Jonathan Rowland II1,2,3,4,5,6

M, b. 1690, d. 1761
FatherJonathan Rowland I d. b 17 Nov 1691
MotherAbigail Barlow b. c 1670
     Jonathan was born in 1690 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Jonathan married Martha Seaman, daughter of Benjamin Seaman and Martha Titus, circa 1713 in Hempstead Town, Queens County, Long Island, New York. With the dates of Jonathan's parents marriage & his father's inventory, he & his sister Abigail were most likely twins. Jonathan departed this life in 1761 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Family

Martha Seaman b. c 1692, d. b 28 Dec 1732
Children

Citations

  1. [S74] Ada Clementine Acker Haight, The Richard Washburn Family Genealogy: a family history of two hundred years outlining the ancestors & descendants of Richard Washburn with some connected families, page 1217-1218 - Sarah d/o Martha Seaman & Jonathan Rowland b. 1705 married Samuel Embress, s/o Abigail Baldwin & Samuel Embree, d. 1739. Their daughter Mary b. 14 May 1725 married Thomas Leggett.
    Martha Seaman, d/o Martha Titus & Benjamin Seaman, married Jonathan Rowland. Children: Jonathan m. 1740 Hannah Marvin; Samuel m. 1745 Ruth Marvin; Martha; John b. 1704 m. Mary Marvin; Sarah b. 1705 m. Samuel Embree.
  2. [S13] Howard S. F. Randolph, Some Notes on the Rowland Family, volume I: pages 506-509 - Henry Rowland m. Rebecca. Henry's will written 30 December 1690, probated 4 January 1692, inventory 29 December 1691. Rebecca's will 12 December 1691, inventory 6 November 1694. Children: Joseph b. ca. 1647; Jonathan; Elizabeth m. by 1673 Sgt. John Wheeler; Abigail m. 5 Mar 1671 Thomas Jones; Rebecca m. Eluzai Smith; Mary m. Daniel Frost; Israel; Henry d. 1691 unmarried. Son Jonathan m. Abigail Barlow. Jonathan had inventory of his estate 17 Nov 1691. He & Abigail had son Jonathan of Hempstead who married Martha Seaman & in 1713 conveyed Fairfield land.
    Volume I: page 27-29 - John Barlow [son of John] m. Abigail Lockwood, d/o Robert Lockwood. John's will was dated 28 January 1690/1691. Children: John b. ca. 1668; Abigail; Joseph d. 1697; Deborah ca. 1675; Elizabeth 11 May 1677; Ruth; Samuel b. ca. 1682. Daughter Abigail married Jonathan Rowland who died in 1691. She married second Samuel Denton of Hempstead, Long Island.
  3. [S14] North Hempstead, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Volume II: page 177 - Jonathon Rowland got his ear mark on 30th November 1715.
  4. [S80] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of The Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I: pages 506-509 - Henry Rowland resided in Fairfield before 1650. He married Rebecca. They had children: Joseph b. circa 1647; Jonathan; Elizabeth m. by 1673 Sgt. John Wheeler; Abigail m. at Fairfield 5 March 1670/1671 Thomas Jones; Rebecca m. Eluzai Smith; Mary m. Daniel Frost; Israel; Henry. Henry wrote his will 30 Dec 1690, probated 4 Jan 1691/1692, inventory 29 Dec 1691. Rebecca wrote her will 12 Dec 1691, inventory 6 Nov 1694. Their son Jonathan married Abigail Barlow, d/o John Barlow II. Jonathan's inventory was 17 Nov 1691. His wife Abigail marries before Nov 1697 second Samuel Denton of Hempstead.
    Volume I: page 27-31 - John Barlow, son of John married Abigail, d/o Robert & Susanna Lockwood. His will was dated 28 January 1690/1691, inventory 6 March 1690/91. John & Abigail had children: John b. ca. 1668; Abigail; Joseph; Deborah b. ca. 1675 d. 4 Dec 1726; Elizabeth b. 11 May 1677 m. Jerimiah Fowler; Ruth m. John Moorehouse; Samuel b. ca 1682. Their daughter Abigail married Jonathan Rowland d. 1691 m. 2nd Samuel Denton of Hempstead.
  5. [S30] New York Historical Society, Collections of the New York Historical Society Abstract of Wills, New York Abstracts of Wills Volume VIII [1771-1776]: page 294 - In the name of God, Amen, December 17, 1767. I, Robert Marvin, of Herricks, in the town of Hempstead, in Queens County, being in good health. My executors are to pay all debts. I leave to my son John one tract of land which I bought of Barent Van Wyck, "lying upon the Hills," as also all my land and meadows at South, and all my undivided rights of land; Also all farming tools and my wearing apparell, and the use of all the rest of my real estate during his life, except the house and land where my daughter Mary lives. After his death the same is to go to his sons, Jacob and John. If my son John dies before his wife Mary, she is to have one-third. I leave to my daughter Mary the use of the house and land where she now lives, which I bought of John Rowland, during her life, and then to her son Marvin Rowland. I leave to my daughter Sarah o150, to be paid by my son John. If he neglects to pay, then my executors are to sell land. "I also leave her a negro woman and a bed, and a large cupboord, and all that is in it, and my riding chair." I leave the rest of my personal property to my four daughters now living, viz., Sarah, Mary, Hannah, and Phebe, and to the children of my daughter Ruth, late wife of Samuel Rowland, who are to have 1/5, "and this to be put into the hands of Samuel Rowland of Duchess County." I make my son John and my sons-in-law, Jonathan Rowland, and Isaac Smith, executors.
    Witnesses, Daniel Laurence, Uriah Smith, Richard Wiggins. Proved, June 15, 1775. [New York Wills - page 522-523]
  6. [S117] Mary Thomas Seaman, The Seaman Family of America, page 39 - Martha Seaman m. Jonathan Rowland & had two children - Martha, Johnathan m. Hannah Marvin.
    page 57 - Israel Seaman m. 30 March 1779 Sarah Rowland, d/o Jonathan & Hannah [Marvin] Rowland
    page 59 - Thomas Seaman b. 12 April 1739 m. 6 Aug 1761 Hempstead Martha Rowland b.1741, d/o Jonathan & Hannah [Marvin] Rowland.
    page 81 - lists children of Israel & Sarah [Rowland] Seaman
    page 84 - lists children of Thomas Martha [Rowland] Seaman [d. 1826].