Townsend Family
TOWNSEND/TOWNSHEND Family – Longstanton All Saints Parish Registers
Compiled by HAE Stroude, 2010
Baptisms
1764 Jun 24 Elizabeth dau of William & Elizabeth
1766 Oct 5 Mary dau of William & Elizabeth
1775 Feb 9 William son of William & Elizabeth
1829 Mar 22 William son of William & Hannah otp blacksmith
1834 Sep 28 Ann dau of William & Emma otp blacksmith born 23 Mar 1834
1837 Mar 5 Henry son of William & Hannah otp blacksmith
1854 Oct 1 John James son of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith
1858 Aug 8 William Henry son of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 3
1854 Mar 25 Henry Charles son of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 5
1854 Mar 25 Annie Elizabeth dau of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 3
1872 Mar 29 Hannah Sarah dau of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 7
1872 Mar 29 Harriet Gertrude dau of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 4
1903 Jan 10 May dau of John James & Annie Eliza otp vet born 31 May 1883
1904 Apr 5 Ethel Maud dau of John James & Annie Eliza otp vet
born 16 Sep 1884
Marriages
1682 Oct 17 Alsop William to
Townsend Elizabeth
1779 Feb 11 Towshend [signature Townsend] Charles of Fen Stanton to
Warwick Sarah servant to Sir Th Hatton otp by lic
1853 Apr 6 Townsend Henry [blank] bac blacksmith otp son of William
blacksmith to
Chapman Edith (x) [blank] sp [blank] opt dau of Newman lab
by lic
1903 Sep 29 Horrox Frank 36 bac accountant of St Gabriel Middleton Junction
Lancs, son of James builder to
Townsend Lilian John 26 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet
Wits: John James Townsend, Harrison Percy Johnson
1905 Mar 15 Ennals Sydney Walter 25 bac draper of Olney Bucks son of
Richard Walter deceased to
Townsend May 21 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet
Wits: John James Townsend, Selby Ennals
1905 Jun 1 Shepperson Thomas Morton 28 bac farmer of March son of
William farmer deceased to
Townsend Edith Mary 26 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet
by lic. Wits: Elizabeth Murfitt, John James Townsend
1909 Apr 14 Jackson Sidney bac farmer of Wilburton son of George farmer to
Townsend Ethel Maud 24 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet
Wits: John James Townsend, George Jackson
Burials
1746 Sep 14 Mary infant
1794 Apr 21 Sarah 27 [BT sp]
1798 Jul 17 William blacksmith
1812 Mar 16 Mrs Elizabeth 68
1834 Nov 6 John James otp 24
1838 Apr 8 John James of St Andrew the Less Cambridge 1
1840 Aug 6 Elizabeth Hannah of St Andrew the Less Cambridge 7 months
1846 Nov 12 Hannah otp 72
1859 Feb 28 William otp 83
1876 Aug 23 Henry Charles otp 17
1882 Nov 22 Henry otp 66
1895 Dec 17 Edith of Fakenham 66
1930 Apr 12 Annie Eliza of Huntingdon Rd Cambridge 77
1935 Feb 15 John James of 146 Huntingdon Rd Cambridge 81
1943 Jun 17 Annie Elizabeth of Hills Rd Cambridge 82
Banns
1763 Jul 17 Townsend William otp to
Rust Elizabeth of Mepal
1807 Sep 27 Townsend William otp to
Newman Hannah of All Saints Cambridge
Longstanton St Michael’s
Baptisms
1877 Jul 22 Lillian Ida dau of John James & Eliza of All Saints farrier
1878 Dec 22 Edith May dau of John James & Eliza otp farrier
Marriages
1676 Oct 17 Townsend Thomas rector of Mepal to
Scott Elizabeth of Cambridge
Local residents will notice that Major Charles Townsend, the renouned horse vet who lived at Melrose house, is missing from the above list – even though he is buried at All Saints’ church. The parish registers we are using do not cover the period in which Major Townsend died.