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Jill Biden

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Richard Townsend

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Jill Biden — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 848 
  • Father:
  • John Townsend 
  • Mother:
  • Phebe Williams   
  • Birth Date:
  • Dec 1681 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cape May County, New Jersey 
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  • Death Date:
  • 03 or 30 MAY 1737 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Millicent Somers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Jun 1704 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Somers Point, Atlantic, New Jersey 
  • Child:

  John Townsend (Ahnentafel No:424 )

• Sources for Richard Townsend

  • ¹ A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, and Their Descendants, New York: W. A. Townsend, Publisher (1865), 216-217.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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), 100, gives Richard's name as Robert.
  • 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.