Andrew Rowland Esq (1737 - 1802)

Born 17 Jan 1737 in Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 26 Jul 1802 at age 65 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Andrew Rowland Esq performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.

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• Andrew's household included two slaves for the 1790 US Census.

DAR Ancestor #: A099242 ^[1]

• ROWLAND, ANDREW
• Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 1-17-1737 FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT
• Death: 7-26-1802 FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT
• Service Description: 1) MEM OF COM & CLERK TO CONG OF DEL

His will is dated 30 September 1801 with a codicil dated 1 June 1802 and proved on 30 November 1802 in Fairfield. He mentions his wife Elizabeth and his children, Samuel, Thomas Fitch, Andrew, Elizabeth, and James.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 12, 2016), "Record of Andrew Rowland", Ancestor # A099242.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TLN7  : 18 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 587-592, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 29, 1803-1818, Pages 558-566.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #9070133
• http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A099242
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 2, Page 800.
• Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881) Page 291.
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1896) Vol. 2, Page 491.
• “Hale Collection, Old Fairfield Cemetery” https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9F5-3CG4?i=7

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• US Census, 1790 (Fairfield, CT)