Person:Rowena Calling (1)

Facts and Events
Name[2] Rowena Calling
Married Name Mrs. Rowena Cook
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1735 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1750 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Walter Cook
Death? pos Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Research Notes

  • Theory: Rowena named one of her sons "Pitman Collins" Cook, which suggests to me that Davis may have been slightly wrong, and her maiden name was "Collins" instead of "Calling" - more research is needed. --Cos1776 16:02, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
References
  1.   Wallingford Vital Records, 1670-1850, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Vol 48.

    COOK, COOCK, COOKE,
    [Walter, b 1722 may be listed - need lookup]
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    [Walter, marriage to Rowena Calling may be listed - need lookup]
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    p 94 - Lydia, d. Walter & Rowena, b. May 3, 1750 - Vol 12, p 385.
    p 93 - Lucy, d. Walter, & Rowena, b. Nov. 23, 1752 - Vol 12, 385.
    p 89 - Eunice, d. Walter & Reunie, b. Nov. 10, 1754 - Vol 13, p 545.
    p 97 - Pitman Collins, s. Walter & Rouina, b. June 28, 1757 - Vol 13, p 564.
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    [cos1776 Note: part of this source is behind a paywall, so additional lookups are needed for some of the records.]

  2. Family Recorded, in Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. History of Wallingford, Conn: From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, Which Was One of Its Parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, Which Was Incorporated in 1780. (Meriden, Connecticut: C.H.S. Davis, 1870).

    Vol 1, p 678 -
    45. WALTER.
    WALTER COOK, son of Joseph and Eleanor Cook, m Reuema Calling, and went to Goshen, Conn. Subsequently he went to Richmond, Mass. He was a farmer and shoemaker.

    Children:
    135 Eunice, b Nov. 10, 1754, in Wallingford ;
    136 Pitman, b June 28, 1757, in Wallingford ;
    137 Walter, b Sept. 10, 1764, in Goshen ;
    138 John, b Oct. 2, 1767, in Goshen ;
    139 Sinai, b Oct. 12, 1769, in Goshen ;
    140 Susannah, b Feb. 26, 1790, in Goshen ;
    141 Lucy, m Abijah Newton, of Goshen, Conn.
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    [cos1776 Note: Davis is missing dau Lydia, b 1750, as per Barbour VRs.]