A Case of Identity
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The most extraordinary criminal case in many respects in Upper Canada was that of a person charged with crimes committed by \William Townsend.2 William Townsend was born near Fort Porter, now Black Rock, in the State of New York in 1828. His father Robert Townsend was of good stock, being descended from Sir Roger Townsend,3 who landed at Plymouth in 1530. Robert, born in Massachusetts, came witli his brothers to Buffalo during the war of 1812; he was a carpenter and shipwright and enjoyed an excellent reputation all his life. He married Mary Ann Wright, the widow of an American soldier who had been killed during the war along with her brother William Caskey at Fort Porter. The Caskeys were descendents of Joseph Caskey, a Church of England missionary, whose church was burned by the Indians; he escaped, to live a missionary for over fifty years. Robert Townsend bought land near Fort Porter and there three of his children were born, William being the eldest. Then he crossed the internatio
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The most extraordinary criminal case in many respects in Upper Canada was that of a person charged with crimes committed by \William Townsend.2 William Townsend was born near Fort Porter, now Black Rock, in the State of New York in 1828. His father Robert Townsend was of good stock, being descended from Sir Roger Townsend,3 who landed at Plymouth in 1530. Robert, born in Massachusetts, came witli his brothers to Buffalo during the war of 1812; he was a carpenter and shipwright and enjoyed an excellent reputation all his life. He married Mary Ann Wright, the widow of an American soldier who had been killed during the war along with her brother William Caskey at Fort Porter. The Caskeys were descendents of Joseph Caskey, a Church of England missionary, whose church was burned by the Indians; he escaped, to live a missionary for over fifty years. Robert Townsend bought land near Fort Porter and there three of his children were born, William being the eldest. Then he crossed the internatio
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