The townsend Surname
townsend Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the extremity of
a village, from Middle English toun ‘village’, ‘settlement’ +
ende ‘end’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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