Person:Samuel Townsend (14)

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Rev. Samuel Townsend
b.25 Nov 1772 prob. Dutchess County, New York
d.20 May 1853
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  1. Mary Polly Townsend1792 - 1879
  2. Zillah Townsend1794 -
  3. Coleman Townsend1797 -
  4. Anna Townsend1797 -
  5. Warren Townsend1802 - 1859
  6. Horace Townsend1804 -
  7. Samuel Addison Townsend1810 -
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Name Rev. Samuel Townsend
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Nov 1772 prob. Dutchess County, New York
Marriage to Keturah Crosby
Death[1] 20 May 1853

Samuel Townsend was born November 25th, l772, and died May 20th, l853. His homestead, during the greater part of his life, was the tract in the town of Kent, who has long borne the name of Townsend's Ridge. The farm was originally in the possession of Nathan Crosby, who held it as a tenant of the Philipse family, and it was afterward purchased by Samuel Townsend. Mr. Townsend married Keturah, daughter of Nathan Crosby. Their children were: Polly, born May 7th, l792, married Lewis Ludington; Zillah, born May 9th, l794, married Peter Smith; Anna, born November 5th, l797, and now living at Brewster; Warren, born September 23rd, l802, died May 10th, l859; Horace, born December 20th, l804, died February 2d, l852; and Samuel A., born May 20th, l810, now living in Carmel.



From Genforum.com post:

SAMUEL TOWNSEND & KATURAH CROSBY Posted by: Denise Powell (e-mail: dp2sarem@@msn.com) 

Date: March 20, 2000 at 12:58:03   of 1521

Looking for descendants and antecedants of Rev. Samuel Townsend and his wife Katurah Crosby of New York. Their daughter, Anna, was born 1797 in Southeast NY, and she married John Ward Haviland, son of Eli Birdsall Haviland and Anna 'Nancy' Towner.

Would like to know more about the Townsend and Crosby line.. Thanx!


Keturah7 Crosby (Nathan6, Joshua5, John4, Rev. Thomas3, Simon2, Thomas1 )m. Samuel3 Townsend (Uriah2, Elihu1) (1772-1853) (Source: First Families of America, pg. 569)

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joiner, William T., 726 S. 294th Place, Federal Way, WA 98003-3613. (Letter of 8/29/1985).
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