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Townsends is an American educational YouTube channel created and hosted by Jon Townsend. Originally a channel to advertise items for sale from the family's brick and mortar historical reenactment supply store in Pierceton, Indiana , Townsends has become known for its historical mini-documentaries.
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (24 February 1733 – 30 June 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1783 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Sydney.
John Townsend (c. 1608–1668) was an early settler of the American Colonies who emigrated from England before 1642 when his son, Thomas, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam. Townsend was a signatory to the Flushing Remonstrance , a precursor to the United States Constitution 's provision on freedom of religion in the ...
Solomon Townsend was born in Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York in 1746, the eldest son of State Senator Samuel Townsend (d. 1790) and Sarah (Stoddard) Townsend. He was descended from the Oyster Bay Townsends, a Quaker family who settled in the area in the mid-17th century, (see Henry Townsend).
Townshend changed the purpose of the tax plan, however, and instead decided to use the revenue to pay the salaries of some colonial governors and judges. [53] Previously, the colonial assemblies had paid these salaries, but Parliament hoped to take the "power of the purse" [54] away from the colonies. According to historian John C. Miller ...
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John Townsend, Capt. Thomson's father, and his brothers Henry Townsend and Richard Townsend, were in Boston in 1637, from which they moved to Flushing on Long Island. [1] Captain Thomas Townsend, the second son of John, was baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Netherland on 16 Dec 1642 and his sponsors included his uncle Henry Townsend ...
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