Re: Christopher TOWNSEND, b. 25 JUL 1776
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Re: Christopher TOWNSEND, b. 25 JUL 1776
Alvin Townsend 7/08/01
Hi Wayne,
Thanks for your response. I think your TOWNSENDS are a different family. My Christopher lived in NY and is buried with his wife in the Baptist Church cemetery in Somerset, Niagara Co., NY. His son, Samuel TOWNSEND, moved to Michigan in 1835, and is buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Unadilla Township, Livingston Co., MI. This TOWNSEND family descends from the Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, TOWNSENDS.
You might check out the US GenWeb project for the county in NC. That resource is often much more useful than the surname sites when you know where a person lived. Often, volunteers who live in that county are willing to look up information for you in local history books, census records, even visit cemeteries and transcribe the inscription on a grave marker.
Best wishes for your on-going search.