Mary Rowe1

ID#19749, (cir. Jul 1783 - 22 Nov 1872)
Mary Rowe|b. cir. Jul 1783\nd. 22 Nov 1872|p19749.htm|Joseph Rowe|b. 30 Jan 1748/49\nd. cir. Oct 1811||Elizabeth Cross|b. 1747\nd. 2 Nov 1844||Joseph Rowe|b. bet 1721 - 1725\nd. May 1763||Hannah UnknownSurname ?Harris|b. say 1721\nd. aft. 1762||||||||
  • Father: Joseph Rowe1 b. 30 Jan 1748/49, d. cir. Oct 1811
  • Mother: Elizabeth Cross1 b. 1747, d. 2 Nov 1844
  • Relationship: 4th great-aunt of Lorna Henderson.
  • Birth*: Mary Rowe was born cir. Jul 1783 at Tamerton Foliot, DEV, ENG.2,3
  • Baptism: She was baptized on 1 Aug 1783 at Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG; Brooking Soc. tree says "eldest dtr of Joseph Rowe of Looseleigh Farm, Tamerton Foliott, farmer & landowner" but I make Elizabeth older and still alive when Mary was baptized.2,4,5
  • Birth: Some sources show Mary as born cir. 1785 at Nth Buckland, DEV, ENG, (according to the 1851 census - this is a couple of years out as she was baptised 1783).6
  • Marriage*: Mary Rowe married Anthony Brooking, son of Anthony Brooking and Charity Hobling, on 28 Oct 1810 at St Mary's?, Bickleigh, DEV, ENG, BROOKING tree has 25th, Pat & Jean, the 28th, Bickleigh marriages agrees 28th and indicates the original record has notes, BROOKING Soc, now has 28th and adds "Possibly a total of 10 sons". The witness, John Rowe, is assumed to be Mary's brother. Entry #98 reads: Anthony Brooking of the Parish of Egg Buckland and Mary Rowe of this Parish married in this church by licence this 28th day of October 1810 by me C Luxamore, Minister. Both signed, witnesses were John Rowe and John Brooking.7,1,8,9,10,11,2
  • LetterFull: Mary Brooking was mentioned in the letter Joseph King Rowe sent to William Rowe on 19 Oct 1863 from Heavitree Rd, Exeter, DEV, ENG, "I suppose you understand that the rents of Honicknowle will all belong to Mrs Brooking untill (sic) her death."12
  • Death*: Mary Brooking died on 22 Nov 1872 at 3 Regents Park, Heavitree, Dist of St Thomas, DEV, ENG; aged 89.13,14,3,15,2
  • Burial*: She was buried with Anthony Brooking in the Brooking Family Vault, Higher Cemetery, Exeter, DEV, ENG.16
  • Last Edited: 22 Apr 2008

Family: Anthony Brooking (excluded)

  • Joseph Rowe Brooking (excluded)
  • Anthony Brooking17,18,19,3 (excluded)
  • William Brooking20,21 (excluded)
  • Samuel Rowe Brooking22 (excluded)
  • Francis Lang Brooking23 (excluded)
  • John Rowe Brooking24 (excluded)

Citations:

  1. Communication, Marion MORRIS nee JURY (915), F'Tree Joseph ROWE/Elizabeth CROSS, rcvd Dec 1999.
  2. Ian Logan, "EM BROOKING Society," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, BROOKING of Exeter (Anthony & Mary), from Ian L, Feb 2006.
  3. Letter, Pat NICHOLS nee BAKER (20707) to L Henderson (1), Rcvd Apr 2000.
  4. Jean PRITCHARD (38728), "EM BROOKING/BARTLETT ex Jean P," e-mail to L Henderson (1), via FTM import, Sep 2004.
  5. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Feb 2006.
  6. Census: DEV 1851, HO/107/1880 Folio 90 Page 55 Film 0221029.
  7. Baptims marriages burials index: Bickleigh (nr Plymouth), DEV, Marr. 1810 Mary ROWE and Anthony BROOKING, extracted Feb 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
  8. Pat Nichols nee Baker, "FTREE: ROWE, JosephCROSS, Elizabeth", F' tree Joseph ROWE descendants, rcvd May 2000.
  9. Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Marr. 1810 Mary ROWE and Anthony BROOKING, at Bickleigh (nr Plymouth), extracted from MF4, Devon Record Office, Exeter, Aug 2006.
  10. Brenda ROWE, "EM ROWE family ex Brenda ROWE nee RIDDLE," e-mail to L Henderson (1), ex BROOKING tree compiled Sep 1994 by ?, rcvd Aug 2002.
  11. Jean PRITCHARD (38728), "EM BROOKING/BARTLETT ex Jean P," e-mail to L Henderson (1), Desc. of Mary ROWE/Anthony BROOKING, via FTM import, Sep 2004.
  12. ROWE/DAWE Letters & Photos in possession of Marion MORRIS nee ROWE - photographed by Lorna Henderson (1), Apr 2008, Heavitree Rd, Exeter (DEV) Oct 19 1863 from J K ROWE to his brother (William ROWE, New Plymouth, TNK, NZ), db updated Apr 2008.
  13. Pat Nichols nee Baker, "FTREE: ROWE, JosephCROSS, Elizabeth", Page 9.
  14. Www FreeBMD ENG, online at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, Dth 1872 Mary BROOKING, reg. St Thomas, aged 89 Dec qtr 5b/40, extracted Sep 2006.
  15. Letter, Pat NICHOLS nee BAKER (20707) to L Henderson (1), Exeter Letter 7, from Sarah Peake DAVEY nee ROWE to her brother William ROWE in Taranaki, copy rcvd Nov 2003, extracted Feb 2005.
  16. Brenda ROWE, "EM ROWE family ex Brenda ROWE nee RIDDLE," e-mail to L Henderson (1), 19 May 2000 ( ex Pat Nicholls?).
  17. Ian Logan, "EM BROOKING Society," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Desc. chart from BROOKING JB (Anthony BROOKING and Mary ROWE), copy rcvd Feb 2006.
  18. Baptims marriages burials: Egg Buckland, DEV, Bap. 1813 Anthony BROOKING, extracted Feb 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
  19. Census: DEV 1851, East Stonehouse, DEV: HO/107/1880 Folio 90 Page 55 Film 0221029, hsehold of Anthony and Mary BROOKING, extracted Aug 2002.
  20. Letter, Pat NICHOLS nee BAKER (20707) to L Henderson (1), Will 1860 William ROWE, copy rcvd Feb 2000.
  21. Baptims marriages burials: Egg Buckland, DEV, Bap. 1816 William BROOKING, extracted Feb 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
  22. Baptims marriages burials: Egg Buckland, DEV, Bap. 1819 Samuel Rowe BROOKING, extracted Feb 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
  23. Baptims marriages burials: Egg Buckland, DEV, Bap. 1821 Francis Lang BROOKING, extracted Feb 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
  24. Australian birth death marriage , CD Roms, searched Apr 2002 (1998).

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