Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

Penn Townsend

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 202 
  • Father:
  • John Townsend 
  • Mother:
  • Rose Wright   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Nov 1706 
  • Birth Location:
  • Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Dec 1756 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Esther Parish
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Jan 1739 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York 
  • Child:

  Deborah Townsend (Ahnentafel No:101 )

• Sources for Penn Townsend

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 23.
  • ² Kissam, Edward, The Kissam Family in America from 1644 to 1825, New York: Dempsey and Carroll's Art Press (1892), 28.

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