Townsend topics : newsletter of the Townsend Society of America
(Microfilm)

Quarterly

Quarterly.

Vol. 1 [no. 1] (Oct 1963) - [vol. 11] (Jan 1973)

The 1976 supplement is entitled: Newsletter (family of Townsend).

Editor: Leroy C. Smith.

Publication probably ceased after the [vol. 11] supplement (Jan 1973).

[Vol. 11] supplement (Jan 1973) is also available on microfilm.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (3 Feb. 2006).

Vol. 1 (October 1963) was re-issued in February 1964, and apparently only numbered with a volume (not an issue) designation. Vols. 2-3 appeared with each issue appropriately numbered within the volume.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Townsend (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, Normandy, and possibly from Holland. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend who settled in Long Island, New York ca. 1640. Other Townsends settled Massachusetts, New Amsterdam (New York), and Rhode Island in the early 1600s. In the 1700-1800s, some settled Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont. Later descendants also lived in Nova Scotia and Ontario (Canada), Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington, and elsewhere.

Supplements accompany some issues; this library has only the May 1967 supplement and the January 1973 supplement.

Microreproduction of originals published: Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York : Townsend Society of America, 1963-[1973]. 5 v.

The Townsend Society of America was organized in 1962, for the descendants of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, early settlers of Long Island, New York. It was earlier known as the Townsend Society. The Society later expanded membership to include all Townsends in America. Headquarters are located at the restored, historic home of Samuel and Rebecca Purdy Townsend, in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. For membership and other information, see their Web site.