Hannah Townsend

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name
Hannah Townsend
aka
[Hannah Underhill]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Benjamin Underhill, whom she married in 1728 after intentions declared at the Westbury Friends' meeting on Long Island, probably the mother of Thomas Underhill (1735) and so grandmother of Sarah (Underhill) Frost. Probably a daughter of Thomas Townsend of Concord, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Her husband was disowned for drink in 1740, and she and her children moved to the Purchase Meeting in Westchester County.
residences
date
bef. 1763
place
Purchase, Westchester County, New York
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
Westbury gave her a removal certificate to Purchase in 1763, "having removed there some years ago."
father
id
thomas-townsend-d1732
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
research
research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
note
The will of Thomas Townsend of Concord, Chester County, Pa., 1732, names "his daughter, Hannah Underhill" (abstract in the Underhill Genealogy 2:94). Probable rather than proven: the identification of that Hannah Underhill with Benjamin's wife rests on the name and the Long Island land.
mother
name
Sarah
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
Her father's wife Sarah, named in his will of 1732; the Underhill Genealogy calls Hannah "daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Pearsall) Townsend." Whether Sarah was her mother, and a Pearsall, is not shown.

Grandmother of Sarah (Underhill) Frost: the wife of Benjamin Underhill and mother of Thomas Underhill (1735). Their intentions of marriage were declared at the Westbury Friends' meeting on the 27th of the 1st month and the 24th of the 2nd month 1728, and they married on the 29th of the 3rd month (29 May) 1728 (source, 2:94).

Her husband was disowned by Westbury Meeting for drink in 1740. She and her children moved to the Purchase Meeting in Westchester County, and on the 30th of the 3rd month 1763 the Westbury records gave her a removal certificate to Purchase, "having removed there some years ago. Her children included but not named"; she was perhaps the Hannah who had a certificate from Westbury to Mamaroneck (Purchase) on the 26th of the 2nd month 1749 (2:95). Her sons Thomas and John married the sisters Mercy and Deborah Dickinson of North Castle.

Research: The Long Island Quaker families of the Frost line.

Open questions

  • Her birth and death, and her mother's name.
  1. ---
  2. name: Hannah Townsend
  3. aka: [Hannah Underhill]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Benjamin Underhill, whom she married in 1728 after intentions declared at the Westbury
  8. Friends' meeting on Long Island, probably the mother of Thomas Underhill (1735) and so grandmother
  9. of Sarah (Underhill) Frost. Probably a daughter of Thomas Townsend of Concord, Chester County,
  10. Pennsylvania. Her husband was disowned for drink in 1740, and she and her children moved to the
  11. Purchase Meeting in Westchester County.
  12. residences:
  13. - date: "bef. 1763"
  14. place: Purchase, Westchester County, New York
  15. basis: documented
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  18. note: "Westbury gave her a removal certificate to Purchase in 1763, \"having removed there some years ago.\""
  19. father:
  20. id: thomas-townsend-d1732
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  24. research: research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
  25. note: 'The will of Thomas Townsend of Concord, Chester County, Pa., 1732, names "his daughter, Hannah Underhill" (abstract in the Underhill Genealogy 2:94). Probable rather than proven: the identification of that Hannah Underhill with Benjamin''s wife rests on the name and the Long Island land.'
  26. mother:
  27. name: Sarah
  28. basis: compiled
  29. confidence: possible
  30. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  31. note: 'Her father''s wife Sarah, named in his will of 1732; the Underhill Genealogy calls Hannah "daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Pearsall) Townsend." Whether Sarah was her mother, and a Pearsall, is not shown.'
  32. ---
  34. Grandmother of Sarah (Underhill) Frost: the wife of Benjamin Underhill and mother of Thomas Underhill
  35. (1735). Their intentions of marriage were declared at the Westbury Friends' meeting on the 27th of the
  36. 1st month and the 24th of the 2nd month 1728, and they married on the 29th of the 3rd month (29 May)
  37. 1728 ([source](/files/sources/book-underhill-genealogy-1932/), 2:94).
  39. Her husband was disowned by Westbury Meeting for drink in 1740. She and her children moved to the
  40. Purchase Meeting in Westchester County, and on the 30th of the 3rd month 1763 the Westbury records
  41. gave her a removal certificate to Purchase, "having removed there some years ago. Her children included
  42. but not named"; she was perhaps the Hannah who had a certificate from Westbury to Mamaroneck (Purchase)
  43. on the 26th of the 2nd month 1749 (2:95). Her sons Thomas and John married the sisters Mercy and
  44. Deborah Dickinson of North Castle.
  46. Research: `research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md`.
  48. ## Open questions
  50. - Her birth and death, and her mother's name.
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