VITAL RECORDS

ROWLEY

MASSACHUSETTS

To the end of the year 1849

Transcriptions of the "Tan Book"
Published by
The Essex Institute
Salem, MA
1928

ROWLEY

Sept. 4, 1639, "Mr. Ezechi Rogers plantation." May 4, 1649, one-fifth of Plum Island granted to Rowley. May 14, 1655, bounds between Rowley and Newbury established. Oct. 13, 1675, part established as Bradford. Aug. 12, 1685, bounds between Rowley and the village (afterward Topsfield) established. ___ __, 1694, part established as Boxford. Feb. 24, 1701, agreed bounds between Rowley and Bradford confirmed. Nov. 29, 1785, part of Ipswich annexed. June 10, 1808, part annexed to Boxford. June 18, 1825, bounds between Rowley and Boxford established. Apr. 21, 1838, part established as Georgetown. Mar. 12, 1904, bounds between Rowley and Boxford established. Mar. 19, 1904, bounds between Rowley and Ipswich established. Mar. 27, 1905, bounds between Rowley and Newbury established.

The population of Rowley at different periods was as follows:

1765,	1,477.	1830,	2,044.	1870,	1,157.
1776,	1,678.	1840,	1,203.	1880,	1,201.
1790,	1,772.	1850,	1,075.	1890,	1,248.
1800,	1,557.	1855,	1,214.	1900,	1,391.
1810,	1,682.	1860,	1,278.	1910,	1,368.
1820,	1,825.	1865,	1,191.	1920,	1,249.

EXPLANATIONS and ABBREVIATIONS

SURNAME INDEX

Births
Abbot - Ayres
Backer - Buswel
Canady - Currier
Danford - Dwinnels
Eams - Ewell
Farley - Friend
Gage - Griffith
Haines - Hutchinson
Ilsley
Jackman - Julyn
Kelly - Knight
Ladd - Lurue
McKenna - Morse
Nelson - Noyes
Ordway - Otis
Palmer - Pulsifer
Reed - Rutherford
Sadlar - Syle
Tank - Tyler
Vinton
Wainwright - Wright
Surname missing
Negroes

Marriages
Abbott - Ayer
Bacon - Buxton
Caldwell - Cutter
Daily - Dwinnels
Early - Ewell
Falls - Frye
Gage - Gurley
Hadley - Hutchinson
Ilsley
Jackman - Julyn
Kant - Knowlton
Lake - Lyon
McKenna - Muzzey
Nelson - Nute
Orden - Osgood
Packer - Putnam
Quimby
Ramsdel - Rutherford
Saben - Syles
Talbot - Tyler
Uran
Varney - Vennen
Wadley - Wright
Yell - Young
Surname missing
Negroes

Deaths
Abbot - Ayer
Bacon - Burroughs
Calif - Cushing
Dana - Dwinnels
Eams - Emery
Fellows - Friend
Gage - Grant
Hale - Hutchinson
Ilsley
Jackman - Jones
Kent - Knight
Laiton - Lunt
McKanna - Murphy
Nelson - Noyse
Ordway - Osgood
Pabodie - Pulsifer
Rainer - Ryley
Safford - Syles
Tarr - Tyler
Wallingford - Woodman
Surname missing
Negroes