An Officer of the Long Parliament and His Descendants; Being Some Account of the Life and Times of Colonel Richard Townesend of Castletown (Castletownshend) & a Chronicle of His Family
An Officer of the Long Parliament and His Descendants; Being Some Account of the Life and Times of Colonel Richard Townesend of Castletown (Castletownshend) & a Chronicle of His Family
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ... end, ' and during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries it was spelt in as many as twelve different ways--Townsend, Tounneyshende, Towneshende, &c. About 1500 it was most usually spelt Townsend, but in 1580 the chief family at Raynham resumed the use of the h. The first members of the family in Ireland spelt their ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ... end, ' and during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries it was spelt in as many as twelve different ways--Townsend, Tounneyshende, Towneshende, &c. About 1500 it was most usually spelt Townsend, but in 1580 the chief family at Raynham resumed the use of the h. The first members of the family in Ireland spelt their name Townesend, then Townsend became most common; but a few records have been found of all dates which use the h. The commission of Samuel Irwin, son of General Sam. Townsend, as ensign in the 1st Regiment of Footguards, is made out to S. I. Townsend, but four years later, in 1799, his Lieutenant's Commission spells the name Townshend; and in the year 1870 the head of the Irish branch, the Rev. Maurice Fitzgerald Stephens Townshend, after consulting with the Marquess Townshend as head of the family, induced the greater part of the Irish Townshends to spell their name uniformly with an h. As no descendants of Colonel Townesend's younger sons exist, it is probable that no one cared to preserve the name of their mother, while Bryan's descendants have been proud to remember their ancestress Hildegardis Hyde. 1 Note by Cecil C. Woods, Esq., 1889. Colonel Richard Townesend had the following children: --John. Died before his father. His descendants in the female line are represented by Townshend of Skirtagh, which see. Bryan. Ancestor of all the present family of Townshend in Ireland. Francis. Represented by the families of Stewart and Beamish. Horatio. Represented by the families of Daunt and Herbert. Kingston. Died unmarried in Barbadoes. He is mentioned in his father's will and was proscribed as a traitor by James II. Philip. Represented by Sir Henry Becher. William. b. 1665. Died unmarried. His will was proved 1711; it is sealed with the Townshen..
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