Richard Townley

Colonel Richard Townley (died 1711) was born in England probably at Astlam (Astleham) Manor in Littleton (formerly in Middlesex, today in Surrey).

[1] He was the eighth son of Nicholas Townley of Littleton and Joanne White.

He settled in the Elizabethtown, New Jersey area and married his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Carteret (née.

[2] Townley was one of the East New Jersey Provincial Council during the administration of deputy governor Lord Neill Campbell in 1686.

At the time of his death in April 1711, Richard Townley was Presiding Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions for Essex County.