394. John1 Stow;; came in 1634;61 born at Kent, England;61 married Elizabeth Bigge;61 died 26 Oct 1643.61
He "John Stowe or Stow (1), was the progenitor in New England of Henry H. Stowe, of Lancaster, Massachusetts. He came with his wife Elizabeth and six children in one of Winthrop's companies and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He arrived May 7, 1634. The children were Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Nathaniel, Samuel and Thankful. He was admitted a freeman September 3, 1634. He was a proprietor of the colony and a delegate to the general court in 1639. He was elected in 1638 a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
He married Elizabeth Biggs, daughter of Mrs. Rachel Biggs, who came to Dorchester in 1635 with her daughter, (???) Foster. The Foster and Stowe children received valuable legacies from their uncles, John and Smalhope Biggs, of Cranbrook and Maidstone, Kent county, England. His wife, Elizabeth, a very godly woman, was buried August 24, 1636. All his children were probably born in England. They were: Thomas, resided at Concord, Massachusetts, and Middletown, Connecticut. Elizabeth, married Henry Archer. John. Samuel, born about 1620, graduated from Harvard College in 1645, the second class to graduate, the year 1644 having no graduates. (The Harvard quinquennial catalogue states that he had the A. M. degree. There had been but thirteen graduates before he had his degree. There were seven graduates in 1645.) He was a clergyman at Middletown, Connecticut. He died in 1704. Nathaniel, resided at Ipswich, was born according to a deposition he took there in 1622. Thankful, married John Pierpoint, of Roxbury, Massachusetts."45 He "STOW John Stow, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and came to Massachusetts in one of John Winthrop's companies, bringing his wife and six children, and settled in Roxbury. He arrived May 17, 1634, and during the same year was admitted a freeman. In 1638 he became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He was a deputy to the general court in 1639. His wife died in 1638 and was buried August 24. She was a daughter of Rachel Biggs, a widow who came to Dorchester in 1635 with her daughter Foster, and the Foster and Stow children received valuable legacies from their uncles, John and Smalhope Biggs, of Cranrock and Maidstone, county Kent, England. Stow sold his Roxbury property June 20, 1648, and removed to Concord, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1648 and afterward.
Children, all born in England: Thomas, sold land in Concord to Thomas Goble and David Dam, removing to Connecticut about 1650, settling at Middletown; Elizabeth, married Henry Archer, of Ipswich; John; Samuel, born 1620, graduated from Harvard College in 1645, in the second class to graduate, none being graduated the previous year, was minister at Middletown, Connecticut, died in 1704; Nathaniel, born 1622, lived in Concord; Thankful, married John Pierpont, of Roxbury."264
Children of John1 Stow and Elizabeth Bigge were:
395. Thomas2 Stow (John1);61 born circa 1617; Came in 1634 with Father;61,60 married Mary Gragg (or Griggs), daughter of Thomas Griggs and Mary Unknown, 4 Dec 1639 at Roxbury, MA;61,265,91 died 1684.61
He "Thomas Stowe, son of John Stowe (1), was born in England, probably Lincoln or Middlesex county, where the families of Stowe were numerous about 1610. He was in Concord, Massachusetts, before 1640, and had a family of at least three children, Samuel, Thomas and Nathaniel. He and his brother Nathaniel owned six hundred acres of land between Fairhaven Pond and the Sudbury Line. Thomas Stowe sold his rights in 1660 to Thomas Gobble and David Dam, he having moved to Connecticut. He probably left Concord about 1650 and moved to Middletown, then part of Hartford, Connecticut. The town of Stow, Massachusetts, was near Marlboro and Sudbury where this land of the Stowe brothers was located, but the Stowe family seems to have had no part in establishing the town. It was incorporated in May, 1683, but the history shows no Stowe active as a pioneer. In fact the whole family seems to have been in Connecticut about this time, and the Stowes do not appear as of the town of Stow until much later. Still the town was probably named in some way for a member of the family or by a friend of the Stowes.
The children of Thomas Stowe were: Samuel who became the progenitor of the Marlboro and Stow families after his return to Massachusetts; Nathaniel; Thomas, born 1650, settled in Middletown, Connecticut. "45 He "Thomas, sold land in Concord to Thomas Goble and David Dam, removing to Connecticut about 1650, settling at Middletown."264
Children of Thomas2 Stow and Mary Gragg (or Griggs) were:
396. Thankful3 Stow (Thomas2, John1);61 married John Hill, son of John Hill and Frances Unknown, before 1671;61 died 18 Nov 1711 at Guilford, CT.61
She "THOMAS, Braintree, eldest s. of the first John, b. in Eng. ar. co. 1638, m. 4 Dec. 1639, at Roxbury, Mary Gragg, or Griggs, had John, b. 3 Feb. 1641; and Mary, 6 Feb. 1643; by 1648, or earlier, rem. to Concord, there freem. 1653, thence a. 1654, to Middletown, had, also, Thankful, Eliz. Nathaniel, Samuel, and Thomas. His w. d. 21 Aug. 1680, and he d. prob. early in 1684, as inv. is of 23 Feb. in his will names only John, Nathaniel, and Thomas as his s. and Samuel Bidwell, h. of his dec. d. Eliz. Perhaps his est. was too small to give any pt. to two otber m. ds. or they may have had full shares on m. A d. says Hinman, 243, m. Samuel Bidwell; Mary m. Spaulding; and Thankful m. a Hill, perhaps John, the sec. of Guilford."61
Children of Thankful3 Stow and John Hill were: