- fingham. Elizabeth married Silas Titus. Henry married Harriet Van Wyck. Phebe married Obadiah Townsend. (See 06a- diah, of Thomas, Chap. XVII.) Lydia married Anthony Franklin. Richard married Betsey Franklin. Effingham married Anne, daughter of Solomon Townsend (see Solomon, of Samuel, Chap. III.). — Issue, Townsend, Lydia, Henry, William, Ef- fingham, Robert, Mary, Edward, Joseph, Cor- nelius, and Hannah. Townsend died unmarried. Lydia married, first, Edward N. Lawrence. — Issue, Frederick Newbold ; second, Cornelius W. Law- rence, a prominent merchant, was Mayor of New York City 1834- 1837, and upon his retirement from business, the merchants of N. Y. paid a glowing tribute through the press upon his fine personal qualities and public integrity, tendering a great banquet in his honor; signed — Saul Alley, G. G. Howland, Preserved Fish, Jacob Harvey, Robert B. Minturn, Henry Parish, D. F. Manice, William Legget, Silas Brown, John Stewart, Jr., Nathaniel Weed, George Sharpe, H. Booraem, Reuben Withers, Daniel Trimble, Jacob Kerno- chan, Edward Taylor, Isaac S. Hone, Amos Pal- mer, Prosper M. Wetmore, Committee on behalf Merchants and Citizens of New York City, ISAAC TOWNSEND. New York City. AUDREY TOWXSENI) SACKETT. "Mirainir." New London, Conn. JAMES BLISS TOW.\SEND. New York City. TO WN SEND — TOWNS H END October 2d, 1833. Frederick Nevjbold La-i'- rence, at one time President New York Stock Exchange, and now President of the Union Club, N. Y. C, resides in the old Lawrence Mansion, "Stone House," at Bay Side, L. I. He married Elizabeth Boyce.— Issue, Lillie. who married Major Chas. H. McKinstry, U. S. Army, sta- tioned at San Francisco, Cal. Mary, who mar- ried, first, Frank Loomis White, of N. Y. C, second, Foxhall P. Keene, of N. Y. C— Issue, by first marriage, Loomis Lawrence White, who married Julia J. Fanshawe, and resides at Red Bank, N. J. Elizabeth married J. Henry Alex- andre, of N. Y. City. — Issue. Virginia Lawrence, Frederick Francis, and Mary Elizabeth. Virginia married Louis M. Howland. — Issue. Elizabeth Lawrence, Hortense and Nathalie Marie. Mrs. Howard deceased. Henry married Fanny Bra- shiere. William married, first, Caroline Lawrence, second Augusta ilickle.— Issue, Carrie, Andrew, Grace, Effingham and William. These married, but data cannot be obtained except of Grace, who married James Norton Winslow, of Winslow and Lanier, bankers, N. Y. C. — Issue, Lawrence Lanier. EfUnghani married Jane Osgood. — Issue, Annie, Janet, Effingham, Elizabeth and Helen. Mary married Andrew H. Mickle, at one time Mayor of New York City. — Issue, Annie and Janet. Janet married her cousin Effingham Law- rence — Issue, Effingham, who married Dorothy J. Gookin. Edward married Hannah Mickle. — Issue, Julia, Effingham, Mary, and George. Elizabeth married John McCoun. They re- moved to Troy, where their sons were merchants of high standing. — Issue, Townsend, John, Sam- uel, William, Richard, Hannah, and Sally. Sally married Elisha Tibbits. M.^RTHA married Daniel McCoun. — Issue, An- nie, Elizabeth, Martha, Daniel, Peter, and Henry. Elizabeth married Daniel Jackson. Absalom married Helen De Kay. — Issue, Henry Robert, Charles. Solomon, Absalom, Fanny, Chris- tina, Sarah, Helena, Hannah, and Martha. Charles married Maria Fonda. — Issue, John F., Helena. Maria, and Sarah. John F. married Catharine Douw. Helena married Solomon Townsend. (See Solomon, of Solomon, Chap. III.) Maria married Maurice Viele. Sarah mar- ried Edwin Coles. (See Edwin, of Butler, Chap. VII.) Solomon married Cannon. Helen married Asa Gardiner. Hannah married Noyes. Martha married Isaac Fonda. ABSALOM, SON OF HENRY 3D, Married Deborah Weeks. He lived upon the place belonging to Mrs. De Kay. His wife died the loth of October, 1739; he, February 2d, 1795. — Issue, Mary, Philena, Anne and Deborah. Mary was born June loth, 1732. and married James Wooden, who was bom May 17th, 1726. He died March i6th. 1805; she, November 27th, 1824. — Issue, Absalom, Isaac, Solomon, Judith, Elizabeth, James, and Townsend. Absalom was bom July nth, 1733; died De- cember 13th, 1841. Isaac married Sarah Webb, and died December 3d, 1830. — Issue, Mary, who married Patrick Laurie. — Issue, Mary and William. Solotnon, born February 8th, 1760; died Feb- ruary 23d, 1842. Judith, born March 12th, 1762, and married Arnold Fleet in 1780. — Issue, Daniel, James, and Deborah. Daniel married Rebecca Youngs. James married Judith Townsend; (See Judith, of Joseph, Chap. VII.) Deborah married John Wood. — Issue, William, Judith, John, Arnold, and James E. Elizabeth, born June 12th, 1766; died September 20th, 1857. James, born April 19th, 1770, and died October 28th, 1 84 1. Tozcnsend. born October 12th, 1772, and died of the small-pox, February 15th, 1795. Philena was born December 14th, 1734. She married, first, Richard Butler; and second, Thom- as Alsop, in 1761. — Issue, by her first husband, John, William, and Deborah ; by the second, Nannie and Richard. John and William died un- married. Deborah married Thomas Smith, and lived at Cove Neck, where her sons now reside. Nannie married Joseph White. Richard married Judith Parish. — Issue, Nancy, who married Joseph Storrs. Anne was born November 24th, 1736. She married Daniel Parish, and died without children, November 29th, 1783. ROBERT, SON OF HENRY 2D. Received from his father a part of the saw-mill at Mill Neck, and land near there, together with the house standing upon the bank east of the mill. He was a merchant, but not successful, and sold most, if not all, of his property there during his life. He was elected for many successive years to take charge of intestate estates. He had a son Henry, of whom we know only the name. Dr. P. Townsend says that about iSoo a descend- ant of his (he does not say in what generation), named Henry, kept a school in New York, whose son John was a midshipman, and died on the coast of Africa. CHAPTER XL JOHN, SON OF henry 1ST. It is not known who his first wife was, except that her name was Johannah. She died October 6th, 1680. His second wife was Esther Smith. He seems to have had much of the tact and talent of the family, in those days, for public affairs. He was one of the Town Surveyors from 1686 until his death, a period of nineteen years. At almost every Town Meeting, John Townsend at Mill is called on to perform some service for the public. He died May 9th, 1705. His widow lived until I74() certainly, probably longer. .According to the traditions preserved by Dr. P. Townsend, and cor- roborated by the Town Records, she must have been a woman of remarkable energy and business f)0 TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND talent. Dr. Townsend says she fitted out a sloop for a trading voyage to Ocracoke Inlet, N. C, and started off with her son Micajah and her daugliter Zeruiah. The cargo being principally cider, the sloop was nicknamed the Cider-Tub by the people of the village. The doctor does not tell us the result of the speculation, further than that Dr. Parish (who was, or had been, a surgeon in the Royal Navy) was of the party, and made himself so agreeable and useful that he captivated Zeruiah, who married him. He tells us, however, that Esther was a short, stout wom- an. John at Mill had issue, by his first wifL-, Hannah ; by the second, Hetty, Sarah, Zeruiah, Jothani, Micajah, Jonadab, and John. Of Sarah we only know that she married Edmond Wright, and her son. Dr. Thomas Wright, died in the Provost, New York, during the Revolution. Hetty married Harcourt, and is repre- sented as a very pious woman. Of Jonadab we know nothing, except that he had a daughter Rachel, who married Solomon Wheeler. Hannah, daughter of Mill John, married Samson, son of Christopher Hawxhurst. Her father gave her a tract of land at Cedar Swamp, which he says in the deed he got from his father, who wished her to have it. This land her husband exchanged for a tract at Matinecock (now Buckram), where he probably had some be- fore. He also bought mills at Glen Cove, and seems to have been a very active man, but prob- ably not altogether prudent, as at his death some of his land had to be sold to pay his debts. Hannah survived him, but nothing more is known of her.— Issue, William, Joseph, Benjamin, Sam- son, and Daniel. We know of no descendants of Samson in the male line. Daniel moved away. JOSEPH lived and died on a part of his father's place, which, with other large parts, belongs now to Samuel Cock. His son William lived in Mill River Hollow. Ephraim, son of Wilham, lived at Westbury, where he died not long ago. highly respected. Allen, son of William, lives at Oyster Bay. He was for many years a justice of the peace, an office which he filled with abilitv and integrity. WILLIAM and BENJAMIN, sons of Samson, were very extensively engaged in business at Oyster Bay and Cold Spring. They probably ex- tended their operations too much, for they failed and moved to New York. William married Anne Prat,. His daughter Hannah married Peter Townsend (see Peter, of Henry 4th Chap X ) Sarah and Amji.^both married William Denning, of New York. *One of Benjamin's daughters married Timothy Matlack, and another married Willet Hicks. Zeruiah. daughter of Mill John, married Dr. Matthew Parish. They lived on the place now belonging to Mrs. Miner, which she inherited — Issue, Esther, Elizabeth, Daniel, }cUl and Towns- end. _ ESTHER was born March nth, 1719, and mar- ried Penn Townsend. (See Penn Townsend, Chapter VI.) ELIZABETH married, first, Richard Latting; second, Augustine Weeks, in 1757. — Issue, by the first, Zeruiah, Saiah, Freelove, and Richard; by the second, Refine. Zeruiah married Captain James Farley in 1770.— Issue, Elizabeth and Margaret. Elizabeth was born July 26th, 1772, and mar- ried Zebulon Frost, November 14th, 1792.— Issue, Sarah, Anne, and James. Sarah married Hallet Thorne. Anne married Charles Frost. (See Cb-arles, of Sarah, Chap. VII.) James married Eliza Tower. Margaret was born March ist, 1775. and mar- ried Townsend Cock, November 14th, 1792. (See Townsend, of Rosannah and Daniel, Chap. VII.) She died March 8th, 1848. Sarah married Latting Carpenter. Freelove married John Cock. (See John, of Rosannah and Hecekiah, Chap. VII.) DANIEL married Anne, daughter of Absalom Townsend, and died without children, at a very advanced age. JOHN died unmarried, also at a great age. TOWNSEND married Freelove Dodge.— Issue, Isaac, Ambrose, Judith, Mary, Penn, and Jacob. Isaac married Annie Latting. — Issue, Towns- end, Anne, Phebe, Sarah, and Richard. Ambrose married Deborah Wheeler.— Issue, Stephen, Isaac, Daniel, Sarah, Mary A., William, Ambrose, Eliza, and Henry. Judith married Richard Alsop. — Issue, Nancy. Mary married Silas Latting.— Issue, Zachariah, Eliza, and Judith. Penn married Elizabeth Mapes.— Issue, Mary. Jacob married Freelove Powell. — Issue, Daniel, James, Henry, Thomas, Nancy, and Martha. Refine married Tobias.— Issue, Eliza- beth, Sarah, Jacob, Ambrose, James, Ellwood, and Barclay. JOTHAM, son of mill JOHN, Married, first, Martha, daughter of Rose Wright and Nathaniel Coles, Jr. She died very young, and he married Anne Kissam, who survived him many years. He bought from the heirs of the 3d Henry Townsend, the share of the mill which they owned, and got permission from the Town to close the road, which was father north, and open one upon the dam. He died about 1752. — Issue, by the first wife, Freelove and John. JOHN married Judith, daughter of Penn Townsend, in 1767. He died December 7th, 178,=;. (See Judith, of Penn, Chap. IV.) FREELOVE married the Rev. Walter Wilmot, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Jamaica. He was born at Southampton, Suffolk County, in 1709. and graduated at Yale, 1735. She died at Jamaica, February 25th, 1744, and was buried on Mill Hill, where her tombstone bears the follow- ing inscription : "Here lyes Mrs. Freelove Wilmot, Dec'd Feb, 25th. 1744, Aged 23 years. "Behold my dearest part has left this world All nature into ruin shall be hurl'd : Then will .^he rise, brisht as ye mornins star. And gain the skies with Joy beyond compare." 100 T O W N S E N D — T O W N S H E N D Mr. Wilmot died at Jamaica, and was buried in the graveyard belonging to his church. The fol- lowing epitaph was copied from his headstone : "Here lies the Rev. Walter Wilmot, died Aug. 6th, 1744. aged 35 years. "No more from sacred desk I preach. You'll hear my voice no more ; Yet from the dead my dust will teach The same I tpught before. "Be ready tor this dark abode. That when our bodies rise We'll meet with joy the Son of God, Desceudiug from the skies." Thompson says he was a much-loved pastor. — Issue, Freelove, born February 25th, 1744; mar- ried James Townsend, of Duck Pond. (See James, of IVilliaiH, Chapter VII.) She died July 2ist, i8og. MicAjAH, SON OF MiLL JoHN, was bom 1699; he inherited the land at Cedar Swamp bought by Robert, son of Henry ist, from the Indians, and settled upon it. April 23d, 1732, he married Elizabeth Piatt, who died May i6th, 1759. De- cember. 1760, he married iMeribah, widow of Joshua Townsend, who died very soon after, and in December, 1763, he married Anne, widow of George Frost. He was a very decided Whig in the Revolution, as was his son Jotham. He died November 9th, 1781.— Issue, Piatt, Epenetus, Jo- tham and Micah. PLATT was born 1733. and married. April 26th, 1760, to Elizabeth Hubbard, who was born in i"43- He was a prominent physician in the city of New York. His wife died October 2d, 1776, and he married Betty Dickinson, October 15th, 1777.— Issue, by the first wife, Elizabeth, William, Isaac, and Mary; by the second, Frances and Piatt. Platt was drowned in 1805. Frances married Lancaster Lupton, and was remarkable for her literary attainments, and not less so for her feminine accomplishments. EPENETUS was born 1742, and married Lucy Beach September loth, 1769. He was an Epis- copal clergyman. He with his whole family was lost, between New York and Nova Scotia, in 1779. JOTHAM was born September i8th, 1746, and was married August 12th, 1775, to Deborah Kirk, who was born November nth, 1745. He inherited the place at Cedar Swamp, where he died October 12th, 1815. His wife died February 27th, 1841.— Issue, John K., Micajah, and Epene- tus. John K. was born September 28th. 1777. and died December 3d, i86t. — Issue. Charles Wright and Epenetus. Charles Wright married Anne Pierce, and died September 4th, 1861. Epenetus married Angelina Bell. Micajah was born November 17th, 1782. He succeeded to the homestead and married Hannah Tredwell, January 15th, 181 7. He died October 1st. !86r.' — Issue. Jotham (who died in infancy), Anne M., Mary T., Alexander, and John T. Anne M. married William C. Carpenter. Mary T. married Daniel V. Smith. John T. married Elizabeth Monfort. These two sons of Micajah are the only de- scendants of Henry Townsend, in the male line, now upon the Island. To Mrs. Townsend, their mother, we are indebted for the genealogy of her husband's family. MICAH was born May 13th, 1749, and was married August 13th, 1778, to Mary Wells, who was born April 25th, 1760. He removed to Can- ada, and died April 2Sth, 1832.— Issue, Harriet M., Samuel W., Epenetus, Rebecca, Mary, Mica- jah, Elizabeth, and Sarah. Harriet M. was born August 7th, 1779, and died at Montreal, May 2d, 1848. Samuel W. was born Alay 24th, 1780, and was married, March, 1802, to Pamela Lawrence, who was born May 17th, 1782.— Issue, Sophia A., died November, 1829; Erastus, died April, 1859; Mary A., Micajah, and Catharine L. Epenetus was born January 24th, 1783, and married Polly Stoughton, who was born Decem- ber i6th, 1785. He died at Cincinnati, January, 1839. Plis wife died at Putnam, Ohio. July 14th, 1819.— Issue, Harriet M., Mandanu, and Mary M. Rebecca G. was born November 21st, 1784, and died at Philipsburg, Canada East, December 3d, 1853- Mary (Mrs. Taylor) was born October 6th, 1786, and died September 27th, 1S39. Micajah was born January 22d, 1789, and was married, March 19th. 1823, to Elizabeth David- son, who was born February iSlh, 1806. She died at Clarenceville, Canada East, April, 1834. and he married Sarah Kellogg, July 6th, 1836.— Issue, by the first wife, Morris M., Frances L., and Micajah; by the second, Heber. Hobart. Anne E., Helen, Frances M., and Harriet. Frances L. and Micajah died in childhood. Elizabeth (Mrs. Mills) was born February 26th, 1793, and died Feburary 14th, 1841. Sarah (Mrs. Hill) was born January 31st, 1800, and died November 2Sth, 1844. John, son of Mill John, was born 1703. and married Sarah, daughter of Edmund Wright, in 1738. At the death of his father-in-law he bought the homestead, now belonging to J. C. Townsend. Like the greater part of his family, he was a good Whig. He died December 22d, 17R6, and his wife, April 22d. 1780. They were buried in the graveyard southeast of the Baptist church, their headstones having been brought from Eng- land by their son Ephraim. — Issue, Ethelinda, Mary, Ephraim, and Israel. ETHELINDA married the Rev. Peter Under- hill in 1760, and died April i8th, 1803, aged 62. MARY married Jarvis Crookcr. EPHRAIM was a captain in the merchant service, of high standing. He married Hannah Meade, in Connecticut, and settled on the home- stead, where he built the house now standing thereon. He died February 13th, 1799, and was buried in the graveyard with his parents, where his daughter Sarah erected a stone to his mem- ory. — Issue, Sarah, Deborah, John, Seth, and Ephraim. lOI TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Sarah lived many years with her friend and cousin, Mrs. John N. Lloyd, of Lloyd's Neck, where she died, and was interred in their vault. Deborah married James Colwell, May nth, 1807. Her husband was postmaster of the village of Oyster Bay more than fifty years. — Issue, Townsend, Sarah, William, and Deborah. ISRAEL married Phebe, daughter of Phebe Townsend and Job Weeks (see Phebe, of Sam- uel, Chap. VII.), and removed to Armonk, North Castle, about 1775.— Issue, Walter, Susan, Jacob, Samuel, Isaiah, Dorinda, John, Israel, Phebe, and Job. Isaiah and Job died unmarried. Israel Townsend, born 1742, died 1832. Phoebe Weeks, his wife, born 1752, died 1836. Walter married Jemima White. He was a distinguished classical scholar. — Issue, Juliana, Thyrza, and Euphrosyne. Susan married Samuel Sands. — Issue, Hebe, Absalom and Israel. Jacob was born at Armonck, N. Y., February l8th, 1784, died at Danbury, Conn., February 23d, 1863. He married, first, Susannah Lounsberry, b. February sth, 1786, died April 6th, 1812.— Issue, Louisa Susannah, b. January 27th, 1809, died February 17th, 1885. Second , at St. John, N. B., May 27th, 1815, Jane W. Berrien, born April 25th, 1786, died March i8th, 1820. Third at St. John, N. B., April 18, 1822, Mary Wood- worth, born Halifax, N. S., November 30th, 1792, died Peoria, 111., July 20th, 1872.— Issue, Louns- berry, who died in infancy, and Israel Leander, bom St. John, N. B., August 9th, 1827. Israel Leander married, August 20th, 1850, in N. Y. City, Maria Theresa, daughter of George and Sarah Maria (Vincent) Eichell. She died at Washington, D. C, 1894.— Issue, Sarah Josephine, born Cherry Valley, N. Y., December 25th, i8si. Samuel Woodworth, born Danbury, Conn., July 3, 1855. Walter, born and died April 23d, 1859. Arthur Leander, born December i6th, 1861, died March 24th, 1862, and Maria Theresa, born Dan- bury. Conn., July 5th, 1863. Sarah Josephine married William Henry Whitehead, of West- chester, Pa., at Washington, D. C, August 9th, 1876. — Issue, Henry Townsend, born Blooming- ton, III., January 6th, 1879, Lucretia Fleming, born Bloomington, 111., June 24lh, 1883. and Josephine Woodworth, born Bloomington, III, November 30th, 1884, now reside in Golden. Colorado. Sam- uel Woodworth married Lelia McKnew, daughter of Captain Edwin McKnew, C. S. A., of the Mariland Line at Washington, D. C, June 20, 1906. Maria Theresa married Walter Montague Wilson, son of John Vanderipe and Emily Mon- tague (Cantelo) Wilson, of Philadelphia, in Washington. D. C. June 30, 1886. —Issue, Irving Townsend, born Washington, D. C, March 25, 1888, died Albuquerque, N. Mex., July 21st, 1888, and Ethel Louise, bom Brooklyn, N. Y., January 16th, i8go. The Rev. Israel Leander Townsend, S. T. D., a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was a man of great strength of character, who fought valiantly always for the right as he saw it, and generally conquered. He was the son of Jacob Townsend, of New York, and was born in St. John, New Brunswick, 1827. He be- came a student in Columbia University, from which institution he graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1847. In 1850 Dr. Townsend re- ceived the degree of A. M. at Columbia, and the same year was graduated from the General Theo- logical Seminary; also receiving the degree of A. M. from Trinity College, and of S. T. D. from St. Stephens College. Dr. Townsend was called to various parishes through the United States, until 1874 to 1896 he was continuously in charge of the Church of the Incarnation in Wash- ington, D. C. During his stay in Washington from 1875- 1877, he was Chaplain of the House of Representatives, and in the Centennial year he was the first Episcopal Chaplain since their first one. Bishop White, one hundred years previous, and, like him, officiated in the House fully robed. Martin J. Townsend, of Albany, and Washing- ton Townsend were Representatives at the time Dr. Townsend was Chaplain, and were his fast friends. It was said that Dr. Townsend made and unmade several Bishops by his determined championship or the reverse, and those most op- posed to him in the heat of battle finished by being his stanch admirers. He was noted for his fine voice; his reverent utterances could fill the largest edifices with ease, as his fine sermons filled the hearts of his congregations. He was the oldest member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Upon retiring from active life in i8g6, Dr. Townsend made his home with his youngest daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Montague Wilson, living in Brooklyn. Dr. Townsend was interred at Danbury, Conn., Oc- tober, igo8. Samuel married Rebecca Purdy. — Issue, Isaiah, Caroline, and Maria. ^ Israel Townsend, born 1791, died 1855, mar- ried Phoebe Sands, born 1794, died 1864. — Issue, Samuel Orlando, born 1821, died 1895, married Elizabeth H. Hunt, born 1828. — Issue, Edith, born 1850, married Rec. Henry NicoU Wayne. — Issue, Henry Townsend. born 1874, Elizabeth Campbell, horn 1876. Edith Donaldson, born 1880, and (jlenn Hylton. Henry Townsend Wayne married Helen A. Child. — Issue, Henry Child, born 1905. Eliza- beth Canif'bell married James E. Cooper. — Issue, James Wayne, born 1904. Edith Donaldson mar- ried Chauncey Porter Goss, Jr. — Issue, Crauncey Porter 3d, born 1903, and Richard Wayne, born 1905. Some members of Mrs. Edith Townsend Wayne's family reside in her old home at Armonk, N. Y., being the sixth generation to do so. Dorinda married Samuel T. Wright. — Issue, Samuel and Phebe. John married Eliza P. Horton. He served in the War of 1812, and at the age of twenty-seven was appointed Judge of Westchester County, which office he held for eighteen years, when he removed to New York, where he was elected to the Legislature, and in 1846 to the State Senate. He died in 1863, aged 74. — Issue, Leander, Dor- inda, Melissa, Caroline, John, and Josephine. 102 TC ,-- .. OWNSHE^M-^ Sarah Jacob, S- fie be- ,;;,,,- . from which degree .;■ \ ^ 'Ma re- of A. iVi. at Cijlumbia, and the iduated from the General Theo- ' ^''" ■"• „. , logical Sciuii.aiy; also receiving the degree laughter of Phebe j^-^ ^ |^„j„ Trinity College, and of S. T. '■'••' ' ' "■"- - • -: ■ - " .. Dr. Townsend was ■ through the United. !e was continuously in Incarnation in Wash- ,; stay in Washington •f was Chaplain of the House of .-^nrt in the Centennial year he ■A l;ii;- li: >■;:•- ,,, since their first ■ ir. — Issue, Juliana ,i years previous, ^". ■ ^ed. el Sands.— Is; ig' it Armonck, N, Y., Dr. Townsend a St for .fill ■ns .!>. lit was •n fraternity. .> ... in 1896, Dr. ne with his youngest »>fr and Mrs. Walter Brooklyn. Dr. iibury, Conn., Oc- 'Iv. — Issue, Isaiah, I i8S5, mar- .T<-sue, ied I ••len .'.II.' VilH! • L'rauncey >> „yne, born th Townsend lie at Armonk, do so. '/right— Issue, ' jrtnr:. He servr r twenty-seven ...'.ster County, .^ars. xvhen he was elected to r.i!K St.ite Senate. -lie, Leander, Dor- . ind Josephine. TOWNSEND — TOWNSHEND Issue — Israel, Jerome, Job, Elizabeth S., and Samuel. Israel Jerome married Mary Louisa Emmons, daughter of Isaac Emmons, N. Y. City, August 17th, 1854. — Issue, Herbert Israel, born at Armonk, N. Y., January 7th, 1856, and Mary Elizabeth, born at Austin, Minn., April 6th, 1873. Rev. Israel Jerome Townsend went West in 1844, being sent by the Domestic Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was ordained Deacon by Bishop Clarkson, ad- vanced to the Priesthood by Bishop Whipple ; of- ficiating where he was called ; finally removing to Fairmont, where he and his wife both died, deep- ly regretted and highly thought of for their good work. Eli::abeth Sands married Andrew Jackson Kinch, of Armonk, town of North Castle, N, Y., January 6th, 1840. — Issue, . After lo'sing her eldest son, she moved to Pleasantville, N. Y., where she passed the remaining years of her life and died February 12th, 1891. Herbert Israel married Helen Loclier, daughter of James and Helen (Hume) Locher, of Wliite Haugh Davoit, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at Fair- mont, Minn., afterwards removing to Winnipeg, Manitoba. — Issue, Sarah Stuart, who married George Syme. — Issue, Helen Virginia, Israel Charles Herbert, Helen Marguerite, Mary Eliza- beth, and Phebe Amelia. Mary Elicabefh, sister of Herbert I. Townsend, married Bert Shepliard, and resides in Chicago, 111. CHAPTER XII. MARY, DAUGHTER OF HENRY 1ST, Married John, son of Nicholas Wright, who lived on the place now owned by B. T. Under- bill. — Issue, Rose, Eliphal. and Mary. ROSE, as well as Eliphal, is said to have been a celebrated beauty. She married, first, Nathaniel Coles, Jr. He died September 8th, 1705, and she married Justice John Townsend. She became a widow again, in 1709. This time she remained unmarried several years, but in 1734 signs herself Rose Birdsall, after which nothing is known of her. She must have had what was then a hand- some fortune from her father, which she was quite competent to manage. Her writing is re- markably easy and handsome. — Issue, by her first husband, Rosannah, Freelove, Martha, and Wright; by the second, Penn and Rose. (See Justice John, Chap. IV.) ROSANNAH was born October 2d, i6gi, and married George Townsend. She died June 29th, 1757- (See George, son of George 1st, Chap. VII.) FREELOVE married John Dickinson, and died within the year. MARTHA was born May, 1701, and married Jotham Townsend. (See Jotham. of Mill John. Chap. XI.) The following inscription was taken from her headstone on Mill Hill : "Here lyes the body of Mrs. Martha Townsend, wife of Mr. Jotham Townsend, who died July 23d, 1723, aged 22 years, 2 months, and 11 days." WRIGHT was born September 20tli, 1704. He married Sarah Birdsall, and died February 23d, 176s, and is buried at B. T. Underbill's. His wife died i\Iay i8th, 1799. — Issue, Nathaniel, Rhoda, and Freelove. 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