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We have extensive information on the Rowley family thanks to Edith Rowley Granrud's desire to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, a lineage-based service organization for women descended directly from a person involved in the US fight for independence. The Rowleys trace back to Connecticut in the mid-1600s through Job Rowley (1727-1823), who fought in the Revolutionary War.
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SanbornSnellDescendent Surnames:
DiazGranrudGreeneKerrLaunMonson
The Scottish Kerrs / Kers are recorded in border history of the 12th century. They were sheriffs, with the principle divisions of the family being the Kers of Cessford, represented by the Duke of Roxburghe, and the Kerrs of Ferniehurst, represented by the Marquess of Lothian. Our Catholic branch of the Kerr family fled Scotland for Ireland during the Scottish Reformation in the mid 1500s.
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AlexanderPriceWeaverDescendent Surnames:
ArmbrusterCallGreeneKerrLaun
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ArcherInwoodMcWilliamsThomasElwood remembered that either his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Clark, or great grandmother came from Ballykelly, Donegal County, Northern Ireland, which was loyal to England and settled by Scots. These "Orangemen" fought for William of Orange and can be traced back to Cessford & Ferniehirst in Scotland, where the Ker/Kerr crest is one of the coats of arm featured in Sir Walter Scott's banquet hall. On the maternal side, his relations were mostly Welsh and English. A couple Americans were Congressman: William J. Price represented Wisconsin in 1887, and Hiram Price represented Iowa in 1894.
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