Person:Elizabeth Townsend (23)

Elizabeth Townsend is not a proven child of Charles Townsend, although a certain amout of circumstantial evidence indicates a strong possibility that she was Charles Townsend's daughter. Unfortunately, no will for Charles Townsend has been located, nor has any other primary evidence to prove her parentage to Charles. More research is needed to prove the parentage of Elizabeth Townsend. The Society of Mayflower Descendants will not currently accept descendants of Elizabeth Townsend (through her mother, Phoebe³ Dickinson (Samuel², John¹ (who married Elizabeth Howland, daughter of John Howland, Mayflower Passenger)), for membership due to the lack of documentary evidence on this line.

Elizabeth is said to have been a sister of General James Townsend, son of Charles Townsend of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. There is very little evidence to tie Elizabeth conclusively to any other Townsend ancestor in the Putnam/Dutchess County area.

1. ↑ Curtis, Joseph O. The descendants of Elisha Cole who came from Cape Cod to what is now Putnam County, New York, about 1745. (New York: T. A. Wright, 1909)
   p. 12.

   Joseph Hopkins m. Elizabeth Townsend. She d. 16 Dec 1837, aged 82 [birth about 1755].

2. ↑ Find A Grave: Old Baptist Cemetery, Carmel, NY, in Find A Grave
   Elizabeth (w/o Joseph) Hopkins.

   [worn: Source:Putnam, New York, United States. Cemetery Inscriptions of Putnam County, N.Y, p. 17 gives "Hopkins, Elizabeth, wife Joseph: died Dec. 16, 1837-age 82 yrs.", born about 1755.]