Family:Richard Townley and Elizabeth Smith (1)

"Elizabeth (Smith-Lawrence) Carteret m. (3) 1685, Colonel Richard Townley, eighth son of Nicholas and Joanne (White) Townley, of Littleton, County Middlesex, England. Joanna White was the eldest daughter and co-heir of William White, of Northiam, County Sussex. Colonel Townley came over in the suite of Lord Howard of Effingham, Governor of Virginia, in 1684, and soon afterward settled in Elizabethtown. He had been previously married and had at least one daughter, Sarah, wife of John Shackmaple, of New London, Conn., who was collector, surveyor, and searcher for that Colony."

"New England Marriages Before 1700" Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985 (as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)

"LAWRENCE, William (1623-1680) & 2/wf Elizabeth SMITH, m/2 Philip CARTERET 1681?, m/3 Richard TOWNSLEY; m lic 4 Mar 1664/5; ?Smithtown, LI/Flushing, LI"; "TOWNLEY/TOWNSLEY, Richard (-1711) & Elizabeth (SMITH) (LAWRENCE) CARDERET, w William, w Philip; aft 1682, by 1691, ca 1685; NJ"