Overview

Welcome to Rowley Tales, the family and genealogy website of Irene Rowley, with memorials and life stories.>

Main attractions: parents Gerald Rowley and Lia Van Wijk, and Genealogy

New! Memorial for Gerald Leroy Rowley

I admit it. I am a genealogy buff and a little obsesseD. On my Dad's side, the Rowleys descend from the pilgrims of America, and most of his ancestors were farmers, blacksmiths, inventers, doctors, a revolutionary navy man, Civil War soldiers, and more. The main families on this site descend from the Rowleys, Langrells, Knapps and Hills and Cheneys, whose ancestors were early Pilgrims from Europe to the Plymouth Colonies in America. I also traced our Van Tassel and native roots in the Dutch Colonies on Long Island, New York. On Mom's side, all ancestors come from the Netherlands: the Van Wilks, Delsmans, Van Den Bosch, de Reiger and Visser families, among them townspeople, merchants, traced back as far as a jonker of Overijssel. See Featured Families.

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Featured Family Groups:

New! The Featured Family Group Section describes the family ancestors, details about their lives and immigration to America, and also lists the place of residence and occupations of the family members, as found in the American census from 1790 through 1940:

• Rowley family 1: Daniel Rowley, Sr.
• Rowley family 1, branch 1: Joseph Langrell Rowley
• Rowley family 1, branch 3: Azubah (Rowley) Hills
• Rowley family 1, branch 6: 'Blind' Daniel Rowley
• Rowley family 1, branch 7: Olive (Rowley) Knapp
• Rowley family 1, branch 8: Timothy Parsons Rowley
  
  
• Alter Family from Switzerland to Pennsylvania
• Atkinson Family from Yorkshire, England to Pennsylvania
• Beale Family of Pennsylvania
• Burtner Family of Pennsylvania
• Cheney Family of Massachusetts and Vermont
• Delsman Family of Holland
• De Reiger Family of Drenthe (The Netherlands)
• Hahn Family from Germany to Ohio
• Kruijmel Family (also spelled Kruymel) of Brielle (The Netherlands)
• Langrell Family of Plymouth Colony
• Nolf Family from Germany to Pennsylvania
• Parrot and Rosselot Families from France and Switzerland to Ohio
• Savery/Savory Family from Vermont, New York and Michigan NEW
• Thomas Family of Plymouth Colony
• Van Tassel Family from The Netherlands to New York
• Van den Bosch Family of Coeverden and Leeuwarden (The Netherlands)
• Van Wijk Family of Holland (The Netherlands)
• Visser Family of Overijssel and Friesland (The Netherlands)
• Wagner Family from Germany to Ohio
• None (unrelated people)

See also these family websites by Irene Rowley:

The Postcards of George Parrot

Lia (Van Wijk) Rowley's Memorial

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Scope:

Who: Colonial American Families: Rowley, Langrell, Parsons, Hills, Cheney, Van Tassel and Knapp. Other Featured Family Surnames: Mantle, Alter, Van Wijk, Delsman, Wagner, and Hahn.

Where: 1. Colonial Massachussetts, Connecticut, New York, and Vermont in New England. 2. The Dutch Colonies of Long Island, New York. 2. Holland, The Netherlands.

When: 1598 through present day.

Native American Ancestor: Catoneras, Sunsqua of the Montauk Tribe of Long Island, New York - see the Van Tassel Family Group.

First European Immigrants to America: Jan Cornelis Van Texel - see the Van Tassel Family Group) and his son immigrated to the Dutch Colony in New York between 1606 and 1624.

Henry Rowley immigrated to the Plymouth Colony between 1632 and 1633.

How Many: As of November 10, 2016, this site contains 6507 individuals and 1728 unique surnames.

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Featured Books

"Family Letter Album - Rowley and Cheney Family of Vermont and Pennsylvania"

 

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