Matthew Rowan [SEP] date of death
Nathaniel Rice. He remained in the charge until 1754. Matthew Rowan died April, 1760. He is buried on the Brunswick County plantation.
Matthew Rowan married Elizabeth, the widow of his brother Jerome, in 1742, although they had no children (while she had four daughters). Rowan did father one child, John Rowan, with Jane Stubbs; he acknowledged his paternity and remembered John in his will. Matthew Rowan mainly lived in the Lower Cape Fear, near the Brunswick County community (modern Northwest),
Matthew Rowan
Matthew Rowan (died April 1760) was a British colonial official who served as the Acting Governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1754.
Biography.
Matthew Rowan was born in County Antrim, Ireland, but the date of his birth remains unknown. He was son of Reverend John Rowan and the former Margaret Stewart and had, at least, a brother, Jerome. Although it is not known when Rowan emigrated to North Carolina, it is recorded that Rowan lived in Bath in 1726, serving as