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Moses Rowley

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Birth	:	1679 Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	1750 East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Old Cove Burying Ground, East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4794006, -72.4736023
Description	:	The following is substantially the narrative that will appear in the in-progress revision of the 2006 GSMD Silver Book for 1620 Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller. MOSES ROWLEY,5 (Moses Rowley,4 Elizabeth (Fuller) Rowley,3 Matthew,2 Edward Fuller,1) born ca. 1679 probably at Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and died at East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut after 12 March 1749/50 (inventory of his 2nd father-in-law). He was dead by 20 September 1757 when his second wife Sarah's deteriorated gravestone calls her his late wife. The year 1750 as his death date is used as a reasonable date marker. A reasonable assumption is... Read More	The following is substantially the narrative that will appear in the in-progress revision of the 2006 GSMD Silver Book for 1620 Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller. MOSES ROWLEY,5 (Moses Rowley,4 Elizabeth (Fuller) Rowley,3 Matthew,2 Edward Fuller,1) born ca. 1679 probably at Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and died at East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut after 12 March 1749/50 (inventory of his 2nd father-in-law). He was dead by 20 September 1757 when his second wife Sarah's deteriorated gravestone calls her his late wife. The year 1750 as his death date is used as a reasonable date marker. A reasonable assumption is that Moses is interred in an unmarked grave at East Haddam's Old Cove Burying Ground where first wife Martha is interred, as the Old North Burying Ground, where second wife Sarah is interred was not opened until after 1750. • In 1906 Homer W. Brainard made a significant error that this Moses Rowley had a wife before Martha Porter by whom he had daughter Abigail born ca. 1703. Abigail was Moses Rowley's stepdaughter, the out-of-wedlock child of Moses's actual first wife Martha Porter.[A] Brainard also errantly claimed that Moses's first wife Martha was the twin of Isaac Porter. Stepdaughter Abigail is not part of the Edward Fuller blood line. Although she would marry and have no children, her extensive will and of husband Samuel Corby, Jr. are important. Those wills, especially Abigail's, provide valuable information and continuation of the sixth and seventh generations of her stepfather's descendant line. • Moses5 Rowley married (1) on 7 September 1707 as recorded at Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, MARTHA PORTER, born 16 September 1683 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, daughter of John and Joanna (Gaylord) Porter. Martha died in 1728; her simple fieldstone marker at East Haddam's Old Cove Burying Ground says: "M. R. 1728" • The 7 September 1698 Windsor, Connecticut will of Sgt. John Porter, proved 2 March 1698/9, provided for his unnamed wife (but widow Joanna presented his will) and "my six daughters" but named only eldest daughter Joanna. • Moses married (2) 25 September 1729 at East Haddam, SARAH CHAPMAN, born ca. 1690-91 (after 20 September 1690) likely at New London, New London County, Connecticut and died 20 September 1757 at East Haddam. Her gravestone at East Haddam's Old North County Cemetery, aka Moodus cemetery, says: "In memory of Mrs. Sarah, late wife of Moses Rowlee. She died ye 20th September 1757 AD in ye 67th year of her age." • Sarah was the daughter of John Chapman last of Colchester and his probable first wife Sarah. By deed dated 15 April 1706, acknowledged the same day but not recorded until 6 February 1710/11, John Chapman of Colchester purchased for £27 from Daniel Stabins [Stebbins] of New London, Connecticut a half share of 100 acres in Colchester and a £200 right to future divisions of Colchester's common land. Thereafter John Chapman appears frequently in the first two books of the Colchester land records including surveys of his share of the town's common land. Between 1728 and 1742 John Chapman gave by deeds of gift land to six sons (William, Obadiah, Samuel, Daniel, John and Ichabod) but no transfer appears to a person not surnamed Chapman to indicate a daughter by her married name. • John Chapman, Sr. died 19 February 1749/50 at Colchester, aged 97 years and 5 months. His 16 April 1744 Colchester will, signed by his mark and proved 17 March 1749/50, provided for his then wife Desire, six sons and named son John (who died the following June) and Nathaniel Foot as executors. The will includes the following annotated provision: "to my daughter Sarah the feather bed in the chamber & two coverlets, two sheets [and as] Sarah has had a brass kettle above what my daughter Marthy hath had so I give to Marthy the feather bed I lay on & a coverlet & two sheets & my sugar box & one Indian Dish: and the rest of ye household stuff to be equally divided between them two." • John Chapman's 12 March 1749/50 estate inventory, recorded 5 June 1750, totaled £71-00-0 consisting only of personal property. However, it includes the following two separate additions: "a bed & bedding & household stuff in Moses Rowley's hands appraised at £50-00-0" and "bedding & household stuff in Capt. Mills hands at £50-00-0." On 5 July 1720 at Windsor, Connecticut, John Chapman's daughter Martha married Pelatiah3 Mills, son of Peter2 and Joanna (Porter) Mills of Windsor; Joanna (Porter) Mills was Martha (Porter) Rowley's oldest sister. The Peletiah3 Mills family lived out their lives in that part of Windsor then within the Wintonbury church parish, since 1831 that parish is now the town of Bloomfield adjacent north to the City of Hartford. Thus, in 1729 there was an existing interfamily relationship when Moses Rowley married his second wife Sarah Chapman.[B] • As early as 1704 Moses5 Rowley son of Moses4 was involved in multiple town grants and deed transactions in the town of Colchester, Connecticut. The last transaction at Colchester was on 28 January 1724/5 when Moses now of "Haddam" [i.e., East Haddam] exchanged land in Colchester with his brother John Rowley for land in East Haddam. By 1720 Moses had relocated to East Haddam where he lived out his life. His brother John Rowley's fourth of eight children was the last born of record at East Haddam in May 1722 and John lived out his life in Colchester. • On 20 January 1745/6 Moses Rowlee [sic] of East Haddam deeded to son Daniel half his rights as a proprietor in East Haddam. On 19 August 1749 Moses Rowlee [sic] of East Haddam sold to his son-in-law William Olmstead, Sr. (husband of daughter Anne) half a tract laid out to the heirs of his father Moses4 Rowley deceased, and other rights Moses held as an heir to his father's estate. • No probate record found for Moses5 Rowley or 2nd wife Sarah. • Children of Moses and Martha (Porter) Rowley, the first 6 born in Colchester, the rest in East Haddam and all repeated in the East Haddam, Connecticut vital records: i. MARY, b. 15 Dec. 1708; m. EBENEZER5 ROWLEY ii. MARTHA, b. 11 Feb. 1710; m. THOMAS5 FULLER iii. MOSES, b. 15 Sept. 1713; m. MARY (___) iv. ANNE, b. 5 April 1716; m. WILLIAM OLMSTEAD, SR. v. LYDIA, b. 17 Sept. 1718; m. JOSEPH PHELPS, JR. vi. DANIEL, b. 12 Mar. 1720/1; m. (1) BETHIAH LANGRELL, (2) JEMIMA PARSONS vii. MEHITABLE, b. 20 May 1723; bap. 26 May 1723; m. ROBERT CHAPMAN viii. REUBEN, b. 23 Sept. 1725; d. unm. 12 Aug. 1747, Æ 22 • Children of Moses and Sarah (Chapman) Rowley born in East Haddam and recorded in the East Haddam vital records: ix. SARAH, b. 19 June 1730; bap. 5 July 1730; m. THOMAS GATES, JR. x. NATHANIEL, b. 3 March 1732/3; bap. 15 Apr. 1733; d. Nov. 1741 [A] Moses Rowley's stepdaughter Abigail was born 10 July 1704 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. As recorded, her purported father was Benjamin Allyn of the prominent Allyn family of Windsor and Hartford. Benjamin Allyn's uncle was Col. John Allyn, the long-time Secretary of the Connecticut Colony. Abigail would marry at East Haddam, Samuel Corby, Jr., only son of Moses's stepmother, Mary (Crippen) (Corby) Rowley. Samuel and Abigail had no children but both left extensive wills. In 2021 a person named in Abigail's 1764 will would lead to living persons who are descendants of another Mayflower Pilgrim but had no prior understanding they were also descendants of Pilgrim Edward Fuller. [B] For family detail regarding Martha (Chapman) Mills, see Helen S. Ulmann: Descendants of Peter Mills of Windsor, Connecticut, formerly named Pieter Wouterse van der Meulen (Penobscot Press, 1998, pp. 18-21).

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Where is Moses Rowley's memorial?
Moses Rowley's memorial is located at: Old Cove Burying Ground, East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA.
When did Moses Rowley death?
Moses Rowley death on 1750 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Moses Rowley's memorial?
Latitude: 41.4794006
Longitude: -72.4736023

Family Members:

Parent

Moses Rowley Jr.

(1654 - 1735)

Mary Rowley

(unknow - 1714)

Spouse

Martha Porter Rowley

(1683 - 1728)

Sarah Chapman Rowley

(1690 - 1757)

Siblings

John Rowley

(1690 - 1762)

Ebenezer Rowley

(1695 - 1757)

Mahetable Rowley Champion

(1698 - 1775)

Children

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Old Cove Burying Ground
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4794006, -72.4736023

2. First Church Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4795303, -72.4462585

3. Congregation Rodfe Zedek Cemetery
Moodus, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5004768, -72.4671936

4. Nathan Hale Park Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4583740, -72.4640579

5. Shailorville Tylerville Cemetery
Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4564018, -72.4792023

6. Haddam Center Cemetery
Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4754333, -72.5065460

7. River View Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4557304, -72.4627609

8. Town Street Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4597702, -72.4414368

9. Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard
Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4811821, -72.5160217

10. Moodus Cemetery
Moodus, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5069008, -72.4522018

11. Saint Bridgets Cemetery
Moodus, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5069008, -72.4507980

12. Warner Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4558601, -72.4369431

13. Basin Hill Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5175018, -72.4807968

14. New Rock Landing Cemetery
Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4984856, -72.5210495

15. Old Rock Landing Cemetery
Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5000000, -72.5207977

16. Beaver Meadow Cemetery
Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4606094, -72.5222321

17. Turkey Hill Cemetery
Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4449997, -72.5111008

18. Mount Parnassus Burying Ground
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4778000, -72.4127900

19. Second Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4481010, -72.4238968

20. Bashan Lake Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5071983, -72.4092026

21. Young Street Cemetery
East Hampton, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5381012, -72.5006027

22. Hungerford Cemetery
East Haddam, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4385986, -72.4041977

23. Higganum Cemetery
Higganum, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4955750, -72.5595016

24. Selden Yard Cemetery
East Hampton, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5285988, -72.5338974