South
Derbyshire Wills Collection --- Samuel
Hunt Rowley (1837-1904) ---
[Text of Will]
This is the last Will and Testament of me Samuel Hunt Rowley of Swadlincote
and Church Gresley in the County of Derby Earthenware Manufacturer.
I give and bequeath all my real and personal estate of which I may
be possessed at my decease to my wife Sarah Maria Rowley and I appoint
my said wife Sarah Maria Rowley to be the sole Executrix of this Will and
further should my wife die before me or surviving me should she die without
having made a Will or in case I survive her and die before I have made
another Will after her decease in case the things named above between figures
1 (one) and 2 (two) should occur. I give and bequeath all my real and personal
estate share and share alike to our three children Wifred Basil, Charlotte
Olive and Margaret Phyllis and in case this portion of my will comes into
operation I appoint as Executors our three children Wilfred Basil, Charlotte
Olive and Margaret Phyllis and I revoke all previous wills by me at any
time heretofore made. In witness where of I here in set my hand the fifth
day of September One thousand nine hundred and one.
[Signed] Samuel Hunt Rowley
Signed by the said Samuel Hunt Rowley the testator in our presence
who in his presence and in the presence of each other at the same time
subscribe our names as witnesses.
[Signed] Sarah Ann Salt Domestic Servant to the said S.H. Rowley the
testator.
[Signed] Thomas Pittain Wilmot Road Swadlincote Gardner and Groom to
the said S.H. Rowley the testator.
On the 26th day of July 1905 Probate of the will was granted at Derby
to Sarah Maria Rowley the sole Executrix.
Family Notes by Bryan Small Samuel Hunt Rowley was one of the executors of the John Albrighton
will above. He is listed as a grocer in that will, and would have been
about 28 years old. Samuel Hunt Rowley was also listed in the 1861 Swadlincote
census as a farmer with 11 acres. Samuel eventually became a successful
earthenware manufacturer, and his company continued operation long after
his death.
S.H. Rowley Ltd. Of Midland Road- 1932 Kelly�s Directory. John Albrighton was a witness at the marriage of Samuel Hunt Rowley�s
parents, John Fletcher Rowley and Ann Mellor at St. Mary & St. George
church in 1836 in Church Gresley. Ann Mellor was the sister of my
ggg grandmother Margaret Mellor, who married Samuel Small in Church Gresley
and moved to Canada in 1842. I am seeking any information on the
children of Samuel Hunt Rowley mentioned in the will. Wilfred Basil Rowley,
Charlotte Olive Rowley and Margaret Phyllis Rowley. Please email
Bryan Small.
