Thomas Rowell (bef. 1594 - 1662)

Born before 17 Mar 1594 in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Milner) Rowell — married 12 Oct 1615 in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England

Husband of Margaret (Fowler) Osborne — married after 24 Feb 1651 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 8 May 1662 after age 68 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Born

Thomas was the son of Valentine^[1]. Baptized in March 1594, he was probably born shortly before.

Baptism

Thomas was baptized 17 MAR 1594 at Mancetter, Warwickshire, England^[1]

First Marriage

(1) He married 12 Oct 1615, at Mancetter, Margaret Milner. Margaret did not go to New England.^[1]

Children of Thomas Rowell & his First Wife

Born in England except last Jacob b in New England to 2nd wife.^[1]

1. Alice, bp. 27 Feb 1619/20, Mancetter^[2] m. 7 Oct 1641 William Lakin (NOTE: Alice is not included in the Rowell family article cited above.)
2. Sarah, d/o Thomas , bp. 25 March (Not April) 1621, Mancetter^[3] m. 16 July 1654 John Barton, feltmaker (NOTE: Sarah is not cited in the Rowell family article cited above.)
3. Valentine, bp 22 Jun 1622, Mancetter^[4] d. 17 May 1662 at Salisbury, Mass. He m 14 Nov 1643 Joanna Pinder.
4. Thomas, bp 1 Aug 1624, m. Frances ______

"R" in Rowell from the parish register

Note the character used as "R", and it's variations, is unusual looking and easily misinterpreted, especially when the "R" used in Robert on the same page looks like our modern "R." Hunting through several pages found a few other uses like "Richard" and "Robinson"

Immigrated to Massachusetts about 1638

Thomas and his son Valentine immigrated to New England about 1638. They settled at Salisbury where Thomas is listed as one of the first proprietors in 1639.^[5] Thomas received land grants in Salisbury, Mass., 1640, 1641 and 1642, where he took the oath of fidelity in 1642. He also resided in Ipswich and Andover^[1]

A Carpenter by Trade

Thomas Osgood describes himself in several legal documents as a carpenter.^[1]

Second Marriage

(2) After his wife's death, he married Mrs. Margaret (Fowler) Osgood, widow, with a prenup dated 24 Feb 1650 (1651 by the Julian calendar at the time) in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Thomas Rowell moved from Salisbury to Ipswich, where he lived with Margaret and her children until 1657. In that year, Abigail Osgood married “Shove Willson” at Ipswich 9 Sep. 1657. With a new infant son born to his second wife in 1656, Thomas Rowell moved to Andover, Massachusetts, in 1657, bringing Thomas Osgood, Christopher Osgood's posthumous son, age about five years, Christopher Osgood ("Jr.") age about fourteen, and Deborah Osgood age about thirteen.^[6]

Child of Thomas Rowell and his second wife Margaret Fowler:

1. Jacob, b. probably May 1656, m. 1 29 Apr 1690 Mary Younglove, m.2, 21 Sep 1691 Elizabeth Wardell/Wardwell.^[6]

Drinking on Church Day

"Thomas Rowell being absent from Church was brought before the Court for being found in John Bournd house by the Constable in time of public ordinances on a lectur day is sentenced to pay 5 pence 6 and 2 pence 6 fees court And John Bournd is fined for selling strong water on the same lectur day and allowing persons to get drunk in his house".^[7]

Died in 1662

Thomas died at Andover, Mass. on 8 May 1662. He didn't leave a will.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Jones, William Haslett. The Rowell Family of New England and Their English Origins, 1560-1900; Descendants of Thomas Rowell, 1594-1662. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1996
2. ↑ Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1043; Document Reference: DR 130image Accessed at Ancestry ($)
3. ↑ Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1043; Document Reference: DR 130. Image Accessed at Ancestry ($)
4. ↑ Image. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
5. ↑ A genealogy of the descendants of John, Christopher and William Osgood who came from England and settled in New England early in the seventeenth century, by Ira Osgood, (1894), page 255
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, by Mary Lovering Holman, (1938), pp 213
7. ↑ History of Amesbury: Including the First Seventeen Years of Salisbury, to the Separation in 1654 ... by Joseph Merrill https://archive.org/details/historyamesbury00merrgoog/page/n74/mode/2up

• Jones, William Haslett. The Rowell Family of New England and Their English Origins, 1560-1900; Descendants of Thomas Rowell, 1594-1662, at Archive.org, Original publishcation: Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, (1996).

• Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, at HathiTrust.org, (Concord, N.H. : Priv. print. at the Rumford press, 1938), pp 213

• Putnam, Eben (editor). A genealogy of the descendants of John, Christopher and William Osgood who came from England and settled in New England early in the seventeenth century, Compiled by the late Ira Osgood & Frank Story Osgood. (Salem, Mass: Printed at the Salem Press 1894). pp 255

• Hugh Grant Rowell, MD, DHum, of Tarrytown, NY "The Reddingtons of Topsfield and Boxford, Mass." NEHGS, Vol 109, 1955.
• "Memoir of George Presbury Rowell" NEHGR, Volume 90, 1936
• William H Jones, Villa Park, IL. "English Origins of the Rowell Family" NEHGR, Volume 138
• "Memoir of Mrs William Johnson Washburn (Helen Edna Rowell)" NEHGR, Volume 87, 1933
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009)
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 2, Page 646.
• Boltwood, Lucius Manlius. Deaths in The Town of Andover, MS., from 1650 to 1700, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 377.

• "Thomas Rowheele died ab't May 8 1662"