Thomas Rowe (1645)

Born 1645 in Virginia

Husband of Mary (Walters) Rowe — married 1683 in Virginia

Descendants

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Biography

Thomas Rowe was a Virginia colonist.

Thomas Rowe was probably born in Virginia. He married Mary Walters. They had at least one daughter: Elizabeth Rowe.^{[citation needed]}

Mary and Thomas married in 1683 in Virginia.^[1]

Elizabeth "daughter of Thomas and Mary Roe, was baptized 15 February 1684/5, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia."^[2]

Research Notes

This Thomas Rowe, his wife Mary Walters, and daughter Elizabeth are Virginians.

A FindAGrave memorial shows an Isaac Thomas Rowe born 1660 in Greensville, Virginia, attached to memorials for Mary Walters (wife) and Elizabeth (daughter) but died in Massachusetts.^[3][1] It seems that FindAGrave memorial perhaps adopted the name and death information of the Massachusetts Rowe.

The Massachusetts Thomas (possibly "Isaac Thomas") is sometimes said to be born 1660 in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England and died 30 August 1737 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Ancestry and FindAGrave appear to merge the two (Massachusetts & Virginia Thomases).^[3] See this profile for John Rowe of Massachusetts (b 1714) and his son John, born 1737. Both are DAR Patriot Ancestors whose service was in Massachusetts. There's also a record for an Isaac Rowe born 1762 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.^[4]

WikiTree's profile for the Gloucester, Massachusetts Thomas Rowe is Isaac Thomas Rowe.

Location Notes

Greensville County: Thomas's birth location is not known (see next section on possible parents). The FindAGrave birth location of Greensville County^[3] is not appropriate since it both unsourced and not possible - Greensville County was not established until 1781 (see the Greensville County category page).

Middlesex County: Although the birth location of Thomas Rowe is not known, daughter Elizabeth was baptized in Middlesex County, Virginia.^[2]

Disputed Parents

There is no evidence, and no reason to believe, that Thomas Rowe was the son of Sir Thomas Rowe and Ann Langston. It would seem that this couple was too old to have been the parents of Thomas. A more likely father of Thomas is asserted here, but without any supporting documentation.^[5]

"here" (in preceding paragraph) is Geni entry for

• Thomas Roe, also known as "Rous"
• born "1630 (82)", England
• died "May 01, 1712 (82)", Maryland City, Anne Arundel, Maryland
• Husband of Frances Richardson, born 1643, Norfolk, Virginia, daughter of John and Frances (Lane) Richardson^[6]
• Children:
  • William Roe
  • Mary Rowe
  • John Roe
  • Thomas Roe
  • Frances Lane Roe

The WikiTree profile for Frances Richardson's husband Thomas Roe shows his birth as 1639 in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England. A search of freereg.org on 8 November 2018 revealed one entry for a Thomas Roe in Lowdham:^[7]

• Thomas Roe of Epperstone married Elizabeth Fisher of Gunthrope on 14 November 1603 at St Mary the Virgin.^[8]

Of interest: the profile attached as father of Thomas Roe-1225 (husband of Frances Richardson) is Thomas Rous, born 1604, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England. His profile is attached as husband to Hare-787 for Margarett Anne Hare, born 1615, "Bruisyard Hall, Suffolk, England" -

• Nothing found on her in search of freereg.org for Hares baptized 1600-1625 in Suffolk). ~ Noland-165 15:10, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
• Found a baptism record for a Thomas Rose, son of Munger Rose (no information on mother). Thomas was baptized on 5 January 1596/7 at St Mary the Virgin, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.^[9] ~ Noland-165 15:19, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry Family Tree (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members), source citation for the WikiTree profile Rowe-2496 was created by Mark Anonymous through the import of AnthonyMinter.ged on Jun 9, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The parish register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va., from 1653 to 1812 (Christchurch, Va. Christ Church, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Virginia), page 27
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #152823400 for Isaac Thomas Rowe
4. ↑ Massachusetts Rowes:
   • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 3 June 2018), "Record of John Rowe Sr", Ancestor # A099153.
   • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 3 June 2018), "Record of John Rowe Jr", Ancestor # A099148.
   • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 3 June 2018), "Record of Isaac Rowe", Ancestor # A099104.
5. ↑ additional information received via e-mail from John Schmeeckle
6. ↑ See also the MyHeritage "integrated with Geni" entry for Frances Roe (born Richardson), which cites WikiTree's profile for her (Richardson-8061).
7. ↑ See the freereg.org search results, which included Thomas Roes in Nottinghamshire (but not in Lowdham).
8. ↑ Freereg.org entry, marriage of Thomas Roe and Elizabeth Fisher. Register type: Phillimore's Transcripts. Transcription by Hilary Jarvis. Accessed 8 November 2018.
9. ↑ Freereg.org entry, baptism of Thomas Rose. Register type: Parish Register. Transcription by Holly Brown. Accessed 8 November 2018.

See also:

• Roy C. Ledbetter, William R. Ledbetter, Justus R. Moll, and James D. Tillman, Jr., Ledbetters from Virginia (Wilkinson Printing Co, Dallas, TX, 1964, p 45.) - excerpt (accessed June 14, 2014)

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile Rowe-1218 was created through the import of Remmel Family Tree.ged on Aug 20, 2012 by Pam Remmel.
• The WikiTree profile Rowe-1849 was created by Scott Ledbetter through the import of Ledbetter01.ged on Jun 8, 2013.