↑ Greene, David L. “Townsend Ancestry of Richard of the Welcome, John of Philadelphia, Joseph of Chester County, and Joan of Chester County”, in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania) 42 (4): 293-313, Fall/Winter 2002.
(See the children of Richard1 and Ann (Hutchins) Townsend, v. Joseph2 Townsend from pages 302–3.)
Greene cites, “Abington Monthly Meeting Abstracts, 30, 78; FHL #383,428. Both were of ‘the township of Bristoll in the County of Philadelphia.’”