William Nowland

1787 - 1868  (81 years)

• Name	William Nowland  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Sep 1787	Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	New York, USA   [2]
  Death	26 Nov 1868	Hamtramck, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA   [3]
  Burial	Huron Twp., Wayne Co., Michigan, USA   [3]
  	Address: Nowland Cemetery Michigan USA, Michigan USA
  		Headstone of William Nowland
  Notes	Richard D.Hansen (RDH) of Salt Lake City reported in Apr 1994, about the name of Michael Nowland's wife: "His will lists her as Mary. The Deaths of Wayne Co., MI. lists the father [parents?] of William as Michael and Elizabeth. This is all I know." DBRX called her Mary Elizabeth. Mrs. Cecil W. (Nancy) Warner of Ann Arbor, Mich (CWW) was the major source of information for the above in 1975. SMH added more data 1991. The approximate birth dates were determined from ages in census records, and approximate dates of marriages from the age of the eldest child at home, or the number of years married in the 1900 census, unless dates were supplied by correspondents. CWW gave the names in the following sequence: Thomas, Andrew, Michael, Henry, Hiram, William, George, Moses, Hamilton*, Ellis, Elizabeth, Jane, infant, Harriet, John, David*, Frank*, Mary Ann, Nathaniel, Mahalia. I suspect the three starred were, instead, the sons of Michael, found with him in census records, so not included above. But Hamilton was said to have gone to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he owned and operated a pharmaceutical company, instead of living in Charlevoix Co, Mich, where the son of Michael was found. In the 1820 census of Fayette Tp, Seneca Co, NY, William Nowland headed a household of 5 males and 2 females under 10. His wife was 16-25, and he 26-44. James S. Rumsey of Wilmington, Dela, reported from his family records that William Nowland sold his farm at Bluffs Point (in Jerusalem Tp, as per other deeds), Yates Co, NY, to his brother-in-law David Rumsey in 1828. The scanty notes I took on land records in Yates Co many years ago do not have such a deed in David's name, and other deeds show David still in Fayette, Seneca Co as late as 1831. However, he was in the 1835 census of Jerusalem, Yates Co, so he may have purchased William Nowland's farm in the early 1830s. William Nowland is not indexed in the 1830 census of New York or Michigan. William was said to have worked on the Erie Canal with his brother Andrew before moving west to Michigan. (CWW) In the 1840 census of Huron Tp, Wayne Co, Mich., William Nowland's household consisted of 1 female under 5 (Harriet), 2 males and 1 female 5-9 (Nathaniel, Ellis, Jane), 2 males and 1 female 10-14 (Moses, George, & ?), 3 males 16-19 (Hiram, Henry, & ? ), 1 male and 1 female 20-29 (William, Mahala or Elizabeth), and 1 male and 1 female 50-59. On the next line was listed Andrew Nowland, followed by John Nowland and his wife who were 20-29. In the 1850 census of Huron Tp, William Nowland Sr. headed the household at age 66, born in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer with $1200 in real estate. With him were William "J." 29, George 24 and Moses 23, all born in NY, Harriet 13 born in Mich, and Nancy 17 born in NY, the latter being the wife of William Jr though not so designated. Thomas and his family were next door. There was a Mary Ann Nowland, aged 14, in the 1850 census of Brownstown, who was probably the Mary Ann reported by CWW as a daughter of William and Elizabeth Nowland. She was living with Simon and Elizabeth ( ) Rumsey (#81), first cousin of Elizabeth (Rumsey) Nowland, who had also come from Fayette, Seneca Co, NY. DBRX said "Mary Ann" marriede Joses Rice. William was living alone at the age of 70, in the 1860 census of Brownstown Tp, which borders Huron Tp in Wayne Co, employed as a lighthouse keeper. Next door to him was his son George. He owned $3000 in real estate and $600 in personal property. (In 1900, New Boston, Huron Tp, Wayne Co, there was a widow Sabina Nowland aged 36, born in Michigan in Dec 1863, who had two children living. The only person with her was her widowed father, William Shick aged 70, born in New York. I have been unable to discover, through census records, the name of her Nowland husband since she would not have been married in 1880.) (Also in New Boston in 1900, was a 71 year old widow, Levina Nowland, who had had no children so may have been a 2nd or 3rd wife of an unidentified Nowland. She was born in NY in March 1829, and her parents had come from Vermont and Conn.) [3]
  Person ID	I5398	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Michael Nowland
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth [Unknown]
  Family ID	F3715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rumsey,   b. 13 Jul 1792, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Jul 1840, Huron Twp., Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1812	Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Russell Nowland,   b. 2 Dec 1812, Yates Co., New York, USA d. 1892, Marion Twp., Charlevoix Co., Michigan, USA (Age 79 years) + 2. Andrew Hudson Nowland,   b. 18 Mar 1813, Benton, Yates Co., New York, USA d. 20 Sep 1882, Charlevoix, Charlevoix Co., Michigan, USA (Age 69 years) + 3. Michael Dallas Nowland,   b. 25 Sep 1815, New York, USA d. 7 Jan 1901, Marion Twp., Charlevoix Co., Michigan, USA (Age 85 years) + 4. John Nowland,   b. Abt 1816, New York, USA d. Between 1870 and 1880 (Age 54 years) + 5. Elizabeth Nowland,   b. Abt 1818, New York, USA d. Between 1870 and 1880 (Age 52 years) + 6. Mahala Nowland,   b. Abt 1819, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. William Nowland,   b. 20 Mar 1820, New York, USA d. 1 Dec 1907, New Boston, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 87 years)   8. Jane Nowland,   b. Abt 1821, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Henry B. Nowland,   b. 22 May 1822, New York, USA d. 18 Jan 1897, New Boston, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 74 years) + 10. Hiram Nowland,   b. Abt 1824, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown   11. George H. Nowland,   b. 6 May 1826, New York, USA d. 25 May 1891, Huron Twp., Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 65 years) + 12. Moses Rumsey Nowland,   b. 15 Feb 1828, New York, USA d. 2 Sep 1905, New Boston, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 77 years)   13. Ellis Nowland   d. Young   14. [Child] Nowland   d. Young   15. Nathaniel Nowland   d. Young   16. Mary Ann Nowland,   b. Abt 1836, Michigan, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 17. Harriet Margaret Nowland,   b. 7 May 1837, New Boston, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Sep 1787 - Pennsylvania, USA Alt. Birth - - New York, USA Marriage - Bef 1812 - Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA Death - 26 Nov 1868 - Hamtramck, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA Burial - Address: Nowland Cemetery Michigan USA, Michigan USA - - Huron Twp., Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR12-20. [S971] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, (Ancestry.com), 2 Feb 2020, death certificate 198 (1905), Moses R. Nowland. [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR67: 67. [S530] Assumption.