1752 - 1824

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• Birth	23 Nov 1752	Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 Jan 1824	Sharon, Schoharie Co., Ny
  Buried	Zion Rural/Seward Center/Janesville Cemetery, Seward, Schoharie Co., Ny
  Person ID	I85217	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	19 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Stephen GATES, b. 30 Jun 1723, New London, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Esther FULLER, b. 6 Jul 1724, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
  Family ID	F24481	Group Sheet
  Family	Ithamar ROWLEY, b. 1 Oct 1753, Chatham (now East Haddam), 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 - 1)There is a Third Mayflower connection (others are through ALDEN & MULLINS via SOUTHWORTH), through the FULLERline, (said FULLER line also connecting with the ROWLEY line). More work needs to be done to verify - ie, documentation. It is on various ROWLEY & FULLERonline sites, showing her ancestry as given in this report. Edward FULLER>Samuel Fuller m. Jane (Lathrop)>John Fuller m. Mehitable (ROWLEY, sis of Moseswho m. Mary Fletcher and was the Gr.Gfthr of Ithamar Rowley, Dimmis's Husband)>John Fuller m. Mary Cornwall>Esther Fuller m. Stephen GATES>Dimmis Gates m. Ithamar Rowley This line makes Dimmis & Ithamar 2nd cousins, ie., their Gr.Grandparents were brother and sister. 2) DOD - a. not later than 12/20/1825 -based on her Husband, Ithamar Rowley's Will/Estate papers (see his notes forcomplete transcription), being the date the will was written. No mention ismade of wife, or former wife, or deceased wife Dimmis in any of the papers relating to the 'will of real estate of Ithamar Rowley'. b. CEMETERY VISIT, 7/7/01 - She is buried next to Ithamar, her stone is so badly deteriorated, and had been poorly repaired at one time, that the dates are almost impossible to make out. It reads as follows: Sacred to the memory of Dimmis consortof Ithamar Rowley, Deceased ?September, October?, day is illegible, 182--(covered by badly rusting iron strap), Aged 71 years, 10 months, --day(s?). From the "Aged" given, I extrapolated the DOD to have been in either Septemberor October of 1824, based on her verified DOB, even though the stone COULD say April 11, but this is impossible to say with certainty. A check of the cemetery records needs to be made. The 1824 date does fit in with the above reasoning that she must have died before Ithamar made his will in 1825. c. DAR appl. of Dorothy Rowley (op cit, see Esther Fuller notes) give DOD of 1/31/1829- I believe that the year was misread off the stone, and that the 1829 should be 1824, again, because Ithamar's 1825 will does not name her at all. The 1/31 may be correct. It is to be noted, however, that all other dates pertaining to Ithamar and Dimmis are correct on the application. 3) The births of all of the children are in the Barbour Collection for Chatham, Vol. 6, p. 137 4) Dimmis's birth is recorded at Middletown. Barbour Collection, Vol. 26, Middletown, Part I, A-J, p. 213 Gates, Demmis d Step[he]n & Esther born November23, 1752 Vol.2 page 323; she was, however, probably actually born in Chatham