Person:David Townsend (14)

Name	Dr. David Townsend
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	7 Jan 1753	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	24 May 1785	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Davis
Occupation`^?`		Physician
Death^[2]	13 Apr 1829	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Record Commissioners of Boston. Boston Births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800: Twenty-fourth report of the Commission. (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1894)
p. 283.

David Son of Shippey Townsend and Ann his Wife, [Born] 7 January 1753.
↑ "The Granary Burial Ground", in Dunkle, Robert J., and Ann S. (Ann Smith) Lainhart. Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c2000)
p. 437.

Townsend, David, Dr., fam. Dr. David, April 13, 1829, ae. 76 y. Tomb 55.
[Birth about 1753]
Kelly, Howard Atwood, and Walter L Burrage. Dictionary of American medical biography: lives of eminent physicians of the U. S. and Canada, from the earliest times. (Boston, Massachusetts: Milford House, 1971)
p. 1157.

David Townsend, s/o Shippie Townsend and Ann Balch, b. Boston 7 Jun [sic] 1753, d. Boston 13 Apr 1829, m. 24 May 1785. Graduated Harvard 1770, served as surgeon in Revolutionary War, including Bunker Hill and Valley Forge.