Samuel Rowley Jr. (1718 - 1774)

Born 17 Aug 1718 in Hebron Twp, Tolland County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Miriam (Shaler) Rowley — married 11 Oct 1744 in Colchester, New London, Colony of Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1774 at about age 55 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Samuel Rowley , son of Samuel Rowley, was b. 17 Aug 1718. Samuel the father married Elisabeth Fuller in 1713.^[1]

Samuel Rowley Jr. and Miriam Shila, were married 11 Oct 1744 in Hebron, Connecticut^[1]

Samuel was born in 1718, the son of Deacon Samuel Rowley and Elisabeth Fuller. He married Miriam Shailer in 1744 and they had seven children:

1. Jeremiah
2. Miriam
3. Thankful
4. Samuel
5. Elizabeth
6. Ezra
7. Abijah

On 5 April 1774 Samuel's brother Abijah Rowley was appointed guardian of Samuel's son Abijah who was just 16 years old. Samuel was deceased at this time. There were no Conecticutt or Berkshire County, Massachusetts probates for Samuel Rowley.

Research Notes

While the court took the trouble to plan for Samuel's 16-year-old son Abijah's future by assigning guardianship to his son's Uncle Abijah, equal care was not taken for the future of his younger son Roswell. Why? What happened to him? Did he leave him in his mother's care? That was not usual for the time. Looking back over the records, there is no source found for a marriage between Samuel and Elizabeth. We also don't have proof that Roswell is his son. So now we have a puzzle: Who is the father or mother of Roswell Rowley?

• Note that the Mayflower Society does not accept Roswell Rowley b. 25 May 1761 as a child of this family.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Hebron (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.) p. 242

• Source: MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 4, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., Third Edition, 2006 Ed. Fuller

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

See also:

• Branch One- Henry Rowley, Planter of Plymouth Known Descendants. Last Modified 01/16/17. Rowley Name Study Home Page