Holicky Family Tree » John Townsend (1723-1795)
Personal data John Townsend
Sources 1, 2Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12- He was born in the year 1723 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.Sources 4, 9, 10
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1723 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 9
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1723 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.Source 9
- Alternative: He was born on February 8, 1725 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.Source 9
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1723 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.Source 9
- Resident:
- in the year 1810: Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.Source 7
- in the year 1746: Berkeley County, SC.Source 8
- in the year 1740: Charleston, South Carolina, United States.Source 6
- in the year 1790: Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.Sources 2, 9, 11
- in the year 1779: Bensalem, Bucks, Pennsylvania.Source 12
- He died in the year 1795 in Cane Creek, Union, South Carolina, United States, he was 72 years old.Sources 9, 10
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Union, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Cane Creek, Union, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- Alternative: He died in the year 1795 in Cane Creek, Union, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 72 years old.Source 9
- A child of Joseph Townsend and Ruth Parsons
Household of John Townsend
He is married to Elizabeth Pearson.
They got married on August 2, 1749 at Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 26 years old.Sources 4, 9, 10
They got married on August 2, 1749 at Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 26 years old.Source 9 They got married in the year 1747 at Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 24 years old.Source 9 They got married on August 2, 1749 at Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 26 years old.Source 9Timeline John Townsend
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=38952024&pid=5494
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Database online.
Record for John Townsend
/ Ancestry.com - England, Select Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1900, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 6722.012; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
Birth date: 1726 Birth place: PA Marriage date: 1749 Marriage place: PA
/ Ancestry.com - Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12937497&pid=5367
/ Ancestry.com - U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, Ancestry.com, Document: Jury Lists, 1740, Acts #664 [at SC Archives]; Page Number: 7; Family Number: 223 / Ancestry.com
- 1810 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1810; Census Place: Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 46; Page: 990; Image: 00162; Family History Library Film: 0193672 / Ancestry.com
- South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
Record for John Townsend
/ Ancestry.com
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=38952024&pid=5494 - Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1725; Birth city: Bucks; Birth state: PA.
Birth date: 8 February 1725 Birth place: Bucks, PA Death date: 1774 Death place: Marriage date: 2 October 1749 Marriage place:
/ Ancestry.com - 1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1790; Census Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 8; Page: 175; Image: 633; Family History Library Film: 0568148 / Ancestry.com
- Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 320 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 8, 1725
- The temperature on February 8, 1725 was about 3.0 °C. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1725: Source: Wikipedia
- May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
- September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
Day of marriage August 2, 1749
- The temperature on August 2, 1749 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
- January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
- May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
- June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Same birth/death day
- 1685 » Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author († 1770)
- 1700 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1782)
- 1720 » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan († 1750)
- 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
- 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
- 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
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