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• Birth	1 Oct 1753	Chatham (now East Haddam), Middlesex Co., Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Feb 1830	Sharon, Schoharie Co., New York
  Buried	Zion Rural/Seward Center/Janesville Cemetery, Seward, Schoharie Co., Ny
  Person ID	I85098	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	19 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Ebeneezer ROWLEY, b. 20 Oct 1727
  Mother	Susannah ANNIBAL, b. 28 Apr 1733, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F3081	Group Sheet
  Family	Dimmis GATES, b. 23 Nov 1752, Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
  Married	4 May 1779	Chatham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
  Notes	Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet - 1) MARRIAGE VERIFIED- Barbour Collection, Chatham, Vol.6 p. 137: ROWLEY, Ithamer [sic] married Dimmis Gates 5/4/1779 on p. 159 2) Certified copy of Marriage Record, East Hampton, Ct IthamarRowley and Demmis [sic] Gates were Joined in marriage May the 4th AD 1779
  Children	> 1. Demmis ROWLEY, b. 13 Nov 1782, Chatham Twp. (now East Hampton), Middlesex Co., Connecticut > 2. Clarissa Gates ROWLEY, b. 9 Jan 1780, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut > 3. Linda ROWLEY, b. 13 Dec 1784, Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex Co., Connecticut   4. Martin ROWLEY, b. 16 Oct 1787, Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex Co., Connecticut   5. Abner ROWLEY, b. 7 Apr 1790, Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex Co., Connecticut > 6. Ithamer ROWLEY, b. 22 Dec 1794, Chatham (now East Hampton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. > 7. Demmon ROWLEY, b. 22 Mar 1798, Either Chatham (now East Hampton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut., or Schoharie Co., Ny
  Family ID	F13867	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet - Middlesex Co., CT. also contains the town of Haddam, Connecticut 1) DOB VERIFIED: From Barbour Collection Vol. 6Chatham p. 137 ROWLEY, Ithamar s/o Ebenezer & Susannah b. Oct. 1, 1753 p. 3 2) Certified copy of birth record from East Hampton, CT Ithamer Son to Ebenezer Rowlee and Susanah his Wife Born the 1st Day of October AD 1753 3) Cemetery visit, June 2001- stone says d. aged 76yr 1m and ?days There is a DAR marker - Revolutionary Soldier; Ithamar Rowley; 1775-1781; Placed by Capt. Christian Brown Chapter DAR Footstone; IR Next to him on his right is Demmis, thestone is nearly illegible, badly repaired, see her notes. REVOLUTIONARY WARSERVICE: A]From: 1) DAR application, Madaline Southworth Wright - National #304442, Oneonta Chapter 2) DAR application, Gertrude King Mickel - National #529621, Capt. Christian Brown Chapter Their souces as cited: 3) ConnecticutMen in the Revolution, p. 496 - no reference to pub. or author 4) Henry Rowley and some of his Descendants, by Brainard, NY Genealogical and BiographicalRecords, Vol. 37, pp. 251-252 5) Edward Fuller and his Descendants, by Home[sic] W. Bainard, NY Gen. and Biographical Records - no reference to Vol. orpage 6) Documentary History of New York, by E.E. Callaghan [sic], no reference to pub. info, page or volume numbers - info from New City Libaray: pub: Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.:1977 - this book is located at the Newburgh Free Library, it is marked in-house use only (non-lending), Call #RR974.702 There is another set of books in the New City Library, as follows, which may bethe actual source, although I looked through them and could find nothing which seemed pertinent: Documentary History of the State of New York: arranged under the direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State; by E.B. O'Callaghan; pub.: Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co.: public printers 1849-51, 4 Vols. Call # R.Rm. 974.7 OCA (non-lending) B] Ithamar was a Private in First Lieutenant David Smith's Company, Colonel Belden's Regiment from April 7, 1777 to May 19, 1777, when he was discharged. I do not know why his service was so short. I need to check NARA archives for any records. Taken from both ofabove DAR applications. C] FROM: DAR Patriot Index; National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Diamond Jubilee Administration; Mrs. William Henry Sullivan, Jr., President General; Washington: 1966. Library of Congress Cat. Card # 67-27776 Page 584 - Rowley, Ithamar b. 10/1/1753 d.p.[aft]1798 m. Dimmis Gates Pvt. CT [note that his father Ebenezer is also listed here - see his 'notes'] BURIAL INFO from: 1) Revised Master Index to the NYS DAR Genealogical Records Volumes - Book 2 - Every Name Index to the Revolutionary War Soldier's Graves; 38,671 Entries, Pages 1-348. prepared by Gen. Peter Gansevoort Chapter, Albany, NY 1998 Page 258, NYS DAR 'Revolutionary WarSoldiers GRAVES INDEX' - Ithamer [sic] Rowley, Vol. 11, p.276 [I have sent to the DAR for the grave record.] 2) 'Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots', Vol. 3, L-R; by Patricia Law Hatcher, c.ibid 1988; Pub. by Pioneer Heritage Press, 8040 Claremont Drive, Dallas TX, 75228; ISBN 0-944065-02-03 Page 235 - Rowley, Ithamer [sic] - Seward Center Cem., Schoharie Co. NY 34 [this is their reference to the year grave was surveyed & submitted, and to where in the Senate Documents - US Serial Set, the records are located. 34 is inSerial 9901, Vol. 7] NOTE: Seward Center was at one time called Janesville. This may be where the Cem. is. CENSUS INFO: 1) Connecticut Census - 1790: First Census of the United States - 1790 CT: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the Year 1790 - Connecticut: Pub. Baltimore;Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc.: 1980; Orig. pub.: Gov't. Printing Office, Washington D.C.: 1908; ISBN 0-8063-0523-1 [this cens