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Families covered: Townsend of Honington Hall, Townsend of London

                               
Edward Townsnd (bur 01.04.1710?)
m. Elizabeth Kettle (d 1705?, dau of Joseph Kettle of Denny Abbey)
1. Joseph Townsend of London the first mentioned by BLG1886
  m1. Mary (Shipsey?)
  A. Joseph Townsend
  m. (1744) Judith Gore (dau/coheir of John Gore (MP for Great Grimsby))
i. Gore Townsend of Honington Hall, Warwickshire (d 06.01.1826)
  m. (30.03.1776) Elizabeth Windsor (b 1755-6, d 02.04.1821, dau of 4th Earl of Plymouth)
  a. Thomas Townsend (b 12.1780, dvpsp 26.04.1820)
  m. (16.03.1809) Mary Anne Scott (d 26.04.1842, dau of William, Lord Stowell, m2. Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth)
  b. Henry Townsend of Honington Hall (b 23.04.1783, d(sp) 01.09.1873, Rev.)
  m. (05.03.1814) Catherine Anne Pechell (dau of Augustus Pechell, son of Sir Paul, 1st Bart of Pagglesham)
  c. Edward James Townsend (b 28.08.1786, rector of Ilmington, 4th son) had issue
  m. (17.03.1818) Mary Hamborough (dau of John Hamborough of Pipewell House)
  d. Joseph Townsend of Alveston, Warwickshire (b 25.02.1794, d 29.04.1870, 7th son)
  m. (09.06.1835) Louisa Barnard (dau of Rev. Robert Barnard, sister of Robert John, Lord Willoughby de Broke)
  d. Eliza(beth) Townsend (dsp 31.12.1807)
  m. (04.03.1797) Edward Morant Gale
e. Harriett Townsend (d 07.07.1830)
  m. (22.04.1801) Sir Grey Skipwith (not Skipworth), 8th Bart of Newbold Hall
  f. Louisa Townsend (d 04.05.1818)
  m. (10.12.1801) John Fullerton of Thryberg Park
  g. Sophia Townsend
  m. (11.02.1820) John Hamborough of Steeple Castle
  h.+ other issue - Charles (b 04.11.1784, d 02.11.1803, RN), William of Doctor's Common (b 07.10.1789), Frederick (b 09.05.1799, Rev.), Marianne (d unm 10.08.1827), Horatio (d unm 02.06.1825)
  ii. Anne Townsend
  m. (1768) John Tempest of Winyard House
  B. John Townsend (dsp)
  C. Elizabeth Townsend (b c1699, d 20.09.1779)
  m1. Abraham Reynardson
  m2. (19.01.1746) James Oswald of Dunnikier (Rt. Hon.)
  D. Mary Townsend
  m. (11.03.1724-5) Robert Ferguson of Scotland then London (dsp 1781)
  m2.(c10.1707) Anne Beacon
E. Thomas Beacon Townsend of London (dsp before 16.07.1737)
  m3. Maria (a 1728)
2. Edward Townsend
  m. _ Hammond
  A. Edward Townsend (dsp)
3. Jonathan Townsend of London (bpt 01.09.1684, bur 17.06.1710, Brewer)
m. Elizabeth Chauncy (bur 27.01.1772, dau of Richard Chauncy of London by Elizabeth Dean)
  A. Chauncy Townsend of London (d 28.03.1770, MP in Scotland)
  m. Bridget Phipps (d 17.01.1762, dau of James Phipps (Governor of Cape Coast Castle), son of Thomas son of Nicholas of Westbury)
  i. James Townsend, Sheriff then Lord Mayor of London (bpt 08.02.1736-7, d 01.07.1787, MP, 6th son?)
  m. (03.05.1763) Henrietta Rosa Peregrina du Plessis (b 12.09.1745, d 08.11.1785)
  a. Henry Hare Townsend of Busbridge Hall (Surrey), Tottenham & Walpole (Norfolk) (b 1765?, d 06.04.1827)
  m. (29.12.1789) Charlotte Lake (d 13.11.1831, dau of Sir James Winter Lake, Bart)
  (1) Chauncy Hare Townsend (b 20.04.1798m dsp 25.02.1868, cleric)
  m. (04.1826) Eliza Frances Norcott (dau of Sir Amos Cossill Robert Norcott)
  (2) Charlotte Townsend (b 1800, dsp 1824)
  m. (1824) _ Elrington (later Colonel)
  b. Henrietta Jemima Townsend (b 1764?)
  m. (06.1790) Nicholas Owen Smythe Owen of Condover Hall (dsp 30.01.1804)
  ii. Joseph Townsend (b 04.04.1739, d 06.11.1816, Rector of Pewsey)
  m1. (27.09.1773) Joyce Nankivell (b 1743, d 08.11.1785, dau of Thomas Nankivell of Truro (who d 1777) by Mary Giddy (who b 1712, d 1809))
  a. Charlotte Townsend (b 06.12.1774, d 07.06.1837)
  m. William Leonard Thomas Pyle Taunton of Stoke Bishop & Ashley (b c1779, d 18.10.1850)
  b. Thomas Townsend (b 13.02.1776, d 29.01.1822, Judge in Madras) had issue
  m. Mary Tripp
  c. Charles Townsend (b 18.6.1780, d 10.11.1865, Rector of Thorpe) had issue
  m. (06.07.1807) Lucy Jesse (b 25.07.1781, d 20.04.1847, dau of Rev. William Jesse of West Bromwich)
  d. James Townsend (dsp 17.01.1864, Captain RN)
  m. Frances Phipps Biddulph (dau of Thomas Biddulph by Sarah Townsend) @@ below
  e.+ other issue - Henry (d 1812, Captain), Sophia (b 20.10.1777, d unm 1798)
  m2. (26.03.1790?, sp) Lydia Hamond (a 11.1812, widow of Sir John Clerke)
  iii. Judith Townsend (b 07.03.1738, d 24.08.1786)
  m1. (17.01.1758) John Wordsworth of London
  m2. (03.01.1771) Thomas Haweis of Aldwinckle (b 1733-4, d 11.02.1820, cleric)
  iv. Elizabeth Townsend (d 1787?)
  m. (23.08.1761) John Smith (d 13.05.1797, MP, son of John by Anne Nankivell)
  a. Charles Smith (b 1764, d 1813)
  m1. Anne Arabella Beaver
  (1) John Smith (b 06.07.1791, d 21.02.1852, Lt. Colonel) had issue
  m. (15.05.1828) Maria Lockhart
  (2) Lucy Charlotte Smith (dsp)
  m2. _ Barber
  (3) Charles Smith
  m. _ Leeds
  (4) Miles Smith
m. _ Neice
  a. Henry Smith of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk (b 1764-5, d 04.03.1826, MP)
  m. Maria Pyefinch
  a. Elizabeth Smith
  m. _ Driver
  a. Maria Smith
  m. (sp) _ Hobbes
  v. Charlotte Townsend (bur 03.07.1790)
  m. (10.02.1772) John Oliver Willyams of Garnanton(Carmanton) (b 05.1731, dsp 03.12.1809)
  vi. Sarah Townsend (bpt 09.01.1745-6)
  m. (17.05.1784) Thomas Biddulph (Vicar of Padstow, m1. ??)
  a. Frances Phipps Biddulph
  m. James Townsend (Captain RN) @@ above
  b. Charlotte Louisa Biddulph (dsp?)
  m. George Vizard
  vii.+ other issue - William (b 03.08.1732, bur 19.08.1732), William (bpt 02.07.1733), Richard (bur 13.08.1734), Thomas (bur 31.07.1735), Thomas (bpt 19.05.1735), Wilhelmina (bpt 19.11.1741)
4. Rachel Townsend (bpt 20.02.168-9)
  m. _ Stanley
  A. daughter
m. _ Brewer
5. Hannah Townsend
  m1. _ Swanwick
  A. Hannah Swanwick
  m. John Voyce of Sudbury (b 1703, d 1753)
  B.+ other issue - son (Major), Elizabeth, Mary
  m2. _ Parish
  E. Mary Parish
6. Susannah Townsend (d before 25.06.1737)
  m. Samuel Roberts
  A. Edward Roberts
  B. Susannah Roberts
  m. _ Elsmore
  C. Mary Roberts
  m. _ Sweet
  i. Nathaniel Sweet
7.+ other issue - Nathaniel (bpt 25.06.1683), Benjamin (bpt 25.06.1683, bur 25.01.1683-4)

Main source(s): MGH (NS1, vol 4 (1884), 'Pedigree of the Family of Townsend', p125+), BLG1886 ('Townsend of Honington Hall')
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