of land outside of Oyster Bay. Captain Underhill was converted to Quakerism by his second wife, thus making the union of Henry Townsend and Deborah Underhill the combining of two of the most influential Quaker families in Oyster Bay. John Townsend (1653-1705) Susanna Townsend, who married Aaron Forman, Jr. and had sons Aaron and Jacob. Mary Townsend, who married John Wright, son of Nicholas Wright, and had Rose, Eliphal, and Mary. Elizabeth Townsend (d. 1680), who died unmarried. Robert Townsend (1667-1687), who bought land on Long Island from the Indians Townsend died at Oyster Bay in 1695. Descendants Henry Townsend (1670-1709) was the son of Henry Townsend and Deborah Underhill. He bought the mill his grandfather had built from his uncle John Townsend, and when his Uncle John died, he was elected town surveyor, being the third generation in direct descent engaged in surveying and to operate the mill. He married Eliphal Wright, daughter of his aunt Mary Townsend and John Wright. References 1626 births 1695 deaths Townsend family American Quakers Converts to Quakerism English emigrants People from Oyster Bay (town), New York People of New Netherland People from Norwich 17th-century Quakers