Person:Nathaniel Townsend (5)

Found in the Townsend message board archives 2003: "TOWNSEND, Nathainel, of Jericho, Oyster Bay Township, Queens Co., yeoman. Wife Martha, sons Stephen, John and Nathaniel, daughters Martha and Almey. Real and personal estate. Executors brothers-in-law Samuel Doughty and Benjamin Doughty and son-in-law Richard Willets. Witnesses William Seaman, Zebulon Seaman and Samuel Willis. Copy." [Will dated 18th Day, 5th Month, 1754]

From John Fox's rootsweb/worldconnect chart:

He left a will dated May 18, 1754 and proved Aug 30, 1754. It names wife Martha, (and Mary's) sons Stephen, John and Nathaniel (making reference that Nathaniel is to be put out to some trade or calling), and (Martha's) daughters Martha and Almy (both not "of age"). He makes his two brothers-in-law Samuel Doughty and Benjamin Doughty and his son-in-law (step-son) Richard Willitts executors.

1. ↑ Will.

   Will dated 18th day, 5th month, 1754.

2.   Rootsweb chart of Rod Davis: Genealogy, et Cetera. (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dav4is).
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4.   Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887)
   7.
5.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   10.
6.   The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
   Vol 43, Oct 1912, pg 312.
7.   The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
   Oct 1961, Vol 092, No. 4; pg 208.