The Rowland Family

The majority of information I have on the early Rowland's is taken from the LDS Family History Library IGI. I have done some verifying research, particularly on the "lean" generations (4-6). To that end I am confident of the generations shown, but have not collected any source records worth mentioning, nor have I developed other lines of descent. I have been surprised to learn that there has actually been very little reseach performed on the early Rowland family. Hopefully, more information will surface with exposure to this web site. Variants: Roland.

At present I maintain Hugh Rowland as the original immigrant ancestor, which I find to be concensus. Since I have not seen the records refered to concerning his immigration (with brother Edward?), I cannot say for certain that this is so. The only immigration record I have found to date was of a Richard Rowland who arrived in 1635 at the age of 20. This would correspond nicely with the data that I have on Hugh

1. HUGH ROWLAND was born around 1636 and arrived in Lyme, Connecticut around 1648. He married HANNAH SMITH dAugusthter of RICHARD SMITH and MARY KURLEY around 1675. She was born 21 September 1651 in Sudbury, Massachusetts and died 27 March 1754 in Lyme, Connecticut.

Children of HUGH ROWLAND and HANNAH SMITH are:

2. RICHARD ROWLAND was born 1677 and died 23 Jun 1747 in Lyme, Connecticut. He married REBECCA on 20 June 1698 in Lyme, Connecticut. She was born around 1677.

Children of RICHARD ROWLAND and REBECCA [] are:

3. BENJAMIN ROWLAND was born 2 August 1716 in Lyme, Connecticut. He married EUNICE WADE, daughter of GEORGE WADE and ELIZABETH DURANT, on 10 March 1735/36. She was born 31 December 1715 in Lyme, Connecticut.

Children of BENJAMIN ROWLAND and EUNICE WADE are:

4. RICHARD ROWLAND was born 4 September 1737 in Lyme, Connecticut. He married JERUSHA CHADWICK daughter of DANIEL CHADWICK and CATHERINE SHALER on 27 March 1764 in Lyme, Connecticut. She was born 29 April 1744 in Lyme, Connecticut.

Child of RICHARD ROWLAND and JERUSHA CHADWICK is:

5. SHALER ROWLAND was born 2 February 1783 in Lyme, Connecticut and died 18 August 1847 in Corinth, Vermont. He married CATHERINE TAPLIN, daughter of MANSFIELD TAPLIN and BETSEY LOVEWELL, around 1809 in Vermont. She was born in 1793 and died 14 February 1851 in Corinth.

Child of SHALER ROWLAND and CATHERINE TAPLIN is:

6. RICHARD ROWLAND was born 20 January 1816 in Corinth, Vermont. He married ADALINE BACON daughter of EBENIZER BACON and NANCY CLARK. She was born 25 April 1819 in New Hampshire.

Child of RICHARD ROWLAND and ADALINE BACON is:

Generation No. 7

7. EBENEZER BACON ROWLAND was born 7 January 1843 in East Corinth, Vermont and died 10 June 1913 in Kanaranzi, Minnesota. He married ELVA ELIZABETH CARLE, daughter of FRANCIS CARLE and MARY EGGLESTON, on 28 July 1867. She was born 8 March 1851 in Wellington, Ohio and died 3 June 1940 in Milaca, Minnesota. Great Aunt Elva (Weyer) Crum was a little girl when Ebenezer (her grandfather) died. She did recall that he was a crabby indiviudal. About her grandmother she wrote - "She liked to sew and knit, was an expert seamstress and could make clothes without a pattern. She was able to sew for a living as she was a widow for many years. She loved to go places, even as a very old lady. Her son-in-law Pierre Weyer used to say he didn't think it was right for an old lady to like to go places like she did. She walked with a limp due to an accident when she got thrown out of a wagon and a sewing machine fell on her foot and crushed it. She always wore long skirts almost to the floor. Not just one skirt she wore 3 or 4 skirts!" Children of EBENIZER ROWLAND and ELVA CARLE are: i. THOMAS DANIEL ROWLAND born 16 May 1868. ii. ETHEL GERTRUDE ROWLAND born 31 December 1885 in Oneida, South Dakota and died May 1956 in Minnesota. She married PIERRE E. WEYER on 31 December 1903.

Photo of Elva (Carle) Rowland