Mary Rowland (1768)

Born 1768 in Fawn Township, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Ancestors

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Biography

Mary was born about 1768. She is the daughter of Robert Rowland and Mary Houlton.

Her father died in 1779. She is named in her father's will, ^{[1] [2]} and on 31 May 1780 her uncle William Rowland requested the Court to appoint James Eager and John Rippey as guardians for Matthew Rowland (age 13), Mary Rowland (12), and Ann Rowland (10). Their brother, John Rowland (age 15), filed his own petition for the same guardianship. ^[3]

Her family migrated to Harrison County, Ohio in 1815. ^[4]

Mary is the fifth child named in her father's will.

Will of Robert Rowland

From York County Will Abstracts ^{[5] [6]}

ROLAND, Robert. Fawn Township.

January 9, 1779 (written) May 8, 1779 (proven)

Executor: Margaret Roland.

Wife: Margaret Roland.

Children: Margaret, James, John, Matthew, Mary, Ann, Agness, and Isabella.

From "Evidences of the Rowland families of York county before the year 1850" ^[7]

Robert Rowland of Fawn Township

dated 9 Jan 1779, probated 28 Apr 1779

Wife Margat (not his first wife)

Issue (Issue by first wife and present wife)

Margat

James

John

Matthew

Mary

Ann

Agnes

Isabel

Brother William

Executors:- Brother William and Wife Margat

Sources

1. ↑ York County Will Abstracts
2. ↑ York County Will of Robert Rowland, died 9 Jan 1779, proven 8 May 1779
3. ↑ Page No. 187 of “Evidences of the Rowland Families of York County before the year 1850”, Volume XXXIII, pp. 180-192 of the Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County, Edith Beard Cannon, Researcher.
4. ↑ Pages 107 and 108 of ‘Ohio Valley Genealogies, Relating Chiefly to Families in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania’, by Charles Augustus Hanna 1863-1950, reprint of the 1900 edition from the Genealogical Publishing Company, 1972
5. ↑ USGenWeb Archives, Wills: Abstracts 1749-1819: Surnames P - S: York Co, PA, ROLAND, Robert. Fawn Township. January 9, 1779 May 8, 1779
6. ↑ Lineages, Inc., comp.. York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000., Original data: York County Wills. Originals housed at the York County Archives., Robert Roland in the York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819
7. ↑ [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5023276 Cannon, Edith Beard, Evidences of the Rowland families of York county before the year 1850, Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County, Volume XXXIII, pp. 180-192, 1946"

See also:

• Descendants of James Rowland (According to Pollock Archives), by J Gritzner, posted 06 Sep 2002 to rootsweb, 2 pages.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. User ID: 8473BBE354954A84BB4B144A9B1F636B3866

• Profile adopted by Ron Rowland 20 Jun 2015.