Philena Townsend1

F, b. circa 1699, d. 8 January 1731
Father"Justice" John Townsend b. 28 Aug 1672, d. 6 Nov 1709
MotherRebekah Almy b. 26 Jan 1671, d. 24 Feb 1703
     Philena was born circa 1699 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Philena married William Coggeshall in 1719 in Rhode Island. William and Philena had William and a daughter and Philena [1726]. Philena married James Martin on 4 March 1729. Philena departed this life on Monday, 8 January 1731 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. She was buried at Newport in Common Ground. The inscription on her tombstone reads: Here Lyeth interred the body of Philenah the wife of James Martin who was the daugher of John Townsend of Oyster Bay on Long Island & Rebeccah his wife formerly the wife of William Coggeshall whom she has left survuving one son and two daughters & departed this life on Friday ye 8th of Jan. 1730-1 in ye 33rd year of her age.2,3

Family 1

William Coggeshall b. 24 Jun 1695, d. b 4 May 1729

Family 2

James Martin

Citations

  1. [S453] Martha Burke, Solomon Townsend of Rhode Island, The sister, Philena, md. twice. Her first husband was William Coggeshall and her second husband was James Martin. She is buried in Newport's Common Ground. Her headstone identifies her as the dau. of John and Rebekah Townsend of Oyster Bay, L.I.
  2. [S953] Find a grave - www.findagrave.com.
  3. [S2418] Charles Pierce, 1852-, and Thellwell Russell Coggeshall Coggeshall, The Coggeshalls In America: Genealogy of the Descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport, page 26.