Person:Erastus Rowley (1)

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Col. Erastus Rowley
b.3 Jun 1775 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.19 Oct 1857 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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m. 24 Jan 1760
  1. Col. Erastus Rowley1775 - 1857
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  • H.  Col. Erastus Rowley1775 - 1857
  • W.  Eunice Cone1783 - 1871
m. 10 Mar 1799
  1. Edward Sylvester Rowley1808 - 1886
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Name Col. Erastus Rowley
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Jun 1775 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 10 Mar 1799 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Eunice Cone
Census[3] 1800 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1800
Other? 1800 as of his daughter Anna's birth, he was noted as being Captain Secondary date: 1 JUL 1800 Military
Property[4] 11 Sep 1801 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesErastus seems to have purchased land from the estate of his father
Census? 1810 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Other[5] Sep 1811 was part of a committee appointed to award premiums on stock exhibited at the first Pitfsfield fair Secondary date: 15 SEP 1811 Misc
Other? Sep 1811 was referred to as Major Erastus when he judged at the fair Secondary date: 15 SEP 1811 Misc
Other[6] 16 Nov 1811 He advertised the selling of the property of Virtue Cone, "a non-compos person" Newspaper
Other[7] 1813 He was listed as one of the two majors in the Second Regiment of the Second Brigade in the Ninth Division Military
Other[8] 1814 was a Major in the Second regiment of the Ninth division in the defense of Boston in Autumn Secondary date: 1 JUL 1814 Military
Other? 1815 as of his son Erastus' birth he was noted as being Major Erastus Secondary date: 1 JUL 1815 Military
Other? 8 Feb 1816 Berkshire Star report: He was among the committee for the Agriculture Society Newspaper
Other[9] 6 Nov 1817 Ran ad in Berkshire Star: Found Heifer Newspaper
Other? 1818 as of Milton and Catherine's births he was referred to as Col. Erastus Secondary date: 1 JUL 1818 Military
Other? 24 Sep 1818 He and others were given permission to set a turnpike road Newspaper
Other? 22 Sep 1819 resigned as a major Military
Census[10] 1820 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1820
Other[11] 9 Oct 1823 He won the $4 prize for the fourth best field of rye and the $4 prize for the third best field of flax Newspaper
Other[12] 20 Oct 1824 He won $6 for the best boar Newspaper
Other[13] 20 Oct 1824 His daughter Eunice won a $1 Reserved Premium for a pair of fine worsted hose Newspaper
Other[14] 21 Oct 1824 He was awarded the $5 second prize for flax at the Berkshire County Fair Newspaper
Other[15] 6 Oct 1825 His daughter Eunice won a special prize at the Berkshire County for for her bombazine, said to compare with the finest imported Other
Other[16] 20 Oct 1825 He won a prize for the second best boar at the Berkshire County Fair Newspaper
Other? 12 Oct 1826 The Pittsfield Sun reported his win for 10 fat weathers at the Berkshire County Fair Newspaper
Other? 11 Oct 1827 The Pittsfield Sun reported his winning second prize for flax at the Berkshire County Fair Newspaper
Other[17] 1828 was Richmond's Representative/Deputy to the General Court Public Office
Other[17] 1829 was Richmond's Representative/Deputy to the General Court Public Office
Census[18] 1830 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1830
Other[19] 8 Apr 1830 He was quoted extensively by the Berkshire Journal regarding the Militia Bill Newspaper
Other[20] 21 Oct 1830 His third prize for his Milch cow, awarded at the Berkshire County Fair was reported by the Berkshire Journal Newspaper
Other? 11 Oct 1832 Pittsfield Sun reported his appointment as Agriculture Fair Officer Newspaper
Other? 9 Oct 1834 The Sun reported Erastus' win at the Berkshire County Fair for best yoke of fat oxen Newspaper
Other? 9 Oct 1834 The Sun reported on the 24th anniversary of the Cattle Show and Fair Newspaper
Other? 1 Oct 1835 The Sun reported that he would be Chairman of 3rd Division Domestic Animals at Fair Newspaper
Other? 15 Oct 1835 He won second prize for his heifer at the Berkshire County Fair Newspaper
Other? 11 Oct 1838 The Pittsfield Sun reported his win of two prizes at the agricultural fair - second prize for calves and first for yearling heifers Newspaper
Census[21] 1840 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1840
Other? 11 Mar 1841 The Pittsfield Sun reported on the marriage of his daughter Catherine Newspaper
Census[22] 1850 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1850
Death[2] 19 Oct 1857 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Burial? Aft 19 Oct 1857 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesCone Hill Cemetery
Other[23] 1 Dec 1857 Rowley, Erastus, Richmond, Adm., probate # 8599 To Get
Other? 24 Dec 1857 An ad identified Darwin I. Baldwin to be administrator of Erastus' estate Newspaper
Other? 28 Jan 1858 The Sun ran an ad with Edward S. Rowley as administrator of Erastus' estate Newspaper
Property? 18 Feb 1858 Edward S. Rowley auctioned off Erastus' property
Occupation? farmer
Other? Col Erastus Rowley Born June 3, 1775 Died Oct 19 1857 Eunice C. Rowley Born Sep 24 1783 Died Aug 7, 1871 Gone home Gravestone
References
  1. ↑ Erastus, Col., June 3, 1775. G.R.3. - Vital Records Of Richmond, Massachusetts To The Year 1850, Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society At The Robert Henry Eddy Memorial Rooms At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund, Boston, Mass. 1913. dunhamwilcox.net
    NOTE: His birthdate was taken from his gravestone but that doesn't mean he was born in Richmond
  2. ↑ gravestone
  3. ↑ on census: 2 white males 16-26, 1 female 0-10 (daughter Anna (Nancy), and 1 female 16-26 (Erastus' wife Eunice) No other free persons (a category that excepted Indians) nor did they have any slaves (seems no one in the area did.)
    NOTE: Richmond Rowley was listed just above him. A Thomas Rowley was further up.
  4. ↑ Rowley, Aaron et al; Richmond to Erastus Rowley
    Genealogical Notes: Prob. Settlement of estate of Col. Aaron Rowley to son Erastus. Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Middle District: Index to Earliest Deeds Land transfer.
  5. ↑ There appears, from the description, to have been nothing in the display very showy or gorgeous, even for a country-town, but it was sufficiently striking to please the common fancy, and, what was of more importance, it was full of pregnant meanings which impressed themselves with great force upon the"popular mind, sharply pointing the facts and logic of Mr. Watson. From that day the society and its objects held a chief place in the hearts of the people of Berkshire. At its meeting on the first day of the fair, the society appointed as a committee to award premiums on the stock exhibited: Major Erastus Rowley, Major Samuel Buffi ngton, Joseph Shearer, Esq., Woleott Hubbel, Esq., Col. Levi Belding, Dr. Thaddeus Pomeroy, and Capt. Daniel Brown, who, the next day, made the following report: That Erastus Sackett of Pittsfield exhibited the best bull ; that Capt. Nathaniel Fair- field of Pittsfield, exhibited the best yoke of oxen, but he not being a member of the society, could not receive the premium, and it was given to David Ashley, Jr., of Pittsfield, who made the next best exhibition of oxen. That Roswell Root of Pittsfield showed the best four-year-old steers, David Campbell of Pittsfield the best three-year-old, Henry Chamberlin of Dalton the best two-year-old. That Benjamin Brown of Cheshire exhibited the best cow; Roswell Root of Pittsfield and Henry Chamberlin of Dalton, the best swine ; Jonathan Allen of Pittsfield the best full-blood merino lamb ; Arthur Scholfield of Pittsfield the best seven-eighths blood merino lamb; Samuel L. Allen of Pittsfield the best twenty common ewes. And the premiums were delivered accordingly.
    The History of Pittsfield (Berkshire County), Massachusetts By Joseph Edward Adams Smith Published by Lee and Shepard, 1876
  6. ↑ Virtue Cone's Estate. / PURSUANT to an Order of the Supreme Judicial Court, holden at Lenos in and for the County of Berkshire, on the first Tuesday of May last, the Real Estate of VIRTUE CONE of West-Stockbridge, in said County, a non-compos person, consisting of twenty-two Acres and seventy-five acres of Land, lying near the south line of Richmond, in said county (being chiefly valuable Wood and Timber land) will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE at the dwelling house of Nathan Peirson, Junr. Innholder, in said Richmond, on TUESDAY, the seventeeth day of December next, at one o'clock, PM Conditions &c. made known at the time and place of sale. / Erastus Rowley Guardian to Said Virtue Oct 23, 1811
    Berkshire Reporter, published as The Berkshire Reporter; Date: 11-16-1811; Volume: XXII; Issue: 1141; Page: 1; Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
  7. ↑ Ninth Division -- Berkshire / First Brigade / 1st Reg - John Whiting, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant; Thomas Stevens and Ephraim Kellogg, jr. Majors
    2d Reg - Prentiss Williams, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant; Benj C. Perkins and Deodat C Whitwood, Majors / 3d Reg - [none] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant; Joseph Fitch and Ebenezer Hyde, Majors / Second Brigade / 1st Reg - Jeremiah Colegrove, jr. Lieut. Colonel Commandant; William Waterman and Nathan Northam, Majors / 2d Reg - [none] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant; Erastus Rowley and Nathan Barrett, jr Majors / 3d Reg - Solomon K Chamberlain, Lieut. Colonel-Commandt.; Manley Paddleford and John Leland, jr Majors.
    A pocket almanack, for the year ... : calculated for the use of the state of Massachusetts-Bay, American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) DLC, Volume: 1813, Boston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, p 168
  8. ↑ was referred to as Major in Lieut. Col. S. K. Chamberlin's regiment of the Massachusetts militia / Lieut. Col. S. K. Chamberlin's Regiment. From Sept. 10 to Oct. 30, 1814. Stationed at Boston and vicinity. FIELD AND STAFF. / Solomon K. Chamberlin, Lieutenant Colonel, Dalton / Thomas Stevens, Major, Sheffield / Erastus Rowley, Major, Richmond / Sherman Bosworth, Adjutant, Lenox / Henry Taylor, Quartermaster, Pittsfield / Henry Ashley, Paymaster, Sheffield / Asa Burbank, Surgeon, Lanesboro / Nathaniel Preston, Surgeon's Mate, Sheffield / Billy Hibbard, Chaplain / NONCOMMISSIONED STAFF.
    Marcellus Sandes, Sergeant Major / Henry E. May, Quartermaster Sergeant / John Hamon, Fife Major
    Proceedings of the Bostonian Society, Annual Meeting By Bostonian Society Published by Bostonian Society, 1895
  9. ↑ ran ad again on Nov 20
  10. ↑ appears to show two white males aged 1-10 (Milton (John) and Erastus, one 10-16 (Edward S.) and one 45 plus (Erastus) The remaining columns are not headed and are a bit harder to square with the household. On the census there is a one in column 6, one in column 8, one in column nine and two in column 10. Catherine was probably not born yet; Eunice would have been about 14, Abigail would have been about 18, and Eunice, the mother, would have been about 37. (Anna (Nancy) had died in 1810 and Maria/Mary had died in 1807.) Maybe, the rest were relatives or hired help.

    Numbers with column headings
    Free white males
    2 under 10
    1 under 16
    0 between 16-18
    0 between 16-26 including family head
    1 between 26 and under 45 including family head
    1 of 45 and upwards, including family head
    Free White Females
    0 under 10
    1 under 16
    1 16-26 including heads of families
    2 under 45 including heads of families
    0 45 and upwards including heads of families
    0 Foreigners not naturalized
    3 engaged in Agriculture
    engaged in Commerce
    engaged in Manufactures
  11. ↑ The New England Farmer, Vol 2 (Google eBook), Thomas Greene Fessenden, Thomas W. Shepard, 1824, p 102
  12. ↑ Friday Nov 19 1824 issue of The New England Farmer, Volume 3 (Google eBook), Thomas Greene Fessenden, Thomas W. Shepard, 1825, p 131
  13. ↑ Friday Nov 12, 1824 issue of The New England Farmer, Volume 3 (Google eBook), Thomas Greene Fessenden, Thomas W. Shepard, 1825, p 125
  14. ↑ also in Friday, Nov. 5, 1824 issue of The New England Farmer, Volume 3 (Google eBook) Thomas Greene Fessenden, Thomas W. Shepard, 1825,
  15. ↑ To Miss Eunice Rowley, of Richmond, for an elegant piece of Bombazine, which would well compare with the best imported, $2 - An Address delivered before the Berkshire [U.S.] Association for the promotion of Agriculture and Manufactures; together with the reports of the Committees of Departments (Google eBook), Samuel M. Mackay, 1825, p 42
  16. ↑ An Address delivered before the Berkshire [U.S.] Association for the promotion of Agriculture and Manufactures; together with the reports of the Committees of Departments (Google eBook), Samuel M. Mackay, 1825, p 41
    NOTE: I believe I have a newspaper record of it but just in case, it can also be found in the above resource
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 History of Lenox and Richmond (Archive.com), Charles J. Palmer, Press of the Sun Printing Co., Pittsfield, 1904, p 40
  18. ↑ 1830 males: 10- under 15 Milton; 15-under 20 Erastus jr; 20-under 30 Edward S; 40-under 50 Erastus?? (though he would be 55) females: 5-under 10 Catherine; 20-under 30 Eunice jr; 40-under 50 2 Eunice (mother) and ??
    You have to go to Ancestry to see the image but it's interesting that the headings now went up to 100 years (in 10 year increments after 15-under 20) Also, there was now a section for Free Colored Persons in addition to one for Slaves
  19. ↑ Berkshire Journal; Date: 04-08-1830; Volume: I; Issue: 32; Page: 1; Location: Lenox, Massachusetts
  20. ↑ Berkshire Journal; Date: 10-21-1830; Volume: II; Issue: 8; Page: 2; Location: Lenox, Massachusetts
  21. ↑ 1840 Census in Richmond, MA -- shows three males 20-30: Edward S. would have been about 32, Erastus about 25, and Milton (John) about 23. There was also one between 60-70, which corresponds with Erastus (the father's) age. For females there is one in the 15-20 range (Catherine), one in the 30-40 range (Eunice) and one from 60-70 (Erastus most likely), there are also 1 female in the 15-20 range, 1 in the 30-40, 2 in the 50-60 range.
  22. ↑ Erastus 74, Eunice (daughter) 40, $800 in real estate
  23. ↑ from massmayflower.org - index to probate records
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