TOWNLEY - a name born on the battlefield and baptized in the blood of a thousand French Knights
Continuation from "Ancient Ancestors"
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Generation 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard de Townley - b 1230 - Lancashire; ENG
Generation 27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Note - all these pages and all links are being updated...
Cecilia de Towneley - b 1275 - Towneley; Lancashire; ENG / married John de le Legh pages will be created for all the names on this page.... check back
Generation 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sir Richard Townley - b 1313 - Whalley; Lancashire; ENG
Generation 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert de Towneley - b 1355 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Lord John de Towneley - b 1358 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Generation 30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sir Richard de Townley - b 14 May 1387 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Henry de Towneley - b 1390
Generation 31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sir 'Knight' John Towneley - b 1415 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Thomas Towneley - b 1422 - Lancashire; ENG
Generation 32 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Townley - b 1445 - Whalley; Lancashire; ENG
Lawrence Townley of Barnside- b 1449 - Barnside; Lancashire; ENG
Grace Townley - b 1452 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Nicholas Townley - b 1456 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Richard Townley of Dutton - b 1469 - Lancashire; ENG
Generation 33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sir John Townley - b 1473 - Townley Hall; Lancashire; ENG - (first wife; Isabel Pilkington)
Sir John Townley - b 1473 - Townley Hall; Lancashire; ENG - (second wife; Ann Catterall)
Henry Towneley of Barnside - b 1480 - Barnside; Lanchashire; ENG
Richard Townley - b 1482 - Lancashire; ENG
Henry Towneley of Dutton - b 1520 - Royal; Lancashire; ENG
Generation 34 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sir Richard Towneley - b 1499 - ENG
Charles Towneley - b 1500 - Gray's Inn; Lancashire; ENG
Sir Lawrence Towneley of Colne - 1510 - Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Nicholas Alatine Towneley - b 1505 - Royall; Palatine; ENG
Bernard Towneley of Hurstwood - b 1532 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Richard Towneley of Dutton - b 1565 - ENG
Henry Towneley - 1575 - ENG
Generation 35 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sir Richard Towneley - b 1518 - ENG
John Towneley of Gray's Inn - b 1528 - Gray's Inn; Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Edmund Towneley of Royal - b 1532 - Royle; Lancashire; ENG
Lawrence Towneley of Stone Edge - b 1540 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Henry Towneley of Barnside - b 1541 - Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Henry Towneley of Dutton - b 1608 - ENG
Generation 36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lawrence Towneley III - b 1563 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Thomas Towneley - b 1565 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Richard Towneley - b 1566 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Francis Towneley Esq of Littleton - b Oct 1576 - Royle; Lancashire; ENG
Robert Towneley - b 1582 - Clifton; Lancashire; ENG
Abraham Towneley - b 1640 - Dutton Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Generation 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elizabeth Townley - b 1598 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG (first husband; Richard Halstead)
Elizabeth Townley - b 1598 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG (second husband; Christopher Lawrence Smith)
Richard Townley - b 1598 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Charles Townley - b 1600 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Christopher Townley - b 1604 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Lord Lawrence Townley IV - b 1611 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG (first wife; Elizabeth Alice Calvert)
Lord Lawrence Townley IV - b 1611 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG (second wife; Ellen Walton)
Nicholas Townley Esq of Littleton - b 7 Sep 1612 - Otley; Yorkshire; ENG
Mary Townley - b 1614 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Richard Townley - b 1689 - Belfield Hall; Lancashire; ENG
GEN 38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Townley - b 1629 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Colonel Lawrence Townley - b 1639 - Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Colonel Augustine Warner - b 1642 - Warner Hall; Gloucester; VA
Thomas Townley - b 1645- Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Nicholas Thomas Townley - b 9 Jul 1648 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Thomas John Townley - b 1649 - Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Charles Townley - b 1652 - Littleton Place; ENG
Colonel Richard Townley - b 1726 - Belfield Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Gen 39 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charles Townley - b 1658 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Mary Warner - b 1664 - Warner Hall; Gloucester; VA
Alice Townley - b 1665 - Gloucester; Gloucester; VA
John Townley - b 1668 - King & Queen Co; VA
Mildred Warner - b 1670 - Warner Hall; Gloucester; VA
Elizabeth Warner - 1672 - Warner Hall; Gloucester; VA
Geoffery Thomas Townley - b 1673 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Thomas John Townley - b 1680 - King & Queen Co; VA
Charles Townley - b 1684 - Parish of St Dunstan; London; ENG
Thomas Townley II - b 1706 - Royle Estate; Lancashire; ENG
Gen 40 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mildred Smith - b 1681 - Purton; Gloucester; ENG
Sir John Townley - b 1687 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Richard Townley - b 1689 - Towneley Hall; Lancashire; ENG
Augustine Washington - b 1694 - Wakefield; Westmoreland; VA
Rev Charles Grymes - b 1697 - Richmond; VA
Colonel Robert Lewis - b 1704 - Warner Hall; Gloucester; VA
Francis Townley - b 1709 - ENG
Charles Townley - b 1713 - Great Tower Hill - London; ENG
James Townley - b 1714 - Great Tower Hill - London; ENG
John Townley - b 1715 - VA
Thomas George Townley - b 1731 - Johnston Co; NC
GEN 41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rev Robert Porteus - b 1705 - Newbottle; VA
William Townley - b 1714 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
John Townley - b 1731 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
George Eskridge Washington - b 1732 - Popes Creek; Westmoreland; VA --- First President of U.S.
Elizabeth Washington - b 1733 - Bridges Creek; Westmoreland; VA
Lucy Ludwell Grymes - b 1735 - Middlesex' VA.
Colonel William Lewis - b 1738 - Locust Hill; Albemarle; VA
John Townley - b 1739 - VA
John Henry Morris Townley - b 23 Jul 1757 - Wake; NC
Gen 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mildred Porteus - b 1744 - Cochayne Hatley; Bedfordshire; ENG
Major Genral Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee - b 1756 - Dumfries; Prince William; VA
Peregrine Edward Townley - b 1762 - Corney House; Chiswick; ENG
Meriwether Lewis - b 1774 - Locust Hill; Ivy; Albemarle; VA --- Leader of Lewis & Clark Expedition
Thomas Pinkney Townley - b 1777 - Johnston; NC
Daniel Townley - b 1783 - Abbeyville; SC
Rachel Townley - b 1784 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
John Luther Townley - b 1786 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Henry Morris Townley - b 1789 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Mary Kay "Polly" Townley - b 1795 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Richmond P Townley - b 1796 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Gen 43 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rev Robert Hodgson - b 1773 - Congleton; Cheshire; ENG
Col. Charles Townley - b 1803 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
John Townley - b 1806 - Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
John Richmond Townley - b 1806 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Robert Edward Lee - b 1807 - Stratford Hall; Westmoreland; VA --- General of Confederate Army
Henry Townley - b 1808 - SC
William Jacob Townley - b 1809 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Zachariah Townley - b 1817 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
John W Townley - b 1817 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
David W. B. Townley - b 1819 - Townley; Walker; AL
Thomas Marion Townley - b 1822 - Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Benjamin Franklin Townley - b 1830 - Walker; AL
Robert Townley - b 1831 - Walker; AL
Andrew James Townley - b 1832 - Walker; AL
John Richmond Townley - b 1834 - Walker; AL
Gen 44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henrietta Mildred Hodgson - b 1805 - Carlisle; Cumberland; ENG
Thomas Pinkney Townley - b 1830 - Ben Smith District; Dawson; GA - (first wife - Elizabeth "Betsey" Hays)
Thomas Pinkney Townley - b 1830 - Ben Smith District; Dawson; GA - (second wife - Amanda L Austin)
Thomas Pinkney Townley - b 1830 - Ben Smith District; Dawson; GA - (third wife - Nancy Roberson)
Richmond Townley - b 1833 - Walker; AL
John James Townley - b 1835 - Gwinnett; GA
John James Townley - b1835 - Walker; AL
Wiley Sims Townley - b 1837 - Gwinnett; GA
Mary Alice Townley - b 1837 - ENG
Daniel J Townley - b 1838 - Walker; AL
Marion Jefferson Townley - b 1842 - Forsyth; GA
Balaam Jordan Townley - b 1844 - Cumming; Forsyth; GA
Benjamin Franklin Townley - b 1846 - Forsyth; GA
Richmond Pinkerton Townley - b1846 - Walker; AL
Stephen Anderson Townley - b 1852 - Forsyth; GA - (first wife - Margaret Langley
Stephen Anderson Townley - b 1852 - Forsyth; GA - (second wife Elizabeth Murphy)
Gen 45 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frances Dora Smith - b 1832 - Blendon Hall; Kent; ENG
John W H Townley - b 1852 - Gwinnett; GA
James Anderson Townley - b 1866 - Gwinnett; GA
Charlie Oscar Townley - b 1875 - Gwinnett; GA - (first wife - Minnie Camp)
Charlie Oscar Townley - b 1875 - Gwinnett; GA - (second wife - Eula F "Lee" Reynolds)
Viola "Ola" Townley - b 1877 - Gwinnett; GA
Jeppa J "Gippy" Townley - b 1878 - Gwinnett; GA
Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Townley - b 1879 - Forsyth; GA
Elbert L Townley - b 1880 - Gwinnett; GA
Leander Pirkle "Lee" Townley - b 1880 - Forsyth; GA - (first wife - Eula O Sweatman)
Leander Pirkle "Lee" Townley - b 1880 - Forsyth; GA - (second wife - Florence Burt Bennett)
for continuation of info on Townley's, and more pages go to "Descendants of Leander Townley" link.
Below is a continuation of our family members 'outside' our "immediate" family>
Gen 46 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyons - b 1855 - Lowndes Square; London; ENG
Susan Naomi Townley - b 1886 - GA
Thomas Pinkney Townley - B 1877 - Gwinnett; GA
Paul Hilliard Townley - b 1921 - GA
Gen 47 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyons - B 1900 - Hitchin; Hertfordshire; ENG --- "The Queen Mother"
George Genova Hood - b 1906 - Fulton; GA
Harold Townley - b 1941
GEN 48 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary II Windsor - b 1926 - Mayfair; London; ENG --- Queen of England
Tony Townley - b
Gen 49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
King Charles III - b 1948 - Buckingham Palace; London; ENG --- (first wife - Lady Diana Spencer)
King Charles III - b 1948 - Buckingham Palace; London; ENG --- (second wife - Camilla Parker Bowles)
John Wes Townley
Dillard Townley - b 1995
Will Townley - b
Grace Townley - b
Jeff Hood - b
Gen 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis Windsor - b 1982 - Paddington; London; ENG --- Duke of Cambridge
Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor - b 1984 - Paddington; London; ENG --- Duke of Sussex