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Ann (Elsdon) Rowley (abt. 1583 - abt. 1671)

Ann "Anne, Anna" [uncertain] Rowley formerly Elsdon aka Elsden, Heilsden, Blossom
Born about in Soham, Cambridgeshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 10 Nov 1605 in St Clements, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Englandmap
Wife of — married 17 Oct 1633 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 87 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography

Ann Heilson was baptized 23 Jun 1583 in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. She married first at St. Clements, Cambridge, England on 10 Nov 1605 to Thomas Blossom; probably the son of Peter and Annabel (_____) Blossom of Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.Their children were:[1]

  1. a child who was buried at Pieterskerke, Leiden on April 12, 1617
  2. s son who by 1620 accompanied his father on the Speedwell, returned to Leiden where he died by December 15, 1625.
  3. Elizabeth, born about 1620 and married Edward FitzRandolf at Scituate on May 10, 1637. Married (2nd) to Capt. John Pike at Piscataway, New Jersey.
  4. Thomas, born about 1623 and married Sarah Ewer at Barnstable on June 18, 1645.
  5. Peter, born after 1627 and married Sarah Bodfish at Barnstable on June 21, 1663.

Anderson in "Great Migration Begins" makes the case that Blossom (and family, including Anne) first set out on the Speedwell with the Mayflower but was part of the group who had to be left behind and that they came over later in 1629.[1]Stratton in "Plymouth Colony..." says, Thomas Blossom, Sr., Ann Blossom, son Thomas Blossom, Jr., and daughter Elizabeth Blossom sailed from the United Provinces of the Netherlands to Plymouth Colony probably on the second ship to be called the "Mayflower."
[2] [3]
Ann's husband, Thomas Blossom, died in Plymouth before March 25, 1633 when Ann is called "Widow Blossom" and was listed on the Plymouth Colony tax toll being required to pay 9 shillings in taxes. [2], citing pages 427 - 428.[4][1]

Ann married (2nd) to Henry Rowley (his 1st wife died by 1633[5])at Plymouth on October 17, 1633[1]as "Anna, the late wife of Tho: Blossome."[5][2], citing pages 246 & 346.[6][7]

Henry and Anne Rowley removed to Scituate in 1634, the year he was elected freeman. Both were members of Rev. John Lothrop's church on January 8, 1634/35. [8]

In 1639 Ann Blossom Rowley, Henry Rowley, Thomas Blossom Jr., and Peter Blossom moved from Scituate, Plymouth Colony to Barnstable, Plymouth Colony. [9] In 1650 Henry Rowley and his wife removed, with her son Peter Blossom, to West Barnstable.[8]

Ann died in 1671 or 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass.[citation needed]

Research notes

Disputed Parents

Previously Cuthbert Elsden-7 was assigned as father and Margaret Elseden mother. He died in 1582 and Anne Elsdon-1 was born June 15, 1583.[citation needed] Others claim her parents were John William Heilson and Margaret Elseden. However, they were too young to be her parents: [10] So there is confusion on who her parents are.

Disputed Vitals

Did she die in 1637, 1671 or 1691? Many profiles say 1691, but she would have been over 100!

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, Boston, MA: NEHGS (1995):182, citing The American Genealogist, 63:70 and Plymouth Colony Records, 1:16subscriber$
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People 1620 - 1691, Ancestry Publishing, Provo, Utah. 1986, pp 246 & 433.
  3. History and genealogy of the Mayflower planters and first comers to ye olde colonie, p 86
  4. Records of the colony of New Plymouth in New England printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Published 1968 by AMS Press in New York, p. 11
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Sketch of Henry Rowley.subscriber$
  6. Records of the colony of New Plymouth in New England printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Published 1968 by AMS Press in New York,p. 16
  7. “Plymouth Colony records, court orders, 1633-1690”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3S3-4QXL-J  : 3 April 2023), , FHL microfilm 008492483, image 25, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Vol 1-3, 166-1640, Page 27.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Homer W. Brainard. "Henry Rowley And Some of His Descendants" p. 57-59. Link via Wayback Machine, capture date : 25 Apr 2017.
  9. Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod, 1862. Reprinted Andesite Press 2015, page 260.
  10. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:STQ9-Y1H

See also:

  • History and genealogy of the Mayflower planters and first comers to ye olde colonie (database on-line). Section: Vol. I. "New Plimouth Plantation", Ancestry.com. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Hills, Leon Clark,. History and genealogy of the Mayflower planters and first comers to ye olde colonie. Washington, D.C.: Hills Pub. Co., c1936-c1941. [1]
  • New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Ancestry.com
  • Timeline for daughter Elizabeth Blossom and Edward Fitzrandolph [2] NOTE: Document needs to be downloaded;no sources




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(1) There is no evidence that Cuthbert Elsden died in 1582. Note that his profile says he died "after 1582", probably because his youngest child Ann was born in 1583. Cuthbert's daughter Ann is a definite candidate to be the Ann who married Thomas Blossom in 1605, because she is the right age and also because her birthplace (Soham) is only about 10 miles from Cambridge (where the 1605 marriage took place). Of course, that could be a coincidence, so it certainly doesn't prove Cuthbert's daughter Ann was the one who married in 1605.

(2) The only other clue we have is the 1597 will of Christopher Helsdone who was buried in January 1597/98 at St. Clements (which is where Ann was married in 1605). Christopher is almost certainly related to her, but why Coddington thinks Christopher was her grandfather is not clear to me. Christopher is often shown as a brother to Cuthbert, so he could be an uncle to Cuthbert's daughter Ann. I merely adopted the profile of Christopher Elsden, so not sure what the birth year (about 1552) is based on: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Elsden-10 More information on Christopher Helsdone/Elsden is needed. Also, information on Cuthbert's older children might be helpful.

posted by Kenneth Kinman
There is a DBE on this profile regarding father/child. Cuthbert Elsden-7 d in 1582. Anne Elsdon-1 was born June 15, 1583.

According to opening paragraph of the biography, there seems to be confusion on parentage. I recommend detaching parents, leaving notes of the 3 profiles. Other ideas? comments?

I removed her parentage until this can eventually be sorted out and figure out all of her correct information. Thanks for the message.

Darryl W Saylor

posted by Darryl Saylor
Ann and her second husband Henry Rowley are said to have been members of Mr. Lathrop's Church at its organization (08 January 1634/35).
posted by Kenneth Kinman
Hi Kenneth,

"...said to have been..." sounds a little iffy...  :-) Do you have a source & link so it can be checked? Thanks.

Here are two sources:

"Henry and Anne Rowley removed to Scituate in 1634, the year he was elected freeman. Both were members of Rev. John Lothrop's church on Jan. 8, 1634-5, and removed with him to Barnstable in 1638." Source: http://www.rowleyresearch.org/NYGBR37/SomeDescendants.htm


"Goodman Rowley and his wife" were founding members of Scituate church 8 Jan 1634/5 http://history.vineyard.net//allen/Web%20Cards/WC07/WC07_245.HTM Source: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/l/e/Mary-Llewellyn/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0072.html

posted by Kenneth Kinman
Thank you for the sources, Kenneth. I appreciate it.

I'll check it out... if not tonight, I'll do it tomorrow.

Kenneth: GMB Vol 1-3, p. 1062 says Henry Rowley had a house built before Lathrop's migration; p. 1063 indicates he was a Freeman, which implies church membership. See here: [1]
Below is a source for the baptism of Ann Elsden, daughter of Cuthbert and Margaret.

However, I don't know how one would prove that she is the Ann Heilsdon who was married to Thomas Blossom. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7SM-Q6X

posted by Kenneth Kinman
I completed merge and started post merge cleanup but ran out of time. Hope another can help complete the cleanup. Thanks.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Hi, I added additional sources and links to documentation for Ann's listing as "Widdow Blossome" on the tax rolls on March 25, 1633, her marriage to Henry Rowley, and the Blossom's arrival in Plymouth Colony in 1629. If anyone else disagrees, please feel free to reverse the changes. Also, please let me know if I am not using the appropriate format for sources. Thanks.
posted by Susan (Nixon) Shirey
Hi, I saw Ann Heilson (Heilson-7) and Anne Rowley (Elsdon-1) as a pending merge waiting for my action. I approved it, but it needs action from someone else, because one of the profiles is project-protected and some of the information in the two profiles does not agree. Just an FYI.
posted by Susan (Nixon) Shirey
Heilson-7 and Elsdon-1 appear to represent the same person because: Same individual. Spelling variations should be moved to Other Last Name.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Blossom-233 and Elsdon-1 appear to represent the same person because: Please complete the merge of these two duplicates; the data in Elsdon-1 is accurate (see Anderson, GMB, p 1603). Thank you.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Sorry again - I know many of you are already aware of these sources, so don't need my input.
posted by Susan (Nixon) Shirey
In case you haven't seen these, here are some other good sources:
posted by Susan (Nixon) Shirey
Sorry - I see the marriage and re-marriage sources are already documented. Hopefully, the links I provided are helpful.

This profile is a good start!!

posted by Susan (Nixon) Shirey

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