Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-29
RICHES LOOKING FOR AN OWNER.

RICHES LOOKING FOR AN OWNER. -
The following letter and editorial reply APP
appeared in the Newark Daily Advertiser of
Friday:
AYNAroLIs, Nd. Aug. 20, 1915.
Having seen a notice of an advertisement
which appeared in your paper some days since
concerning the heirs OF the name Of Townley,
To whom fortune had been left by will i'm
England, take the liberty Of asking YOU to- ~
kind enough to give me any information on the
subject which YOU may have, as the heirs Of
Judge = C. (now deceased) are living
In this city aud trace their descent direct from
the female branch Of the Townley family of
England. Any knowledge of the person adj
vertising, or any hint where information can
be obtained concerning the subject, will be
gratefully received by the heirs of Judge C.,
who desire to investigate their claim.
Your most obedient servant.
The facts, so far as we have learned, are
these: Rumors have from time to time during
the last twenty years reached here from Eng
land, that large estate Ga barony il is said)
IN Leiccstershire, worth about "a 900 900, had
been left by will to the descendants of the
Iownlcy family in this country. This family
were among the first settlers in Elizabethtown,
in this county, and are said to be descended
from Sir Charles Townley. But little atten-
ton has been paid To these rumors. until re-
Gently, when, we understand, they have taken
a rather more definite shape-it being reported
that the estate has been in chancery that Lord
Camoys, who claimed it BY right of his wife
(whose maiden name was Townley,) had re-
covered AN adj dining estate worth EGO 900 land
that the principal estate may be claimed by the
descendants in the United States. This led to
the advertisement published i'm this paper cal
ling the parties together for the purpose oi
prosecuting their claim, if any should be found
on Investigation to exist.
The meeting was held Yesterday at the Court
House IN Elizabethtown and was attended by
some 2OO persons claiming TO be of the family
VINO, alter spending great portion of the day
III reading old family records, &c, raiseda sum
oil money Tor the purpose of sending person
TO England to investigate the claim, and ap.
pointed the following committee for any far
ther necessary action which might occur: Rich
ard Iownley. Union Jonathan Townley, do
Richard L. Haines, Eliabcthtown John Van
Name, do. VIM. Sayre, do I; T.. J. Lustrc, do
Enos B. Townley, Newark
The Newark Advertiser of Saturday says
The ToUnley Family appear toJbe very nu,
merous, and the estate, if il be obtained, will
probably be divided into many parts. In add.
'ion TO the letter and facts given yesterday
we have to-day a letter from gentlemen at
Gordonsvillc, Orange county, Va, asking for
information in the premises, which, and an
other from one at Philadelphia, are at the ser.
vice OF the committee.
We have seen this morning seal which is
SAID to have been the private seal used by the
leading branch of the family in England, and
which was received by member of it here
about half century ago. 1t is small silver
stamp bearing device which may be full of
meaning to those who understand it,