Born in Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Rowell
and Hannah (Chase) Rowell
Sister of
Eliza (Rowell) Shedd, Josiah Rowell [half], Jonathan Edwards Rowell, Maria (Rowell) Tracy, Daniel Rowell, George Berkeley Rowell, Timothy Dwight Rowell, Joseph Rowell, Samuel Newell Rowell, Caroline Elizabeth (Rowell) Skinner and Harriet Louisa (Rowell) Stolz
Wife of
Edwin Locke
— married
2 Sep 1836 [location unknown]
Died
at age 29
in Waialua, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Oct 2014
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Biography
Family record has conflicting death (1842) and marriage (2 September 1846) dates.
4 children, the last of whom, Mary Sabin Locke, was adopted by her uncle, Dr. Samuel Newell Rowell.
Sources
- Family record
- Norton, John F. The History of the Town of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, 1752-1887 (Burr Printing House, Fitzwilliam, N.H., 1888);Page 629
- Fact: Burial Kawaiahao Church Cemetery, 957 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 June 2016, 00:04), entry for Martha Laurens Rowell(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KVJL-LKB); contributed by various users.
- Portraits of American Protestant Missionaries in Hawaii (Honolulu: Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, 1901), 65.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~3.12%
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Dana Burns
Rowell-976 and Rowell-671 appear to represent the same person because: Same husband and birth year
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