Mary Townsley 1812

Mary Townsley, a great great great aunt was born on June 26, 1812 in Lancaster County, Pa. Mary died in East Followfield Township, Chester County, Pa. on June 20, 1907, she was 94. She is buried in Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pa.

On December 1, 1833, when Mary was 21, she married George Weaver Carpenter, son of Henry Carpenter and Elizabeth, in Pequea Presbyterian Church by the Rev. John Wallace. Henry was born in 1810 in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa. George Weaver died in Downingtown, Chester County, Pa. on January 13, 1883, he was 73. he was buried in Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pa. He resided in Chester County, Pa. in 1866, Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pa. in 1850 and in Lancaster County, Pa. before 1850. Occupation: Veterinary Surgeon & Shoemaker. (This is an interesting combination. If the animal died, did he make shoes from its hide? – LEM)

They had the following children:
Jeremiah Townsley (1835-1911)

George W. (1838-1916)

Joseph Barton born about 1840 in Lancaster County, Pa. Joseph Barton married Rebecca Baker.

Elizabeth Jane born in 1842 in Lancaster County, Pa. Elizabeth J. died in Highland, Pa. in 1907, she was 65. She first married Jacob Ellsworth Longacre on April 4, 1864 at the Mifflintown Lutheran Church. Jacob was born in Mifflintown, PA. on August 16, 1846 and died on December 27, 1878. He was buried in Sterling Cottonwood, Rice County, Kansas. 

Her second marriage was to George B. Carr on December 14, 1882. They had two children.

Edwin (1844-1921)

Thomas Benton born on May 17, 1846 in Lancaster County, Pa. and died in Downingtown, Pa. in 1912, he was 65. Thomas Benton married Elizabeth McClure.

Mary Frances born on December 28, 1848. Mary Frances died in Thorndale, Chester County, Pa. on September 17, 1934, she was 85. Mary Frances married John W. Daller. born on February 7, 1849 in Lancaster County, Pa. John W. died in Thorndale, Pa. in April 1899, he was 50.

James Sellers (1852-1928)

Clara Anna born in 1854 in Thompsontown, Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pa., she died in East Followfield Township, Chester County, Pa. in 1952, she was 98. Clara Anna married John Y. Woodward.

George Brown 1765 to Hannah Baldwin 1748

My fifth Great Uncle George Brown was born in 1765 in Middletown, Delaware County, Pa. He died in Chester County, Pa. in December 1797, he was 32

On November 13, 1790, when George was 25, he married Charity Hoopes, daughter of Aaron Hoopes and Ann Collins, in Philadelphia, Pa. Charity was born on April 24, 1772 in Goshen, Chester County, Pa. Charity died in Chester County, Pa. in Dec 1797, she was 25.

They had the following children:
Aaron (1791-1884)
Sarah, who was born in 1793 in Middletown, Delaware County, Pa. Sarah died about 1820, around the age of 27.

Adley Brown, my Great Great Great Great Grandfather was born in 1772 in West Bradford, Chester County, Pa. and died in 1842.

Adley married Ann Woodward, daughter of James Woodward and Jane Bullock. Ann was born on October 26, 1776 in West Bradford, Chester County, Pa. and died on 31 October 31, 1864, she was 88. (It seems a number of my ancestors died on Halloween.)

They had the following children:
Tamer (1801-~1868)
Ralph E. (1808-~1878)

Hannah Baldwin was my first cousin, sixth removed. She was born on November 4, 1748 in Chester County, Pa. Hannah died in Belmont County, Ohio on October 30, 1825, when 76. On October 22, 1767 when Hannah was 18, she married William Milhous Sr., son of Thomas Milhous and Sarah, in Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pa. Born on June 12, 1738 in Chester County, Pa., William died in Belmont County, Ohio on January 24, 1826, he was 87.

They had the following children:
William (1783-1874)
Sarah. On September 16, 1762, Sarah married Thompson Parker, son of Alexander Parker, in Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, Chester County, PA.