Rowberry Family Ancestry

Rowberry Family Ancestry

There are many connections in Much Cowarne between Rowberry, Hall, Wood, Bishop, Badham families and the 1840 visit of Wilford Woodruff. Mary Wood (1805-1886) - sister of Francis Wood Hall, m. James Rowberry.
 * Rowberry Family Tree Chart - website of Nicki Rowberry
 * Rowberry Family Organization - website of Polly Rubery

Two most common variants found today, closely followed by ROWBURY and RUBERRY. Others still extant include REWBURY, ROBERY, ROEBURY, ROVERY, ROWBERY, ROWBORY, ROWBREE, ROWBREY, ROWBURREY, RUBBERY, RUBBRA, RUBRA, RUBREY and RUBURY.

Most records for the Rowberry trace to Richard Rowberry (bc 1550) and his wife Izott Smyth, residing in Thornberry, Herefordshire in the latter 1500's.

Ancestry for Bishop John Rowberry
John Rowberry, born in Herefordshire in 1823, was a convert of Wilford Woodruff, the mormon missionary apostle. He later immigrated to America and became the first Mormon bishop and founder for the town of Tooele in Western Utah.


 * 1) Richard Rowberry (1550-1594) - m. Izott Smyth, res: Thornsbury Parish
 * 2) Humphrey Rowbery (1592-1675) - m. Maria Browne, res: Thornsbury Parish
 * 3) John Rowbery (1631-1716) - m. Mary, Res: Thornsbury, Herefordshire
 * 4) Thomas Rowbry (b1663) - m. Alice
 * 5) John W Rowberry (b1711) - m. Mary
 * 6) John Rowberry (1759-1822) - m. Ann Price
 * 7) John Rowberry (1790-1844) - m. Mary Parry and immigrated to America and Mormon Convert, d. Nauvoo IL
 * 8) John Rowberry (1823-1884) - Immigrant to America and first LDS Bishop of Tooele Utah

Ancestry for James Rowberry
This James Rowberry married to Mary Wood and were also visited by Wilford Woodruff in 1840 Much Cowarne.
 * 1) Richard Rowberry (1550-1594) - m. Izott Smyth, res: Thornsbury Parish
 * 2) Humphrey Rowbery (1592-1675) - m. Maria Browne, res: Thornsbury Parish
 * 3) John Rowbery (1631-1716) - m. Mary
 * 4) Stephen Rowbery (1667-1742) - m. Mary Cowcomb: Res: Thornsbury, Herefordshire
 * 5) Stephen Rowbery (1711-1769) - m. Anne Barrow
 * 6) William Rowbury (1743-1820) - m. Theoditia Rowberry (no info on family surname link?)
 * 7) James Rowberry (1782-1854) - m. Mary Wood, res: Hopes Rough, Much Cowarne, Herefordshire
 * 8) Elizabeth Rowberry (1826-) - m. George Wood (relative of her mother ?)