I think this was too big for the list so I cut the old posts off and am resending to the list. > Thank you for the information that Kim and Gay sent. Here is > William Townsend and his first wife Elizabeth Morrows children from > page 271 of Vol 2 of Abstracts of the Records of The Society of > Friends in Indiana. Lydia Wickerham was his second wife. It does > not appear that Lydia had children by William Townsend or else they > died and were not recorded. > Name: William TOWNSEND > > Birth: 10 Apr 1795 South Carolina - Death: 29 Feb 1848 in > Wayne County IN Burial: West Grove, Wayne County, IN > > Father: John TOWNSEND - Mother: Elvira CAIN Other spouses: Lydia > W. WICKERSHAM > > Misc. Notes > > West Grove > > 5-29-1816 William son of John and Elvira Wayne county married > Elizabeth dt of John and Hannah Morrow at Whitewater MM > > 4-1832 William and Wife Elizabeth and children > > Eli, Mary, Sarah, Elvira, Lydia, John M. Eliza Ann and Esther rocf > Whitewater MM. > > List of children and dates of birth from West Grove MM records. > > Marriage: 29 May 1816 Whitewater MM, Wayne, IN > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Spouse: Elizabeth MORROW- > > Birth: 1795 Death: 11 Oct 1838 in Wayne county IN Burial: West > Grove, Wayne County, IN > > Father: John MORROW (1769-1825) Mother: Hannah > > Children > > 1 M: Eli TOWNSEND > > Birth: 20 Apr 1817 IN > > Misc. Notes > > West Grove > > Eli disowned for marriage contrary to discipline 3-9-1839. > > 8-8-1840 Rachel Moore Townsend received on certificate from Chester > MM. > > 6-10-1843 Eli and wife Rachel and ch: Hiram and Elizabeth get > Chester MM. > > 2 F: Mary TOWNSEND > > Birth: 10 Nov 1818 Death: 10 Aug 1843 > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 3 F: Sarah TOWNSEND > > Birth: 24 Jul 1820 > > 4 F: Elvira TOWNSEND > > Birth: 5 Jun 1822 > > 5 F: Lydia TOWNSEND > > Birth: 1 Dec 1823 > > Misc. Notes > > West Grove > > 7-14-1849 Lydia and Eliza Ann get Elk MM Ohio > > 6 M: John Morrow TOWNSEND > > Birth: 7 Oct 1825 Wayne IN Death: 9 Feb 1894 Wayne > county IN > > Misc. Notes > > West Grove > > 6-13-1853 John M mcd; He condemned his actions. > > Spouse: Elizaberth EDGERTON Marriage: 25 Nov 1852 in Wayne > county, Indiana > > 7 F: Eliza Ann TOWNSEND > > Birth: 8 Jan 1828 > > Misc. Notes > > West Grove > > 7-14-1849 Lydia and Eliza Ann get Elk MM Ohio > > 8 F: Esther TOWNSEND > > Birth: 4 Jan 1830 > > Misc. Notes > > West Grove > > 11-11-1854 Esther (Townsend) Haworth mcd; condemned her actions. > > Spouse: HAWORTH Marriage: ca 1854 > > 9 M: Joel TOWNSEND > > Birth: 19 Jun 1832 > > 10 M: James TOWNSEND > > Birth: 1 Sep 1834 > > > > Sincerely, > > Jean Leeper > > [email protected] or [email protected] > > > On Dec 28, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Kim Spangrude wrote: > >> It was William Townsend, son of John Townsend and Elvira Cain >> Townsend. His date of birth was Apr 10, 1795, and died 29 Feb, >> 1848. William and Lydia were married after 1838, but most likely >> in Indiana. I don't think they had any children; at least, >> according to my sources there are no reported children. William >> Townsend was the brother of my ancestor, James Townsend who married >> Rosanna Smith. William married in 1816 at the White Water MM in >> Indiana, first, Elizabeth Morrow whose dob was 1795 and died >> 1838. William and Elizabeth had two sons: Eli Townsend and John >> Morrow Townsend. I would like to know more about Lydia >> Wickersham's marriage to Jonathan Trueblood. >> Kim Townsend Spangrude >> >> >> >