Rowley Town Hall
139 Main Street
Rowley, MA 01969
(978) 948-2081
I have a George Kilborn / Kilbourn born in 1611 in Wood Ditton, England, and he had six children born in Rowley, MA. The family left Connecticut sometime before 1649. This is not a direct line, but Thomas Kilborn, the father, was my 10th great-grandfather. So, as I mentioned, George had six children born in Rowley. One of the sons, Joseph had seven born in Rowley. One of Joseph's sons had six children born in Rowley! It was the third Joseph Kilborn's gravestone that I was able to find. He died in 1806. Because Rowley isn't too far from where I live, I was pretty excited to think George Kilborn traveled from Connecticut to Massachusetts, and I wanted to search for some clues searching for clues.
When I walked in, there she was at the copy machine.
Two parts of the office. Look at the great Rowley books.
Births from 1925-1932.
The earlier binder has records from 1843-1908.
Their mapping system is pretty self-explanatory.
My Joseph Kilborn and his wife are listed on this page, and with the exact location in the cemetery, it made for a pretty easy find.
So, we strolled in the cemetery and couldn't find my couple because the sun was in the wrong direction. Darn, we knew we had to come back. And we did, on August 10th. (It was just a month later when we discovered Bill had brain cancer. A word to the wise, do all you can when you can.)
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The Library is next door to the Town Hall, and both places share parking space behind the Town Hall. See a previous post, Rowley Public Library, posted on October 8, 2018.
This desk displayed some Rowley history-related items. I don't recall if they were free or not.