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Henry Young Townsend

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Jill Biden — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 212 
  • Father:
  • John Townsend 
  • Mother:
  • Tabitha Young   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 May 1744 
  • Birth Location:
  • Upper Precinct, Cape May, New Jersey 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 May 1789 
  • Death Location:
  • Upper Precinct, Cape May, New Jersey 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Edith Stites
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 9 Jul 1786 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Henry Townsend Jr. (Ahnentafel No:106 )

  Joshua Townsend

  Priscilla Townsend

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Additional marriages for Henry Young Townsend

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  • Spouse:
  • Priscilla Ludlum

• Sources for Henry Young Townsend

  • ¹ A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, and Their Descendants, New York: W. A. Townsend, Publisher (1865), 217.
  • ² Biographical, Genealogical and Descriptive History of the First Congressional District of New Jersey, Vol. 2, New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1900), 470.
  • ³ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A115632.
  • ⁴ Genealogies of New Jersey Families: From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 2, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2005), 620.
  • ⁵ Corson, Orville, Three Hundred Years with the Corson Families in America: Including the Staten Island-Pennsylvania Corsons . . ., Vol. 2, Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Interstate Printing Corporation (1939), 92.
  • ⁶ Stevens, Lewis Townsend, The History of Cape May County, New Jersey: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day, Cape May City, New Jersey: Lewis T. Stevens, Publisher (1897), 190, 194-196, 200, 209, 253.
  • ⁷ Townsend, Margaret, Townsend-Townshend, 1066-1909: The History, Genealogy and Alliances of the English and American House of Townsend, New York: Broadway Publishing Company (1909), 106.