Posted on: BaltimoreCity County Md. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Md/BaltimoreCity/2803 Surname: ROWLES, RAWLES, RAWLS, HEADLEY, HEADLY, RUSH ------------------------- I'm researching the ROWLES/RAWLES family of Baltimore. Ive seen several Rowles family group records for the Baltimore, such as the one at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=derwood&id=I6594 My g.g.g.grandfather, John William Rawles (or Rowles or Rawls--records vary) was born in Baltimore County on 17 or 18 March, 1755. According to family records, he married a Sarah. (Her family name not recorded.) It is highly probable that he married a Sarah "Sally" Headley (or Headly--records vary) in Harrison County, Kentucky on Oct 1 1796. (From: Kentucky marriage records.) They had nine children. The name Headly was used as a middle name in the next Rawles generation, so I'm 90% sure that this Sarah Headly was indeed his wife. But there is of course the outside chance that Sarah had a different family name. One clue might be the given names used in the next generation: David, Rebecca, Jane, Sarah, Joseph, John, James, Magdalena, and Mary. In 1801 John Rawles/Rowles became an "entryman" in the Northwest Territory in the area that later became Pickaway county, Ohio. His partner in the land buying venture was a John Rush. Unfortunately I don't have any information on earlier generations. Parenthetically, I should mention that an Elijah (or Elisha) Rawles/Rowles (birthdate unknown) married a Frances Headley/Headly in Harrison County, Kentucky on Sep. 1, 1795. They also had nine children. (Sally, James John, Elizabeth, Frances, Nancy, Eliza, Mary Ann, and Mariah.) I suspect that John and Elijah were either brothers or cousins, and that Sarah and Frances were either sisters or cousins. Do you have any information that could confirm or deny this? Or do you know whom I might ask? Many Thanks in Advance! his x mark James Wesley Rawles < c/o 47000 Warm Springs Blvd. #257 Fremont, Calif. 94539 USA rawles@usa.net phone: (510) 668-1776 Currently researching: Barnard, Biffle, Bilderback, Birthistle, Creveling, Crow, Fischer, Gray, Grimsrud, Hampton, Headley, Henckel, Holloway, Hvesser, Irwine, Kiesewetter, Kinsella, McAbee, Oilar, Parrot, Pitcher, Rawles/Rowles/Rawls, Shirk, Sproule, Wallach, & Weaver