Robert Ross Rowan

[buckyb]

Hi All

Greetings from Australia.

I am trying to find any information I can on Robert Ross Rowan born c 1730. Robert is the son of Alexander Rowan (1695) born Rathfryland,  Down and Elizabeth Moore.
I have tried to check through Ancestry family trees but the information seems to be a bit confused and I haven't had any luck with FamilySearch or Irish web sites. However I did find mention of Rvd Robert Ross Rowan in Land Assessment, Ireland Valuation Books, 1838, Ardglass, Count Dow. His family trees have many Reverends in his Ancestors.

To confuse matters it would appear that his son is also Robert Ross Rowan.

Any help would be much appreciated.

buckyb

[aghadowey]

This family pedigree (not sure of sources) doesn't mention your Alexander Rowan or Rathfriland-
http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2015/06/rowan-of-mount-davys.html

Looks like same family here-
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rowan/1042/
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moore,_Robert_Ross_Rowan_(DNB00)

[buckyb]

Many Thanks aghadowey

The information you have given me is most interesting and I am sure relates to the right family.

I am not sure where I will go from here however it may eventually come together. All pieces of information help and are most appreciated.

Rod

[ShaunJ]

A couple of items from newspapers:

- Robert Ross Rowan of Mullaghmore Co Down granted a certificate for killing game (Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 9 November 1807);

- A death announcement for Robert Ross Rowan aged 50, son of the late Robert  Ross Rowan of Mullaghmore. Died at Newry 17 January 1829. Family burying ground in the churchyard at Drumballyrony, Co Down (Belfast Newsletter 23 January 1829)

[buckyb]

Thanks Shaun

That is very useful information, particularly the death notice.

Rod

[BallyaltikilliganG]

you have seen the entry in
http://www.rosdavies.com/SURNAMES/R/RooRoy.htm#rou
Robert Ross   ROWAN   Esq.   Clonduff   a lieutenant in the 104th Regiment of Foot; leased land in Mullaghmore in 1782 from Lord Downshire; paid £4.4.0 to pay witnesses who attended Downpatrick Assizes on behalf of the Crown, in a prosecution of murder 6 Mar 1790; father of Ann (wife of James Wolfe McNeale Esq. of Ballymascanlan Co Louth ) ; grandfather of Robert Ross Rowan Moore 1811-1864   FR; DS 2008 p23; Registry of Deeds, Dublin Vol 729 p568 & 730 p 421
please see the other Rowan entries

[buckyb]

Many thanks BallyaltikilliganG for that information.

Of great interest to me is where the "Ross" originated from in the name Robert Ross Rowan, it then appears to have been passed down quite a few generations.

I have a large cluster of dna matches which point back to a James P Ross, b Antrim 1715, d Rowan County, North Carolina in 1788. Rowan county was named after an uncle of Robert Ross Rowan.

The Ross family appears to have originated from David Ross (1644-1711) of Balbair, Ross Shire, Scotland and his wife Margaret Stronach.

I also have a paper trail to the Rowan name in Newry, Armagh. As you could guess from the above I am trying to find a link between the Ross and Rowan families in Counties Down or Armagh.

buckyb

[hallmark]

Pedigree of Rowan of Ballynagappoch, Co. Down and Mullans, Co. Antrim, c.1680 -- 1810.

Dublin: National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office: Ms.112, pp.212-3

[buckyb]

Thanks Hallmark

I will try and check it out.

Rod