Jennet Townson b. 16 Apr 1633 Moorhead, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England d. 22 Aug 1699 Wyersdale, Lancashire, England: Eachus Family History

1633 - 1699 (66 years)

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Name	Jennet Townson
Born	16 Apr 1633	Moorhead, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England [1]
Gender	Female
Died	22 Aug 1699	Wyersdale, Lancashire, England [1]
Buried	23 Aug 1699	Over Wyersdale, Lancashire. [1]
Person ID	I27258	My Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

Father	John Townson, b. 1601, Caton, Lancashire, England , d. 15 May 1668, Wyersdale, Lancaster. (Age 67 years)
Mother	Isabell Cowper, b. Abt 1600, (of) Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. 1668, Wyersdale, Lancashire (Age ~ 68 years)
Married	3 Nov 1621	St Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]
Family ID	F7163	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Thomas Cragg, b. 16 Mar 1631, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England , d. 1667, Lancaster, Lancashire (Age 35 years)

Married 11 Mar 1655 Christ Church, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Children

	1. Timothy Cragg, b. 1658, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England , d. 14 Feb 1724, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England (Age 66 years)
	2. Agnes Cragg, b. 1658, Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England , d. 1738, Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England (Age 80 years)
	3. Dorothy Cragg, b. 1659, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England , d. 1742, Lancaster, Lancashire, (Age 83 years)
	4. Elizabeth Cragg, b. 1661, Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England , d. 28 Nov 1685, London, England (Age 24 years)

Last Modified 15 Aug 2022

Family ID F7159 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Jennet came from Moor Head, Wyresdale. In an artical entitled "Jennet Cragg - A Quaker Heroine" George Adamson writes This is a tale of True Grit as known among the North Lancashire branch of the Kelsall family. The Kelsall's were among the first of the quaker families of the area, and for more that 300 years have maintained close ties with the Society of Friends. All it's members stem from a single ancester who arrived at Rowton Brook farm in Quernmore, Nr Lancaster one day in March 1687. His name was Joseph and he was 2 years old. He was accompanied by his elder brother John who was three. Both had been carried there from London in Panniers sling either side of a horse ridden by their grandmother Jennet Cragg. Thier long and arduous journey had been occasioned by the untimely deaths of their Quaker parents John & Elizabeth Kelsall.