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Rowland Story (1759 - 1849)

Rowland Story
Born in James Island, Charleston, South Carolinamap
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Husband of — married 1785 [location unknown]
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Died at age 90 in Hempstead, Queens, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Story, _________. Of Duchess County, New York. Fled to Queen's County . Owned and commanded an oyster vessel. Captured, and got a "ransom bill for twenty-five days," on payment of twenty half-Joes and nine guineas. Captured again, by the same person, and paid twenty-five dollars, and five gallons of rum, and was heartily cheered for is liberality. Captured yet again, by whale-boat, and ransomed for 63 pounds. Story was alive in 1846, aged eighty-seven. (Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Voll. II, p. 337) Burial: Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, N.Y.

Research Notes

  • Possible Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42007011/rowland-storey: accessed 05 September 2022), memorial page for Rowland Storey (unknown–29 Oct 1849), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42007011, citing Old Town Burying Ground, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA; Maintained by Grave Genealogist (contributor 47516035) .

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