Esther Locke (French) Rowland (1800 - bef. 1860)

Born 1800 in Mercer, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of McKenzie Rowland — married 1827 in Giles, Virginia, United States

Died before 1860 before age 60 in Mercer, Virginia, United States

Biography

Esther was born in 1785. She is the daughter of James French and Margaret Day.

Esther Locke French was born in 1804. She is believed to be the daughter of James Wilbur French and Susan Hughes. ^[1] Note: this conflicts with the current designation of Margaret Day being her mother.

Kinzer Rowland married Esther Lock French on 19 Apr 1827 at Giles County, Virginia. ^[2] Children:

1. Jonathan Jackson
2. James W

Census Data

1850 census, Mercer county, Mercer, Virginia, United States

Kinsey Roland M 50 Virginia, Farmer

Locky Roland F 46 Virginia

James W Roland M 22 Virginia, Laborer

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6S6-54Q
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y1-S9D : 11 February 2018), Kinzer Rowland and Esther Lock French, 19 Apr 1827; citing Giles Co., Virginia, reference pg33; FHL microfilm 31,740.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DD-56Q : 12 April 2016), Locky Roland in household of Kinsey Roland, Mercer county, Mercer, Virginia, United States; citing family 569, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile French-1257 created through the import of My Family Tree.ged on Nov 30, 2011 by Carrie French.

• Thank you to Betty Tindle for creating French-2745 on 10 Oct 13.