U. S. A. Charts

These are U.S.A. descent charts.  The following "branches" have been identified and are being presented.  There are more branches not yet being displayed. 

Only the links which are in color and underlined are active at this time.

SEE BRANCH NOTES AT BOTTOM OF PAGE.

The Branches

BRANCH ONE

Henry, Planter
b England abt 1595
arrived about 1633,
Plymouth Colony

 

BRANCH TWO

Thomas
b. England
first appeared in 1662,
Windsor, CT

BRANCH THREE

Timothy
b. England 1746
arrived bef 1787
m. Naomi Rute
Otsego/Schenectady NY

BRANCH FOUR

William
b England abt 1740
m Margaret (?)
arrived bef 1765
Suffolk Co., NY

BRANCH FIVE

John
Kilasser, Co. Mayo, Ireland (say 1830)
arrived bef 1856
Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA
[son John m. Julia
     McDonough]

BRANCH SIX (...unconnected)

William Henry
b. abt 1762 Cayuga Co., NY
m Elizabeth Van Ziles
moved before 1819 Jackson Co., VA/WV

BRANCH SEVEN

John
b. abt 1645, probably England m. Amey
first appeared 1665
King George/Stafford Counties, VA

BRANCH EIGHT

John
b. before 1747
m. two different Margarets
Westmoreland Co., PA

BRANCH NINE

William
b. 1747 England
m. Sophia Lesnett
Butler Co., PA

BRANCH TEN

Job/Joab
b abt 1755 probably England
m. abt 1783 Mary Loher
Beaufort District, SC to
         New Orleans, LA

BRANCH ELEVEN

Patrick
b. say 1825, Ireland
m. Catherine Rouk
arrived bef 1880,
New York, NY

BRANCH TWELVE

Hieronymus Rolle
b 1785 Switzerland
Pennsylvania before 1801

BRANCH THIRTEEN

Ann Rowley and son Thomas
Thomas b. 1822, Belfast, Ireland
m. Sarah Ann Rogers
arrived bef 1850
Erie Co., NY

BRANCH FOURTEEN

Richard
b. say 1725 Liverpool, England
m. Ellen Bromilow
arrived bef 1783,
Philadelphia, PA

BRANCH FIFTEEN

Sons of Patrick Rowley of County Mayo, Ireland
John  b. 1894 Ireland
m. Delia Turney
Thomas Edward
b. 1902 Ireland, d. 1978 NJ
m. Bridget Jordan

BRANCH SIXTEEN

Jonathan & Mary (Thompson) Rowley of Milwaukee, WI

BRANCH SEVENTEEN

Major Rowley of VA and KY (see Branch 7 for now)
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BRANCH EIGHTEEN

William Rowley and Ann Morledge

BRANCH NINETEEN

Samuel and Eliza Rowley
Staffordshire, England
Cornelius and Elizabeth Rowley

BRANCH TWENTY

Philippe Rolin (later Rollin, Rolley, Rowley)
LaLoupe, Chartres, France to Quebec, Canada, to New York

BRANCH TWENTY-ONE

Michael Rowley
b. say 1810
m. Ellen
Ireland to
Franklin Co., NY

BRANCH TWENTY-TWO

Moses Roley
b. say 1740
m. Suzanne
Fauquier Co., VA

BRANCH TWENTY-THREE

Thomas John Rowley and Olufine Marie Abrahamsen
Ogden, UT

BRANCH TWENTY-FOUR

Ann (Jewell) Rowley
widow of William Rowley of Suckley, Worcester, England
arrived about 1850 Utah

BRANCH TWENTY-FIVE

Elizabeth (Bowen) Rowley
widow of William Rowley of Shropshire, England
arrived bef 1855 Utah

BRANCH TWENTY-SIX

Richard
b. 1846 Warwick Co., England
m. Jane Brown
arrived 1783
Allegany Co., MD

BRANCH TWENTY-SEVEN

James W
b. abt 1817, England
m. Ann Henderson
arrived abt 1840
Essex Co NJ then
          Franklin Co., MA

BRANCH TWENTY-EIGHT

John Rowley SYKES
b. 1852 Yorkshire, England
m. Catherine Ann MacCrimmon
arrived about 1867

BRANCH TWENTY-NINE

Samuel Wadleigh Rowley
b. bef 1890, Ireland
Lived in Illinois

BRANCH THIRTY

David Rowley
b bef 1790, Ireland
m Hannah Kean
arrived bef 1800
Albany Co., NY

BRANCH THIRTY-ONE

James and Ann (Lambdin) Rowley
Baltimore, MD

BRANCH THIRTY-TWO

Nicholas and Sarah Rowley of Wales
Montour and Schuylkill Counties, PA

BRANCH THIRTY-THREE

Brothers:
Mark and Clara (Tomlinson) Rowley
Fred and Elizabeth (Blufton) Rowley
Racine, WI

BRANCH THIRTY-FOUR

James and Bridget Rowley of Ireland Manchester, NH

BRANCH THIRTY-FIVE

William Rowley son of Lucinda McKnight and unknown Rowley (Civil War soldier from Canada, father born England)

BRANCH THIRTY-SIX

Francis Rawle of Philadelphia, PA
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BRANCH THIRTY-SEVEN

William Rowley of VA (see Branch 7 for now) son of Mary Rowley who never married
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BRANCH FIFTY

Rowley of Ireland and Pennsylvania

BRANCH FIFTY-ONE

Zacharias Rawley, British and of Florida
Brother: resident of Florida

BRANCH FIFTY-TWO

William Rowley of England and Ohio

BRANCH FIFTY-THREE

Barnard and Eleanor Mary (nee McZureng) Rowley
(ca 1823 - 1896)
Ireland, New York, Wisconsin

BRANCH FIFTY-FOUR

Anthony Rowley of Ireland, Maryland, and Pennsylvania

BRANCH FIFTY-FIVE

Samuel Rolly of Italy & Delaware

BRANCH FIFTY-SIX

Charles  Rowley of England and New York

BRANCH FIFTY-SEVEN

Erskin Justevin Rowle of England and Florida

BRANCH FIFTY-EIGHT

G. W.  and Jane H Rowley of England, New Jersey to Kansas

BRANCH FIFTY-NINE

James and Bridget Rowley of Ireland and Rhode Island

BRANCH SIXTY

Eleanora (Ellen)(nee Haughey) Rowley of Ireland and Massachusetts

BRANCH SIXTY-ONE

Three sons of John Rowley and Sarah Wright of Staffordshire England:

John Williams, Ralph Nephi and James Rowley to Ohio, Utah and Utah, respectively

BRANCH SIXTY-TWO

William and Chloe (nee Simmons) Rowley of Ireland and Rhode Island

BRANCH SIXTY-THREE

James Rowley of Bristol, England to Bonneville, Idaho

BRANCH SIXTY-FOUR

James and Johanna Roaul of Ireland and Ohio

BRANCH SIXTY-FIVE

James and Bridget Roley of Ireland and Rhode Island

BRANCH SIXTY-SIX

James Rowle of Bahamas and Florida

BRANCH SIXTY-SEVEN

James E and Maria (nee Matthews) Rowley of Canada and Kansas

BRANCH SIXTY-EIGHT

John and Ann Rowley of Ireland and Connecticut

BRANCH SIXTY-NINE

John J and Catherine Ruehle of Germany & Ohio

BRANCH SEVENTY

Michael & Catherine Roley of Ireland and Rhode Island

BRANCH SEVENTY-ONE

Richard William Rowley b 13 Jul 1842 Staffordshire, England m. Margaret Mitchell McBroom 15 Aug 1867 in Carnegie, PA

BRANCH SEVENTY-TWO

Owen Rowley of Ireland and Delaware

BRANCH SEVENTY-THREE

Obedia Rowle of Bahamas & Florida

BRANCH SEVENTY-SEVEN

Michael & Ellen Rowley of Ireland & New York

UNCONNECTED

 

 

CROSS REFERENCE CHART     Click here.

The cross-reference chart is an attempt to illustrate the family lines of various individuals by showing the individual, his birthdate, and his father.  Then, by looking up the father, you can trace backwards.  This is important because there are so many instances of many individuals with the same given name.

Although, at some point in time, it is possible that most, if not all, Rowleys have a common ancestor in Europe.  However, to have some semblance of order-- and since the various Rowley groups used similar given names, it became necessary to sort them out by grouping those who descended from a common immigrant ancestor. 

Where such an immigrant ancestor was identified, and where there appear to be living descendants in sufficient numbers to warrant tracing them as a group, "branches" were assigned. 

The format is simple.  The combination number preceding each name is composed of three fields: the first is the Branch number followed by a hyphen, the second is the generation to which the individual belongs, and the third combines to provide a unique identifier for this website. For example, 13-3.002 refers to Charles V. Rowley of the third generation of Branch 13. For Branch One, there is more significance to the numbering, but that is explained elsewhere.

Birth and death dates, if known, are shown, as well as the same data for known spouses.  Those names under a person's name are his or her children.

BRANCH ONE.  By far the largest such branch is that having to do with the descendants of Henry Rowley, who appeared very early in the Plymouth Colony, and is called Branch One.  It has been estimated that there are well over 10,000 living descendants at this time. 

BRANCH TWO.  The next group are those whose ancestor can be identified as Thomas Rowley, also known as Thomas Rowell, of Windsor, Connecticut.   He appeared there about 1662, and in 1669 married Mary Denslow.  There have been claims that he was a son of Henry Rowley of Branch One.  That, of course, is possible, but no documentation for the claim has been forthcoming. 

BRANCH THREE.   And then, Timothy Rowley, whose descendants for a period of time lived in the Canisteo region of New York State.  The forebear of this group, Timothy, is believed to have been born in England.  There are traces of a Timothy in Connecticut Colony, who married a Jemima Dibble, and served in the American Revolution.  Whether he is identical with the Timothy Rowley, who served in New York, and married Naomi or Neomy Root/Rute is not known.  The latter is treated as the patriarch of this group.

BRANCH FOUR.  The immigrant Rowley in this case is believed to be a man named William, who was born circa 1740, and was married to a woman named Margaret.   After the death of her first husband, she married a man named Silvernail, and died in 1825.  Their son was William Rowley, born in 1765 and died in 1850, was a sailor for forty years, and then became a farmer.  This family ultimately removed to Palmyra, New York.

BRANCH FIVE.  John Rowley was probably an Irishman, who died in 1875 in Mason County, Illinois.  He was married to Julia McDonough of Burlington, Iowa.   It should be pointed out that she was also a native of Ireland.

BRANCH SIX.  William Henry Rowley was born in New York in about 1762, and died in 1850 in Jackson County, Virginia.  His first wife has been identified as Elizabeth Van Ziles, according to Homer King Rowley.

BRANCH SEVEN.  There were a number of traces of people named Rowley in Virginia.  One of these is believed to be a John Rowley, who married a woman named Amey.  The Mayflower Society disavows the claim that the John Rowley who was a son of Moses is identical with this man.  There are a number of persons in this geographical area who may or may not be connected.  Research is ongoing.

BRANCH EIGHT.  In Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, there lived a man named John, who is the head of Branch 8, and who was born about 1749 or 1750, according to new information obtained by Marilyn Prinzing.  There are records showing that his first and second wives were both named Margaret.  It is possible he was identical with a man known as John Rolle, whose name appears on documents, and appears to have been of German extraction.  The name, "Roley," was used by some descendants.

BRANCH NINE.  According to the Genealogy of Christian Lesnett, William Rowley was the son of an English Lord, who married his daughter, Sophia.   William was a twin with John, and they were said to have been born in 1747.   His twin was said to have gone to India.  Some descendants were known to have spelled their name as "Roley."

BRANCH TEN.  In South Carolina, a man named Job or Joab Rowley was found.  His first wife was named Mary Loher or Lohr.  The family traveled overland to Louisiana, where the patriarch founded a large family.

BRANCH ELEVEN. This branch originates with Patrick and his wife Catherine Rouk who immigrated from Ireland with their son Michael into New York City. Patrick appears to have been born about 1825 and died before the 1880 census.

BRANCH THIRTEEN.  In Amherst, Erie Co., NY a Thomas Rowley appears on the 1850 census with his mother, wife and two sons.  He apparently emigrated with his mother from Belfast, Ireland

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BRANCH THIRTY-FIVE. William Rowley was born in Canada and enlisted in 1858, staying in the military until he retired in 1888. His father, name unknown, was born in England. His mother, Lucinda McKnight, also married a Wightman and had two children by him: Rev Charles Wightman and Lucinda Wightman. She died in 1878.

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Some of the various families called themselves "Rowlee," and still do today.  During some periods of time, the names Rowley and Rowlee were used interchangeably.  Another line used the spelling, "Roley," and there are those researchers today with that name.  Similarly with the name Rawley.   We feel they are all kin!  So is site does not differentiate.  If I mistakenly use the incorrect appellation, let me know, because nothing is meant by it.

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Last Modified 02/07/17