Family:William Townsend and Margaret Smith (1)

Parents: Richard Townsend and Margery May William Townsend chr. 28 Oct 1629 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England	Margaret Smith

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

25 Jun 1655

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	William Townsend	5 Mar 1655/56 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
2.	Margaret Townsend	chr. 2 Jun 1660 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
3.	James Townsend	chr. 29 Sep 1662 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
4.	Christian Townsend	chr. 1 Oct 1665 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
5.	Richard Townsend	chr. 9 Feb 1667/68 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England	bur. 2 Nov 1697 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
6.	Thomas Townsend	chr. 9 Jun 1670 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
7.	Sarah Townsend	chr. 20 Jun 1675 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England	bur. 28 Apr 1683 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England

Family History

William Townsend, a tenant of a cottage, did fealty at the court baron of Bucklebury manor on 17 October 1665.^[2]

References

↑ 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 Richard^B and Margery (May) Townsend, vi. William Townsend from page 299.)
↑ Humphreys, Arthur Lee. Bucklebury : a Berkshire parish, the home of Bolingbroke 1701-1715. (Reading England: The author, 1932)
Appendix C, “Court Rolls” [of the Manor of Bucklebury], p 480.

Digital image (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/27416/dvm_LocHist011555-00273-0 : accessed 19 April 2018).

“Manor of Burhulburie”, dated “17 Oct. 1665”—Court Baron.

“These tenants of cottages did fealty at this Court.—… William Townsend ….”