Nathan was born in 1714, the son of Samuel Rowley and Elisabeth Fuller.
He married Mary Sumner,[1] daughter of Dr. William & Hannah (Hunt) Sumner.
His Will dated 29 Jul 1779 and proved 4 May 1782 mentions wife (unnamed), nephew Samuel welles, but no children.[2][3]
Sources
↑ Barbour Collection- CT: Rowley, Nathan m. Mary Sumner b/o Hebron, 20 June 1748 Hebron 2:96.
↑ NYGBR 37:97, 206. His will dated July 29, 1779 (Colchester Probate Records, Vol. V, p. 107), names wife and nephew Samuel Welles, but no children.
↑ MF 4:154. Will proved 4 May 1782, mentions wife (unnamed) and nephew, Samuel Wells, but no children.
Descendants of Henry Rowley - Compiled by George E. Sawyer
Together in History - Delaware & Middlesex Twps. - Family Profiles - The Sumner's - Volume 11 - Page 599
Appleton, William S. Record of the Descendants of William Sumner, of Dorchester, Mass., 1636. Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1879.
Newberry Library, 60 West Walton St., Chicago. The Rowley Family by Frederick Corbett Ward.
MS: The Shepard Genealogy, Being a Record of the Descendants of Ralph Shepard and the Associated Families, by Lowell Shepard Blaisdell & Sanford Eugene Shepard, p. 63.
NYGBR 33:228.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nathan:
Rowley-418 and Rowley-1013 appear to represent the same person because: Appear to be the same person, because they have the same birth and death date and other vital information look the same.