Townsend Carpenter1

M, b. 1812
     Townsend was born in 1812 in Cornwall, Orange County, New York. He was the son of Townsend Carpenter and Elizabeth Truesdell. Townsend married Jane Froat in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. Townsend & Jane had children: Elizabeth & Henry [b. ca. 1845]. 24 July 1860, Townsend and his wife, Jane, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Manchester Township, Ontario County, New York. Enumerated in this household were Townsend Carpenter [48 New York], Jane [33 New York], Elizabeth [13 Michigan] & Henry 10 Illinois]. Their personal estate was valued at $300. Townsend is a Harness Maker.2 3 June 1880, Townsend was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Townsend Carpenter [67 New York-widower]. Townsend is a harness maker.3 In 1883, the Jackson City Directory lists Townsend Carpenter as 67 years old, harness maker residing at Union Hotel.

Citations

  1. [S52] S. Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut and Its Affiliations, page 1170 - Children: Elizabeth b. Canandaigua, NY m. not known to whom; Henry b.Canandaigua, NY ca. 1846, bank clerk, living in Detroit May 1876.
  2. [S675] 1860 United States Federal Census: Manchester Township, Ontario County, New York - Sheet 75, Line 35. - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  3. [S677] 1880 United States Federal Census: Jackson County, Michigan - 4th Ward, Enumeration District 180, sheet 7, line 120 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.