Untested Rowland Lines

Table Of Contents
  1. Descendant Trees
  2. Articles About Untested Group
  3. Untested Group Notables

There are numerous Rowland family trees without any known Y-DNA test-takers. Some of the more significant or interesting lines are listed here in the hopes that potential Y-DNA test-takers will come forward.

Descendant Trees

The following Rowland lines are documented on WikiTree but have no known Y-DNA test-takers (untested) among their descendants. If you are a male Rowland who has taken a Y-DNA test and believe you are a descendant of one of these lines, then please contact us about joining the Rowland Xref Project. The earliest known male ancestor is listed (there is always a previous one). In many cases, there are multiple ones for a given geographical area. Until the various lines are Y-DNA tested, we do not know if they are in fact related or not.

Australia

New South Wales from Devon, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John Rowland (1833-1911) was born in Awliscombe, Devon, England and died in Morpeth, New South Wales. He arrived in Australia aboard the ship “Wallasea” in 1865.
  • 102 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations: New South Wales (Exeter, Morpeth, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Singleton, Tenterfield, Wallsend)
New South Wales from Middlesex, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: William Rowland (1807-1850) was born in Middlesex, England, and died in London. He married Esther Ann Garrett in 1830, and after his death, his widow and children emigrated to New South Wales, Australia.
  • 303 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations: New South Wales.
New South Wales from Rutland, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: George Rowland (c1780-) is the father of George Rowland (1808-1881), who was born in Greetham, Rutland, England. He was living in Buckminster, Leicestershire before arriving in Sydney aboard the “Briton” on 26 Jun 1844. He died in Bungawalbin, New South Wales, Australia.
  • 115 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations: New South Wales (Bungawalbin, Grafton).
Tasmania from London, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Thomas Woods Rowland (1800-1847), was born in Westminster, London. He married Margaret Davies and they emigrated to Tasmania between 1825 and 1838.
  • 56 descendants in WikiTree (as of 19 Feb 2026).
  • Descendant locations include Australia (Tasmania). New Zealand (Auckland, Northland)
Victoria from Cornwall, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: William Richard Rowland (1807-1855) was born in Cornwall, England. He married Frances Budge in 1835 and five years later they emigrated to South Australia, finally settling in Victoria. He is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery of Avoca, Victoria, Australia.
  • 299 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations include Victoria, Australia.
Western Australia from Yorkshire, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Richard Rowland (1803-1883) was born in Foggathorpe, Yorkshire, England and passed away in Dongara, Colony of Western Australia. He and his wife, Elizabeth Johnson arrived at the Swan River Colony aboard the “Tranby” on 30 Jan 1830.
  • 184 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations: Western Australia (Dongara, Middle Irwin, Perth, Walkaway)

Canada

Northwest Territories from Orkney Islands, Scotland
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Robert Rowland (1705- ) was born in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. There are no longer any Rowlands currently living in the Orkney Islands. However, many descendants emigrated to Canada.
  • 563 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Alberta (Edmonton, St Albert, Tolfield), Manitoba (St Clements), Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan (Prince Albert); USA: Washington (Pierce)
Ontario, Perth from Somerset, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: William Rowland (c1775-) was born in Somerset, England and many of his descendants migrated to Perth, Ontario, Canada in the 1830s.
  • 159 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025)
  • Descendant locations include: England (Somerset); Wales (Glamorganshire); Canada (Perth, Ontario; Manitoba; British Columbia); USA New York (Erie)

England

Cumberland, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Edward Rowland (died about 1621 ) was born in Cumberland, England.
  • 180 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025)
  • Descendant locations include: England (Cumberland)
Yorkshire, England (village of Loftus)
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Richard Rowland (c1690-). Many generations of his descendants lived in Loftus, Yorkshire.
  • 37 descendants in WikiTree (as of 08 Jan 2026)
  • Descendant locations include: England (Durham, Yorkshire); USA Pennsylvania (Allegheny, Lawrence)

USA

Alabama, Chambers County
  • Earliest known Ancestor: Judge Peter Monroe Rowland (1820-1882) was born in Henry County, Virginia and arrived in Chambers County, Alabama in 1845. He is believed to have one brother, James W Rowland (1818-1895), who settled in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
  • 33 descendants in WikiTree ( as of 31 Dec 2025)
  • Descendant locations: Alabama (Calhoun, Chambers, Talladega), Arkansas (Lafayette), California (San Bernardino), Georgia (Upson), Pennsylvania (Berks)
Arkansas, Saline County

Saline County, Arkansas is a crossroads of multiple Rowland family lines including DNA Groups I and J. However, the largest of these Rowland lines remains untested and unassigned to an existing DNA group.

  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Thomas George Rowland (1772-1854) was born in North Carolina (county unknown) and died in St. Clair County, Alabama. His sons continued west and settled in Saline County, Arkansas.
  • 346 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025)
  • Descendant Locations: Alabama (Tuscaloosa), Arkansas (Pulaski, Saline), California (Fresno, Marisposa), Oklahoma (Sequoyah), Texas (Hunt)
Connecticut, New London County
  • 2,711 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Earliest Known Ancestor #1: Hugh Rowland (1648-1702) was born in Lyme, New London, Connecticut and presumed to have died there also.
    • 2,679 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
    • Descendant Locations: Connecticut (New London); Vermont (Orange); Indiana (Grant, Hancock); and Minnesota (Rock).
  • Earliest Known Ancestor #2: Benjamin Rowland (1753-1831) was born in New London County, Connecticut, and died in Chenango County, New York. His connection to Hugh Rowland (1648-1702) is unknown at this time.
    • 21 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
    • Descendant Locations: Missouri (Adair); New York (Chenango); and Wisconsin (Trempealeau).
  • Earliest Known Ancestor #3: Nathaniel Rowland (1760-1818) was born in New London, Connecticut.
    • 11 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
    • Descendant locations: Ohio (Erie).
Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware

The Delmarva Peninsula is on the east coast of the United States, bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west along with the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay on the east. The earliest known non-indigenous visitors arrived in 1566, an expedition led by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés of Spanish Florida. The area was under Dutch control from about 1631 to 1664, when it came under British control. Today, it consists of the state of Delaware and the eastern shores of Maryland and Virginia.

  • Earliest Known Ancestor #1: Samuel Rowland (1676-1727) was born on the Delmarva Peninsula in British Colonial America and died in Sussex County, Delaware.
    • 283 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
    • Descendant Locations: Delaware (Kent, New Castle, Sussex), Illinois (Adams)
  • Earliest Known Ancestor #2: John Rowlen (c1745-1850) was born in Sussex County, Delaware and died in Pickaway County, Ohio. His DAR record uses the Rowland spelling but his headstone says Rowlen.
    • 78 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
    • Descendant Locations: California (Contra Costa), Illinois (Moultrie, Shelby), Mississippi (Yazoo), Ohio (Madison, Pickaway, Stark), Oklahoma (Oklahoma), Pennsylvania (Crawford), Washington (Spokane)
Georgia, Emanuel County

Includes early settlers of Emanuel, Johnson, Montgomery, and Wheeler counties of Georgia

  • Earliest Known Ancestors: There are currently four unconnected descendant trees believed to be related in this region including the counties of Emanuel, Johnson, Montgomery, and Wheeler. They are Nathan Rowland (1783-1861), Williamson Rowland (1800- ), Joseph T. R. Rowland (1859-1930), and Nathan Rowland (1870-1940).
  • 97 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
Indiana, Jay County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Michael Rowland (1801-1864) was born in New Jersey (county unknown) and settled in Jay County, Indiana about 1835.
  • 50 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Indiana (Blackford, Clinton, Jay), Ohio (Montgomery, Stark)
Indiana, Morgan County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John Rowland (c1790-c1898) was probably born in North Carolina (county unknown) and was in Indiana by the 1820 census.
  • 85 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Indiana (Marion, Morgan, Owen), Missouri (Jasper, Vernon), Oklahoma (Ottawa)
Kentucky, Hopkins County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Bedford Roland (1795-1855) was born in North Carolina (county unknown) and migrated to Kentucky by 1830.
  • 71 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Arkansas (Benton, White), Kentucky (Hopkins, McLean, Webster), Missouri (St Louis)
Kentucky, Simpson County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Jilson Payne Rowland (1805-a1870) lived in Simpson for the 1830, 1840, and 1850 census. He then moved to Pope County, Illinois, where he passed away. Descendants use both the Roland and Rowland spelling.
  • 184 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Illinois (Johnson, Pope), Missouri (Butler, Douglas, Webster), Oklahoma (Wagoner)
Maryland, Prince George’s County
  • Earliest Known Ancestors: William Roland (c1775-1836) was born in Maryland and died in Prince George’s County.
  • 59 descendants in WikiTree (as of 23 Jan 2026).
  • Descendant locations: District of Columbia, Maryland (Charles, Prince George’s), Virginia (Arlington)
Michigan, Lenawee County

Two Rowland families migrated from New York (unknown county) to Lenawee County, Michigan. They are probably related, although the connection has not yet been found.

  • Earliest Known Ancestors: Charles Rowland (1805-1863) was born in New York and died in Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan. William B Rowland (1818-1878) was born in New York and died in Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan.
  • 61 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations: Illinois (Cook), Michigan (Lenawee, Tuscola, Washtenaw), Ohio (Franklin, Lucas)
Mississippi, Yalobusha/Calhoun County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John R Rowland (1825-1895) was born in North Carolina (county unknown) and was in Yalbusha County, Mississippi by the 1850 census. A portion of Yalobusha became Calhoun County in 1852. By 1880, he had moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas, where he died in 1895.
  • 112 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Arkansas (Hempstead, Howard, Union), California (San Francisco), Mississippi (Calhoun)
Missouri, Moniteau County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Powhatan Hunter Rowland (1818-1902) was born in Virginia (county unknown) and had settled in Moniteau County, Missouri by 1845. About 1880, he moved further west to Chautauqua County, Kansas, where he died in 1902.
  • 51 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Kansas (Chautauqua), Missouri (Moniteau), Oklahoma (Osage, Washington), Texas (Carson)
Missouri, Ray County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Matthew Rowland (c1785-1837). It is not clear where he was born, although Lee County, Virginia is likely. He was in Ray County, Missouri by the 1830 census and was purchasing land there in 1835. This line could be part of Rowland DNA Group C, but until one of his descendants takes a Y-DNA test, it is only speculative.
  • 253 descendants in WikiTree (as of 29 Jan 2026).
  • Descendant Locations: California (Tulare), Iowa (Fremont, Harrison, Lucas), Kansas (Phillips), Missouri (Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, Ray), Nebraska (Brown, Madison), Oklahoma (Tilman, Washita), Texas (Cooke, Denton, McLennan, Montague)
New Jersey, Somerset County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: George Rowland (1736-1793) was born and passed away in Somerset County, New Jersey, He performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution and is a Daughters of the American Revolution patriot ancestor.
  • 152 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Illinois (Edgar, Hancock), Indiana (Dearborn), Missouri (Platte, Scotland, Sullivan), New Jersey (Essex, Hunterdon, Somerset), New Mexico (Bernalillo, Eddy)
New York, Cattaraugus County from Montgomery County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Henry Rowland (c1760-) was in Montgomery County, New York for the 1790 census, but his documented children were in Cattaraugus County by the 1820 census.
  • 138 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: New York (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie)
New York, Herkimer County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Samuel Rowland (1800-1863) was born and passed away in Herkimer County, New York. He married Nancy Slocum.
  • 96 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: New York (Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga)
New York, New York City from Altenburg, Thüringen, Germany
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Michael Jacob Rohland (1783-1844) was born and died in Germany, Many of his children died in Altenburg, Thüringen, Germany and it is believed that is where Michael was from also. Most of his descendants use the Roland spelling.
  • 88 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Germany (Thüringen); USA: California (Ventura), New Jersey (Hudson), New York (Kings. New York City), Utah (Salt Lake)
New York, Suffolk County from La Tremblade, France
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Pierre Rolland (1650-1741) was born in La Tremblade, France, and he died there also. Many subsequent generations lived in Schoharie and Suffolk counties of New York.
  • 10,000+ descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations (Rolland, Ruland, and Rowland spellings): France; Colorado (Gunnison); Illinois (Richland); Louisiana (Beauregard); New York (Albany, Schoharie, Suffolk); Pennsylvania (Warren); and Wisconsin (La Crosse).
North Carolina, Montgomery County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Robert Roland (1769-1854) was born in North Carolina and passed away in Morgan County, Alabama. He and his wife, Elizabeth Sherrod, had nine children in and around Montgomery County, North Carolina. They were in Morgan County County, Alabama by the 1830 census, and many of his children moved on to Texas.
  • 178 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations include: Alabama (St Clair); Oklahoma (Custer, Pontotoc); Texas (Burleson, Collin, Lamar, Potter)
North Carolina, Robeson County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John Alexander Rowland (c1750-1803) was born in North Carolina, and he was in Robeson by the 1790 census. The town of Rowland, North Carolina is named for one of his descendants.
  • 339 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: North Carolina (Cumberland, Robeson).
North Carolina, Warren County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Burch Rowland (c1765-c1835) was born in Warren County, North Carolina, and passed away in Montgomery County, Tennessee.
  • 143 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Arkansas (Lee, St. Francis); Tennessee (Montgomery).
North Carolina, Yancey County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Henry “Halle” Roland (1777-1876) was born in North Carolina (county uncertain) and died in Yancey County, North Carolina. He married Sarah Robertson and is buried in the cemetery named after him in Riverside, Yancey County.
  • 163 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations include North Carolina (Buncombe, Burke, Forysth, McDowell, and Yancey); and Tennessee (Greene and Washington).
Ohio, Delaware County from Montgomeryshire, Wales
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John T Rowlands (1781-1850) was born in Tregynon, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He and his children emigrated to Delaware County, Ohio in 1842. Most of his descendants remained in Delaware County, and they use both the Rowlands and Rowland spellings.
  • 74 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Missouri (Linn), Ohio (Delaware, Marion), Pennsylvania (Warren)
Pennsylvania, Allegheny County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John Rowland (1763-1846) was recorded in the 1800 census for Allegheny County. One of his sons claimed to be born in Chester County, so this could be yet another Chester County line (see below).
  • 57 descendants in WikiTree (as of 7 Jan 2026)
  • Descendant locations: Connecticut (Hartford), Ohio (Richland), Pennsylvania (Allegheny), Wisconsin (Dane, Milwaukee)
Pennsylvania, Bedford County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: James Roland (c1745-c1810) passed away in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. His birthplace is unknown.
  • 75 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Maryland (Allegany), Pennsylvania (Bedford), Texas (Hutchison, Jack), West Virginia (Harrison)
Pennsylvania, Berks County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: David Roland (-1820) passed away in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1820. His birthplace is unknown. Many subsequent generations lived and worked in the town of Reading and were hatters (Reading, Pennsylvania is famous for its hats).
  • 382 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Pennsylvania (Berks); Illinois (Ogle, Whiteside); Iowa (Greene, Polk, Poweshiek); and Colorado.
  • Articles: Roland Family Hatters of Reading, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, Chester County

There are at least five (presumed to be unrelated) Rowland lines with early roots in Chester County, Pennsylvania. There is possibly a sixth (see Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) above. So far, only one line has been tested, and it is Rowland DNA Group B. This is one of the other “presumed to be unrelated” Rowland lines from Chester County.

  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Joseph Rowland (c1745-1815) was born in Pennsylvania. He lived in Willistown Township of Chester County. The township shares a border with Delaware County, Pennsylvania where many of his descendants resided.
  • 60 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: California (Los Angeles), New Jersey (Cape May), Pennsylvania (Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia), Washington DC, Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Pennsylvania, Chester County (Quakers)

This is one of the other “presumed to be unrelated” Rowland lines from Chester County.

  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Thomas Rowland (c1764-1837) was born in an unknown location and is buried in Valley Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Wayne, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  • 20 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Pennsylvania (Chester)
Pennsylvania, Chester County (to Kansas)

This is one of the other “presumed to be unrelated” Rowland lines from Chester County.

  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Charles Rowland (1822-1908) was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He learned the blacksmith trade in Philadelphia, moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1849, and then on to Washington County, Kansas by 1870.
  • 21 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Kansas (Washington), Nebraska (Boone, Greeley)
Pennsylvania, Chester/Montgomery (aka Shovel Work) from Pembrokeshire, Wales

This is one of the other “presumed to be unrelated” Rowland lines from Chester County.

  • Earliest Known Ancestor: William Rowland (1650-1714) was from Rhosybayvil, Parish of Bayvil, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Some of his descendants emigrated to West Whitefield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They then moved into Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and became the proprietors of numerous factories, known as the Shovel Works in an area that came to be known as Rowlandville.
  • 372 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Pennsylvania (Chester, Mifflin, Montgomery, Philadelphia); and Ohio (Franklin).
Pennsylvania, Clearfield County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: David Rowland (1794-1866) was born in Pennsylvania and was in Clearfield County by the 1830 census. His headstone says Rowland, but most of his descendants used the Roland and Rolland spellings.
  • 37 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Ohio (Portage), Pennsylvania (Cambria, Clearfield)
Pennsylvania, Greene County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John W Rowland (1821-1904) was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He married Charlotte Warner in Warren County, Illinois in 1845. They spent about 30 years in Warren and Henderson counties before moving to Nebraska and Iowa. He died in Dawes County, Nebraska in 1904. Note: the currently attached parents in WikiTree are incorrect.
  • 37 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Idaho (Jefferson), Illinois (Henderson), Kansas (Clay), Montana (Lewis and Clark, Teton), Nebraska (Dawes), Washington (Spokane)
Pennsylvania, Lebanon County

A Rohland family settled in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania by 1830. Many descendants remained in that area while a large contingent moved further west to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania about 1840. The Rohland spelling is consistent, and this line is believed to be of Germanic origin.

  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Johan Jacob Rohland (1759-1841) was born in Pennsylvania and died in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
  • 52 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
Pennsylvania, Washington County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Henry Rowland (1748-1821) was possibly born in Wales and fought in the American Revolution for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After the war, he settled in Washington County and died in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
  • 147 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Indiana (Kosciusko); Iowa (Clarke); Ohio (Carroll, Holmes, Mahoning); Pennsylvania (Beaver, Lawrence, Washington).
South Carolina, Lexington County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John Roland (c1776-b1860) was born in South Carolina and passed away in the county of Lexington. Most of his descendants remained in the area with Find-A-Grave listing more than 240 Roland burials in Lexington County, South Carolina.
  • 133 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant locations: South Carolina (Lexington, Richland)
Tennessee, Hawkins County
Tennessee, Smith County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Reason Rowland (c1785-) was born in Virginia. He was in Shenandoah County, Virginia for the 1820 census and had moved to Smith County, Tennessee by the 1830 census.
  • 42 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Tennessee (DeKalb, Smith, Wilson)
Tennessee, Williamson-Hardeman County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Isaac Roland (c1800-1879) was born in South Carolina (county unknown), was in Williamson County, Tennessee by 1824, and in Hardeman County by 1860, where he eventually passed away.
  • 108 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Arkansas (Grant, Hot Spring), Louisiana (East Feliciana), Mississippi (Adams, Wilkinson), Tennessee (Chester, Hardeman, Knox, Williamson)
Utah from Nottinghamshire, England
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: William Rowland (1763-1836) was born in Shottle, Derbyshire, and died in Greasley Nottinghamshire. By 1865, a number of his descendants had migrated to Utah.
  • 205 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: England: Derbyshire (Ilkeston), Nottinghamshire (Basford, Eastwood, Greasley, Newthorpe); USA: Utah (Salt Lake, Utah, Weber)
Virginia, Bedford County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor 1: Henry Rowland (1746-1773) was born in Albemarle County, Virginia and died in Bedford County, Virginia. He married Penelope Clark.
  • Earliest Known Ancestor 2: Rev Reuben Rowland (1743-1807) was born in Albemarle County, Virginia and died in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
  • 445 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025). The two Earliest Known Ancestors are believed to be brothers.
  • Descendant Locations: Colorado (Crowley, Jefferson), Iowa (Henry, Jefferson), Kentucky (Caldwell, Christian, Logan, Marshall, McCracken, Simpson), Missouri (Carrol, Cass, Clay, Jackson), Nebraska (Dawson), Oregon (Lane), Texas {Brazoria)
Virginia, Frederick-Clarke County
Virginia, Hanover County from Glamorgan, Wales
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Thomas Edward Rowland (1690-1744), was born in Llandurry, Glamorgan, Wales, and passed away in Hanover County, Colony of Virginia. He came to the New World at an early age, and his wife, Grace Marion Hammond, was born in Virginia.
  • 444 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Indiana (Clark); Kentucky (Clark, Jessamine, Nelson, Pike, Woodford); and Virginia (Hanover).
Virginia, Henry County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: John Rowland (c1759-1807) was born in the Colony of Virginia and passed away in Henry County. He was an American Revolution patriot listed as Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #A099257
  • 77 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Kansas (Pratt), Kentucky (Barren, Cumberland, Monroe), Nebraska (Hall), Ohio (Delaware), Oklahoma (Garfield, Kiowa), Virginia (Henry), Washington (Whatcom)
West Virginia, Mercer County
  • Earliest Known Ancestor: Johnston Rowland (c1775-) was born in Virginia, and his sons were born in Giles County, Virginia. A portion of Giles became Mercer County in 1837, and Mercer became a county in West Virginia when it formed in 1863.
  • 36 descendants in WikiTree (as of 31 Dec 2025).
  • Descendant Locations: Virginia (Giles), West Virginia (Mercer)

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