Person:Elizabeth Townsend (45)

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Elizabeth Townsend
b.20 Jul 1749
d.1767
m. Nov 1739
  1. Martha Townsend1741 -
  2. Nathaniel Townsend1743 -
  3. Stephen TownsendEst 1745 -
  4. Almy Townsend1746 - 1811
  5. John TownsendEst 1748 -
  6. Elizabeth Townsend1749 - 1767
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Name Elizabeth Townsend
Gender Female
Birth? 20 Jul 1749
Marriage to Mr. _____ Cornell
Death? 1767

I am posting Elizabeth here as a child of Nathaniel and Martha because it is recorded here: Title: Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend and Their Descendants, 1865. Publication: Townsend Society, Page: p. 120

But there is considerable doubt about this in my mind. Nathaniel was careful to mention in his 1754 Will that his two daughters, Martha and Almy, were underage. Elizabeth was 5 years old and also underage at that time. Townsend records say that she married 'a Cornell' and did not die until 1767. Why was she not mentioned in her father's Will?

References
  1.   Antony Maitland, Maitland, Antony web pages (Townsend 308) www.antonymaitland.com/hptext/hp0308.txt.