Volume XXXVII

HENRY ROWLEY AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS

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9. SAMUEL4 ROWLEY (Moses,3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. about 1688, in Falmouth, Mass.; d. about 1767, in Hebron, Conn.; m. March 4, 1713, Elizabeth4 Fuller, dau. Of John3 (Samuel, 2 Edward1), and Mehitabel (Rowley) Fuller, of Barnstable, Mass., and East Hadden, Conn. He lived in the Parish of Gilead, Town of Hebron, where he settled not long after his marriage. He is called deacon. Children recorded at Hebron:

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 + i. Nathan, b. Jan. 22, 1714; m. Mary Sumner.
         ii. Abigail, b. Feb. 13,1716; d. Oct., 1764; m. May 22,1740,
Samuel Gilbert, Jr., of Hebron, and Lyme, N. H.,
where he d. Oct. 16, 1774, aged 63 years. Children
bom at Hebron:
Thomas,' b. Sept. 15, 1743; m. Jan. 19, 1763
Lydia Lathrop;
Anne, b. Sept. 19, 1745; d. April 10, 1748;
John, b. Feb. 12, 1749; m. March 18, 1769
Milicent Goodrich;
Abigail, b. Jan. 31,1752, m. June 25, 1769,
Rev. Samuel Peters; she d. July 14, 1769,
aged 18 years;
Sylvester, b. Oct. 20, 1755; d. Jan. 2, 1846;
m. Oct. 25, 1774, Mrs. Patience (Barber)
Gardiner, dau. of David Barber; she d. May 14, 1838,
aged 81 years. (The children of Sylvester and
Patience Gilbert were:
Samuel,7 b. Jan. 13, 1775;
Abigail, b. April 4,1776;
Theodora, b. Nov. 19,1777;
Sophia; b. Sept. 23, 1779;
Arethusa, b. April 3, 1781;
Sylvester, b. Nov. 18, 1782;
Patience, b. March 15, 1785;
William Pitt, b. Feb. 6, 1787;
Lewis, b. Dec. 19, 1788;
Ralph, b. Sept. 12, 1790;
Clarissa, b. Dec. 30, 1793;
Mary, b. March 14, 1796;
Abigail Eliza, b. Oct.25,1799)
Gardiner, b. April 15, 1758.
Samuel Gilbert, Jr., who m. Abigail Rowley, was a Captain and Colonel in the Militia.

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 + iii. Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1718; m. Miriam Shailer.

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 +  iv. Thomas, b. March 24, 1721; m. Lois Cass.
v. Thankful, b. July 15, 1723; m. Nov. 8, 1743, Thomas Wells, Jr., of Hebron; she d. April
28, 1750. Children:
Thomas, b. Feb. 11, 1743-4;
Samuel, and
probably others.

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 + vi. Abijah, b. July 13,1725; m. Hannah Youngs,
vii. Elizabeth, b, June 27, 1728; m. Aug. 15, 1751, Obadiah Culver of Hebron.  Children:
Deborah, b. June 30, 1752;
Nathan, b. May 18, 1754;
Barzeliel, b. Dec. 24, 1755;
Mary, b, Jan. 10, 1762;
Milicent, b. March 6, 1764;
Obadiah, b. Feb. 19, 1766;
Hannah, b. April 10, 1768;
Mary, b. April 24, 1770,

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viii. Prudence, b. Jul 28, 1732; m. Dec.. 25, 1751, Stephen Houghton (or Horton), of Hebron.  Children:
Sarah b. Dec. 10, 1754;
Stephen, Dec. 21, 1756; d. Jan. 2, 1760;
Hiram, b. March 29, 1759;
Stephen, b. June 4, 1761;
Lydia, b. June 28, 1763; m. Feb. 15, 1784, Dr. Thaddeus Parker; b. Oct. 4, 1765;
Prudence, b. Feb. 22, 1768.;
Henry Harvey, b. May 10, 1772.

10. JOHN4 ROWLEY (Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1) b. about 1690, in Falmouth; d. January --, 1763, in Colchester, Conn.; m. (1) Sept. 11, 1716, Deborah Fuller, who was perhaps dau. of John and Mehitabel (Rowley) Fuller, of Barnstable and East Haddam. If so, she was not, though living, named by her father in his will. She d. Jan. 30, 1752, aged 63, according to her gravestone. John Rowley married again, as his will of 1763 shows, but her name I have not found. He removed from East Haddam about 1722, and settled in Colchester. He was, in 1729, a member of the church in Westchester parish, and Ensign in the militia service.

Children:

i. Patience,' b. Aug. 30, 1717; m. probably Richard Skinner, Of Eastbury parish Wintonbury, Conn., son of Abraham Skinner, of Colchester.
ii. Content, b. March 26, 1719; m. NOV. 12, 1742, Isaac Kneeland, of Marlborough parish; d. July 21, 1799.
iii. Mindwell, b. Oct. 9, 1720; m. April 15, 1740, Samuel Adams, of Colchester; she d. before 1750, leaving one child, Ruth Adams b March 12, 1742, who m. Joseph Carrier, of Marlborough parish.

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 + iv. Joseph, b. May 15, 172I; m. Susannah ---.
v. Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1722-3; m. Jan. 9, 1745, Ebenezer Kneeland, of Marlborough parish.
vi. Deborah, b, Dec. 14, 1725; m. probably Oct. 27, 1763, Gideon Ackley, of East Haddam.

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 + vii. John, b. July 7, 1727; m. Rebecca Brainard.
viii. Seth, b. May 6, 1730; d. Sept. 24, 1751.

11. EBENEZER4 ROWLEY (Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1) b. about 1695, perhaps in East Haddam; d. there Aug. 24, 1757, aged 62 years; m. June 6, 1719, Mary Church, b. about 1698; d. Dec. 6. 1786.

Children born at East Haddam:

i. Susannah,' b. March 30, 1720; m. Sept. 24, 1741, Francis Chapman, of East Haddam; she d. Jan.20, 1744, leaving child, Susannah, b. Oct. 10, 1742, who m. Aug. 26, 1762, Joshua Brainard.
ii. Mary, b. NOV. 4, 172 2; m. June 23, 1746, Matthias Spencer, of East Haddam; had eleven children.
iii. Naomi, b. March 21, 1725; m. James Ackley?

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 + iv. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 20, 1727; m. Susannah Annibal.
v. Hannah, b. Dec. 18,1729; M. 8, 1754, John Darby of Hebron, Conn.; she d. Feb 2, 1768. Children:
Lois, b. May 2, 1755;
Samuel b. May 4, 1757, in Hebron, Conn.

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vi. Gershom 1), Feb, 1, 1732; m, Dec. 74, 1758, Mary Curtis of Hebron; d. May 24 1805, in Chatham, Conn. No issue.
vii. Abigail, b. June 6, 1734; m. Dec. 21, 1752, Stephen Knowlton, of Chatham, East Hampton Society. Had several children.

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 + viii. Eleazer, b. June 14, 1736; in. Abigail Spencer.
ix. Moses, b. NOV. 22, 1739; d. Aug. 25, 1757.

12, JONATHAN4 ROWLEY (Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. about 1703, probably in East Haddam; d. March 23, 1772, at Kent, Conn.; m. (i) March 9, 1727, Anne Fuller, possibly dau. of John and Mehitabel (Rowley) Fuller, of East Haddam; she d. Sept. 6,1741, at Sharon, Conn.; m. (2) Feb. 4, 1742, at Colchester, Abigail Green; m. (3) --- Dorathy -. He lived in Colchester or East Haddam, until 1740; removed to Sharon, and after a year seems to have returned to Colchester, and finally, about 1746-1747, to have settled in Kent. His will, dated Dec. 21, 1769, names all children except Desire and Hepzibah.

Vol. I., p. 500, Kent Land Records: Moses Rowley, of the Oblong, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Unto Jonathan Rowley, of Colchester, land lying in Scatacook, near to Kent, lands in partnership between Jabez Castle and myself, April 28, 1747.

June 14, 1747. Admitted to Kent Church: Jonathan Rowley, Abigail Rowley, Kent Church Records, Nov., 1764. Then appeared the wife of Jonathan Rowlee before the Church and Congregation and Renounced those Tenets peculiar to the Quakers, and was admitted as a Member in full Communion with the Church."

He lived in Kent, a little north of the site of the old meeting house, near the present district called Flanders.

Children:

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 + i. Simeon, b. May 10, 1728; M. Jane Fuller,
ii. Jonathan, b. Nov. 18,1729; probably removed to Richmond, Mass.
iii. Desire, b, Dec. 2, 1731, m. Feb, 17, 1757, Jonathan Hough.
iv. Levi, b. Dec. 16,1733; m. Elizabeth ---; d. Nov. 23, 1805, at Sharon, Conn.; had Elizabeth, bap.
Dec. 3, 1769, Elizabeth, wife of Levi Rowley, d. June 11, 1777, in the 40th year, at Sharon.
v. Anne, b. April 25, 1736.
vi. Judah, b. Aug. 1, 1738; m. ---; lived in Sharon, Conn.
vii. Huldah, b. Aug. 31, 1740; m. Nov. 10, 1763, Samuel Mudge, Jr.
viii. Hepzibah, bap. Aug. 8, 1742.
36 + ix. Issachar, b. Feb. 8, 1744; m. Rachel Warren.
x. Abigail, bap. Oct. 4, 1747 M; m. probably Micah Mudge, at Kent.

13. ISAAC ROWLEY4 (Shubael,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. in Barnstable or Falmouth; m. May 30, 1717, at Colchester, Hannah Harris,

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perhaps his second wife. He held minor town offices at Colchester in 1712 and again in 1716-17.

Children born in Colchester:

i. Katherine,5 b. Aug. 26, 1719.
ii. Harris, b. Aug. 1, 1721.
iii. Thomas, b. March 4, 1723.
iv. Isaac b. Sept. 8, 1725; d. at Millington parish, East Haddam, July 29, 1811, aged 85 years. Name of his wife I have not found.

The following, who d. in Millington parish, were probably related to him, perhaps son and grandson:
Abner Rowley, d. Oct. 12, 1851, aged 84 years.
Widow Rowley, d. Feb. 13,1857.
Joseph Rowley, d. April 20, 1863, aged 55 years,

14. SHUBAEL ROWLEY4 (Shubael, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. about 1686, in Falmouth or Barnstable; m. May 8, 1709 Hannah Brown of Colchester, prob. dau. of John Brown, who d. 1707, at Colchester, leaving wife Elizabeth and six children. Hannah was b. in 1688. In 1734 Shubael Rowley appears to have been living in North Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y. After that date I lose trace of him.

Children, recorded at Colchester:

i. Mercy, 5 b. April 30, 1710.
ii. Hannah, b. March 10, 1712.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1714.
iv. A dau., b. Dec. 12, 1716; d. Jan. 10, 1717.
v. Experience, b. Aug. 8, 1718.
vi. Matthew, b. Oct. 8, 1720; m. ---.
vii. Patience, b. Aug. 16, 1723.

15. THOMAS4 ROWLEY (Shubael, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. about 1690; d. Oct. 24, 1719, in Colchester; m. Mary Cornwall, b. NOV. 21, 1694, in Middletown, Conn., dau. of William and Esther (Ward) Cornwall. She m. (2) May 10, 1721, John4 Fuller, of East Haddam.

Only child:

i. Phoebe, 5 b. July 13, 1712.

16. ELNATHAN4 ROWLEY (Shubael, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. about 1700, possibly in Colchester; probably d. there, but date and place not found; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1723, Abigail, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Gates) Cone, of East Haddam; she d. Dec. 8, 1735; m. (2) Oct. 3, 1736, Lydia, dau. of Ephraim Wells, of Colchester; she d. May 4, 1762; m, (3) Feb. 21, 1765, widow Eunice Brown.

Children recorded at Colchester:

i. Abigail, 5 b. May 27, 1725; d. Oct. 17, 1726.
ii. Jesse, b. May 8, 1728; d. May 31, 1746.
iii. Abigail, b, Oct. 2, 1730; m. May 10, 1752, Ebenezer Kellogg.
iv. Israel, b. Feb. 20, 1732-3; m. Dec. 2, 1756, Lydia Clark, of Lyme, Conn. He d. in East Haddam in 1778. Perhaps he d. in the Revolutionary Army, or it may have been his son Israel who was a Revolutionary soldier.
v. Thankful, b. Dec. 3, 1735; d. Dee. 9, 1735.

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vi. Ephraim, b. Oct. 17, 1737; m. Nov. 8, 1767, at Middle Haddam, Peggie Lilie.
vii. Thankful, bap. Aug. 31, 1740; m. March 3, 1768, Samuel Hills, of Chatham, his second wife.
viii. Lydia, bap. ---.
ix. Ezra, bap. Dec. 19, 1742.
x. Ruth, bap. April 3, 1748; m. March 10, 1774, Zoeth Smith, of Chatham.
xi. Jesse, bap. March 8, 1752.

17. JABEZ ROWLEY4 (Shubael, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. about 1702; m. Feb. 29, 1724, Tabitha Harris at Colchester, Conn. He was in 1725 a member of the School Committee, and in 1727 Inspector of Highways. About 1741 they removed to Kent, Conn., where they united with the church there, May 4, 1746. He d. at Kent between 1780 and 1783, his widow surviving.

Children born at Colchester:

i. Tabitha, 5 b. Oct. 20, 1724; m. May 7,1747, Joseph Crippen, of Sharon.
37 + ii. Jabez, b. Jan. 10, 1726; m. Mary Hamilton.
38 + iii. William, b. Oct. 15, 1727; m. Feb. 1, 1753, Sarah Gordien.
39 + iv. Phinehas, b. Oct. 7, 1729; m. Abigail ---.
v. Lois, b. Nov. 14, 1731.
vi. Simeon, b. June 17, 1733; m. Oct. 3, 1755, Christina Howard, of Kent or Sharon.
vii. Eunice, b. April 3, 1735; m. April 24 or 27, 1753, Benjamin Johns, of Prov. of New York.
viii. Nathan, b. Feb. 12, 1737; m. Feb. 21, 1782, Eunice Buck(?).*
ix. Lydia, b. June 27, 1739.
x. Dorathy, b. April 28, 1741.

18. AARON4 ROWLEY (Aaron, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. Nov. 29, 1693; d.---; m. (1) Nov. 21, 1718, Sarah Rowley, b, Oct.--, 1693; d. --; dau, of Nathan3 and Mercy (Hatch) Rowley, of Falmouth; m. (2) Nov. 29, 1750, Mrs. Dorcas, (---) Hinckley, widow of James Hinckley; she d. at Falmouth, April 11, 1791, in the 87th year of her age. The church record says that she d. April 11, 1792. Both wives of Aaron Rowley, jr., were members of the church, in full communion.

Children born in Falmouth:

40 + i. Justus, 5 b. Oct. 2 1, 1719; m. Rebecca ---.
ii. David, b. Nov. 10, 1729; d. Dee. 31, 1736.
iii. Thankful, b. April 1, 1736-7 (sic.); m. Jan. 3, 1773, Reuben Swift.

19. TIMOTHY4 ROWLEY (Aaron, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. Nov. 19, 1697 (last figure uncertain), at Falmouth; d. there after June 22, 1769, probably not very long after.

No record of marriage or family is to be found in the records now existing at Falmouth, but a deed in private hands, shows

* See Record of marriages performed by justice Roswell Hopkins of Amenia, N. Y., pr ted with the Sharon (Conn.) Vital Records, by L. Van Alstyne.

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that Timothy Rowley of Falmouth, conveyed on June 22, 1769, to Matthew Rowley, carpenter of Falmouth, all his real estate in Falmouth "being the westerly half of the fourteenth lot in Woods Hole, Great Neck, so called," with the dwelling house, barn, marsh land at Little Sippewissett, with all appurtenances, also all his personal estate, reserving to himself " for my own use during my natural life, the best Room in my Dwelling House, the Yard by my Barn, the one half of the Profits of my Horse, and one Quarter Part Of the Apples which my orchard shall afford for sale," on condition that Matthew " afford me a comfortable maintenance during my Natural Life, to perform which He hath entered into obligation by an instrument, under his hand and seal, of even date with these presents."

20. ELNATHAN4 ROWLEY (Aaron, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. April 23, 1699; d. --; m. --, Mary ---.

Children born at Falmouth:

i. Mary, 5 b. Jan. 26, 1733; m. March 4, 1756, Prince Landers.
ii. Elizabeth , b. June 15, 1735; m. Jan. 22, 1756, Shubael Weeks, Jr.
iii. Lydia, b. Sept. 21, 1737; m. Jan. 28, 1759, John Chadwick.
iv. Bethiah, b. April 2, 1741; m. July 30,1761, Silas Tobey.
v Joseph, b. Oct. 21, 1751

21 NATHAN4 ROWLEY (Nathan, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. April, 1700; d. about 1763; m. Nov. 24, 1726, Hannah Robinson, of Falmouth; Hannah, wife of Nathan Rowley, Jr., was propounded for full communion in the Falmouth Church, May 9, 1742, and Nathan was received Nov. 21, 1742, into membership. No record of children found at Falmouth; perhaps removed to some part of Dutchess Co., N. Y.

22. Moses4 ROWLEY (Nathan, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. Feb., 1704, in Falmouth, Mass.; d. about 1779, in East Hampton Society, Chatham, Conn.; m. July 3, 1724, Mehitabel Weeks, dau. probably of Richard Weeks. See Weeks Genealogy, p. 358. "Moses Rowley's wife deceased Dec. 18, 1771, aged 73(?) years. East Hampton Church Records. Ebenezer Rowley, of Haddam (east side), sold to Moses Rowley the third of East Haddam land in the westernmost furlong or tier of lots near Salmon River. This deed is dated July 19, 1733. The land was in Middletown. He must have settled here about this time. In 1748 he was transferred from the Society of Middle Haddam, where his land legally lay, to the parish of East Haddam. East Haddam Church Records have the following: "May 23, 1731, baptized Moses Rowley the third and Mehitabel his wife, also their two children Nathan and Mercy."

Children:

41 + i. Nathan, 5 b. July 22, 1726; m. Hannah Phelps.
ii Mercy, b. Oct. 28, 1729; m. May 3, 1759, Thomas Goslen, of Hebron.

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iii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 10, 1732, in Middletown; bap, at East I Haddam m. Oct. 22, 1752, Nathaniel Darbe, of Hebron, Conn. She d. March 12, 1768. Children:
Nathaniel, b. May 28, 1753;
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1754;
Benjamin, b. June 6, 1756;
Mary (or Molly), b. June 17, 1758;
Amy (or Anna), b. April 30, 1760;
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1764.
iv. Mehitabel, bap. June 13, 1736.

23. HATCH4 ROWLEY (Nathan, 3 Moses, 2 Henry1), b. March 1706-7; d. --; m. Dec. 25, 1727, Thankful Hatch, of Falmouth. They were received into full communion with the church at Falmouth in May and August, 1742. Names of children, if any, not found.

 

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