Henry Townsend (Oyster Bay)

For other people with the same name, see Henry Townsend.

Henry Townsend (c. 1649–1703) was the son of Henry Townsend, an early settler of the American Colonies.

Henry Townsend
Born	c. 1649 Oyster Bay, New York
Died	1703 Oyster Bay, New York
Nationality	American
Spouse	Deborah Underhill
Children	Uriah Townsend Robert Townsend Elizabeth Townsend
Parent(s)	Henry Townsend and Anne Coles

Biography

Henry Townsend was the son of Henry Townsend who immigrated to the colonies from England. Eventually Henry Townsend settled in Oyster Bay, where his son Henry Townsend was raised.^[1] Townsend Society of America DNA testing project has established that the Oyster Bay family is not related to Thomas Townsend of Lynn, MA. The county of origin in England for Henry, John and Richard Townsend is not known.

Henry Townsend married Deborah Underhill in 1677. Deborah Underhill (1659-1698) was daughter of Captain John Underhill (1597-1672), another important figure in Colonial America who trained the militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and served as magistrate of Flushing for a brief period of time, before settling on 150 acres (0.61 km²) of land outside of Oyster Bay. Captain Underhill was converted to Quakerism by his second wife, thus making the union of Henry Townsend and Deborah Underhill the combining of two of the most influential Quaker families in Oyster Bay.^[2]

They had at least four children together: Robert Townsend (b. 1687), Elizabeth Townsend (1692-1756), Henry (d. 1709) and Uriah Townsend (1698-1767).

References

1. Ancestral Heads of New England Families, Frank R. Holmes, (Originally published: New York, 1923, Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. 21202-1964, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1999, Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 64-19755, ISBN 0-8063-0182-1), Page 241
2. Hughes, Thomas Patrick (1887). American Ancestry. New York: J. Munsell's Sons. pp. 83–84. OCLC 27520905. henry townsend.