William ROWNEY, 17311797 (aged 66 years)

Birth 1731 30 28

Christening January 23, 1731 30 28 (aged 0)
Marriage of parentsPatrick ROWNEYAnn TANSLEYView this family
June 6, 1731 (aged 0)
Birth of a brotherThomas ROWNEY
1733 (aged 2 years)

Christening of a brotherThomas ROWNEY
August 26, 1733 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a brotherPatrick ROWNEY
1737 (aged 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn ROWNEY
1739 (aged 8 years)

Christening of a brotherJohn ROWNEY
February 20, 1739 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah ROWNEY
1741 (aged 10 years)
Death of a sisterSarah ROWNEY
1746 (aged 15 years)

Burial of a sisterSarah ROWNEY
April 27, 1746 (aged 15 years)
Death of a fatherPatrick ROWNEY
1758 (aged 27 years)

Burial of a fatherPatrick ROWNEY
May 16, 1758 (aged 27 years)
MarriageAnn ROBINSONView this family
October 14, 1758 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a sonPatrick ROWNEY
1759 (aged 28 years)

Christening of a sonPatrick ROWNEY
August 9, 1759 (aged 28 years)
Birth of a sonWilliam ROWNEY
1761 (aged 30 years)

Christening of a sonWilliam ROWNEY
April 5, 1761 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a sonJohn ROWNEY
1764 (aged 33 years)

Christening of a sonJohn ROWNEY
May 26, 1764 (aged 33 years)
Birth of a sonThomas ROWNEY
1766 (aged 35 years)

Christening of a sonThomas ROWNEY
February 23, 1766 (aged 35 years)
Birth of a daughterSarah ROWNEY
1767 (aged 36 years)

Christening of a daughterSarah ROWNEY
May 22, 1767 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a sonGeorge ROWNEY
1770 (aged 39 years)

Christening of a sonGeorge ROWNEY
July 8, 1770 (aged 39 years)
Birth of a sonJames ROWNEY
1773 (aged 42 years)

Christening of a sonJames ROWNEY
February 21, 1773 (aged 42 years)
Death of a brotherThomas ROWNEY
1774 (aged 43 years)

Burial of a brotherThomas ROWNEY
April 3, 1774 (aged 43 years)
Birth of a sonSamuel ROWNEY
1775 (aged 44 years)

Christening of a sonSamuel ROWNEY
October 3, 1775 (aged 44 years)
Marriage of a childJames ROWNEYSarah HAYESView this family
April 9, 1795 (aged 64 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge ROWNEYSarah MOOREView this family
October 8, 1795 (aged 64 years)
Death of a motherAnn TANSLEY

Burial February 7, 1797 (aged 66 years)

Marriage of a childRichard GODDARDSarah ROWNEYView this family
March 5, 1797 (aged 66 years)
Death 1797 (aged 66 years)

Family with parents
father
17011758
Birth: 1701 36 31Bedfordshire, England.
Death: 1758
mother
Marriage MarriageJune 6, 1731Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, England.
7 months
himself
17311797
Birth: 1731 30 28
Death: 1797
3 years
younger brother
17331774
Birth: 1733 32 30
Death: 1774
5 years
younger brother
1737
Birth: 1737 36 34Southill, Bedfordshire, England.
Death:
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
17411746
Birth: 1741 40 38Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England.
Death: 1746
Family with Ann ROBINSON
himself
17311797
Birth: 1731 30 28
Death: 1797
wife
Marriage MarriageOctober 14, 1758Willington, Bedfordshire, England.
15 months
son
1759
Birth: 1759 28 24
Death:
3 years
son
1761
Birth: 1761 30 26
Death:
4 years
son
1764
Birth: 1764 33 29
Death:
3 years
son
1766
Birth: 1766 35 31
Death:
2 years
daughter
1767
Birth: 1767 36 32
Death:
4 years
son
1770
Birth: 1770 39 35
Death:
4 years
son
1773
Birth: 1773 42 38
Death:
3 years
son
1775
Birth: 1775 44 40
Death:
Christening

1731/32

Burial

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Note

William was born around 1732 in the town of Biggleswade, in Bedfordshire. He was the eldest of his parents, Patrick and Ann ROWNEY's four known children. The date of his christening there in 1732 is sometimes given one year earlier, indicating that the changing calendar has been taken into consideration and that his christening occurred in the 1731/32 year. This has also been noted for his other known siblings. It seems likely that William's family remained settled around Biggleswade at least until he and his siblings were adults. William's brother Thomas appears to have settled there permanently and lived out his life in that town.

In 1758, William was married to Ann ROBINSON, from the village of Willington, in Bedfordshire. William would have been around 26 years old at that time, and Ann would have been about 23 years of age. They were married in Ann's local parish, but afterwards appear to have settled in the village of Southill, just a few miles from Biggleswade, in Bedfordshire. All of their known children were christened at Southill.

William and Ann had 8 known children; Patrick (b.1759), William (b.1761), John (b.1764), Thomas (b.1766), Sarah (b.1767), George (b.1770), James (b.1773), and Samuel (b.1775).

William ROWNEY was named as one of the occupants of a property at West End, in Southill, on a deed dated 15 Sep 1772. The land and buildings, which included a walled garden, were sold by George NODES of Southill on that date to George BYNG, 4th Viscount Torrington, of Wrotham Park, Middlesex. The occupants of the property were named as Thomas FULLWOOD, Thomas. WILLSON, John WATTFORD, Thomas SAOUDERS, William OSBORN, George OSBORN, Thomas CLIFTON, William ROWNEY, Thomas ENDERSBY, and Thomas ROBINSON. Some of these men may have been relatives of the ROWNEY family.

William died in 1797, when he was around 65 years of age. Ann's fate is not known.

NOTE: A William ROWNEY reportedly of Langford was chosen by lot to serve in the British Army in February 1763. It is not known whether it was this man, however only one other reasonable alternative has been identified. William does not seem to have spent any length of time away from his family, if the births of his children around that time are any indication, whereas the other man from Potton was yet to be married, so perhaps it may seem more likely to have been the other man, but since Southill is closer to Langford (where this man's father was born), and the other man's family has no connection to Langford at all, this cannot really be taken for granted.