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Facts and Events
Personal History
Richard Townsend, son of Richard Townsend,[4] was baptized on 21 August 1614 in the parish of Bucklebury, Berkshire, England.[4]
Marriage and Family
- (see the Family page for references)
Richard Townsend and Joane Markes were married on 14 November 1642 in the parish of Bucklebury, Berkshire, England.
The children of Richard and Joan were unable to provide support for the couple in their old age, and the Quakers had taken over from the Anglican parishes the function of caring for the poor of their own meetings. The widow of their son William also received support from the Quakers in the 1690s.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (2002): 299–301.
Listed as “(3) RichardA Townsend”.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Church of England. Parish Church of Bucklebury. Bishop's transcripts, 1607-1835. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985)
FHL #1279452 item 20. From record indexed in “England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch. The original source has not been verified.
- ↑ Society of Friends. Reading and Warborough Monthly Meeting (England). Births, marriages and burials, 1658-1782. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969)
61:77, FHL #813689.
On pp 299–300 Greene writes, “The Newbury Monthly Meeting register states ‘Richard Townsen aiged 95: years’ was buried 7 9th month [November] 1697. The entries list locations, Bucklebury in this case, but it is not clear if the location is of residence or burial.25 ... By law, baptisms had to be accomplished shortly after birth, and Richard's baptism is in regular sequence with those of his siblings. Thus he was 83 when he was buried, not 95.”
Also, in note 25, “The Bucklebury parish register states Richard Townsend was buried 2 Nov 1697, perhaps RichardA, or perhaps Richard (William, RichardB, RichardC).” That is either this Richard or the son of his half-brother William.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Church of England. Parish Church of Bucklebury, and J. W. Brooks. Parish register transcripts, 1538–1840. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987)
FHL 1278815 Item 1, p n.n.
Digital image in DGS 7767921, image 31 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-7WFR-L : accessed 19 April 2018).
Baptisms, 1614: “[Aug] 21 Richarde s/o Richard TOWNESEND”
- ↑ On p 300, note 26, Greene cites, “Gilbert Cope, Registers of the Quarterly Meeetings of Berkshire and Oxfordshire: Marriages 1648–1725, Births 1612–1725, Burials 1655–1725, GSP Collections 99(1905); FHL #441,490, item 1. It is expected that the Quarterly Digest is derivative of the Monthly Meeting registers. These Digests have not been filmed, so it is unclear if the occupation is additional information or a transcription error.”
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