Charles
Townley
Born in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Townley
and Elizabeth (Smith) Townley
Brother of
Mary (Lawrence) Vaughan [half], Joseph Lawrence [half], Thomas Lawrence [half], Richard Lawrence [half], Samuel Lawrence [half], Sarah (Lawrence) Shackmaple [half], James Lawrence [half] and Effingham Townley Sr.
Husband of
Abigail (Evetts) Townley
— married
1710 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Effingham Townley and Elizabeth (Townley) Crane
Died
at about age 70
in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey,
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Biography
Charles and his brother Effingham were mentioned in his mother’s Will of 1711, where she was also described as Elizabeth Townley, widow of Colonel Richard.[1]
He died in 1756 and was buried in St John’s Church at Elizabeth, New Jersey, where his wife Abigail was later also laid to rest.
Will précis of Charles Townley
“1756, Aug.22, Townley, Charles, of the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of.
- Wife, Abigail.
- Children- Effingham, Sarah Herriman, Mary Ann Tucker and Elizabeth
- Grandson, Richard Townley, son of Effingham and wife Rebekah.
- Executors - son (in-law?) John Herriman and Joseph Morse
- Witnesses - John Cleverly, Jonathan Allen, Thomas Tobin. Proved Sept. 13, 1756.”[2]
Memorial
“123r
- HERE LIETH interr’d the Body of Mr Charles Townley SON OF COLL RICHARD TOWNLEY ESQR who departed this Life Sep tember ye 2d Anno Domini 1756. In the 70th Year of his Age
- Likewise The Body of Abigail his Widow who deceas’d Decemr the 31st A. D. 1759 aged 66 Years
- Remember us laid here in Dust
- The Grace shall rot of all our Rust
- Till ye last Trump shall rend ye Skies
- And Christ shall say Ye Dead arise”[3]
Sources
- ↑ New Jersey Historical Society. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc. Newark, NJ, USA: New Jersey Historical Society, 1901. Page: 469
- ↑ New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series; John L. Murphy Publishing Company; New Jersey State Archives; New Jersey Colonial Documents page 328
- ↑ Wheeler, William Ogden,. Inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in the burying grounds of the First Presbyterian Church and St. Johns Church at Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1664-1892. Elizabeth, N.J.?: unknown, 1892. page 310
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