A violent storm rose, soon after the fleet in which he sailed left Sandy Hook, the fleet was dispersed, several of the ships perished, and poor Townsend has not since been heard of. I greatly fear the vessel in which he went has shared the same fate."**

"Sleep on -- sleep on -- the glittering depths Of Ocean's coral caves : -- Are thy bright urn -- thy requiem The music of its waves : -- The purple gems for ever bum In fadeless beauty round thy urn ; And pure and deep as infant love, The blue sea rolls its waves above."-- G. D. Peentice.

The names of the children, with the dates of their birth, as recorded by Mr. Townsend himself, are as follows: " Epenetus, born 31st of October, 1770; Lucy, born 3d of November, 1772 ; Micajah and John, twins, born 28th of June, 1875." Mr. Townsend, when he removed to Salem left a younger brother, Jotham, who continued at Oyster Bay. and died in 181 5. He left a son, Col. Micajah Townsend, now living at Cedar Swamp, L. I. Micah, another brother, is the father of the Rev. Micajah Townsend of Clarcenceville, Canada East.

Previous to his embarkation, Mr. Townsend had deposited in the hands of the Rev. Benj. Moore, (afterwards Bishop Moore) the library, silver chalice and velvet cushion belonging to St. James' church desiring him to keep them until called for. The latter, in 1785, informed Mr. John Wallace and Ebenezer Lobdell, church-wardens of the parish : " That the above mentioned articles were left with him for safe keeping, and that St. James' church might have them by sending an order for that purpose. The Rev. David Perry was accordingly deputed to receive them in the name of the vestry." " At a society meeting legally warned and holden at the Independent School House," in Ridgefield, "on the 1 8th day of April, 1803, voted -- that the Society meeting desire Dr.