'Rowley01'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Rowley of Kinfare, Rowley of Newton in Worfield, Rowley of Priory Hill, Rowley of Rowley, Rowley of Stapulford in Worfield, Rowley of Tendring Hall
| BP1934 (Rowley of Tendring) reports "The surname of Rowley is formed of the Saxon words Row, sweet, and Ley, field." | |||||||||||||||
| William de Roulowe (a 1252) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William de Roulowe (a 1330) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rose (widow of Robert de Asterhull) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John de Roulowe of Rowley (a 1350, d by 1376) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matilda (a 1376) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Nicholas Rowley of Rowley (d 1424) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Onslow (dau of Robert de Houndeslowe of Onslow) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Rowley of Rowley in Worfeld | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Rowley of Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Foxhall (dau of _ Foxhall of Chelmershe) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Rowley of Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Baker (dau of _ Baker of Severnhall, relict of John Barrett) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Roger Rowley of Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna King (dau of William King of Birmingham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Rowley of Salop (a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice King (dau of John King of Birmingham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Roger Rowley of Gray's Inn (a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation ends with this generation. This Roger is presumed to be the Roger of Rowley & Gray's Inn whose daughter Anne is reported by BLG1952 to have carried Rowley into the Shallcross family. | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Anne Rowley of Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1656) Richard Shallcross (son of John of Shallcross) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Jonathan, Joseph, Abigall, Anna | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Roger Rowley of London | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Lovering of the Isle of Wight | |||||||||||||||
| ((A))+ | issue - Roger, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Agnes Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Sing of Bridgnorth (d 1631) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - John of London, Benjamin, Joseph, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Rowley of Severnhall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Oseley (dau of Thomas Oseley or Ovseley of Alscote) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Catestrey of Catestrey | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Anna Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Billingsley of Wondhall | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Rowley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Elizabeth Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Hollway of Alveley | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Mary Rowley possibly this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Barrett of Ackleton (bur 01.1564) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Rowley of Stapulford in Worfield (d 1430) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Hogge (dau of Robert Hogge of Stapulford) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Rowley of Newton in Worfield and Stapulford (d 1449) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Newton (dau of Robert Newton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Rowley of Newton (d before 06.04.1479) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel (d c1488) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Rowley of Newton (a 1510) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes (a 1510) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Rowley of Newton in Worfield (d 1565-6) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Rowley of Newton in Worfield (d 1592) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Peter Rowley of Newton (d 1617) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1586) Mary Barrett (dau of Richard & Ann Barrett of Worfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Humphrey, Joan | ||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Peter Rowley of Newton (d 1617) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1586) Mary Barrett (dau of Richard & Ann Barrett of Worfield) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Rowley of Newton (b 1587, d 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor (d 1660) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Daniell Rowley of Worfield then Kinfare (b 1620, d 1694) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Daniel Rowley of Kinfare (b 1686) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.01.1712) Mary Owsley (dau of John Owsley of Bridgnorth of family of Alscote) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Rowley (b 1719,d 24.06.1781) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (d 04.06.1788) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | George Rowley (d 18.09.1798, to Huntingdonshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.08.1753) Martha Maylon (b c1736, d 21.11.1765, dau of Thomas Maylon of Woodchurch & Kenardington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Owsley Rowley of Priory Hill (b 09.12.1754, d 19.10.1824) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.12.1786) Anne King (b c1757, d 28.08.1835, dau of William King) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George William Rowley of Priory Hill, Sheriff of Huntingdonshire & Cambridgeshire (b 23.04.1797, d 21.11.1878, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.10.1820) Jane Catherine Mein (d 31.01.1886, dau of Thomas Mein of Melrose) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Rowley (b c1792, d 18.09.1876) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.09.1819) Charles Lindsay (d 23.04.1855, archdeacon of Kildare) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Eleanor Rowley (d 25.12.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.07.1819) Sir George William Leeds, 1st Bart of Croxton Park (d 19.07.1838) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1832) Benjamin Welstead of Kimbolton | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Catherine Rowley (dsp 12.11.1838) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.07.1826) George Albert Lycke of Sussex Place, Regent's Park | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue (d unm) - David (b 09.05.1791, d 11.12.1855), Charlotte (d 23.10.1885) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Rowley (b 21.10.1759, d 24.07.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Simpson (d 1811, dau of Thomas Simpson of Ravensworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Rowley (b 04.04.1782, dspms 05.10.1836, Vice Chancellor of Oxford) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.07.1822) Juliana Elizabeth Ripley (dau of Rev. Thomas Ripley of Wootton Bassett) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Joyce Rowley (a 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bennett | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Rowley (b 1652, d 07.01.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Astley of Underton (b c1654, d 04.11.1741) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - William of Underton (m 1738), Rachel (d before 1693), Elizabeth (a 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Rowley of Newton (bpt 05.07.1590) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.11.1621) Margaret Barrett (dau of Richard Barrett of Oldington) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | George Rowley (bpt 24.06.1593, a 1617) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Isaac Rowley of Newton (d before 1639) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Rowley of Whitehall | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Rowley (d 01.01.1768, Admiral of the Fleet) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 21.07.1729) Arabella Dawson (d 02.1784, dau of Thomas Dawson, son of Thomas of Castle Dawson) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Bart of Tendring Hall (b 01.05.1734, d 26.02.1790, Rear Admiral, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.04.1759) Sarah Burton (d 26.12.1812, dau/heir of Bartholomew Burton of Petersham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir William Rowley, 2nd Bart of Tendring Hall (b 10.02.1761, d 20.10.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.1785) Susannah Edith Harland (d 21.01.1850, dau of Admiral Sir Robert Harland, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Harrington Harland Rowley (b 09.03.1787, dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1819) Marianne Hart (dau of J. Hart) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, 3rd Bart of Tendring Hall (dsp 18.03.1857, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.08.1824) Charlotte Moseley (d 11.12.1862, dau of John Moseley of Great Glemham House) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Sir Charles Robert Rowley, 4th Bart of Tendring Hall (b 05.05.1800, d 08.09.1888) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.09.1830) Maria Louisa Vanneck (d 16.03.1848, dau of Joshua Vanneck, 2nd Lord Huntingfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Sarah Marianne Rowley (d 24.03.1877) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.09.1815) Sir George Dashwood, 4th Bart of Kirtlington (b 17.09.1786, d 22.09.1861) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Susan Arabella Rowley (d 1862) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.11.1820) Douglas Mercer (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Georgiana Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.11.1841) John Blagrave of Calcot (d 21.06.1867) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Jane Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.03.1823) Charles Calvert of Ockley Court (d 08.12.1832) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii)+ | other issue - Emma Letitia (d 28.11.1878), Charlotte Philadelphia (d 07.02.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Bartholomew Samuel Rowley (b 15.06.1764, d 07.10.1811, Rear Admiral, CIC Jamaica) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arabella Martin (dau of Capt. William Martin, widow of Benjamin Wade) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Joshua Rowley (b 16.10.1769, Rev.) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.04.1799) Mary Scourfield (dau of Henry Scourfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Bart (b 16.12.1770, d 13.10.1845, Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BP1934 (Rowley of Hill House). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (07.12.1797) Elizabeth King (d 11.01.1838, dau of Sir Richard King, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Charles Rowley, 2nd Bart (b 16.02.1801, d 23.11.1884) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (31.08.1822) Frances Evelyn (d 21.04.1832, dau of John Evelyn of Wootton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp?) (05.04.1843) Peroline Marcowitz (d 23.07.1883, dau of Michel Marcowitz of Lyons) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Burton Rowley (d 1822, RN) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | George Rowley (b 25.02.1805, d 13.04.1848, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.04.1830) Emily Isabella Honner (d 19.01.1896, dau of Lt.Col. Robert Honner of Lee Mount) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Richard Freman Rowley (b 03.1806, d 13.08.1854, Captain RN) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.07.1828) Elizabeth Julia Angerstein (d 18.02.1870, dau of John Angerstein of Weeting Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Robert Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley (b 12.1817, d 02.07.1860, Comm. RN) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1845) Juanita di Latzona | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Elizabeth Sophia Rowley (dsp 29.04.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.07.1818) Peter Langford Brooke of Mere Hall (b 1793, dsp 09.01.1840) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Louisa Burton Rowley (d 06.03.1885) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.08.1824) Thomas Robert Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull (b 05.04.1785, d 18.02.1866) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Philadelphia Rowley (d 05.04.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.02.1798) Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Bart of Lanwade (d 24.02.1812) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Sarah Rowley (d 21.12.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Martin of Hemmingston Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Arabella Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Godffrey of Old Hall, Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Clotworthy Rowley (b 1731, d 1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1766) Letitia Campbell (d 1776, dau of Samuel Campbell of Bath and Mount Campbell) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Rowley (d unm 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Josias Rowley, Bart (d unm 10.01.1812, Admiral RN) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Samuel Campbell Rowley (b 19.01.1774, dsp, Rear Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Thompson (dau of _ Thompson of White Park) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.11.1830) Mary Cronin (dau of Edmund Cronin of Newtown) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | John Rowley (prebendary of Christ Church, Dublin) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.09.1826) Catherine Clarke (dau of Joseph Clarke of Kilburn Priory) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mary Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Vigogne of Wicklow | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Arabella Rowley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (William) Martin (Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. G. Gibbs of Horkesley Park (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas, William (Major General) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Rowley of Priory Hill, St. Neots), BP1934 (Rowley of Tendring), with input from Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Rowley of Rowley)
Back to top of page