Jane Rowland

'Mrs Jane Rowland', counterclaimed as executrix (and almost certainly as widow) of Edward Rowland (q.v.), the brother of Gabriel Rowland of Port Royal, for the compensation for the enslaved people on Chatsworth estate in Port Royal Jamaica. There appears to have been a negotiated settlement.

Jane was born c. 1782 and died March 1850 aged 68. She married Edward Rowland in1814 in Mallwyd, Merioneth. They had two children, Richard (Rose) and William Rowland, baptised in Mold, 14 May 1816 and 13 June 1818 respecitvely; abode Gwesaney, parents Edward and Jane, he Gentleman/Yeoman.

After her husband died in 1832, a note attached to his Will of 1833 records that Jane Rowlands was his executrix. She died on or just before 25 March 1850.

We are grateful to Kaye Fraser and David Barker for assistance in compiling this entry.

T71/1592 p. 171 6/7/1835; p. 181 17/7/1835; p. 200 13/8/1835, letters from Commissioners to Watkin N. Jones of Liverpool notifying him of counterclaim by Mrs Jane Rowland as annuitant. Letter T71/1608 5/11/1836 from Watkin N Jones: 'The claimant is offering a sum of money in discharge of her claim.' T71/1195 Jane Rowland of Park G[?]ychan in the parish of Mold in the county of Flint, N Wales, executrix of Edward Rowland, the brother of Gabriel Rowland; T71/864 Port Royal no. 76; 1841 Wales Census; Flintshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1994, Parish of Mold, March 1850; England and Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, Holywell, Flintshire 1850, Q1; Wales, Wills and Probate, 1513-1838, St Asaph, 18 Feb 1833; Will of Gabriel Rowland of Port Royal proved 03/04/1810; PROB 11/1510/353.