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Richard Townley 1720–1828 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 December 1720

Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 2 May 1828

Death Location: Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Father: Irving Townley

Mother: Sarah Evetts

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The story of Richard Townley began in 1720 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA. Richard Townley passed away in 1828 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Townley began in 1720 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA.
  • Richard Townley passed away in 1828 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA.

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Richard Townley's Ancestors

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Richard Townley
1720–1828
Birth Place: Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Parents
Irving Effingham Townley
1690–1730
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Sarah Evetts
1695–
Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Grandparents
William Lawrence
1622–1680
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Gildersleeve
1643–1712
Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America
James Evetts
1632–1712
Bishopsgate, England, United Kingdom
Anne Milbourne
1654–1754
Wroxhall, Kingdom, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lawrence
1589–1625
Joan Antrobus
1592–1680
Richard Smith
1613–1692
Sarah Smith
1621–1708
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lawrence
1562–1609
Elizabeth Waller?
1563–1609

Richard Townley's Timeline

2 Records

1720
18 December 1720
Birth of Richard Townley in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
1828
2 May 1828
Age 108
Death of Richard Townley in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 December 1720
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1828
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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