Smith ROWLAND
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Town Records, 1674-1798 (FHL#22366 item 3)
Records of the Town of Swansea, 1662-1705 (FHL#903395 item 6)
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Bristol Co., Massachusetts of Common Please Records, 1714-1814 (FHL#901269)
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
He married Lydia Franklin 26 Jan 1727 at Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts . Lydia Franklin was born at Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island 26 Jul 1708 daughter of James Franklin and Martha Ormsby .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Mary Rowland
born 28 Nov 1727.
Silence Rowland
born 17 Jul 1731.
Samuel Rowland
born 22 Jul 1733.
Elizabeth Rowland
born 4 Nov 1739.
Elkani Rowland
born 3 Mar 1741.
Martha Rowland
born 19 May 1743.
Smith Rowland
born 29 Aug 1746.
Nancy Rowland
born 2 Oct 1751.