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Excerpt from Lieut. Heman Rowlee (1746-1818): And His Descendants Heman Rowlee was born November 17, 1746. Of his life previous to his marriage, in 1770, little is known. In all probability he grew up in the hills east of the Hudson River, and when old enough was apprenticed to learn the stone masons trade, by which he afterwards earned his living. In 1769 he bought a farm in southern Orange County, a region already quite densely populated by Dutch, Scotch and Irish emigrants, and by pioneers from Long Island and Connecticut. January 9, 1770, he married Lydia Seely. Her parents names are unknown, but she had a sister Charlotte, who married Isaac Seaman. These sisters were no doubt descendants of Robert Seely, the valiant soldier who is said to have come to America with Governor Winthrop's fleet. Heman Rowlee first appears in Revolutionary records as lieutenant in the Florida-Warwick Company of the Fourth Orange County Regiment of Militia under Colonel John Hathorn. The only specimen of his handwriting known is where he signed a receipt for pay on Colonel Hathorn's voucher, now filed in the Controller's office at Albany. Whether he was made an officer on account of previous military training or some other cause does not appear. He did not sign the Revolutionary pledge. Orange County was part of the frontier during the Revolutionary War and was subjected to murderous raids from time to time. The most notable of these was led by Brandt and ended in the battle of Minisink, which was little less than a massacre of the Orange County provincials by the Indians and Tories. The company to which Heman Rowlee belonged was called upon to support their comrades, but arrived after the fight was over. While the seat of war was in the Hudson valley, the militia was called upon to do desultory but very active work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Heman Rowlee was born in 1746, probably in the state of New York. In 1769, he bought a farm in southern Orange Co., New York, and in 1770, he married Lydia Seely. He fought in the Revolutionary War, and died in 1818.

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