New York Family Group Sheet for the Gideon TOWNSEND Family


Husband: Gideon TOWNSEND
Birthdate: 12/29/1766
Birthplace: New York
Death date: 12/26/1841
Place of death: Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
Burial: Robinson Farm Community Ground, Fishkill Plains, Dutchess, New York
Father: Gideon TOWNSEND
Mother: Letitia MONTFOORT
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Marriage date: before 10/15/1789
Marriage place: New York

Wife: ?
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John G TOWNSEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10/15/1789
Birthplace: New York
Death date: 5/30/1826
Place of death: New York
Burial: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York
Marriage dates: 3/10/1819
Marriage places: Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
Spouses' names: Aletty VERMILYA

Child No. 2: Gideon TOWNSEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1791
Birthplace: New York
Death date: 4/3/1823
Place of death: Dutchess, New York
Burial: First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Cemetery, Fishkill, Dutchess, NY
Marriage dates: 1/2/1820
Marriage places: Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
Spouses' names: Hannah VANVOORHIS

Documentation:
  1--Dutch Reformed Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (New Hackensack, New York, Colonial America), US, Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989, 28, 67, baptismal record for Gideon Townsend with parents; FHL microfilm.
  2--Dutchess, New York, Letters Testamentary and of Administration, Vol 2, 487, Gideon Townsend, deceased, with grandson Sylvester Townsend.
  3--Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost), compiler, Cemetery Inscriptions from Dutchess County New York (1914), Pg. 42 (Image 46 of 1146); digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: online 3 June 2024; Gideon Townsend gravestone inscription.
  4--Dutchess, New York, United States records, New York. County Court (Dutchess County) , Gideon Townsend probate deed 1843, image 327 of 635, "disposition of Gideon Townsend 18 acres," 5 June 1843; images, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed, 29 May 2027).
  5--Dutchess, New York, United States records, New York. County Court (Dutchess County) , Deed 1844 Gideon Towsend probate, image 349 of 643, "disposal of 166 acres listing heirs (grandchildren) of Gideon Townsend," 4 May 1844; images, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed, 29 May 2024).
  6--FindAGrave, online database with images (www.FindAGrave.com : online 17 June 2022), Memorial ID 189216724 John G. Townsend.
  7--Elias William VanVoorhis, Compiler, Tombstone inscriptions from the churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N.Y. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882), 163; digital, InternetArchive (www.archive.org : online 1 August 2024; Gideon Townsend, Jr, died 4/3/1823 with age listed as 32 yrs.
  8--Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, Editor, Notices of Marriages and Deaths About 4,000 in Number Published in Newspapers Printed at Poughkeepsie, New York: Collections of The Dutchess County Historical Society, Vol IV (Poughkeepsie, NY: Frank B. Howard, 1930), Pg. 105-106; online images, InternetArchive (www.Archive.org : online 29 July 2024; Mr. John Townsend to Miss Letta Vermilya by Rev. Mr. Lewis.
  9--U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907, marriage Nov 25, 1845, Wappinger's Creek Presbyterian Church, Book Title: Minutes and Records, 1811-1867, Accession Number: Vault Bx 9211 .n7256 W31 V.1; Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com.
  10--FindAGrave, online database with images (www.FindAGrave.com : online 30 May 2024), Hannah (Van Voorhis) Townsend memorial ID #79748704.


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