From "Ye OLD BURYING GROUNG OF FAIRFIELD, CONN." by Mrs. Kate Perry, p. 164:
" Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland was one of the heroines of Fairfield. When the British entered the town to devastate and despoil it, she remained faithful at her post, but the other inmates fled; when the British officer with men to 'touch the match' to their dwelling approached, she had full presence of mind, and by it their home stands at the present (1881). She told the officer of a favor she had done year before to one of his countrymen, and her house was spared. Her father Thomas Fitch, Governor of the Colony of Conn., was a man of ability, large aquirements and excellent character. His daughter did honor to her ancestor. His remains rest in Norwalk where he died July 18, 1774. Samuel Rowland, one of the sons of Andrew and Elizabeth Rowland, a graduate of Yale, was prepared for College under the celebrated Dr. Dwight, at Greenfield Hill. He was a lawyer, town clerk for a period of 42 years, and turnpike surveyor to New York State line."
" Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland was one of the heroines of Fairfield. When the British entered the town to devastate and despoil it, she remained faithful at her post, but the other inmates fled; when the British officer with men to 'touch the match' to their dwelling approached, she had full presence of mind, and by it their home stands at the present (1881). She told the officer of a favor she had done year before to one of his countrymen, and her house was spared. Her father Thomas Fitch, Governor of the Colony of Conn., was a man of ability, large aquirements and excellent character. His daughter did honor to her ancestor. His remains rest in Norwalk where he died July 18, 1774. Samuel Rowland, one of the sons of Andrew and Elizabeth Rowland, a graduate of Yale, was prepared for College under the celebrated Dr. Dwight, at Greenfield Hill. He was a lawyer, town clerk for a period of 42 years, and turnpike surveyor to New York State line."
From "Ye OLD BURYING GROUNG OF FAIRFIELD, CONN." by Mrs. Kate Perry, p. 164:
" Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland was one of the heroines of Fairfield. When the British entered the town to devastate and despoil it, she remained faithful at her post, but the other inmates fled; when the British officer with men to 'touch the match' to their dwelling approached, she had full presence of mind, and by it their home stands at the present (1881). She told the officer of a favor she had done year before to one of his countrymen, and her house was spared. Her father Thomas Fitch, Governor of the Colony of Conn., was a man of ability, large aquirements and excellent character. His daughter did honor to her ancestor. His remains rest in Norwalk where he died July 18, 1774. Samuel Rowland, one of the sons of Andrew and Elizabeth Rowland, a graduate of Yale, was prepared for College under the celebrated Dr. Dwight, at Greenfield Hill. He was a lawyer, town clerk for a period of 42 years, and turnpike surveyor to New York State line."
" Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland was one of the heroines of Fairfield. When the British entered the town to devastate and despoil it, she remained faithful at her post, but the other inmates fled; when the British officer with men to 'touch the match' to their dwelling approached, she had full presence of mind, and by it their home stands at the present (1881). She told the officer of a favor she had done year before to one of his countrymen, and her house was spared. Her father Thomas Fitch, Governor of the Colony of Conn., was a man of ability, large aquirements and excellent character. His daughter did honor to her ancestor. His remains rest in Norwalk where he died July 18, 1774. Samuel Rowland, one of the sons of Andrew and Elizabeth Rowland, a graduate of Yale, was prepared for College under the celebrated Dr. Dwight, at Greenfield Hill. He was a lawyer, town clerk for a period of 42 years, and turnpike surveyor to New York State line."
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ELIZABETH ROWLAND
the widow of
ANDREW ROWLAND, Esq,
and daughter of the
late Governor Fitch
of this State;
died March 29, 1825,
in her 87 year.
"Ye OLD BURYING GROUNG OF FAIRFIELD, CONN." by Mrs. Kate Perry
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