Jesse Rowley 1752-1804
2010
Jesse Rowley was born in Connecticut to Elnathan Rowley and Lydia Wells. He was the eighth child born to his parents. The seventh child died at birth and had been named Jesse. When our ancestor was born, his parents used the same name for him. About 1774, Jesse and Bathsheba married. They became the parents of six children. The fifth child, Mary, is our direct ancestor by her marriage to Timothy Watrous. The youngest child Mabel, first married Timothy Watrous but after her young death, her sister Mary became his wife.
Jesse and his family were members of the First Congregational Church in Colchester, Connecticut. Their marriages, deaths and christenings are recorded there. Jesse owned land in Colchester. Of interest is the fact that his adjoining neighbor was Daniel Watrous. Much is known about him, but no record gives us a connection to our ancestor Timothy. At least not yet.
In 1804, the records of the church indicate that Jesse Rowley took his own life.