Person:John Townsend (63)

On 27 May 1717 John, a “labourer”, was admitted as a freeman to the City of Philadelphia.^[1][5]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 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 John¹ Townsend from pages 303–6.)

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Greene cites, “Cope, Abstract of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 141; FHL #20,467.”
3. ↑ Greene writes, “He was certainly in Philadelphia by 28–29 December 1715, when, as John Townsend laborer he purchased land on the north side of Walnut Street in Philadelphia from David Powell surveyor (Philadelphia County Deeds E9:431, 432.);...”
4. ↑ Greene cites, “Philadelphia County Deeds E9:435, 436.”
5. ↑ Greene cites, “Robert E. Hoagland, ‘Persons Admitted as Freemen to the City of Philadelphia, 1704–1720,’ PGM 33(1983): 112, from Minutes of the Common Council II:35.”
6. ↑ Greene cites, “Philadelphia County Administrations A79, 1727. The inventory has the same date and is part of the same file.”