Person:Elijah Townsend (1)

Elijah Townsend (brother of General James) died in l823. He had sons, James, Melankie, Charles and Joshua. The last died November 9th, l858, aged 70 years, 11 months and 11 days. He had sons: Stephen, born in l810; Harvey, Alonzo, Coleman and Hamilton. Stephen has children: Isaac, Orville, James, John, Freeman, Augustus and Coleman S., who lives in Carmel, near Long Pond.

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Gedcom Family Entry: Husband:Elijah TOWNSEND Wife:Judith TOWNSEND Father:   John TOWNSEND  Mother:   Tabitha YOUNG Marriage Date:20 Apr 1775 Marriage Place:  Children: Elijah TOWNSEND Judith TOWNSEND Enoch TOWNSEND Eli TOWNSEND John TOWNSEND

Miss Grace Gay Hickson. DAR ID Number: 44123 Born in Waterford, Mich. Descendant of Jonathan Hopkins of New York. Daughter of John Jones Hickson and Catherine Hopkins, his wife. Granddaughter of Leonard Hopkins and Clarissa Gay, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Jonathan Hopkins and Jane Townsend, his wife. Jonathan Hopkins (1757-1835) served as a private in Capt. Hezekiah Meads' company, Col. Comfort Luddington's regiment for building breastworks 1776. Reenlisted in the [p.50] Rangers under Capt. William Clark and 1777 under Capt. Elijah Townsend. In 1832 applied for a pension from Peekskill and it was allowed for thirteen months actual service as private, New York line. He was born in Fredericks.

American Biographical Library The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women Volume II Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution Alphabetical List of Officers of the Continental Army T Fifteenth Virginia page 547 Townsend, Elijah (N. Y.). Captain of Graham's Regiment New York Militia in 1780.

New York Marriages Previous to 1784 Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued By the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784 T page 397 1773. Dec. 31. Treadwell, Mary, and Elijah Townsend, M.B., xxii. 90

HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 NEW YORK DUTCHESS COUNTY. FREDERICKSTOWN TOWN Name of head of family: Townsend, Elijah Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 4 Free white females, including heads of families: 4

1. ↑ Joiner, William T., 726 S. 294th Place, Federal Way, WA 98003-3613. (Letter of 8/29/1985).