Volume XXXVII

HENRY ROWLEY AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS

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43. DANIEL6 ROWLEY (Daniel,5 Moses,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. about 1763 in Amenia, N. Y.; bap. there March 27, 1763, d. about 1845 in Fabius, N. Y.; m. 1801, Sarah Beckwith. He was totally blind from having had smallpox when 10 years old. As has often been the case, the loss of his sight sharpened his other faculties. He was an excellent judge of livestock and land, and also managed his business as a farmer with unusual success. His wife was a beautiful woman. Children:

i. Daniel,7 b. about 1806 in New Canaan, N. Y.; m. Anna Collins.
ii. Harvey, b. --. d. young.
iii. Levi, b.--; m. Mary Dowd.
iv. Charles, b.--; d. young.
v. Seth, b. --; m. Sarah Hutson.
vi. Sarah, b.--; m. Allen Britton.
vii. Samuel, b. --; m. (1) Electa Horswell; m. (2) --- Osborne.
viii. Newell, b. -; m. Eliza Porter.

44. ITHAMAR6 Rowley (Ebenezer,5 Ebenezer,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. Oct. 1, 1753; d. --; m. May 4, 1779, Dimmis, dau. of Stephen Gates of Chatham and Esther Fuller his wife.

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Children, b. in Chatham:

i. Clarissa, b. Jan. 9, 1780; m. (1) July 1, 1800, Seth Young of Chatham; m.. (2) --- Asa Ackley.
ii. Dimmis b. Nov. 13, 1782.
iii. Linda, b. Dec. 13, 1784.
iv. Martin, b. Oct. 16, 1787.
v. Abner, b. April 7, 1790; m. July 28, 18 11, at Millington parish, East Haddam, Mary Grant.
vi. Ithamar, b. Dec. 22, 1794.
vii. Deming, b, March 22, 1798.

45. EBENEZER6 ROWLEY (Ebenezer,5 Ebenezer,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. Jan. 10, 1756, in Middletown (Chatham); d. Aug. 25, 1834, at Winchester (Winsted East parish), Conn.; m. Abigail Knowlton, dau. of Stephen Knowlton of Chatham. He was in Winsted Society (town of Winchester) as early as 1777, being the first settler on South St. He owned and occupied until his death the farm and dwelling afterward owned by Orson W. Jopp. He was a hardworking, thrifty and public spirited man,  noted for his practical jokes which contributed to the cheerfulness of his pioneer neighbors. He was a firm supporter of the East Village Congregational Church and parish until the change in the mode of raising the minister's salary by annual sale of pews instead of the old method of taxation so disaffected him towards the Society that he ceased to attend worship and selected a spot on his own farm for his burial.

Children, b. at Winchester:

i. Reuben,7 b. Feb. 10, 1777; m. _. Lived in Winsted, Conn., until 1847, when he removed to Hitchcockville where he d. May 2, 1851, aged 54 years.  Children:
Orpha, b.--; m. Oct. 23, 1823, Isaac Brown; she d. Sept. 26, 1827, aged 23 years;
Sophronia, b.--; m. Aug. 29, 1832, Allen Bacon; she d, 1855;
Gad.
ii. Abigail, b. Nov. 5, 1779; m. Hazael Dunham.
iii. Erastus, b. April 17, 1782.
iv. Antha, b. July M, 1784; m. April 3, 1806, Thomas R. Bull.
v. Ada, b. June 26, 1786.
vi. Flora, b. April 15, 1799; m. Jan. 1, 1809, John .In Westlake.
vii. Elizabeth, b, June 10, 1791.
viii. Adna b. about 1793.
ix. Alpha, b. about 1795; was taxed in Winchester in 1814; removed to Western New York in 1838. He studied law for a time, but was not admitted to the bar. He d. Sept., 1972 ' in the Utica Insane Hospital.
x. Mira. b. about 1798; m. Halsey Bailey.
xi. Beulah, b. about 1800; m. May 27, 1829, Benjamin Fowle

46. ASHER6 ROWLEY (Ebenezer,5 Ebenezer,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. Oct. 21, 1766, in Middletown (Chatham), (another says

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Jan. 18, 1765); d. Sept. 7, 1844, in Winsted, Conn.; m. 1792, Mehitabel Dunham, b.--, 1774, in. Colchester, Conn.; d. June 21, 1839, in Winsted, Conn.; dau. of Lieut. Jonathan and Mehitabel (Daniels) Dunham of Westchester parish, Colchester, Conn. Asher Rowley came to Winsted before 1789, and in 1794 his father conveyed land to him on South Street, next north of his brother Ebenezer's, which he occupied until his death. (From Boyd's Annals of Winchester, Conn.)

Children, b. in Winchester:

i. Elizabeth,7 b. Jan. 10, 1794; m. Lewis McDonald of Woodbury, Conn.; removed to Wisconsin.
ii. Ansel, b. Feb. 13, 1796; m. Lucy Clayborn of Chesterfield, Va., and d. in Oakland, MO., Oct. 25, 1851.
iii. Elias, b. March 22, 1798; m. Mrs. Laura Curtis, dau. of Lemuel Bushnell of Hartland, Conn. Children:
Hiram,8 b. Sept. 4, 1828; removed to Delphi, N.Y.
George S., b. Oct. 20, 1830; m. Sophronia Buckman;
Warren, b. Jan. 15, 1832; removed to Idaho;
Charles L., b. Jan. 10, 1834; m. Martha J. Simonson of Watkins, N. Y.; removed to Willard, N.Y.;
Ansel, b.Dec. 28, 1836; m. Ruey Rogers of Orwell, Vt., now of Hersey, Mich.;
John G., b. July ii, 1838; m. Anna C. Latham of Granby, Conn.;
Henry H., b. Aug. 26,1839; m. C. Louise Grant of Torrington, Conn.; of Burrville, Conn., in 1872;
Catharine A., b. Dec.11, 1841; m. Samuel H. Norton of Otis, Mass.; d. May 18, 1861, leaving son Edward L. Norton;
Edward, b. Feb. 28; d. Sept. 18, 1844.
50 + iv. Warren Dunham, b. June 20, 1800; m. (i) Nancy Stanton; M. (2) Harriet Curry.
v. Sally M., b. June 28, 1802; m. Sept. 6, 1827, Chauncey Shattuck of Winsted, Conn.; removed to Green Township, Pa., where he d.; she then removed to Ackley, Iowa.
vi. Harriet, b. July 20, 1804; d. Aug. 18, 1831; unm.
vii. George, b. July 16, 1806; supposed to have removed to Wisconsin.
viii. Harlow, b. July 12, 1808; m. Sarah A. Haynes; removed to Brighton, Ontario, Canada.
ix. Hiram, b. April 7, 1811; drowned Jan. 7, 1841, near Little Rock, Ark.
x. Charles, b. May 3, 1813; d. Dec. 21, 1833, at Philadelphia, Pa.; unm.
xi. Charlotte, b. Dec. 6; d. Dec. 17, 1815.

47. HIAL6 ROWLEY (Simeon,5 Jonathan,4 Moses,3 Moses2 Henry1), b. March 29, 1757, in the Oblong, N. Y. (another record says 1760); d. about 1808, in Egremont, Mass.; m. (1) Abigail, dau. of Deacon Ebenezer Olds of Egremont, b. 1762; d. March 18, 1790 in Sharon, Conn.; m. (2) July 18, 1790, Susannah Stephenson of Chatham, Conn. Hial Rowley seems to have lived in Sharon and Salisbury, as well as Egremont. Children:

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i. Ebenezer,7 b. about 1783; d. Aug. 9, 1864, in Sharon, Conn.; ? m. Sarah who d. April 22, 1854, aged 71, ?
ii. Abigail, b. --.
iii. Jane, bap. Sept. 6, 1794, at Sharon.
iv. Hial, b. about 1796.
v. Phoebe, b. --.
vi. Orson, b. --.

48. WILLIAM6 ROWLEY (William,5 Jabez,4 Shubael,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. June 26, 1766, in Waterbury, Conn.; d.--; m. July 8, 1789 (or July 9, 1788), Catharine Benham, b. Feb, 17,1770; d. --; dau. of Shadrack and Elizabeth (Austin) Benham of Wallingford and Waterbury, Conn. Children, b. in Waterbury:

i. Lois Minerva,7 b. Nov. 27, 1790.
ii. William Henry, b. Dec. 31, 1798.

49. AARON7 ROWLEY (Aaron,6 Moses,5 Moses,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. Oct. 28, 1786, probably in Richmond, Mass.; d. Oct. 7, 1866. (It is possible that he was a grandson instead of a son of Aaron, No. 42. He and his father lived in Shelburn, Vt., and their descendants write that Capt. Aaron Rowley and his son Aaron came to Shelburn from Richmond, Mass., and that they have transmitted Revolutionary relics belonging to Capt. Aaron Rowley, through several generations of Aarons.) He m. (1) Feb. 8, 1815, Mercy Drew, b. Feb. 3, 1796; d. NOV. 30, 1839, m. (2) March 16, 1842, Fanny Ransom, b. March 3, 1795. Children:

i. Heman,8 b. Oct. 24, 1817; d. NOV. 25, 1817.
ii. Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1818; m. Oct. 6, 1836, --. (Not on record.)
iii. Louisa, b. March 19, 1821; d. March 30, 1821.
iv. Erwin Safford, b. April 23, 1823.
v. Aaron Drew, b. July 11, 1825; d. June 10, 1880, at St. Joseph, Mich.; m. Oct. 10, 1849, at Chicago, Ill., Caroline Arnell, b. Aug. 6, 1825. Children:
Alonzo Allen,9
William Rennie,
Warren J.,
Caroline Amelia,
Albert Wisner,
Jessie Mercy,
Thomas Edward,
Hattie Bell,
Nellie Grace
Albert Wisner' Rowley, b. April 2, 1858, at Chicago, Ill.; m. Nov. 7, 1858, Mary Elizabeth Force of Benton Harbor, Mich. He resides at Buchanan, Mich. Children:
Teddie May,10 b. Sept, 14, 1889;
Libbie Lorena, b. Oct. 7, 1891; d. April 25, 1896.
vi. Peter Richmond, b. Jan. 17, 1827.

50. WARREN DUNHAM7 ROWLEY (Asher,6 Ebenezer,5 Ebenezer,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. June 20, 1800, in Winsted, Conn.; d. Sept. 25, 1854 in South Trenton, N. Y. (Another record of his birth, doubtless correct, says that he was b. Sept. 16, 1800). He in. (1) Nancy Stanton; M. (2) Harriet Maria Curry, dau. of Major Isaac Curry of South Trenton, b. July 4, 1818; d. --. Warren D. Rowley received a good education and after teaching school in Chesterfield, Va., and in Winsted, Conn., engaged in business in Utica and in Trenton, N. Y. He was Commissioner of Schools and justice of the Peace and was highly respected.

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Children, b. in Trenton, N. V.:

i. Warren Curry8," b. --; resides, in Utica, N. Y., where he is a member of the firm of Warren C. Rowley & Co., dealers in commercial stationery and office furniture. He is Treasurer of the Oneida County Historical Society, and has been for many years collecting material for a complete genealogy of the Rowley families in America.
51 + ii. H. Curtis, b. July 31, 1844; m. Thirza J. Merriam.

51. H. CURTIS7 ROWLEY (Warren Dunham Asher,6 Ebenezer,5 Ebenezer,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Henry1), b. July 31, 1844; m. Dec. 2, 1874, Thirza J. Merriam, dau. of Homer Merriam, b. in Troy, N. Y. Mr. Rowley resides in Springfield, Mass. Children:

i. Harold Merriam,8 b. Jan. 11, 1879, at Utica, N. Y.
ii. Arthur Merriam, b. Aug. 3, 1883, at Springfield, Mass.

 

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HEMAN ROWLEY (line not fully traced, but believed to be from Shubael, No. 14,'through his son Matthew, perhaps the Matthew Rowlee of West Phillipi, Carmel, Dutchess Co., N. Y,); b. Nov. 14, 1746, at Carmel; ? d. 1818, at Warwick, N. Y.; m. Jan, 9, 1770, Lydia Seeley, b. Dee. 26, 1749. He lived in Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., where he first purchased land of Wm. Wickham, Nov. 16, 1769. He was a -mason by trade, and a soldier in the 4th Regiment, Orange Co. Militia, during the Revolution. Children:

i. Sarah, b. May 19, 1771; m. Curtiss; d. May 16, 1801, Children:
Frances, who m. Mr. Pell of New York City in 1866;
Joel, who resided in Brooklyn;
John W. of New York City;
Charlotte, b. July 1, 1799; d. Sept. 1, 1828; unm.
ii. Lois, b. Nov. 16, 1772; d, April 1, 1847; lived in Orange and Tompkins Cos.; unm.
iii. Charles, b. Jan. 4, 1774; m. Choziah Rhodes.(?)
iv. Matthew, b. Sept. 30, 1777; m. Elizabeth ---.
v. Elijah, b. Jan. 8, 1780; m. Millicent Sheppard.
vi. Nathan, b. April 6, 1782; M. (i) Dorathy Carr; M. (2) Mrs. Graham.
vii Mary, b. April 15, 1785; m. John Blauvelt. Children:
Elijah;
Jane, m. --- Smith James M. of Chemung, N. Y.;
Lydia A m. --- Tillman;
Mary, m. --- Mattison.
viii. Heman, b. Aug. 27, 1787; d. May 30, 1866; m. Cooley; probably no issue.
ix. Lydia S., b. Feb. 5, 1789; d. Aug. 30, 1852; unm. A very religious and much respected woman.
x. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 29, 1791; m. Daniel Coe. Children:
Sarah, m. --- Carpenter;
Louise Maria, m. --- Burden;
Charlotte, m. Alfred Underwood of Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y.;
John;
Lydia Ann, m. Woodruff.

BENJAMIN ROWLEY (line not traced), b. about 1787; d. Feb. 16, 1811, in the 24TH year, at Sharon, Conn.; m. May 24, 1807, Diademia Hamlin of Sharon. Children:

i. Ann Eliza, bap. May, 1808.
ii. Chloe Maria, b. Aug. 3, 1810; d. Jan. 24, 1814.

ELY ROWLEY (line not traced), b. Nov. 13, 1808, in Sharon; d. there Sept. 5, 1888; m. Sept. 2, 1820, Harriet Gibbs, b. March 29, 1813; d. May 31, 1895, at Sharon, Conn.

DAVID ROWLEY (line riot traced), m. 1807, in Sharon, Conn., Sarah Hamlin. Child:

Hiram, bap. 1809, at Sharon, Conn.

ALBERT ROWLEY of Sharon, Conn.; d. March 28, 1887, aged 81; m. Dec. 19, 1831, Urania R. Welch,of New Milford, who d. Oct.23 1854, aged 49; m.. (2) Harriet L., who d. Oct. I, 1891, aged 78. Children:

i. Charles H., b. Nov. 9, 1836; d. May 15, 1893; m. Mary Douglas, b. July 12, 1836; d. Nov. 20, 1894.
ii. Albert R., b. April 16, 1838; d. June 25, 1889.

SARAH ROWLEY and Michael McKay, m. Jan. 31, 1774, at Amenia, N. Y.

LOIS ROWLEY Of Salisbury, and Asa Goodrich of Sharon, m. Oct. 10, 1776.

DIMMIS ROWLEY of Salisbury. and Amos Welles of Sharon, m. Oct. 2 2, 1776.

LEVI ROWLEYof. Sharon and Mary Smith of Hartford, m. May 11, .1800.

ELIZA ROWLEY of Sharon and George W. Olmstead, m. Aug. 31, 1826.

CHLOE M. Rowley of Sharon, and Samuel P. Bryant, m. Oct. 26, 1834.

LOUISA M. ROWLEYof Sharon, and George Cottrell of Washington, N. Y., m. Dec. V, 1838.

SALLY ANN ROWLEY Of Sharon. and Judson Bostwick, m. April 12, 1843.

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CORRECTION.

 

On page 58 of the RECORD for January, 1906, Henry Rowley is called father-in-law of his second wife's sons, Thomas and Peter Blossom, and Peter Blossom is called son-in-law of Henry Rowley. This is in accord with the ancient meaning of the words father-in-law, and son-in-law, but of course conveys a wrong impression as the words are now used. We now use the terms step-father and step-son for these relationships.

On the same page of the RECORD for January, 1906, the statement about Mary Hatch, dau, of Jonathan and Sarah (Rowley) Hatch, being the second wife of William Weeks, according to Otis, cannot be clear to the reader as it stands. William Weeks married first, March 16, 1669, Mercy, dau. of Mr. Isaac Robinson, and hence if Mary Weeks mentioned in the will of Jonathan Hatch was the wife of William Weeks, as seems most probably true, we must assume, as Otis does, that Mercy (Robinson) Weeks died early, and that Mary Hatch was William Weeks second wife.

 

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