Moses Rowley (1698)

Born 1698 in St. Mary's Parish, Richmond, Virginia

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Moses was born in 1698, the son of William Rowley and Mary King. He married Jannet [Unknown] 16 May 1739 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia. ^[1][2][3]

On 16 September 1744, one Moses Rowley (Jr.) was baptized in Potomac Church, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA. He was the acknowledged bastard son of Moses (b. 1698) and a servant woman.

Before 1783 Moses married Elizabeth [Unknown]. On 6 Nov 1783 Westmoreland County, Virginia, Moses and wife Elizabeth deeded to Michael Wallace; Moses was tenant in free tail? in 1776 of tract of 200 acres granted to his grandfather John by patent dated 4 Mar 1690/1 and also a tract of 150 acres purchased by said John Rowley from Richard Rosser and part of patent granted to Richard, William and John Heaberd.^[4]

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On 10 May 1781 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Moses and his sister Ann Marders of King George's County sold to Mary White, Ann's sister-in-law, of same county four negroes for £4000. (Witnessed by Laurence Balthrop, Daniel White, and William White.)^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company., 1986, Vol II, I-Z, pg 88: Moses [Rowley], m. 16 May 1739, Jannet Peddicoat. OPR note: previous married name.
2. ↑ King, George H.S. Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA, 1723-1758. pg 105
3. ↑ Moses rowley m. Jannet Peddicoart, 5/16/1739. [A note, unattributed, says "Moses Rowley (1719-18xx) lived in Stafford and King George Counties. Jannet was the widow of Joseph Sumner, Jr. (d. 1734) and John Peddicoart (Peddicoat) who d. 1736.]
4. ↑ Deeds, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Book 6, pg 359
5. ↑ Deeds, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Book 6, pg 331

• Rowley, William. Will of William Rowley.