Descendants of Samuel & Mary Ann ROWE
 Third Generation 
7. Amy Julian FARR (Rebecca Collins JULYAN2, Thomas Drew1) was born on November 18, 1837 in Truro, , Cornwall, England2 and died on January 15, 1883 in , York County, Ontario, Canada2 aged 45.
Amy married Samuel FREEMAN, son of James FREEMAN, in 1856 in , , , Canada.2 Samuel was born on May 5, 1828 in Edwinstowe, , Nottingham, England and died in 1872 in , , Nottingham, England2 aged 44.
The child from this marriage was:
19 F i. Jane FREEMAN was born on April 7, 1858 in , , Ontario, Canada.
10. Samuel Thomas ROWE (Rebecca Collins JULYAN2, Thomas Drew1) was born on March 9, 1819 in Truro, , Cornwall, England, was christened on April 11, 1819 in Truro, , Cornwall, England,1 died on May 12, 1904 in Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada3,4 aged 85, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.
The following is an account of the first settlers of the Village of Paisley, mostly taken from The History of Bruce County by Norman Robertson, Published 1906.
Samuel Thomas Rowe was born Mar. 9, 1819, in Truro, Cornwall, England. His parents were John Rowe and the former Rebecca Julyan who were born in St. Austell, Cornwall, England. He and his friend, Simon Orchard, emigrated to America, landing in New York. Mr. Rowe stayed in New York for a year; in New Jersey for a year; to Toronto in 1841 and then on to Durham, Grey Co.
According to the History of the County of Bruce, by Norman Robertson, pages 383-398, Samuel T. Rowe and Simon Orchard were among the pioneer settlers who took up land in 1842 on the Garafraxa Road, in the townships of Egremont and Normanby. Mr. Rowe was township clerk for Normanby for four years. He was married to Mary Vollet about 1843 at or near Durham, Ont.
Samuel Rowe rented his farm in Egermont on a ten-year lease, Simon Orchard sold his and during the winter of 1850-51 they teamed their effects to Walkerton, ready for the opening of spring. About the middle of April, 1851, Mr. Orchard brought his family to Walkerton and with the help of a hired man; he made a raft of cedar logs. On this he placed his family and household effects and started on a voyage down the Saugeen. Mr. Rowe was delayed owing to the sickness and death of his son, and was unable to start with Mr. Orchard. He was also further detained for a few days at Walkerton, to be "corner man" at the putting up of a two-story log house, owned by his cousin, Wm. Jasper. While there, on the first day of May, a foot of snow fell, but by night the logs were swept and the building raised. Mr. Rowe engaged William Walker, W. Jasper, George Neeley and Alex. McIntyre to build two large rafts and take him down the river. They started on the 9th day of May, and landed safely at the site of what was afterwards to be known as the village of Paisley early that afternoon. The two pioneers were well pleased with the look of the land. Mr. Orchard was satisfied with his choice on the north side of the river, and so was Mr. Rowe with his on the south side. Mr. Rowe's hired men returned the next day, leaving the two families with one hired man alone in the forest, miles from the nearest settler. Mr. Orchard had already erected a good shanty of poles. In three days after the arrival of Mr. Rowe and family the three men and two women with the help of oxen, put up a large shanty for the newly arrived family. Mr. Orchard then cut logs for a new house.
Events
• He worked as an innkeeper (Canada Directory 1857-58) in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.
• Samuel resided at the home of his daughter Elizabeth SEYMOUR in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1901. 5
Samuel married Mary Ann VOLLETT, daughter of James VOLLETT and Elizabeth (__?__), in 1843 in Durham, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born about 1820 in Saint Austell, , Cornwall, England and died in 1844 in Durham, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada aged about 24.
Samuel Thomas Rowe, born March 9, 1819, in Truro, Cornwall, England, was apprenticed to a jeweler in nearby St. Austell, Cornwall, when a young man. He fell in love with Mary Vollett 17, of St. Austell, whose parents were planning to move to Canada, taking Mary and probably other members of their family with them. After arriving in Canada, Mary's parents settled near Durham, Ont., about 1838 - 1840.
Determined not to lose his sweetheart, and accompanied by a friend, Simon Orchard, Samuel followed the Volletts on the very next sailing ship, landing in New York in 1839. He arrived in York (Toronto) in 1841 and we think he reached Durham, Ont., in 1843.
Here he married Mary Vollett. When their first babe arrived, Mary Vollett died; but the babe, Mary Ann Rowe, survived. The babe's Vollett grandparents raised her to nine years of age. Then her father, Samuel Thomas Rowe, took Mary Ann to Paisley with him (by ox-team and trail) to live with him and his second wife, a Miss Orchard who was a sister of his long time friend, Simon Orchard, another Cornwall, England, man. Mary Ann was born July 9, 1844.
Written by Bessie Laidlaw Butchart (Mary Ann's greatgrand daughter) in 1971
The child from this marriage was:
+ 20 F i. Mary Ann ROWE was born on July 9, 1844 in Durham, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada5 and died in July 1917 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada aged 73.
Samuel next married Mary Ann ORCHARD, daughter of Thomas ORCHARD and Elizabeth "Betsy" WILTON, about 1847.1 Mary was born on March 25, 1820 in Marhamchurch, Trigg Major & Hundred Of Stratton, Cornwall, England,3 died on October 28, 1898 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada3 aged 78, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 21 F i. Elizabeth A. ROWE was born in 1848 in Durham, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada.
+ 22 F ii. Eliza Rebecca ROWE was born on July 4, 1852 in , Grey Co, Ontario, Canada,6 died on April 14, 1932 in Cataraqui, Frontenac Co, Ontario, Canada3 aged 79, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.
+ 23 F iii. Emma ROWE was born on March 31, 1854 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada5,7 and died on November 14, 1932 in Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada aged 78.
+ 24 F iv. Julia ROWE was born on December 14, 1856 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.6,7
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