The ROWELL DNA Surname Project in conjunction with
the extensive genealogical research resources of the Huxford Genealogical
Society and the Robert B. Noles genealogical database will help determine (and
prove) which of the many ROWELL families in the U.S. & Great Britain are
descendants of a common Great Britain (or other world location)
ROWELL ancestor.
Surname genetic testing is the newest tool available to
genealogists. The genetic genealogy tests
verify a man’s direct paternal ancestry in a quick and easy way. These tests
save time, prevent mistakes and provide invaluable data for genealogists that
can not be otherwise obtained.
The ROWELL Surname DNA Project is open to all
persons with the ROWELL surname (all spellings) world-wide. This project
is also open to anyone who believes they are (or could be) a direct male
descendant of one of the ROWELL families, even if their surname is not
ROWELL. This project is primarily
a Y-Chromosome study (direct paternal line); however, those (men or women)
interested the in mitochondrial DNA testing (direct maternal line) may join this
project as well.
Membership in the Huxford Genealogical Society
is not required
(but highly recommended)
to join the ROWELL Surname DNA Project.
Many surnames were changed during the 18th, 19th and
early 20th centuries due to adoptions, out-of-wedlock births, family
disagreements, etc. Under these circumstances, the Y-DNA for many
descendants may not match other descendants with the same surname. Therefore,
this project will assist ROWELL
researchers on common or related families to work together to find their correct
common ancestors, when that hasn’t been possible via the examination of the
traditional paperwork trail.
You are hereby cordially invited to participate in
this historic project. ROWELL family members requesting participation are requested to supply
Robert B. Noles with their known genealogy.
Robert B. Noles,
Rowell Surname DNA
Project Group
Administrator
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SURNAME
ORIGINS *
ROWELL (5,673)
English: 1. Habitational name, a variant of ROTHWELL
(representing the local pronunciation of the place in
Northamptonshire). 2. Habitational name from a
place in Devon, so named from Old English ruh 'rough', 'overgrown' +
hyll 'hill'. 3. From a medieval personal
name, a pet form of ROWE.
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* The origins for
the surnames above are provided by:
Dictionary of American Family Names, by
Hanks. The DAFN surname entries are structured to
provide the surname (with alternate spellings), a comparative frequency of the
surname in the U.S., the source language and origin of the surname, original
spelling, typology, etymology and, in some cases, an identification of
forebears. |
SPELLING or NAME
VARIATIONS
ROE, ROTHWELL, ROWE, ROWELL
GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 1 - 12,
by Folks Huxford & the Huxford Genealogical Society
Biographical and genealogical sketches for the
Wiregrass Georgia Region pioneers and their descendants
ROWELL PROGENITORS
(from Wiregrass Georgia)
1) William ROWELL (b. c 1782)
(North Carolina)
ò
Henry Rowell (b. 1809)
2) John ROWELL, R.S. (b. c 1760) South
Carolina
ò
James ROWELL (b. 1790) (Georgia)
3) Elisha Rowell (b. 1865)
(Appling Co., Georgia)
ò
Ivey Jack Rowell (b. 1907) (Coffee
Co., Georgia)
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