unknown ‘Anne’ Rowen

Biography

The wife of the 2nd John Price (1627-before 1662), son of John Price, Ancient Planter, and mother of his sons Daniel and John, married (2) John Rowen, son of Henry Rowen, who left bequests to the orphans of John Price in his will, dated 1 May 1662. Wikitree calls her Ann.

Identity

Updated 29 August 2023

Ann’s name is not proven. She’s not proven as daughter of Captain John Wall and his wife Mary Wall. Nor is there evidence for the name “Mary Jane Wall” as the wife of John Price.

She’s been detached from any parents and merged into one profile.

John and Jane Wall Price were the parents of two known sons: Daniel and John Price and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Here is one who became famous: Nancy Astor(1879-1964) Viscountess of Britain Nancy Witcher Astor was the first woman to serve in the British House of Commons. Relationship: 6th Great Granddaughter

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-597525 cites
  • John Rowen's 1662 will names the Price orphans, Daniel and John. For this reason, some researchers thought that Ann was a sister of John and Henry Rowen. Current thought is that John Rowen married John Price's widow.
  • Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1706-1624/5 (Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5; 3rd edition 1987), p.494 "Price". Adventurers of Purse and Person states that John's wife was a daughter of John Wall, but then cites a deed that is for the John in the next generation. AP&P does conclude that John Rowen was her second husband.
  • Vina Chandler Price, C. G., Compiler, Ancestors and Descendants of John Price: Immigrant to Virginia 1610-11 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1988)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103857963 Contains unsourced and incorrect information.