. Historic Virginia homes and churches . )uilt the liouse atTowles Point. He married Anne Therett and, dying in1734, was succeeded hy his son Stokeley Towles, who mar-ried Catherine Martin and had (besides Colonel ThomasTowles and Major Stokeley Towles, each of whom was a. TOWLES POINT, COLNTY militia officer during the Revolution) a son, Colonel HenryTowles (1738-1799), who succeeded his father at TowlesPoint. Henry Towles, who was a colonel of militiadming the Revolution, and County Ijieutenant of Lan-caster, in 1794, married, in 1760, Judith Haynes. ColonelTowles had eight child
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . )uilt the liouse atTowles Point. He married Anne Therett and, dying in1734, was succeeded hy his son Stokeley Towles, who mar-ried Catherine Martin and had (besides Colonel ThomasTowles and Major Stokeley Towles, each of whom was a. TOWLES POINT, COLNTY militia officer during the Revolution) a son, Colonel HenryTowles (1738-1799), who succeeded his father at TowlesPoint. Henry Towles, who was a colonel of militiadming the Revolution, and County Ijieutenant of Lan-caster, in 1794, married, in 1760, Judith Haynes. ColonelTowles had eight children and at his death the estate wassold for division, but was bought by his daughter, Frances,who had married her cousin Porteus Towles (1777-1821).Porteus and Frances Towles were succeeded at TowlesPoint by their son, William Henry Towles (1803-1836),who married Keturah, widow of Thomas Towles. At the 316 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES death of W. H. Towles tlie old home again passed by in-heritance to liis son James Towles (1829-1896), who mar-ried Josephine Isabella Whittington, and left a numberof children, one of whom, Howard ]McJelton Towles, aprominent lawyer of Baltimore, is the present owner ofTowles Point. CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER One of the best examples of
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