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Jill Biden

First Lady of President Joseph Biden

John Townsend

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Jill Biden — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 424 
  • Father:
  • Richard Townsend 
  • Mother:
  • Millicent Somers   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Oct 1706 
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Sep 1785 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Tabitha Young
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Dec 1740 
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  Henry Young Townsend (Ahnentafel No:212 )

  John Townsend

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Sep 1733

• Sources for John 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), 469-470.
  • ³ 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), 619-622.
  • ⁴ 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.
  • ⁵ Townsend, Leland Henry, Jr., The Townsend Genealogy, 1066-1981: Massachusetts, New York, Conneticut [sic], Book 1, Orange Park, Florida: Typed manuscript (1981), 99-100, gives John's father incorrectly as Richard (b. 1712).
  • ⁶ 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.