FAMILY VINES

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My family history research begins with my TOWNSEND line which began in Virginia, and migrated primarily to Maryland and Delaware. From there they spread throughout the country. I often have direct and indirect relationships in my database. I attempt to cite sources and references from books, census data, online sources, and other researchers. My other direct family lines are TRUITT, CLARK, WIX, MCKNITT, BROWN, SMITH, GULLETT, GOSLIN, HEIDRICH, STUETZ, SCHULTHEISS.
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  • ID: I12768
  • Name: Benjamin Franklin TOWNSEND
  • Given Name: Benjamin Franklin
  • Surname: Townsend
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 20 Feb 1837 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
  • _VERI: YES 1
  • _VERI: YES 2
  • Death: 3 May 1909 in near Granogue, New Castle County, Christiana Hundred, Delaware of Cerebral hemorrhage
  • _VERI: YES 1
  • _VERI: YES 3
  • Burial: May 1909 Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
  • _VERI: YES 4
  • Census: 27 Jul 1850 New Castle County, Delaware
  • _VERI: YES 5
  • Census: 5 Aug 1870 Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
  • _VERI: YES 6
  • Change Date: 16 Jan 2010 at 20:02



    Father: Zadock TOWNSEND b: 1808 in Sussex County, Delaware
    Mother: Virginia Rebecca REYNOLDS b: 8 Aug 1808 in Delaware

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Craft WILLIAMS b: 24 Jun 1841 in Montgomery County, Cheltenham Twp., Pennsylvania
    • Married: Aft 18 Jun 1860 in Montgomery County, Cheltenham Twp., Pennsylvania 7
    • Change Date: 19 Aug 2006
    Children
    1. Has Children Susan Williams TOWNSEND b: 14 Sep 1862 in New Castle County, New Castle Hundred, Delaware
    2. Has No Children Elizabeth TOWNSEND b: 1863 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
    3. Has Children Harriett Williams TOWNSEND b: Jun 1868 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
    4. Has Children Benjamin Franklin TOWNSEND b: 23 Sep 1869 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
    5. Has Children Elizabeth Craft TOWNSEND b: Mar 1871 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
    6. Has Children Rebecca Y. TOWNSEND b: Aug 1875 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

    Sources:
    1. Media: Book
      Abbrev: The Townsend Family of Maryland
      Title: The Townsend Family of Maryland
      Author: Ruth T. Dryden
      Publication: Ruth T. Dryden
      2414 Front St. # 25
      San Diego, CA 92101-1438
      1993
      Text: " INTRODUCTION
      Early Eastern Shore Virginia, that is Northampton and Accomack Counties, reveal more than one Townsend Family living there in the early 1600's. John of Northampton County migrated to Maryland and is the progenitor of the lower eastern shore family. There was also a Thomas Townsend of Accomack county who left many ancestors some of whom also migrated to Maryland and Delaware. I was unable to connect these two families. There were a few families I was not able to identify. They consist mostly of the Townsend's that migrated to Delaware and later returned to Maryland, specifically those in now Wicomico County, Maryland.
      Many of my correspondents and of course the unfatigable Leslie P. Dryden, now deceased, are responsible for some of the contents in this booklet. Other sources include wills, land records, court records, marriages, cemetery, Bible, Church, census, and the SS death index.
      I take all the blame for any errors that have occurred since some of the early records require interpretation which can be faulty. There are also omissions but I hope this document will be useful to researchers in identifying their fore bearers."
      Page: page 55
      Quality: 3
      Date: 8 Jun 2003
    2. Media: Ancestry.com
      Abbrev: Delaware Death Records, 1811 - 1933
      Title: Delaware Death Records, 1811 - 1933
      Page: Death certificate
      Quality: 4
      Date: 16 Jan 2010
      Text: Parents: ZADICK & REBECCA TOWNSEND
    3. Media: Ancestry.com
      Abbrev: Delaware Death Records, 1811 - 1933
      Title: Delaware Death Records, 1811 - 1933
      Page: Death certificate
      Quality: 4
      Date: 16 Jan 2010
      Text: Name: B. FRANK TOWNSEND
      Residence: 917 Jackson Street
      Wilmington, Delaware

      Age at death: 72 years old

      Marital status: Widowed
    4. Media: Photograph
      Abbrev: Cemetery Visit
      Title: Cemetery Visit
    5. Media: CENSUS
      Abbrev: 1850 Census New Castle County, Delaware
      Title: 1850 Census New Castle County, Delaware
      Page: page 305, line 6
      Quality: 4
      Date: 8 Jun 2003
      Text: Listed as 13 years old; born in Delaware
    6. Media: CENSUS
      Abbrev: 1870 Census Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
      Title: 1870 Census Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
      Page: page 2, line 39
      Quality: 4
      Date: 19 Aug 2006
      Text: Occupation: Iron manufacturer
      Listed as 33 years old; born in Delaware

      Listed as B. F. TOWNSEND
    7. Media: Book
      Abbrev: The Townsend Family of Maryland
      Title: The Townsend Family of Maryland
      Author: Ruth T. Dryden
      Publication: Ruth T. Dryden
      2414 Front St. # 25
      San Diego, CA 92101-1438
      1993
      Text: " INTRODUCTION
      Early Eastern Shore Virginia, that is Northampton and Accomack Counties, reveal more than one Townsend Family living there in the early 1600's. John of Northampton County migrated to Maryland and is the progenitor of the lower eastern shore family. There was also a Thomas Townsend of Accomack county who left many ancestors some of whom also migrated to Maryland and Delaware. I was unable to connect these two families. There were a few families I was not able to identify. They consist mostly of the Townsend's that migrated to Delaware and later returned to Maryland, specifically those in now Wicomico County, Maryland.
      Many of my correspondents and of course the unfatigable Leslie P. Dryden, now deceased, are responsible for some of the contents in this booklet. Other sources include wills, land records, court records, marriages, cemetery, Bible, Church, census, and the SS death index.
      I take all the blame for any errors that have occurred since some of the early records require interpretation which can be faulty. There are also omissions but I hope this document will be useful to researchers in identifying their fore bearers."
      Page: page 55
      Date: 8 Jun 2003
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