Townsend is nearly a literally vocabulary expression for
the man who lived at the "town's end" and is derived from Middle
English tun,tone = village, settlement + end = end.
Variations are Townhend, Townend, Townen.
What's In A NAME: Check out your surnames
(BISSELL)
(PANNELL)
(TOWNSEND)
BEARDEN
BEDWELL
BISSELL
BLAND
BOWLER
BRISCOE
BRUNSON
BUNCH
CAMPBELL
CHOATE
COFFMAN
COX
DALRYMPLE
DAVENPORT
DAVIS
DESPAIN
DUNCAN
FLATT
FOX
FRENCH
GALLAGHER
GILBERT
GORDON
GRICE
HALLFORD
HELM
HENRY
HILL
HOBSON
HOLDEN
HOLLADAY
INMAN
KELLY
LAFEVERS
LEFEVER
LLOYD
LOGAN
MEADORS
MEEK
MITCHELL
MONTGOMERY
MOORE
NOWELL
OXLEY
PANNELL
POLK
POTTER
PROPS
ROBERTSON
STEVENS
STRASNER
TIMMS
TOWNSEND
TURNER
WALLS
WEEMS
WESTBROOK
WHITED
©1997 Larry & Debra Neiman *** Last updated 7 April 2008