Person:Thomas Rowley (8)

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Hon. Thomas Rowley
b.24 Mar 1720/21 Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
d.Bef 22 Aug 1796 Cold Spring, Rutland, Vermont, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 4 Mar 1713
  1. Nathan Rowley1714 -
  2. Abigail Rowley1716 - 1764
  3. Samuel Rowley1718 - Abt 1774
  4. Hon. Thomas Rowley1720/21 - Bef 1796
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hon. Thomas Rowley1720/21 - Bef 1796
  • W.  Lois Cass1727 - Bef 1795
m. 15 Jul 1744
  1. _____ Rowley1745 - 1745
  2. Capt. Thomas Rowley, JrAbt 1746 - 1828
  3. Lois Rowley1749 - Bef 1785
  4. Dr. Reuben Rowley1751 - 1833
  5. Nathan Rowley1754 - 1833
  6. Bateman Rowley1756 - Bef 1766
  7. Lydia RowleyEst 1761 - 1837
  8. Mary Rowley1764 - Bef 1836
  9. Henry Bateman RowleyBef 1766 - Aft 1840
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Facts and Events
Name Hon. Thomas Rowley
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Mar 1720/21 Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 15 Jul 1744 Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United Statesto Lois Cass
Residence 1768 Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United Stateswith Lois Cass
Census 1790 Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United Stateswith Lois Cass
Death[5] Bef 22 Aug 1796 Cold Spring, Rutland, Vermont, United States
Burial[3] Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United StatesJenison Cemetery

Thomas Rowley Sr. was known as “The Bard of the Green Mountains”. Extracts of his poems and a sketch of him appear in Hemenway’s Vermont Gazetteer, and more recently at Wikipedia.

Thomas was a friend of Ethan Allen and acted as his spokesman.

References
  1. ↑ "Hebron Vital Records (NEHGS)", in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    p. 120.

    ROWLEY, ROWLE, ROWLEE, ROWLEEY, ROWLEY
    Thomas, s. Samuell, b. Mar. 24, 1721. [1:79]

  2.   Vermont, United States. Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954: Database with images. (FamilySearch. Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.)
    [1], 26 Dec 1919.

    [Note that this record was transcribed in 1919. It gives a place of burial but only an approximate date. Furthermore it references a DAR monument erected 16 Aug 1913. The photograph of this monument does not mention a wife Eunice. It is not clear what is the basis of the statement that this Thomas Rowley had a second wife named EuniceCitation needed.]

  3. ↑ Find A Grave
    Thomas Rowley.

    [picture hard to read, inscription given:]
    To the memory of Thomas Rowley, Chairman of the Committee of Safety, Revolutionary Soldier, Poet & Wit. Died about 1803. Erected by Hand's Cove Chapter D.A.R. Aug 16 1913"

  4.   Thomas Rowley (poet) [2], in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  5. ↑ Morehouse, David M. "The Deaths of Thomas 5 and Lois (Cass) Rowley", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    Vol. 52, p. 137.

    Notice of death without date published in Bennington Gazette of 2 Sep 1796 and in Rutland Weekly Herald of 22 August 1796 in "Cold Spring [sic] in West Haven". Death notice of Mrs Lois Rowlee, consort of Thomas Rowlee, Esq., 68th year, at Shoreham was reported in the 12 Jun 1795 Vermont Gazette.

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