Person:Richard Townsend (22)
Richard Townsend
b.22 Jan 1653/54 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
d.28 Mar 1732 East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 14 Nov 1642
  1. Richard Townsend1645 -
  2. Richard Townsend1653/54 - 1732
  3. John Townsend1656 - 1727
  4. William TownsendEst 1658 - 1692
  5. Mary TownsendEst 1661 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Richard Townsend1653/54 - 1732
  • W.  Ann Hutchins - 1732/33
m. 25 May 1677
  1. Joseph Townsend1678 - 1681
  2. Hannah Townsend1680 - 1763
  3. James Townsend1682 - Bef 1736
  4. Mary Townsend1685 - 1751
  5. Joseph Townsend1687 - Aft 1731
  6. Sarah Townsend1689 - 1732
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Richard Townsend
Gender Male
Birth[4] 22 Jan 1653/54 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Marriage 25 May 1677 England25 3rd mo. 1677, Newbury MM
to Ann Hutchins
Immigration[6] 1682 Pennsylvania, United States
Will? 11 Jan 1727/28 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death[1][5] 28 Mar 1732 East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States28 1st mo. 1732, Concord MM; at the house of his nephew Joseph
Burial[1][5] 30 Mar 1732 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States30 1st mo. 1732, Concord MM
Probate? 14 Apr 1733 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Stateswill proved
Religion? Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
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Personal History

Richard Townsend, son of Richard Townsend,[4] was born 22 January 1653[/4] in the parish of Bucklebury, Berkshire, England.[4]

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Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

In 1682, Richard Townsend, a carpenter working for the Free Society of Traders, with his pregnant wife Ann, their daughter Hannah, and three indentured servants, William Smith, Nathaniel Harrison, and Bartholomew Green, sailed to America on the Welcome. The ship left Deal, England, on 31 August 1682. Ann gave birth to their son James on board the ship on the Delaware River near Upland, Pennsylvania. The ship anchored at Chester, Pennsylvania.

About the year 1727, Richard Townsend made a “testimony” which gives some insight into his life since arriving in America.[2] He also mentions that he set up the first grist mill in Philadelphia Co. along Chester Creek. However, Ashmead states in his History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania that Richard was a partner in the venture, but that Caleb Pusey was appointed the agent and manager of the joint concern.[3]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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): 293-313, Fall/Winter 2002.

    (See Richard1 Townsend from pages 301–303.)

  2. ↑ Townsend, Richard. Testimony of Richard Townsend. (Proud, Robert. The History of Pennsylvania in North America. (Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, Jr., 1797). 1:228–232.)
    about 1727.
  3. ↑ Ashmead, Henry Graham. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884)
    429.
  4. ↑ 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 48 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-7WJL-4 : accessed 19 April 2018).

    Baptisms, 1653: “Richard s/o Richard TOWNSEBD born 22 Jan”

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Greene writes, “Location and date of death and burial in 1876 genealogies in Concord Monthly Meeting Minutes, abstracted in Peden and Launey, ‘Concord Monthly Meeting,’ 262.”
  6. ↑ See the references on the Family page.
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