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Jonathan Rowley (1704 - 1772)

Jonathan Rowley
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 9 Mar 1727 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut Colonymap
Husband of — married 4 Feb 1742 in Colchester, New London, Colony of Connecticutmap
Husband of — married after 1747 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 67 in Kentmap
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Biography

Jonathan was born in ca 1703/4 probably in East Haddam, Connecticut, son of Moses Rowley and Mary Unknown.[1] He married Anne Fuller in 1727 and Sedgwick's History shows that Jonathan settled in Sharon in 1741. They had 7 children before she died at Sharon Connecticut on 6 Sep 1741. [2] [3]

  1. Simeon Rowley b. 10 May 1728[1] m. Jane Fuller [4]
  2. Jonathan Rowley b. 18 Nov 1729[1]
  3. Desire Rowley, 2 Dec 1731[1]
  4. Levi Rowley b. 16 Dec 1733[1]
  5. Anne Rowley b. 25 Apr 1736[1]
  6. Judah Rowley b. 1 Au g 1738[1]
  7. Huldah (Rowley) Mudge b. 30 Aug 1740.[1][5]

He married 2nd Abigail Green at Colchester 4 Feb 1742[1] and had three children, probably Colchester, CT:

  1. Hepsebah Rowley bp Colchester 8 Aug 1742; d. probably before 21 Dec 1769.[1]
  2. Issacher Rowley b 8 Feb 1744 bp Colchester 19 Feb1744.[1]
  3. Abigail Rowley bp Kent 4 Oct 1747[1]

Then for the third time he married Dorothy Unknown after 1747[1]. He died 23 Mar 1772.[1]

Jonathan's will dated Kent 21 Dec 1769, inventory 13 Apr 1772, mentions wife Dorothy; sons Simeon, Jonathan, Levi, Judah and Issacher; daughters Desire, Anne, Huldah and Abigail; son Issacher executor.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620; Volume Four; Third Edition; Family of Edward Fuller. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006. pp. 108-9. (Link by $ubscription to AmericanAncestors.org)
  2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 September 2021), memorial page for Anna Fuller Rowley (1703–6 Sep 1741), Find A Grave: Memorial #64816464; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com: Record for Jonathan Rowley
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 September 2021), memorial page for Anna Fuller Rowley (1703–6 Sep 1741), Find A Grave: Memorial #64816464; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.
  5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 September 2021), memorial page for Anna Fuller Rowley (1703–6 Sep 1741), Find A Grave: Memorial #64816464; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.
See also:
  • Frederick Corbett Ward, The Rowley Family. Newberry Library, 60 West Walton St., Chicago, IL.
  • Kent, Connecticut Vital Records 1:187 Death
  • East Haddam Genealogies. Sedgwick's History of Sharon, p 108; FHL microfilm 1,597,690.
  • E. Fuller, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 4, pp. 87-8, and vol. 36: 18.
  • NYGBR 37:63,99 (Brainard's Rowley Gen)
  • Connecticut Marriages 3:99 (2nd marriage)
  • Sharon Connecticut PR #2834 (Jonathan Rowley)
  • CSL Barbour Index: Kent CT p. 72 (death of Jonathan); Sharon CT pp. 101 (b. Desire, Anne; d wife Anne); 102 (1st marriage; b Simeon, Jonathan, Levi, Judah, Huldah.
  • CSL Church Records: Colchester, Kent.
  • Sharon, CT Vital Records LR2:20. Jonathan Rowlle m. Anne "Fales" 9 Mar 1727 ("Fuller" in Van Alstyne's)
  • Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Page 101, 102 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/t/13280/102/24799025




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Weeks-1708 Judith (Weeks) Ancell
Here is an additional source for this family.

[1] [2]

Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Page 101, 102

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/t/13280/102/24799025

posted by Judith (Weeks) Ancell
Keniston-36 Bob Keniston Jr.
Rowley-926 and Rowley-27 appear to represent the same person because: Dates, spouse match.
posted by Bob Keniston Jr.

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