A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, and Their Descendants (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1332156363 ISBN 13: 9781332156368

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2016

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We are much indebted to John Remsen, town-clerk, for the facilities he has afforded us in searching the Records, and to Edward Willets, by whose kindness we were allowed to examine the Records of the Westbury Monthly Meeting, of which he is the Secretary. Be side these, and the papers belonging to our branch Of the family, we have, by' the courtesy Of our connections, had access to many interesting documents. We have extracted freely from all these sources, as being more interesting than any paraphrase that we could give, modernizing the spelling for the convenience of our readers, as well as our own, but in other respects adhering strictly to the originals. The wills are par ticularly characteristic and amusing. There are none on the Records later than 1700.

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Excerpt from A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, and Their Descendants

In the winter of 1863 & 4, our attention was called to some old deeds and papers in our possession, by a question, casually started, about some long dead and gone Townsend. The items of family history which we gathered from them excited our interest and curiosity, and we went to the Town Records, to follow up the clue thus obtained. At first, the old-fashioned writing (very handsome, however, of its kind) was a trial to eyes and patience, but a little practice enabled us to decipher it very readily. And we found it interesting and exciting work to follow up the different branches of the family, frequently coming, most unexpectedly, upon some hitherto unknown member, and again, after long search, finding the proper niche for one who had seemed entirely unconnected with the rest. We think there are not more than two, mentioned in the Town Records, whom we have not been able to place, and they do not appear until the middle of the last century.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1332156363
• ISBN 13: 9781332156368
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 236