Person:Jonathan Townsend (6)

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Rev. Jonathan Townsend
b.18 Oct 1721 Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.12 Dec 1776 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Rev. Jonathan Townsend1721 - 1776
  • W.  Sarah Allen1723 -
m. 22 Dec 1748
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Name Rev. Jonathan Townsend
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 18 Oct 1721 Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 22 Dec 1748 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Allen
Death[2][3] 12 Dec 1776 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Brief summary of the tenure of Rev. Jonathan Townsend in Medfield, taken from Source:Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886, p. 136-157.

23 Oct 1745: Mr Townsend was ordained. "There was some dissatisfaction with selection of Mr. Townsend as pastor, which grew into a permanent disaffection."

1746. Several dissatisfied asked to be dismissed to Wrentham which was refused. A council was asked for to adjust differences, which was also refused.

1748. The number of dissatisfied church members was increasing, and the church finally voted to call a council, resulting in at least partial reconciliation.

9 Oct 1769: Rev. Mr. Townsend resigned as pastor, which was accepted 23 Oct 1769.

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  1. ↑ Hanson, Robert Brand. Vital records of Needham, Massachusetts 1711-1845. (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, c1997)
    66.

    Townsend, Jonathan, s. Jonathan & Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1721.

  2. ↑ Old Village Cemetery, in Find A Grave
    Rev Jonathan Townsend.

    To the Memory of
    the Revd
    Jonathan Townsand, A.M.
    24 Years Pastor of the
    Church of Christ in Medfield:
    who died of the samll Pox in
    the Hospital at Dedham
    Decr 12th 1776.
    in the 56th Year of his Age.
    What can preserve my life? or what destroy?
    An Angels arm can't snatch me from the grave,
    Legions of Angels can't confine me there.

  3. ↑ Medfield, Massachusetts : proceedings at the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, June 6, 1901. (Boston: G.H. Ellis Co., printers, 1902)
    19.

    In Oct 1745 Rev. Jonathan Townsend Jr. installed and continued there 34 years. Educate Harvard. Father minister at Needham. He d. Dedham 12 Dec 1776.

  4. ↑ Worcester Society of Antiquity (Massachusetts). Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Photocopied by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985-1986)
    13:109.

    3rd minister of Medfield was Rev. Jonathan Townsend, b. Needham 1721, graduated Harvard 1741, ordained Medfield Oct 1745, served there until 1769.

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