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Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley 1577–1623 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 AUG 1577

Birth Location: Windlehouse, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 12 AUG 1623

Death Location: Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England

Father: John Halstead

Mother: Elizabeth Scofield

Spouse(s): Lawrence Towneley

Children(s): Mary Warner, Ellen Towneley, Anne Towneley, Margaret Towneley, Alice Townley, Elizabeth Hallstead, Elizabeth Townley

In 1577, Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley entered the world in Windlehouse, Lancashire, England, born to John Halstead And Elizabeth Scofield. Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley married Lawrence Towneley, and had children including Alice Townley, Anne Towneley, Elizabeth Townley, Elizabeth Townley Hallstead, Ellen Towneley, Margaret Towneley, Mary Towneley Spouce Warner. Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley passed away in 1623 in Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1577, Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley entered the world in Windlehouse, Lancashire, England, born to John Halstead And Elizabeth Scofield.
  • Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley married Lawrence Towneley, and had children including Alice Townley, Anne Towneley, Elizabeth Townley, Elizabeth Townley Hallstead, Ellen Towneley, Margaret Towneley, Mary Towneley Spouce Warner.
  • Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley passed away in 1623 in Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Halstead
1535–1632
Birth Location: Burnley, Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England
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Elizabeth Scofield
1554–1612
Birth Location: Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lawrence Towneley
1564–1654
Birth Location: Stone Edge, Colne, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

Mary Warner
1614–1662
Birth Location: Stone Edge, Lancashire, , England
MW
Ellen Towneley
1606–1623
Birth Location: Colne Parish, Lancashire, England
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Anne Towneley
1608–1672
Birth Location: Colne, Lancashire, England
AT
Margaret Towneley
1596–
Birth Location: Lancashire, England
MT
Alice Townley
1604–1623
Birth Location: Colne, Lancashire, , England
AT
Elizabeth Hallstead
1598–1679
Birth Location: Stonehedge, Colne, Lancashire County, England
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Elizabeth Townley
1598–1679
Birth Location: Colne, Lancashire, England
ET

Jennet Townley's Ancestors

Self
Jennet Townley
1577–1623
Birth Place: Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
Parents
John Halstead
1535–1632
Burnley, Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Scofield
1554–1612
Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
OLIVER (John Halstead * of Rowley) Hall
1509–1582
Burnley, Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England
MARY (ANNE Barcroft Halstead of Barcroft) Hall
1513–1593
Barcroft Hall, Burnley Whalley, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jennet Townley's Descendants

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Jennet (Halstead Spouce:) Townley (23 AUG 1577–12 AUG 1623) m. Lawrence Towneley (3 JUN 1564–12 FEB 1654/55)
  1. 1. Mary (Towneley Spouce:) Warner 1614–1662 m. Augustine Warner 1611–1681 m. James Miller 1610–1657
    1. 1. Isabella Warner 1640–1704 m. John Lewis 1640–1726 m. Robert Yard 1636–1734 m. Maj (Hugh John) Lewis 1635–1689
      1. 1. John (Taliaferro Col- John the Councilor) Lewis* 1669–1725 m. Mildred Reade 1672–1720 m. Elizabeth Warner* 1672–1720
        1. 1. Mary Lewis 1700–1755 m. Daniel (Donald) McDonald 1700–1756
    2. 2. Isabella Miller* 1640–1704 m. Maj (Hugh John) Lewis 1635–1689
      1. 1. MARY LEWIS 1665– m. SALVATOR MUSCOE 1645–1741
        1. 1. Salvator Muscoe 1645–1741 m. Mary Beverley 1654–1700 m. Mary Hucklescott 1674–1750
      2. 2. Abraham Lewis 1685–1768 m. Mary Morgan 1687–1764
        1. 1. Susanna Lewis 1730–1801 m. Samuel Butcher 1731–1778
    3. 3. Augustine (Warner) II 1642–1681 m. Mildred Reade 1672–1720 m. Mildred Reade 1643–1694
      1. 1. Elizabeth Warner* 1672–1720 m. John (Taliaferro Col- John the Councilor) Lewis* 1669–1725
  2. 2. Ellen Towneley 1606–1623
  3. 3. Anne Towneley 1608–1672
  4. 4. Margaret Towneley 1596–
  5. 5. Alice Townley 1604–1623
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Townley) Hallstead 1598–1679 m. Sir (Christopher I Lawrence Smythe) (Smith), 1592–1638
    1. 1. Maj. (Col. John Smith, Speaker of the House of) Burgess 1624–1698
    2. 2. Christopher Smith 1612–1730
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Eliza) SMITH 1620–1701
    4. 4. Ellen (Halstead) Smith 1623–
    5. 5. Ambrose Smith 1628–
    6. 6. Lawrence (Smythe Spouce: Debnam) Hitchon 1629–1700 m. Mary (Debman-Grymes) (Hitchon)(Smith) 1651–1687
      1. 1. Colonel (William) Smith 1686–1734
        1. 1. Katherine Smith 1702–1795 m. William (Grancer) Mullins 1704–1734
    7. 7. Thomas Smith 1612–1636
    8. 8. Susannah Smith 1628–1692
    9. 9. Christopher (“Kit” Smith\Smyth II; Sir Knight of Burnley) Parish 1631–1716 m. Mary (Elizabeth Fairbanks) (Smith\Smythe) 1622–1676 m. Lydia Broadribb 1635–1712
      1. 1. Ambrose (Joshua) Smith 1661–
      2. 2. John Smith 1660–1746
      3. 3. Edward Smith 1660–
      4. 4. William (Smith) III 1660–1660
      5. 5. Benjamin Smith 1664–
      6. 6. Richard Smith 1656–1718
      7. 7. Thomas Smith 1658–1778
      8. 8. David Smith 1659–1758
      9. 9. Christopher (Smith) III 1670–1739 m. Catherine Snelson 1680–1742
        1. 1. James Smith 1735–1793
        2. 2. Capt (Ambrose Joshua Smith (VA) Militia) 1703–1758
        3. 3. John Smith 1721–1783
        4. 4. Christopher Smith 1710–1739
        5. 5. William Smith 1734–
        6. 6. Roger Smith –1735
        7. 7. Ann Smith 1732–
        8. 8. Charles Smith 1727–1804
        9. 9. David (Thomas Farrar) SMITH 1700–1778
        10. 10. Katherine Smith 1702–1795 m. William (Grancer) Mullins 1704–1734
  7. 7. Elizabeth Townley 1598–1679 m. John Hitchon 1613–1638 m. Richard Halstead 1594–1624 m. Sir (Lt. Gen. Christopher Thomas Lawrence) Smith 1592–1638
    1. 1. Mary (Debman-Grymes) (Hitchon)(Smith) 1651–1687 m. Lawrence (Smythe Spouce: Debnam) Hitchon 1629–1700

Jennet Townley's Timeline

2 Records

1577
23 AUG 1577
Birth of Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley in Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
Windlehouse, Lancashire, England
1623
12 AUG 1623
Age 46
Death of Jennet Halstead Spouce: Townley in Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England
Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 AUG 1577
    Event Place: Windlehouse, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 AUG 1623
    Event Place: Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England
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