| [Index] |
| William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Ellenor TOWNSEND (1767 - ) William TOWNSEND (1768 - 1836) Thomas TOWNSEND (1770 - 1845) Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858) Grace TOWNSEND (1774 - 1849) Alice TOWNSEND (1776 - ) Mary TOWNSEND (1777 - 1838) John TOWNSEND (1780 - 1812) |
William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817) + Alice ROWE |
William TOWNSEND (1711 - ) | Theobold TOWNSEND | |
| Rebecca BRIGHT | ||||
| Ellenor PHILLIPS | ||||
| b. bef 21 Sep 1734 at Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England |
| m. 29 Jan 1766 Alice ROWE at Sowton, Devon, England |
| d. 23 Oct 1817 at Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England aged 83 |
| Near Relatives of William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Theobold TOWNSEND | |||||
| Grandmother | Rebecca BRIGHT | |||||
| Father in Law | William ROWE | |||||
| Mother in Law | Elizabeth CANN | |||||
| Father | William TOWNSEND | bef 19 Aug 1711 | Topsham, Exeter, Devon, England | |||
| Mother | Ellenor PHILLIPS | |||||
| Self | William TOWNSEND | bef 21 Sep 1734 | Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England | 23 Oct 1817 | Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England | 83 |
| Wife | Alice ROWE | |||||
| Daughter | Ellenor TOWNSEND | bef 09 Jul 1767 | Shillingford St George, Exeter, Devon, England | |||
| Son | William TOWNSEND | 14 Sep 1768 | Shillingford St George, Exeter, Devon, England | 08 Jan 1836 | St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon, England | 67 |
| Son | Thomas TOWNSEND | 14 Jun 1770 | Shillingford St George, Exeter, Devon, England | 05 Jan 1845 | Upton Pyne, Devon, England | 74 |
| Daughter | Elizabeth TOWNSEND | bef 01 Jul 1772 | St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England | 16 Apr 1858 | Exeter, Devon, England | 85 |
| Daughter | Grace TOWNSEND | 24 Feb 1774 | Kenton, Devon, England | abt Dec 1849 | St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England | 75 |
| Daughter | Alice TOWNSEND | 1776 | ||||
| Daughter | Mary TOWNSEND | 04 Nov 1777 | Kenton, Devon, England | abt Mar 1838 | St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England | 60 |
| Son | John TOWNSEND | 1780 | 25 Jun 1812 | 32 | ||
| Son in Law | Richard BOWCHER | bef 12 Jul 1760 | Devon, England | |||
| Daughter in Law | Mary MOXEY | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Hannah STOKES | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Anna Maria MAY | 06 Mar 1777 | Dunsford, Devon, England | |||
| Son in Law | John BOWCHER | Mar 1762 | Kenton, Devon, England | 28 Feb 1828 | Exeter, Devon, England | 65 |
| Son in Law | Henry SYMONS | 23 Oct 1769 | Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England | |||
| Son in Law | Samuel SNELL | 13 Dec 1771 | Exminster, Devon, England | abt Mar 1847 | Exeter, Devon, England | 75 |
| Daughter in Law | Jane OLIVER | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Susanna MOGRIDGE | |||||
| Grandson | William BOWCHER | 16 Feb 1787 | Kenton, Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Deborah BOWCHER | bef 23 Apr 1788 | Kenton, Devon, England | abt Sep 1862 | Totnes, Devon, England | 74 |
| Grandson | John BOWCHER | 26 Aug 1789 | Kenton, Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Eleanor BOWCHER | 1792 | Kenton, Devon, England | abt Jun 1863 | Totnes, Devon, England | 71 |
| Granddaughter | Bathsheba Ann BOWCHER | 1795 | Kenton, Devon, England | abt Mar 1863 | St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England | 68 |
| Grandson | Henry Chown(e) BOUCHER BOWCHER | 1797 | Kenton, Devon, England | 23 Oct 1843 | Buckland, Spring Bay, Tasmania, Australia | 46 |
| Grandson | Richard BOWCHER | 1800 | Kenton, Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Jehoshabeth Alice Townsend BOWCHER | 1804 | Kenton, Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Caroline Elizabeth Cann BOWCHER | 1806 | Kenton, Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Eleanor TOWNSEND | 1796 | 1854 | Exeter, Devon, England | 58 | |
| Granddaughter | Alice TOWNSEND | 1810 | Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Anna Maria TOWNSEND | 23 Dec 1812 | Upton Pyne, Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Alice TOWNSEND | 29 Mar 1815 | Upton Pyne, Devon, England | |||
| Granddaughter | Jane May TOWNSEND | 12 Dec 1816 | Upton Pyne, Devon, England | |||
| Grandson | Henry Cann TOWNSEND | 23 Sep 1818 | Upton Pyne, Devon, England | 03 May 1889 | St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England | 70 |
| Grandson | William TOWNSEND | 07 Oct 1820 | Upton Pyne, Devon, England | |||
| Grandson | Frederick James BOWCHER | 12 Feb 1806 | Exeter, Devon, England | 1877 | Marylebone, London, England | 71 |
| Grandson | Edward BOWCHER | 17 Jun 1807 | Exeter, Devon, England | abt Jun 1877 | Exeter, Devon, England | 70 |
| Grandson | Charles Henry BOWCHER | bef 04 Dec 1808 | Exeter, Devon, England | 19 Jul 1826 | 17 | |
| Granddaughter | Eliza Ann Jane BOWCHER | bef 04 Dec 1808 | Exeter, Devon, England | abt Dec 1892 | Exeter, Devon, England | 84 |
| Granddaughter | Emma BOWCHER | 18 Aug 1810 | St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England | 08 Jul 1854 | St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England | 43 |
| Grandson | William Townsend BOWCHER | 01 Apr 1813 | Exeter, Devon, England | abt Dec 1877 | Exeter, Devon, England | 64 |
| Grandson | Henry James Cann BOWCHER | 29 Jun 1815 | St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England | abt Dec 1864 | Chelsea, London, England | 49 |
| Grandson | Francis TOWNSEND | bef 1801 | ||||
| Granddaughter | Jane SNELL | 17 Mar 1802 | Exminster, Devon, England | abt Jun 1872 | Exeter, Devon, England | 70 |
| Granddaughter | Mary Anne SNELL | 30 Oct 1803 | Exminster, Devon, England | abt Jun 1865 | St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England | 61 |
| Granddaughter | Matilda SNELL | abt Jun 1806 | Exminster, Devon, England | abt Dec 1886 | Exeter, Devon, England | 80 |
| Grandson | Samuel John SNELL | 18 Oct 1809 | Exminster, Devon, England | 1887 | Kenton, Devon, England | 78 |
| Events in William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| bef 21 Sep 1734 | William TOWNSEND was born | Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England | 2 | ||
| 29 Jan 1766 | 31 | Married Alice ROWE | Sowton, Devon, England | ||
| bef 09 Jul 1767 | 32 | Birth of daughter Ellenor TOWNSEND | Shillingford St George, Exeter, Devon, England | ||
| 14 Sep 1768 | 33 | Birth of son William TOWNSEND | Shillingford St George, Exeter, Devon, England | 68 | |
| 14 Jun 1770 | 35 | Birth of son Thomas TOWNSEND | Shillingford St George, Exeter, Devon, England | 68 | |
| bef 01 Jul 1772 | 37 | Birth of daughter Elizabeth TOWNSEND | St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England | Note 1 | |
| 24 Feb 1774 | 39 | Birth of daughter Grace TOWNSEND | Kenton, Devon, England | 68 | |
| 1776 | 42 | Birth of daughter Alice TOWNSEND | 2 | ||
| 04 Nov 1777 | 43 | Birth of daughter Mary TOWNSEND | Kenton, Devon, England | 68 | |
| 1780 | 46 | Birth of son John TOWNSEND | Townshend | 2 | |
| 25 Jun 1812 | 77 | Death of son John TOWNSEND (aged 32) | 2 | ||
| 16 Sep 1814 | 79 | Will | Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England | 2 | |
| 23 Oct 1817 | 83 | William TOWNSEND died | Alphington, Exeter, Devon, England | ||
| Note 1: Kenton (Shillingford), Exeter, Devon, England |
| Source References: |
| 2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997 |
| - Reference = 5 (Birth) |
| - Notes: One of Ellenor and William's sons, also a William, was baptised on 21 Sep 1734 at
Alphington. On 29 Jan 1766 he wed a widow Alice COOK nee ROWE at her home village of Sowton near Exeter. Alice was a daughter of Elizabeth nee CANN of Newton St Cyres and William Rowe of Pinhoe. She had a son Robert COOK 1758 from her first marriage in Feb 1757 to Robert Cook. Over a 13 year period, Alice bore William eight children. |
| - Reference = 8 (Will) |
| - Notes: From his will dated 16 Sep 1814, father William Townsend seems to have been a
man of substance. His estate was valued at two thousand pounds sterling; a large sum in those days and assessed at more than half a million dollars by 1990 standards. To son William who survived his father by eight years, he left all his "freehold lands hereditaments and premises where-so-ever situated" as well as a leasehold house in Alphington. Thomas already owed his father five hundred pounds which was given into trust to be held for him. In other words Dad wiped the debt - then relented and left him five pounds cash!! Because his daughter Ellenor was already a widow, William left her the interest on four hundred pounds for her lifetime, to be divided amongst her daughters after her death. Two hundred pounds each was to go to Elizabeth Bowcher, Mary Snell and Grace Symonds 'for her own sole use benefit and disposal separate from her said husband and so as that he may not intermeddle therewith nor the same be liable to his debts control or engatements'. After the death of each daughter, the money was to be divided equally among their surviving children. Five hundred pounds was given to Francis Townsend "son of my daughter Mary Snell before marriage" and five pounds each to his nurse Mary Connot, to Elizabeth Satterly and to Ann Tree. Mary, Elizabeth and Ann's maiden names were PHILLIPS, William's cousins on his mother's side. Robert Cook, son of his late wife by her first marriage, was left one hundred pounds. The will is fairly complicated but William didn't intend anyone to mess around with his wishes. One clause specifically states that if any legatee 'shall dispute or endeavour to frustrate any of the bequests ... the legatee making such dispute shall forfeit it and lose every benefit they could or would have gained'. That was really telling them! This was a most interesting testament which verified the children of William and Alice shown in the IGI; told that one daughter had an illegitimate son; that his wife had a child by her previous marriage; the married names of his cousins and the fact he had a nurse, presuming ill-health or advanced age. He was in fact 83 when he died less than three years later. It also showed he either didn't have a lot of faith in his sons-in-law or generally didn't trust men too much! Henry's younger brother William 1820 apparently caused father Thomas some heartache. Originally Thomas bequeathed 1500 pounds to William when he reached 25 years but a codicil stated William should not have the money until he was 28. However, if needed, the trustees could withdraw 700 pounds to set him up in business. The reason for the codicil is not clear as it was made less than a year before William's 25th birthday. |