This family group's earliest common ancestor is William Townsend, born c. 1601 in England. He first appears in church records in Boston on August 3, 1634 as a servent to a man named, Nicholas Willys. William's wife Hannah Penn died on October 29, 1669 and her maiden name was used as a first name for several of their Townsend descendants.
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