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Elizabeth Townley 1598–1679 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Mar 1598

Birth Location: Stone Edge,Colne,Lancashire,England

Death Date: 28 Jan 1679

Death Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England

Father: Lawrence III

Mother: Jennet Halstead

Spouse(s): Sir (Smythe), John Hitchon, Richard Halstead

Children(s): Maj. Smith, Mary Hitchon, Col. Burgess), Elizabeth Smith, Ellen Smith, Helena Smith, Thomas Smith, Ambrose Smith, Richard Smith, Chistopher Smith, Thomas Smith, John Smith

The story of Elizabeth Townley began in 1598 in Stone Edge,Colne,Lancashire,England. Elizabeth Townley married John Hitchon, Richard Halstead, Sir Christopher Thomas Smith Smythe, and had children including Ambrose Smith, Chistopher Smith, Col John Smith Speaker Of The House Of Burgess, Elizabeth Smith, Ellen Smith, Helena Eleanor Smith, John Smith, Maj Lawrence Smith, Mary Hitchon, Richard Smith, Thomas Smith. Elizabeth Townley passed away in 1679 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth Townley began in 1598 in Stone Edge,Colne,Lancashire,England.
  • Elizabeth Townley married John Hitchon, Richard Halstead, Sir Christopher Thomas Smith Smythe, and had children including Ambrose Smith, Chistopher Smith, Col John Smith Speaker Of The House Of Burgess, Elizabeth Smith, Ellen Smith, Helena Eleanor Smith, John Smith, Maj Lawrence Smith, Mary Hitchon, Richard Smith, Thomas Smith.
  • Elizabeth Townley passed away in 1679 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lawrence III
1563–1655
Birth Location: Stone Edge, Lancashire, England
LI
Jennet Halstead
1578–1623
Birth Location: Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
JH

Spouses(s)

Sir (Smythe)
1592–1638
Birth Location: Stannihurst Stoneyhurst, Devon, England
S(
John Hitchon
1613–1638
Birth Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England
JH
Richard Halstead
1594–1624
Birth Location: Stone Edge, Lancashire, England
RH

Children(s)

Maj. Smith
1619–1700
Birth Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England
MS
Mary Hitchon
1619–1700
Birth Location: Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England
MH
Col. Burgess)
1624–1698
Birth Location: Purton (east of River Severn), Gloucestershire, England
CB
Elizabeth Smith
1620–
Birth Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England
ES
Ellen Smith
1623–
Birth Location: Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England
ES
Helena Smith
1625–1679
Birth Location: St Martin in the Fields, London, England
HS
Thomas Smith
1623–1637
Birth Location: Tottne, Devon, England
TS
Ambrose Smith
1628–
Birth Location: Burnley Parish, Lancashire, , England
AS
Richard Smith
1618–1700
Birth Location: Tottne, Devon, England
RS
Chistopher Smith
1612–1730
Birth Location: –
CS
Thomas Smith
1612–1617
Birth Location: –
TS
John Smith
1612–1618
Birth Location: –
JS

Elizabeth Townley's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Townley
1598–1679
Birth Place: Stone Edge,Colne,Lancashire,England
Parents
Lawrence Towneley III
1563–1655
Stone Edge, Lancashire, England
Jennet Halstead
1578–1623
Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Roger Hartley
1552–1606
Werley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Stansfield
1550–1616
Coniston-in-Craven, Yorkshire, England
John Halstead
1574–1601
Lancashire, England
Mary (Elizabeth) Scofield
1554–1612
Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Hartley
1525–1599
Genet Hartley
1505–1551
Thomas Heygynne
1529–1564
Alice Mitchell
1523–1618
James Scofield
1530–1559
Lady Latham
1533–1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord HARTLEY
1500–1525
Joan Emott
1500–1577
Sir (Hartley)
1480–1578
Lady Greene
1480–1505
Lawrence Stansfield
1507–1534
Lady Horsefall
1505–1550
Hugh Scofield
1465–
Jonet Langley
1480–
Sir Latham
1500–1558
Lady Latham)
1497–1558

Elizabeth Townley's Descendants

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Elizabeth Townley (27 Mar 1598–28 Jan 1679) m. Sir (Christopher Thomas Smith) (Smythe) (1592–1638) m. John Hitchon (1613–16 Apr 1638) m. Richard Halstead (12 Jan 1594–03 May 1624)
  1. 1. Maj. (Lawrence) Smith 1619–1700 m. Mary Dedman 1631–1728 m. Mary Hitchon 1619–1700
    1. 1. William (Smith) (Smythe) 1652–1684 m. Elizabeth (Grace M) Ballard 1653–1684
      1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth) Smith 1670–1720
      2. 2. Ann Smith 1674–1732
      3. 3. Grace Smith 1676–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Smith 1670–1720 m. John (Conner) Corbin 1671–1748 m. William Maynard 1666–1716
        1. 1. Olive Corbin 1691–1763 m. Thomas Jordan 1683–1764
        2. 2. Charles Corbin 1702–1724
        3. 3. Andrew Corbin 1702–1767
        4. 4. John Corbin 1696–1758
        5. 5. Alise Corbin 1684–1741
        6. 6. Rawley Corbin 1697–1725
        7. 7. Peter Corbin 1687–
        8. 8. David Corbin 1696–1738
        9. 9. William Corbin 1685–1783
        10. 10. William Maynard 1696–1788 m. Jane Batrip 1696–1747
    2. 2. Sarah (Smith) (Smythe) 1660–1720 m. Col. (John Richard "The Ranger" Taliaferro) Sr. 1656–1720
      1. 1. Phillip Taliaferro 1676–
      2. 2. Charles (Taliaferro , Sheriff of Essex) County 1684–1779
      3. 3. Francis Taliaferro 1683–1684
      4. 4. John (S.) Taliaferro 1687–1744
      5. 5. Martha Taliaferro 1686–1726
      6. 6. Jane ("Emma") Taliaferro 1683–1704
      7. 7. Charles Taliaferro 1690–1721
      8. 8. Zachariah Taliaferro 1699–1722
      9. 9. William Taliaferro 1704–1760
      10. 10. Colonel (Lawrence) Taliaferro 1682–1726
      11. 11. Zachariah Taliaferro 1683–1745
      12. 12. Richard Taliaferro 1703–1748
      13. 13. Mary (Taliaferro (wife of Francis Thornton Jr.) (Colonel)) 1685–1726 m. Col (Francis Thornton) II 1682–1737
        1. 1. Lydia Thornton 1723–1779 m. Thomas Watts 1720–1769
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Jane) Thornton 1700–1767
        3. 3. Col (Francis Thornton) III 1714–1749 m. Frances Gregory 1720–1790
        4. 4. William (Montpelier) Thornton 1705–1708
        5. 5. Sarah Thornton 1708–1793 m. Thomas Slaughter 1704–1746
        6. 6. Rowland Thornton 1725–1768
        7. 7. Alice Thornton 1722–1739 m. James Taylor 1703–1784 m. Lawrence Catlett 1681–1724 m. John (Lewis) FitzHugh 1727–1809
        8. 8. Mary Thornton 1708–1757
        9. 9. Lucy (Eliza) Thornton 1723–1724
        10. 10. Nicholas Thornton 1736–1772
        11. 11. William Thornton 1717–1790 m. Jane Clack 1721–1792
        12. 12. John (Thornton) Col. 1706–1779
        13. 13. Sarah Thornton 1719–
        14. 14. Lucy Thornton 1735–1781
        15. 15. Anne Thornton 1715–1762
        16. 16. Margaret Thornton 1713–1740
        17. 17. Francis Thornton 1740–1795
        18. 18. Francis Thornton 1727–1775
        19. 19. Anthony Thornton 1716–1782
        20. 20. Mildred Thornton 1721–1778 m. Thomas Walker 1715–1794 m. Nicholas (Meriwether) III 1699–1739
        21. 21. Hon. (Peter Presley) Thornton 1736–1812
        22. 22. Reuben Thornton 1710–1768 m. Elizabeth Gregory 1714–1796
        23. 23. Elizabeth Thornton 1713–1774 m. Thomas Meriwether 1714–1756
        24. 24. John Thornton 1715–
        25. 25. Alice (Thorton) (Taylor) 1707–1739
        26. 26. Ann Thornton 1703–1764
      14. 14. Elizabeth (Wortham) Taliaferro 1698–1720
      15. 15. Catherine Taliaferro 1697–1749
      16. 16. Elizabeth Taliaferro 1682–1768
      17. 17. Robert Taliaferro 1689–1728
    3. 3. Elizabeth Smith 1664–1679
    4. 4. John (R. Smith) (Smythe) 1662–
    5. 5. Charles (Smith) (Smythe) 1655–1710
    6. 6. Lawrence (Smith) (Smythe) 1660–1737
    7. 7. Robert (Smith) (Smythe) 1665–1765
    8. 8. Maj. (Augustine Warner Smith) (Smythe) 1655–1736 m. Susannah Walters 1690–1726
    9. 9. Mary (Smith) (Smythe) 1639–1713 m. Gerret (Frank Van) Swearingen 1636–1698
      1. 1. Eleanor Swearingen 1683–1729
      2. 2. Joseph ((Twin)) Swearingen 1677–1712
      3. 3. Charles ((Twin)) Swearingen 1677–1712
      4. 4. Anne Swearingen 1679–1727
      5. 5. Dorothy Swearingen 1684–1728
      6. 6. Theresa Swearingen 1683–1754
      7. 7. Mary (Maria) Swearingen 1680–1734
      8. 8. Sarah Swearingen 1688–1718
    10. 10. Thomas (Smith) (Smythe) 1660–1717
    11. 11. William (Smith) (Smythe) 1650–1734
    12. 12. Mercy (Smith) (Smythe) 1655–1679
    13. 13. John (Smith) (Smythe) 1653–
    14. 14. Alexander (Smith) (Smythe) 1665–1680
  2. 2. Mary Hitchon 1619–1700 m. Maj. (Lawrence) Smith 1619–1700
  3. 3. Col. (John Smith (Speaker of the House of) Burgess) 1624–1698 m. Anne (Cordray) Bernard 1632–1698 m. Anne (Cordray) Bernard 1634–1698
    1. 1. Mildred Smith 1681–1725 m. Robert (Porteus) I 1679–1758
      1. 1. Rev. (Robert) Porteus 1705–1754 m. Judith Cockayne 1702–1789
        1. 1. Mildred Porteus 1744–1815 m. Robert (Hodgson ,Very) Rev. 1740–1808
    2. 2. Col. (John Smith) Jr 1662–1698
    3. 3. Elizabeth Smith 1667–1708
    4. 4. Augustine Smith 1666–1736
    5. 5. Marinleus Smith 1660–1702
    6. 6. Arthur Smith 1665–1680
    7. 7. Sarah Smith 1660–1720
  4. 4. Elizabeth Smith 1620–
  5. 5. Ellen Smith 1623–
  6. 6. Helena (Eleanor) Smith 1625–1679
  7. 7. Thomas Smith 1623–1637
  8. 8. Ambrose Smith 1628–
  9. 9. Richard Smith 1618–1700
  10. 10. Chistopher Smith 1612–1730
  11. 11. Thomas Smith 1612–1617
  12. 12. John Smith 1612–1618

Elizabeth Townley's Timeline

2 Records

1598
27 Mar 1598
Birth of Elizabeth Townley in Stone Edge,Colne,Lancashire,England
Stone Edge,Colne,Lancashire,England
1679
28 Jan 1679
Age 81
Death of Elizabeth Townley in Burnley, Lancashire, England
Burnley, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1598
    Event Place: Stone Edge,Colne,Lancashire,England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lancashire: Burnley - Parish Register, 1562-1653

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Stanford Rivers, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1679
    Event Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England
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