My ancestor Robert Townsend was the famous head of the Culper Spy Ring. The war would not have been won without him.
John and Henry Townsend wrote the precursor to the first amendment to the Constitution. Freedom of religion and freedom of speech. I come from real patriots and feel the same way.
Here is a bit of ancestor time travel. I’ve got my whole family tree done and there’s some crazy synchronicity in there. We are definitely born into the birth family best suited to us to keep learning.
He was in the 7th Regiment NY Militia in the American Revolutionary War. He was 15 in 1775 and 17 at the time of this war and survived the war. My grandfather Eber Townsend fought here.
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, May 10, 1775.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Alstyne%27s_Regiment_of_Militia
Robert Townsend was my cousin. John was his father. Henry Townsend was his brother, my grandfather.
John Townsend arrived in Oyster Bay in 1661 and he died there. There is a marker for him in Fort Hill Cemetery in the village of Oyster Bay. John was my uncle. Henry was his brother, my grandfather. Together, they wrote the precursor to the the First Amendment to the Constitution, Freedom of Religion.
https://en.wikipedia.org
John Townsend (Oyster Bay) – Wikipedia
