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David Cowan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chirnside, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: 1730 (64-65)
Salisbury Township Lancaster Co., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Gap, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Andrew Cowan and Helen Cowan
Husband of Margaret Rowland and Elizabeth Cowan
Father of John E. Cowan, Sr.; Henry Cowan; David Cowan, Jr; James Cowan and William Cowan, Sr

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About David Cowan

David Cowan, son of Andrew Cowan and Hellen lnnerwich, was born on February 2, 1665 in Edington, Chimside Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland, died about 1730 in Salisbury Township, Lancaster Co., PA about age 65, and was buried in St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Compass, Chester Co., PA. David married Margaret Rowland about 1685 in Scotland. Margaret was born in 1660 in Scotland and died in 1758 in Lancaster Co., PA at age 98.

Children from this marriage were:

  1. John Cowan Sr. was born on December 1, 1686 in Edington, Chimside Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland, died in 1760 in Salisbury Township, Pequea, Lancaster Co., PA at age 74, and was buried in St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Compass, Chester Co., PA. John married Elizabeth Parke (b. 1692, d. May 20, 1777) about 1718.
  2. Henry Cowan was born about 1690 in Scotland, died about 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA about age 70, and was buried in St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Compass, Chester Co., PA. Henry married someone.
  3. David Cowan II was born on June 4, 1693 in Edington, Chimside Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland, died in September 1757 in Salisbury Township, Lancaster Co., PA at age 64, and was buried in St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Compass, Chester Co., PA. David married Mary Fleming (b. Abt 1699, d. After 1788) about 1726 in Pennsylvania.
  4. James Cowan was born on May 19, 1695 in Edington, Chirnside Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland.
  5. William Cowan was born in 1701 in Scotland, died in 1789 in Rowan Co, NC at age 88, and was buried in Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan Co., NC. William married Susannah Fleming (b. abt. 1705, d. April 1800) on June 7, 1732 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.
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David Cowan's Timeline

1665
February 2, 1665
Chirnside, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1686
December 1, 1686
Down, County Down, Ireland
1690
1690
Scotland, United Kingdom
1693
June 4, 1693
Edington, Chirnside Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1695
May 19, 1695
Chirnside Parish Berwickshire Scotland, Edington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
1701
1701
Scotland, United Kingdom
1730
1730
Age 64
Salisbury Township Lancaster Co., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
1730
Age 64
St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery Compas Chester Co. PA., Gap, Pennsylvania, United States