Rowney Family Tree

PEDIGREE OF THE GREEN FAMILY.

My father's name was John GREEN, born at Wellingborough in the county of Northampton in the year 1779. His father's name was Richard GREEN, a plasterer by trade, his wifes name was Hannah. There was two sons John and Thomas, John the older was my father. He was married to Ann ROWNEY at Bedford St. Paul's Church in the year 1808.

My father left home after his mother's death, his father having married again to a man who kept a public House, "The Sign of the Red Cow", some unpleasantness being the cause.

My Uncle Thomas moved to London. He was a shoemaker by trade. My father was in the army, a recruiting sargent. I do not know to what regiment he belonged. He emigrated to South Africa in December 27 1819 took 120 days to make the voyage, arrived in PortƯ Elizabeth on the April 26, 1820, in the ship "Waymouth". He had 4 sons and two dauƯghters when we left England, Hannah the oldest Mary Ann, John, James, Thomas and William, and the third daughter was born on the voyage out.

They were located at the Kreiga where another daughter was born. They left the Kreiga in 1829 on account of theft by the natives who took all their stock in the night.

Thomas died of snake bite, the location, Jane died of whooping cough, I was born at Grahmstown on the 7th. of April 1823 and named Thomas as mother said they had to keep a Thomas in the family.

My father received money twice through a McDONALD who lived in Grahamstown who had also been in the Service.

My father moved from Grahamstown on the 1st. of September 1834, to Kat River and died on the 21st. of September 1834 at Balfour.

The Kaffir War broke out in December 1834 and all papers and everything we had was lost.

My mother's father's name was George ROWNEY, He had seven sons and one daughter, Their names were Thomas, George, William. I do not know the names of the others, Thomas was a Blacksmith, George a tailor, and William a Cabinet maker, Two sons joined the Army and were both Killed in the battle of Waterloo.

Napoleon who led the French forces against the British in the battle of Waterloo, was defeated, June 18, 1815. (--- Thomas GREEN c.1840 ---)

Copied by G. JOHN February 1982. (--- Wrote by Thomas GREEN who was born April 7, 1823, having a brother by the name of Thomas who died of a snake bite, who was born abt 1817, his mother said they had to have a Thomas in the family, so they named him Thomas, This was probely written in abt. 1840 ---)

NOTE: John GREEN's baptism record in the IGI claims that his father may have been called Richard or William GREEN.