Ancestry of
David Hartman

TV Actor and Host

Sarah Townsend

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of David Hartman — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 27 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Aug 1808 
  • Birth Location:
  • Delaware 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Oct 1885 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Kent, Delaware 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James Powell
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 25 Nov 1829 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Delaware 
  • Child:

  Margaret Powell (Ahnentafel No:13 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sarah's given name is also seen as Sallie.

    Sarah Townsend is said to be the daughter of Brickus Townsend and Susannah Brown. Evidence is needed to support this claim.

• Sources for Sarah Townsend

  • ¹ Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 2, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: J. M. Runk and Co. (1899), 794.
  • ² Delaware, U.S., Death Records, 1861-1933, Death certificate for daughter Margaret Downs.
  • ³ Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1744-1912, Marriage bond for James Powell and Sarah Townsend.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, DE, Kent County, 1850, Dover Hundred, Image 59 of 100.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/03/2021).

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