This person is an ancestor of President Millard Fillmore 13th US President [1]
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Hugh Rowe was the son of John and Bridget Row. (He was named in his father's will.[2]) He was born about 1645 in England.[3][4]
Hugh married Rachel Langton 10 June 1667 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[5][6][7][3]
Hugh and Rachel were the parents of three children:
Rachel Rowe, 10 November 1668
Ruth Rowe, born 26 June 1671
Mary Rowe, born 5 February 1673.
Rachel died 7 March 1673/74.
On 16 September 1674 in Gloucester, Hugh married Mary Prince as his second wife.[8][6][7][3]
Hugh and Mary were the parents of nine children, including :
Abigail Rowe, born 19 December 1677
Joseph Rowe, born 19 May 1687
Mary Row, born about 1691
In 1675, Hugh enlisted to fight in King Philip's War. He received a grant of land at Kettle Cove for his services.[7]
On 3 September 1692, Hugh's mother-in-law, Margaret Prince, was arrested as a witch. Then sometime between 13 September and 3 November, Hugh's wife Mary and his former mother-in-law Rachel Vinson were arrested as witches. Finally, on 3 November, Hugh's 15 year old daughter Abigail was arrested as a witch. All four, along with others, were held in the jail in Ipswich, but eventually released without ever going to trial.[9]
Hugh Rowe died 11 December 1696 in Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.[10] His estate was entered into probate on 11 January 1697, with hs widow Mary appointed Administrator.[11]
Case No. 24277
Rowe, Hugh, 1697, Jan 11
[Note: some pages badly torn; note on front of file suggests some may be missing] Items in the file include the following: - 11 Jan 1696 - Mary Rowe appointed Administrator (names of sureties missing because of torn page0; signed Mary R her mark Row, John Hadley, Thomas Riggs
- Bills paid include [torn page] for teaching sons Abraham and [torn page] in the year 1695
- 4 Jan 1696 [sic] - Inventory, includes books, one sloop
- Mary Row received one-third of personal estate forever and one-third of real estate during lifetime ("Excepting the shares that the said Widow hath bought & purchased with [torn] as { } deed of conveyance bearing date [ ] of august 1697"
- 11 April 1722 - estate to be divided into thirds
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