Gower

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Gower Surname Origin

Gower Lineage
Mary Ann Gower 1716-1775

Gower Migration
Brunswick County, Virginia

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Mary Ann Gower, Cheryl's 5th Great-Grandmother
27 January 1716 - 5 December 1775
b. Brunswick County, Virginia
d. Johnston County, North Carolina

Cemetery TBD

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Noteworthy

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Residences:

Parents: 
Abel Gower 1690-1725
Jane Gower TBD-1710, mother of Irene Higgins 1670-TBD, mother of Jane Mary Gower 1695-1775, mother of Mary Ann Gower

Maternal Lineage:

Spouse: John Randolph Robertson Sr 1712-1775
Married: 1739

Children: 

1. James Randolph Robertson 1742-1814
• "Father of Tennessee" and founder of Nashville
• Ancestry | Find a Grave | Google
2. John Randolph Robertson aka Jonathan 1743-1780
3. William Cash Robertson 1745-1857
4. Julius Caesar Robertons 1750-1818
5. Sarah Eliza Robertson 1751-1803
6. Elijah Robertson 1752-1797
• His son, Sterling Clack Robertson (1785–1842), founded Robertson's Colony in Texas.
7. Charles Sterling "Buffalo" Robertson 1754-1806
8. Anne Gower Robertson 1757-1821
9. Mark Claiborne Robertson 1759-1787

Source Documents

1.    Ancestry TBD | FamilySearch TBD

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Bibliography 

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FamilySearch. "Public Member Database." © 2026 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family Search. familysearch.org

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Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org  

Google. Google Search. Google, www.google.com

Newspapers.com™ by Ancestry®. Newspapers.com www.newspapers.com/

Robertson, Marielle. "Robertson," "Whitney." Family Research Book. ca. 2010. Marielle Robertson, daughter of Clifton James Robertson and Anna Louise Cooper. Print, limited copies reproduced.

The Paducah Sun. © 1898-2025. Archived at Newspapers.com™ by Ancestry®. 

Wikipedia Contributors. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  

WikiTree contributors,  WikiTree: The Free Family Tree. https://www.wikitree.com/

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Endnotes

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 6 January 2026.

Google. "AI Overview." Search term: "Gower Surname Origin." Google. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Gower+Surname+Origin  Accessed 6 January 2026.

---. "Search Results." Search term: "Mary Ann Gower 1716-1775" Google.  https://www.google.com/search?q=Mary+Ann+Gower+1716-1775  Accessed 6 January 2026.

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