John ROWLES was born in 1756 at Sussex; John's birthplace is reported to be Sussex County. It could have been Sussex England, or Sussex County Delaware. He was a private serving in the chester County Militia 1780 and 1781 etc.

Rootsweb Sussex would be the best website to contact not Gloucestershire.

By Googling: John Rowles Sussex County

'Chapter 5 - The Johnsons and Colonial Courts' (Delaware County of Sussex

Talks about The Sussex County Records on 14 February 1681 - Johnson and (John ROWLES - 2 references)

http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/settlers/profiles/johnson6.html

The Forest of Dean is in Gloucestershire and this website covers this area not Sussex

If you belong to Ancestry, (and not certain whether your tree is on there?) - it would seem John ROWLES - born 11 May 1756 - Sussex County, England

married

Mary WHIPPO - Washington, Maryland, United States - in 1777

and then

in 1792 married Lyida WHIPPO

Death: 1818 - Jordan, Clearfield, Pennsylvania

Find a Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34282426