Rowland Family in Great Waldingfield


The following entries are Rowland family baptisms, marriages, and burials recorded in the Great Waldingfield (Suffolk) parish records from 1539 until 1900. Early records are often incomplete or illegible.

Baptismal Records

Dates in parentheses are birth dates.
Surname   Forename     Parents                                  Date

Rowland   Robert       Robert & Ann                             24 Jul 1748
Rowland   Sarah        Thomas & Mary                            25 Dec 1748
Rowland   William      Robert & Ann                             25 Feb 1749/50
Rowland   Susan        Thomas & Mary                            17 Apr 1750
Rowland   Hannah       Robert & Ann                              1 Jan 1751/2
Rowland   Hannah       Thomas & Mary                            23 Nov 1753
Rowland   Thomas       Robert & Ann                             23 Dec 1753
Rowland   Thomas       Thomas & Mary                            31 Aug 1755
Rowland   James        Thomas & Mary                            27 Nov 1757
Rowland   William      Thomas & Mary                            16 Mar 1760
Rowland   Lydia        Thomas & Mary                            25 Oct 1761
Rowland   Sarah        Thomas & Mary                             3 Nov 1765
Rowland   Ann          Thomas & Mary                            31 Dec 1768
Rowland   Mary         Thomas & Jane (Brewer)                  (16 May 1798)    
                                                                17 Jun 1798
Rowland   James        Thomas & Jane (Brewer)                  (22 Oct 1802)
                                                                21 Nov 1802
Rowland   Jane Maria   James, labourer, & Mary                   4 Apr 1847
Rowland   James        James, labourer, & Mary                   1 Jul 1849
Rowland   Mary Anne    James, labourer, & Mary                   6 Jun 1852
Rowland   Anne         James, labourer, & Mary                   1 Feb 1857
Rowland   Harry        James, labourer, & Mary                  24 Jun 1860
Rowland   George       James, labourer, & Mary                   7 Feb 1864
Rowland   Honure       George, labourer, & Ruth                (12 Feb 1893)
          Olive                                                  9 Apr 1893
Rowland   Maria Alice  George, farm labourer, & Ruth           (25 Sep 1899)
                                                                12 Nov 1899

Marriage Records

Surname   Forename     Spouse      Notes                        Date

Rawlin    John         Elizabeth                                25 Jan 1680/1
                       Disney

Rowley    Hannah       Daniel      Bride was a widow.           23 Jun 1681
                       Gleason

Rowley    Susan        Robert                                   15 Oct 1694
                       Noble

Rowley    Thomas       Mary Neal                                 8 Oct 1699

Rowley    William      Elizabeth   Both were single and from     1 Oct 1711
                       Summersom   Great Waldingfield.

Rowley    Thomas       Mary        Both were single.             5 Aug 1723
                       Turner

Rowley    Thomas       Elizabeth   Groom was a widower. Bride   19 Jul 1724
                       Halls       was single.

Rowland   Ann          Joshua      Both were single,            14 Nov 1769
                       Tebble      illiterate, and from Great
                                   Waldingfield. Banns:
                                   22, 29 October and
                                   5 November 1769.

Rowland   William      Elizabeth   Both were single and from    24 May 1776
                       Gleason     Great Waldingfield. Bride
                                   was illiterate. Bann:
                                   21, 28 April and 5 May 1776.

Rowland   Hannah       William     Both were single and         12 Oct 1779
                       Nelson      illiterate. Groom was from 
                                   Assingham. Bride was from
                                   Great Waldingfield. Banns:
                                   19, 26 September and
                                   3 October 1779.

Rowland   Lydia        Joseph      Both were single and from    29 Mar 1785
                       Jermin      Great Waldingfield. Bride
                                   was illiterate. Groom's
                                   surname was spelled German
                                   in the banns which were
                                   read on 6, 13, 20 March
                                   1785. Witness: Sarah
                                   Rowland.

Rowland   Thomas       Jane        Both were single. Groom             1788
                       Brewer      was from Great
                                   Waldingfield. Bride was
                                   from Edwardstone. Banns:
                                   16, 23, 30 November 1788.

Rowland   Sarah        Isaac       Both were single. Groom      29 Apr 1792
                       Newman      was from Edwardstone.
                                   Bride was illiterate and
                                   from Great Waldingfield.
                                   Banns: 23 March and
                                   1, 8 April 1792.
                                   
Rowland   Mary         William     Both were single and         25 Nov 1825
                       Wright      illiterate. Groom was from
                                   Edwardstone. Bride was from
                                   Great Waldingfield.
                                   Witnesses: James Rowland,
                                   Susan Rowland. Banns:
                                   23, 30 October and
                                   6 November 1825.

Rowland   James        Mary        Both were single,            25 Dec 1841
                       Dorling     illiterate, and from Great
                                   Waldingfield. Groom was 30
                                   and a labourer. Bride was
                                   21 and a servant. Fathers:
                                   Thomas Rowland, labourer;
                                   Thomas Dorling, labourer.
                                   Banns: 5, 12, 19 December
                                   1841.

Rowland   Jane Maria   Daniel      Both were single. Groom was  22 Oct 1886
                       Smith       44 and a labourer from
                                   Alpheton. Bride was 38 and
                                   from Great Waldingfield.
                                   Fathers: James Rowland,
                                   (deceased); Daniel Smith,
                                   labourer. Witnesses: George
                                   Rowland, Ann Rowland.

Rowland   George       Ruth        Both were single. Groom was   3 Nov 1891
                       Ranson      26 and a farm labourer from
                                   Great Waldingfield. Bride
                                   was from Acton. Fathers:
                                   James Rowland, farm
                                   labourer; James Ranson, farm 
                                   labourer. Witness: Ann
                                   Rowland.

Rowland   Ann          William     Both were single. Groom was  21 Oct 1892
                       Edward      a labourer from Alpheton.
                       Ranson      Bride was from Great
                                   Waldingfield. Fathers:
                                   James Rowland, labourer;
                                   James Ranson, labourer. 
                                   Witness: George Rowland.

Burial Records

Dates in parentheses are death dates.
Surname   Forename     Notes                                    Date

Rowland   Thomas                                                24 Mar 1675/6
Rowland                unbaptised child of Thomas               24 Mar 1675/6
Rowland   William      senior                                    4 Jan 1748/9
Rowland   Elizabeth    widow                                     5 Apr 1751
Rowland   Sarah        daughter of Thomas & Mary                30 Jun 1752
Rowland   Mary                                                  17 May 1756
Rowland   Ann          wife of Robert                           19 Sep 1756
Rowland   William      son of Robert & Ann                      20 Jan 1758
Rowland   William      son of Thomas & Mary                     13 Apr 1760
Rowley    William      son of Thomas & Mary                     15 Dec 1767
Rowland   Elizabeth    singlewoman                              20 Dec 1770
Rowland   Mary         singlewoman                              24 Jan 1772
Rowland   Susannah     daughter of Thomas & Mary                 7 Oct 1778
Rowland   Robert       pauper                                    4 Jan 1789
Rowland   Mary         age 80, widow                           ( 9 Oct 1808)
                                                                14 Oct 1808
Rowland   Jane         age 66                                    8 Aug 1824
Rowland   Mary Ann     age 5                                    20 Sep 1857
Rowland   Arthur       age 10 months                             5 Apr 1878
          William
Rowlands  James        age 78                                   16 May 1880
Rowland   Harry        age 30                                   13 Jan 1892
Rowland   Mary         age 81, from Alpheton                    29 May 1897
This information was taken from copies of the original parish records held at the Suffolk Records Office in Bury St. Edmunds. We have tried to be as accurate as possible but because of the faded and sometimes illegible script in the records, this listing may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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