When William Cowan was born about 1734, in Hickorytown, Middlesex Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Cowan Sr, was 49 and his mother, Elizabeth Parke, was 43. He married Sarah Stewart on 23 December 1759, in Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 14 August 1789, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1750: Cumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Historical Boundaries 1777: Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Scottish and Manx: shortened form of McOwen and McKeown . See also McEwen .
Sottish and Manx: from a shortened form of Irish Ó Comhdhain and Mac Comhdhain ‘descendant or son of Comhdan’ or Gaelic Mac Comhghain ‘son of Comhghan (‘the twin’). Pronounced to rhyme with Owen, the name sometimes appears as Coan and Cohen in Down, and has been used interchangeably with Irish Coyne in Connacht and McIlhone in Tyrone. In the Isle of Man the name is pronounced /'kauən/ (with Cow- as in English cow).
Scottish and Manx: sometimes a variant of Colquhoun , pronounced Cohoon in Scotland and Cahoon in Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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