0127-0129_0 MEMOIR ANDREW HERRICK ROWELL SIR ANDREW HERRICK ROWELL died on 27 August 1973 in his 84th year. To members of the Institute one tribute overshadows all the rest. He was our Centenary President. It was in June 1948 that the bonds of friendship and affection, so strong among actuaries the world over, but which had been so hard to sustain in the preceding years of war and its aftermath, were gloriously restored with the Centenary Assembly of the Institute…
Not sure the source of these:
William Rowell of Benefield is mentioned in the Will of Lyon Faulkner (1681): At that point William has died and is survived by his widow and 3 children: The full will is here: FAULKNER Lyon Lydd 1681 will ROLLR DE 73-1715-2 Williams in the Benefield Parish Register In the Parish Register there are the following relevant mentions of William Rowell- These are quite a tangle which would need more evidence than the register gives to sort out. June 17th 1579…
Birth Marriage – 22nd October 1798 There is no record of William’s marriage at Folksworth. The next reference to him is to the birth of his daughter Elizabeth. There is a record of marriage however at Peterborough St John of his marriage with Elizabeth Millington – note that this is Wm Rowell of Folksworth there is only one candidate William Rowell of Folksworth Family These are the subsequent references to William and Elizabeth at Folksworth: The move to Yaxley Burial…
Valentine Rowell was born in England on 22 June 1622. A carpenter, he married Joanna Pindor in 1643, and the couple had nine children. Valentine died in Amesbury in May 1662. Copied from http://buffalogen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/first-settlers-of-amesbury-massachusetts.html https://edocs.uis.edu/erund1/www/RowellFamily.htm https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m049I0RlFe8C&pg=PA1072&lpg=PA1072&dq=valentine+rowell&source=bl&ots=chIooXmb4X&sig=-WU32TthrLzDnPCos9OLxJKvTLE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRuuD2j-zSAhXLI8AKHfTcAH04ChDoAQgiMAQ#v=onepage&q=valentine%20rowell&f=false
One explanation for the origin of the Rowell surname is that it is a derivative of Rothwell and comes from a place of that name. http://www.rothwelltown.co.uk/historyofrothwel.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothwell,_Northamptonshire
Interestingly this advert is in the Gospel Standard (1875) ROWELL AND SONS http://www.goleicestershire.com/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=2636865 Details The estate agent on the right-hand side of Church Street was once Rowell & Sons. Established in 1837, they were famous for making boots for hunting and provided them to the three main hunts in Melton Mowbray, the Quorn; the Belvoir and the Cottesmore. They also provided to hunts further afield in Warwickshire, West Percy, Seavington and Middleton. Besides boots they also sold related products including…
Jonathan ROWELL of Peterborough with Mary WRIGHT 1731 Woodston, Hunts Richard ROWELL of Bulwick with Anne BUNNING of Bulwick 1757 Ramsey, Hunts William ROWELL of Peterborough, full age, bachelor, gent, father John, auctioneer with Maria COLE otp, full age, spinster, father Thomas, gent 1842 18-Jan Yaxley HUN
Extracts from Warmington Parish records on microfiche number 342 p9 & 10 1820 12 Dec. – John ROWELL to Mary Crooks BRUDENELL