Hij is getrouwd met Margaret Forthe.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 5 november 1589 te St John Zacharies, London, ENGLAND, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 5 november 1590 te Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, ENGLAND, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.The "second wife of Thomas Townsend, Esq., father of the said Henry Townsend, who, by first wife, Margaret Forthe, dau. of Robert Forthe, was cousin of Mary Forthe, 'first wife of John Winthrop, Esq., Governor of
New England, who md. for his second wife Thomasine Clopton, sister of the aforesaid William Clopton, of Groton.
"Henry Townsend, "Gentleman," and Margaret Forthe, "Gentlewoman," were md. at St. John Zacharies, London, by Rev. Ambrose Golden, minister, 5 Nov 1590; and the said Margaret was bur. at Bracon-Ash, 23 Jun 1596.
They had :
i. Robert, bap. 8 Jun 1591 (old style),
ii. Arthur, bap. 16 Nov 1593, who died young.
iii. Thomas, bap. 8 Jan 1594-95.
iv. Elizabeth."
Source: Townsend, James C., Townsend--Townshend 1066-1909: The English and American House of Townsend, (New York, 1909), p. 26.
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Henry Townsend, Wife, Children, Estate
'Some Lines of the Townshend Townsend Families of Old England, New England and Minnesota', by Homer Worthington Brainard published privately 1931
Page 30
Henry Townsend, Gentleman, bapt. "last of May 1568"; at St John Zacheries, London by Rev. Ambrose Golden, Minister, Margaret Forthe, "Gentlewoman", dau. of Robert Forth, and a cousin of Mary Forthe, first wife of John Winthrop, Esq. Margaret was bur. at Bracon -Ash 23 Jun 1596, and Henry Townsend md. second Anne, dau. of Berthram Calthorpe, Counselor of the Middle Temple, London, and of Anringham and Ormsby, County Norfolk. No issue by her. She was bur. 4 Oct 1629 (Parrish Register of Intwood County Norfolk). Henry Townsend sold Bracon-Ash to Sir Edmund Riche in 1599. This family, with ther neighbors, the D'Oylys,* the Southwells, and the Rookwoods, for recusancy were compelled to compound for their estates by Queen Elizabeth, which eventually ruined them. * (The D'Oylys are related earlier not certain they are one and the same but the name is unusual -probably so-note by Lesley)
Henry Townsend's will is dated 19 Sep 1624, and was proved at Norwich, Norfolk, 29 Aug 1625. He gave to wife Anne an annuity of £40 during life; to son Robert £400, to be paid @ £100 a year, to son Thomas £300 to be paid @ £50 a year, to son Thomas £300 to be paid @ £50 a year, to his dau. Elizabeth £200 to be paid @ £50 a year.
Henry Townsend was bur. at Gedding, County, Suffolk, 22 Aug 1625
Children by first wife, that is Margaret Forthe:
Robert Bapt. 8 Jun 1591 o.s.
Arthur Bapt 16 Nov 1593 - he died young
Thomas Bapt 8 Jan 1594-5 md. Mary Newgate )or Newdigate
Elizabeth ?
Henry Townsend
(31 May 1568 - 22 Aug 1625) md. 5 Nov 1590 Margaret Forthe (1570 - 23 Jun 1596) dau. of Robert Forthe and Martha Box; lived in Bracon-Ash, Norfolk
. . 1. Thomas Townsend
(8 Jan 1594-95 - 22 Dec 1677) md. Mary Newgate (1598 - 1692)
. . 2. Robert Townsend (18 Jun 1591 - 1660)
. . 3. Arthur Townsend (16 Nov 1593) died as a child
. . 4. Elizabeth Townsend (1596) md. Henry Ballard (1575)
. . . . 41. William Ballard (12 Feb 1603 - 1639) md. 1628 Elizabeth Lee (1608 - 1653) moved 1635 to Lynn, MA
Thomas Townsend
(8 Jan 1594ß95 - 22 Dec 1677) md. 1613 Mary Newgate (1598 - 28 Feb 1691-92) dau. Phillipe Newgate and Jane Hoo; lived in Norwich, Norfolk, moved in 1635 to Lynn, Massachusetts
. . 1. John Townsend (ca. 1615 - 5 Oct 1668) md. 1639 Elizabeth Coles, widow Montgomery (1621 - 1684)
. . 2. Henry Townsend (1619 - Mar 1695) md. 1649 Ann Coles (1635 - aft.1695) lived at Oyster Bay, Long Island
. . 3. Amy Townsend (1622)
. . 4. Mary Townsend (1622)
. . 5. Richard Townsend (ca. 1635 - May 1671) md.(1) Deliverance Coles, md.(2) Elizabeth Wicks; Oyster Bay
. . 6. Thomas Townsend (1637 - 1700) lived in Lynn, Mass.
. . 7. Samuel Townsend (1638 - 21 Dec 1704) lived in Chelsea, Mass
. . 8. Andrew Townsend (1642 - 10 Feb 1692)
. . 9. Elizabeth Townsend (1644 - 19 Nov 1705) lived in Concord, Mass.
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