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About Ebenezer Rowe, Sr.
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowe-1785
Ebenezer Rowe was a Seaman in the Massachusetts Navy during the Revolutionary War on board the sloop-of-war the "Yankee Hero", with Captain James Tracy. The Yankee Hero was undermanned and had only 14 guns. On June 7, 1776, they were attacked by HMS Milford. HMS Milford had 32 guns and a full crew. After a 2 hour battle the Yankee Hero was disabled and overtaken leaving 4 Massachusetts Seaman dead and 13 wounded, including Ebenezer who lost his left hand by cannon fire. He was brought to Halifax, Nova Scotia as a prisoner of war. He escaped the British and made his way back to Salem, Massachusetts.
This is all documented in U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
Family
Husband of Martha (Sheldon) Rowe — married 27 Aug 1772 in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Husband of Sarah (Thurston) Rowe — married 20 Jun 1785 in Gloucester, Massachusetts
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowe-1785
In 20 June 1785, the widow Sally Grover, age 34, filed intentions to marry Ebenezer Row, in Gloucester, Massachusetts:
Grover, Sally, wid., and Ebenezer Row, int. June 20, 1785.
They had the following children born in Gloucester, Massachusetts:
- John, s. Ebenezer, bp. Sept. 20, 1788
- Thankful, d. Ebenezer, bp. Sept. 20, 1788
- Ephraim, s. Ebenezer, bp. Sept. 20, 1788
And, these children, born in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine.
- Annas Davis, 15 Sep 1792
- Joseph Grover, 1795
She passed away in 1795.
Death
1837 Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA. His headstone can be found at Five Island Cemetery.
Sources
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29P-9GDR : 3 November 2017), Ebenezer Row and Patty Or Martha Sheldon, 27 Aug 1772; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,861
- "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCHC-3PV : 9 February 2018), Ebenezer Row and Sally Grover, 20 Jun 1785; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0823641 V. 1-2
- Arthaud, John Bradley. Descendants of Richard Langsford of Gloucester, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2002) Vol. 156, Page 249.
- (https://familysearch.org/tree#view=ancestor&person=2733-5WC Family Search Link)
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Ebenezer Rowe, Sr.'s Timeline
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August 18, 1750
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Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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1773
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1774
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Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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1776
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Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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1777
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Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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1778
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Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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September 16, 1793
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Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine
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December 21, 1838
Age 88
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Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA
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