Unraveling the Rowe Family

It has been some time coming to find out enough about Elizabeth Rowe, wife of William Hender, Clock and Watchmaker, to at least set forth a feasible family dynamic which may be supported by the records at hand. There have been so many Rowe families, that just 'asuming' a near fit has not been an acceptable course. That which is theoretically known of Elizabeth Rowe has not been easily supported by the facts. For instance, she is recorded in their marriage record at Callington said to be 'of Callington'. But no such record supports that. Yet one key issue is to attempt to settle the age/birth of Elizabeth Rowe so as to search for her birth/baptism.

After or even during William Hender's career of being a watch and clockmaker of Callington, the evidence on the 1841 Census is that the couple were members of the one street community known as Venterdon associated with the Parish of Stoke Climsland. The link to Venterdon displays the 1841 census of the community of Venterdon with William and Elizabeth living there are that time though their ages were rounded down to the nearest 5 years per the 1841 census common instrutions. And below are the couple's burial records and their then recored ages at the time of burial. Also below is William Hender's certified death entry record which confirms that the death dates of burial were accurate.

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|     Parish     | Event  | Firstname | Surname |  Date  | Year | Age |   Notes   |
| Stokeclimsland | Burial | William   |  HENDER | 08-Aug | 1848 |  60 | Venterdon |
| Stokeclimsland | Burial | Elizabeth |  HENDER | 14-Feb | 1850 |  57 | Venterdon |
* Callington Heritage Center Parish Record Entries          

More information about record*
####### in the Burials database

      Day Month  08-Aug 
           Year  1848 
Parish/Reg Dist  Stoke
                 Climsland
       Forename  William 
        Surname  HENDER 
            Age  60 
      Residence  Venterden
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  
    Transcriber  Di Gibbs

More information about record*
####### in the Burials database

      Day Month  14-Feb 
           Year  1850 
Parish/Reg Dist  Stoke
                 Climsland
       Forename  Elizabeth
        Surname  HENDER 
            Age  57 
      Residence  Venterdon
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  
    Transcriber  Di Gibbs

Now the critical information of the certified copy reads as follows:
When and Where died: 5 August 1848 Venterdon Stoke Climsland.
Name and surname: William Hender. Sex: Male. Age: 60 years.
Occupation: Watch and Clock Maker.
Cause of death: Inflamation in the Chest; Not Certified.
Signiture, description and residence of informant: Wm Nottle, In Attendance, Stoke Climsland.
When registered: Seventh August 1848.
Signiture of registrar: ______ ______ Registrar.

Now even still, with an age solution in hand for Elizabeth Rowe, there are a number of things to check out in elimiating possiblities to narrow it down to the single remaining possibility that is within grasp. Thus what is or will be presented here, is as good and close as it has come over years of working the matter out. And still it could be toppled by an emergence of solid fact. But at least it is not just a quick jab at the answer taken without a through evaluation of what there is or appears to be had on the matter.

Robert Philips, named as a sojourner in records further below: 

                    Robert Philips  =  Mary Deacon
                    of St Cleather  |
                                    |
                                    |
                    m 9 Oct 1738    |
                     Altarnun       |
                                    |
              ______________________|
             |                  |            
     Elizabeth Phillips    Mary Philips    //  John Sleep
     cb ? ? 1739           cb 26 Jul 1742  |
      St Clether            Altarnun       |
     / = William Rowe                      |
     | m 25 May 1767                       |
     |  Altarnun                   Elizabeth Philips[base] 
     |                             cb 21 Dec 1760
William Rowe**                      Altarnun
  Philips
cb 2 Feb 1767
 Altanun (base)

** NOTE: There are two entries/transcriptions of the 'base' child of Elizabeth Phillips.
Both are give below in the third column. One, the BT, give the child's name as simply
William Philips after the name of the mother. The other entry gives the same child's name
as 'William Rowe Philips' with only a reference number 1545200-856. From further 'family'
records below the matter seems that this William Rowe Philips becomes known by either/both
names of Rowe and/or Philips, likely after his father, who is further presumed to be the 
some William Rowe that Elizabeth Phillips does actually end up marrying.

                                 Elizabeth Philips  =   William Rowe**
                                 cb ? ? 1739        |   cb 24 Dec 1727
                                  St Clether        |    Altarnun
                                 m 25 May 1767      |
                                  Altarnun          |
   {Son Born before Marriage}                       |
             _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________|_______________________________________________
            |                   |                |                |                  |              | 
 William Rowe [or] Philips  Mary Row        Ruben Row       Richard Rowe    Elizabeth Row/Raw  Rolph Rowe
 cb 2 Feb 1767              cb 20 Mar 1768  cb 28 Feb 1769  cb 15 Oct 1770  cb 5 Oct 1773      cb 20 Apr 1778
  Altarnun                   Altarnun        Altarnun        Altarnun        Altarnun           Altarnun
                                                                                               (Notes father as
                                                                                                the Older a.51)*


* The need for this note is that THERE IS two William Rowes, the other father age 51+1727=1778 baptism
and William Rowe of 1767 baptism age in family age 11 or more.
** His parents are Robert Rowe and Grace (see below)

                     William Rowe [Philips] = Catherine Rowe
                     cb 2 Feb 1767          |
                      Altarnun              |
                     m 25 Nov 1793          |
                      Altarnun              |
                                            |
           _________________________________|_______________________________
          |              |               |                |                 |
  Elizabeth ROWE   Catherine Rowe*    Ann Rowe*       George Row*      William Row
  cb 2 Mar 1794    b 9 Oct 1796       b 7 Nov 1802    b 6 Dec 1804     b 7 Feb 1807
   Altarnun        cb 28 Oct 1796     cb 28 Nov 1802  cb 28 Dec 1804   cb 15 Mar 1807
  m 27 Jul 1811     Stoke Climsland    Stoke Clims.    Stoke Clims.     Stoke Clims.
   Callington      db 20 Oct 1798
  = William Hender  Callington?
  db 14 Feb 1850
   Venterdon a57


* Note: All these children have taken their mother's maiden name of Rowe as indicated on
their parish baptism record AND/OR it many also well be that their father is of a ROWE
family origin as well as set forth previously.

Within the last four years strides have been made in the William Hender and Elizbeth Rowe family. New children have been found. Baptismal dates and even a marriage date and locations have been found. The marriage from the Callington Heritage Center parish register of information shared is depicted below:

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        |   Parish   |  Event   | Firstname | Surname |  Date  | Year | Age | Notes         | 
        | Callington | Marriage | William   | HENDER  | 27-Jul | 1811 |     | sojourner     |
        | Callington | Marriage | Elizabeth | ROW     | 27-Jul | 1811 |     | of Callington |
         * Callington Heritage Centre [William Hender sojourner from Altarnun Parish.]

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        |     Parish     | Event  | Firstname | Surname |  Date  | Year | Age | Notes     | 
        | Stokeclimsland | Burial | William   | HENDER  | 08-Aug | 1848 |  60 | Venterdon |
        | Stokeclimsland | Burial | Elizabeth | HENDER  | 14-Feb | 1850 |  57 | Venterdon |