Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Rowell was born on 18 January 1768, in Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, David Rowell Sr, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Cheney, was 33. She married Joseph Melcher on 15 March 1792, in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 20 July 1855, in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Mary Rowel, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Polly Rowel, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Mary Rowell Melcher, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name principally from Rothwell (Yorkshire), but Rothwell in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire also gave rise to surnames. The placenames derive from Old English roth ‘clearing’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
habitational name from Rowell in Chudleigh (Devon), named with Old English rūh ‘rough’ + hyll ‘hill’. The name may have been confused with Roll .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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