Background
Henry Townsend (1649-1703) was the son of Henry Townsend who emigrated to the colonies from England.
Henry Townsend (1649-1703) was the son of Henry Townsend who emigrated to the colonies from England.
Townsend Society of America deoxyribonucleic acid testing project has established that the Oyster Bay family is not related to Thomas Townsend of Lynn, Master of Arts. The county of origin in England for Henry, John and Richard Townsend is not known. Henry Townsend married Deborah Underhill in 1657. Deborah Underhill (1659-1698) was daughter of Captain John Underhill (1597-1672), another important figure in Colonial America who trained the militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and served as magistrate of Flushing for a brief period of time, before settling on 150 acres (061 km2) of land outside of Oyster Bay.
They had at least four children together: Robert Townsend (b 1687), Elizabeth Townsend (1692-1756), Henry (d 1709) and Uriah Townsend (1698-1767).