lots in Warwick to his brothers and obtained a patent in Rusdorp (now Jamaica). In 1656 and 1657 Henry sold his property in Warwick and joined John in Jamaica. Richard remained in Warwick until 1666. John and Henry Townsend signed the Flushing Remonstrance which was dated 27 December 1657. Stuyvesant rejected the petition. Henry had continued run-ins with the Dutch, spending time in prison.. In 1661 Henry received the "Mill Grant" in Oyster Bay and John bought a house in December of the same year. They were now out of the jurisdiction of the Dutch. Here John spent the remainder of his life. It is believed that he was buried at Fort Hill, a Townsend Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York. A somewhat inaccurate marker placed long after he died reads: "This stone marks the grave of John Townsend who came from England about 1630, and settled in Oyster Bay in 1661. He died in 1668, and was buried here on his own land." John died intestate, so on the "10th day of the fifth month 1671" his widow Elizabeth, in consultation with John Townsend's surviving brothers Henry and Richard and her eldest sons John and Thomas Townsend, partitioned his property to include their younger children. Elizabeth died in 1684 and is also buried at the Townsend Cemetery References 1608 births 1668 deaths Townsend family American Quakers English emigrants People from Oyster Bay (town), New York People of New Netherland Burials in New York (state)