Rowley (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of December 23, 2022:
- Patrilineal (direct male-line) descendants of Henry Rowley (especially through his son Moses) are encouraged to Y-DNA test and contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Biography
First Generation
Moses Rowley, son of Henry Rowley and ____ Palmer was born presumably in England, likely before 1630[1] and died East Haddam, CT between the writing of his will (16 Aug 1704) and the inventory of his estate (dated 15 Jun 1705). He married Barnstable 22 Apr 1652 Elizabeth Fuller and they had ten children: Mary (1652/3), Moses (1654), infant daughter (1656-1656), Mehitable (1659/60), Shuball (1659/60), Sarah (1662), Nathan (1664), Aaron (c1665), John (1667, no further record, likely d.y.) and Matthew (1669 m. Joanna ___ but no known ch.)
Second Generation
Moses Rowley (II) was born Barnstable 10 Nov 1654 and died East Haddam 16 Jan 1735. He married twice, first Barnstable Jan 1675 Mary ____ and second int. East Haddam 17 Feb 1714/5 Mary (Crippen) Corbe.[2] (no ch.) By his first wife Moses had ten children: Mary (1676/7), Moses (c1679 m ____, Martha Porter & Sarah Chapman), Em (dau 1682-1682), Naomi (c1684), Hannah (c1686), Samuel (c1688 m Elisabeth Fuller), John (c1690 m Deborah Fuller), Ebenezer (c1695 m Mary Church), Mehitable (c1698) and Jonathan (1704 m Anne Fuller, Abigail Green & Dorothy ___).
Shuball Rowley (twin) was born Barnstable 11 Jan 1659/60 and died Cobalt, CT 28 Mar 1714. He married Haddam, CT about 1682 Katherine Crippen and they had eight children: Isaac (c1683 m Hannah Harris), Shubael (c1686 m Hannah Brown), Thomas (1690 m Mary Cornwall), Matthew (1694 unk. if marr.), Elizabeth (1694), Elnathan (c1700 m Abigail Cone, Lydia Welles & Eunice Strong), Jabez (c1702 m Tabitha Harris) and Mary (1710).
Nathan Rowley was born Sucanesset (now Falmouth) about 1664 and died Barnstable bef. 1742. He married Falmouth 1689 Mercy Hatch and they had eight[3] children: Mercy (1691), Sarah (1693), Mary (1699), Nathan (1700 m Mary ___ & Hannah Robinson), Moses (1704/5 m Mehitable Weeks), Hatch (1706 m Thankful Hatch but likely no ch.), Mehitable (1709) and Matthew (1720 m Christian Weeks).
Aaron Rowley was born Sucanesset (now Falmouth) about 1665 and died there about 1743. He married Barnstable 7 Mar 1689/90 Mary Weeks and they had six children: Mary (1690/1), Aaron (1692 m Sarah ___ & Dorcas ___), Elizabeth (1694), Benjamin (d. unm.), Timothy (1697 unk. if marr.) and Elnathan (1699 m Mary Meader).
- ↑ Based on married in 1652.
- ↑ Mary was the widow of Samuel Corbe of East Haddam.
- ↑ Some sources give a ninth child: John b. 1706. Not in family records.
DNA results TBD
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Rowley DNA Project subgroup: Branch 1 Descendants of Henry Rowley, of Plymouth- 99.9% Match @ MRCA Between 1470-1540 has (among others, all close STR matching) five individuals claiming Henry Rowley (father of Moses) as their Most Distant Known Patrilineal Ancestor (MDKPA). FTDNA Predicts they fall under R1b-M269.
NGS/WGS testing results
Two individuals in the above project (neither claiming Henry Rowley as their MDKPA) have taken the Big Y-700 test and the fall under: R-P312>Z46516>ZZ11>U152>PF6658>BY3642>BY3654>FGC30121>BY42877>BY3847>BY42679>FT116601
Further testing needed
Known patrilineal descendants of Henry Rowley (especially through his son Moses) are needed to Big Y test, contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com and disclose their lineage in order to refine this clade assignment.
