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Rowan of Co.Kerry

• References:
  • ROWAN (and p.2) in [Burkes Irish, 1912]
  • ROWAN in [Burkes Irish, 1904]
  • ROWAN-HAMILTON in [Burkes Irish, 1976]
  • ROWAN in [Burkes Colonial Gentry]
  • The Rev. Andrew Rowan and his descendants, A.E. de W. Waller, The Genealogists' Magazine 8(1): 17-8, Mar 1938.

  • Pedigrees of Rowan, [NLI] GO Ms 168, pp.254-60, 284-5, 425-8, microfilm POS 8302
  • ROWAN in [Rowan, 1846]

  • [NLI Ms] Rowan Papers
    • Report on Private Collections, No. 374, [NLI Ms] RR. Report on the Rowan Papers (from 1699), relating to the Rowan, Crosbie, Denny, Ponsonby, Blennerhasset, Bland and Wilson families and to lands in Co. Kerry.
    • Ms 20600 - 20622
    • D. 26664 - 26719

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • CONAL ROWAN in [Burkes LG, 1952]
  • ROWAN in [Burkes Distinguished Families of the USA]

  • [NLI Ms] Rowan Papers - just read them all
    • Ms 20611: "Miscellaneous legal papers and accounts relating to the family of Blennerhassett of Co. Kerry, c.1776-1822."
    • Rowan papers, re: Co.Kerry families, Ms 20617
    • Rowan papers, Kerry, c.1729-1810, re: Rowan, Ms 20609, 20610, 20613

Rev. Andrew Rowan,
born 1635,
of Greenhead, a house or an area of Govan par, W side of Glasgow (see map), Lanarkshire, Scotland,
in the 19th cent Greenhead House was at Renfrew Rd, Govan (see map), though this may not be the exact location of the 17th cent house,
Rev. Andrew went to Co.Antrim, Ireland, 1650,
Presbyterian minister of Dunaghy parish, Co.Antrim, from c.1658,
the church was at Clogh (or Clough), N of Ballymena, Co.Antrim (see map),
mar 1stly, c.1660, to ---- Mac Phedris,
Rector of Dunaghy 1661,
had issue:

1. Capt. William Rowan of Derry,
   noted Williamite supporter, had issue:
   1. William Rowan, had issue:
      1. Jane Rowan, mar Gawen Hamilton [born 1729] and had issue:
         1. Archibald Hamilton Rowan, born 1751,
            United Irishman in 1798 Rising, ancestor of Rowan-Hamilton.

2. Rev. John Rowan,
   ancestor of Rowan of Mount Davys, Co.Antrim, and Rowan of Australia.

he mar 2ndly, est c.1670, to Alice Dunlop [descendant of Robert II, King of Scotland and of Henry I],
died 1717, age 82 yrs, bur Clogh church, Co.Antrim,
had issue:

1. Robert Rowan.
2. Archibald Rowan.

3. George Rowan,
   [Sir Henry Denny, 7th Baronet] has him as grandson, not son, but that seems very unlikely given the dates.

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• Dunaghy Old Rectory, main street, Clogh, Co.Antrim, survives today.

• Rowan surname discussion forum

• Can't see any connection to the mathematician. In fact, can't see why he should have middle name Rowan:
  • Sir William Rowan Hamilton (see here),
    born Dublin, 1805,
    mathematician, inventor of quaternions,
    see [DNB].