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Early Origins of the Rowlandson family

The surname Rowlandson was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Richard Rollison is the fictional wealthy bachelor living in a Mayfair flat at 22 Gresham Terrace, nicknamed the Toff, by John Creasey (1908-1973) in his 60 Toff adevntures.

Early History of the Rowlandson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rowlandson research. Another 139 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1184, 1196, 1296, 1555 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Rowlandson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rowlandson Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rolland, Roland, Rowland, Rowlands, Rowlandson, Rolan and many more.

Early Notables of the Rowlandson family

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Ireland Migration of the Rowlandson family to Ireland

Some of the Rowlandson family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 66 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.


United States Rowlandson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rowlandson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Thomas Rowlandson, who arrived in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1638 [1]
  • Joseph Rowlandson, who landed in Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1652 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Rowlandson (post 1700) +

  • Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), English artist and caricaturist, born in the Old Jewry
  • Alfred Cecil Rowlandson (1865-1922), Australian publisher


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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