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Rebecca Bowen1

F
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Rebecca Bowen was the daughter of Elijah (Dr) Bowen and Elinor (?).1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Rebeckah Bowen1

F
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Rebeckah Bowen was the daughter of Dan (Jr) Bowen.1 
Marriage*2 May 1778Rebeckah Bowen married Elisha Smith on 2 May 1778 at Cumberland Co., New Jersey.1 
Married NameHer married name was Smith.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Rhoda Bowen1

F, b. 18 April 1718
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*18 April 1718Rhoda Bowen was born on 18 April 1718.1 
She was the daughter of Elisha Bowen and Susanna Simmons.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Richard Bowen1

M, b. 1585, d. 4 February 1673/74
Last Edited11 Apr 2005
Birth*1585Richard Bowen was born in 1585 at Kittle Hill, Glamorganshire, Wales.1 
Marriage*1620He married Ann Bourne in 1620 at Wales.1 
Marriage*1648Richard Bowen married Elizabeth (?) in 1648 at Hingham, Massachusetts.1 
Death*4 February 1673/74Richard Bowen died on 4 February 1673/74 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
Will*4 June 1675He left a will on 4 June 1675 at Plymouth Colony; The Last will and Testament of Richard Bowin, Sr.
June 4, 1675 Plymouth Colony Wills 3:148-149 #P241
Will of Richard Bowen
June 4,1675
Richard Bowin's Will
[3:1:147] The last Will and Testament of Richard Bowin senir of Rehoboth in the Collonie of Plymouth in New England exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth aforsaid the fouth of June Anno: Dom 1675 on the oath of Mr John Pecke as followeth
Be it Knowne unto all men by these prsents that I Richard Bowin senir: of Rehoboth in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England Doe the Day and Date above written ordaine and make this my last will and Testament being in my Good and prfect Memory and understanding as followeth;
Item I Give to my beloved wife Elizabeth two Cowes and one heiffer a yeer old and a Mare 5 yeer old and a Mare Colt two yeer old and one Colt that followeth the Mare;
Item I Give unto my wife my best bed; with all that belonges to it; and all my linnine two Pewter platters; with som other small peeces of pewter; both the bras kettles I Iron pott I skillett one frying pan all my poultry and halfe my swine younge and old alsoe I Give to my wife one Coffer; and halfe my provisions after my buriall; halfe of my Corne; halfe my hay that is Gathered in or may be Growing att my Decease; halfe my butter Cheese Bacon and porke; one hake with the eke belonging to it; one Cherne one brewing tubb one powdering tubb one beer barrell and my milk vessells; Cushens one Candlesticke; all these foremensioned prticulars; I Give to my beloved wife to Dispose of att her Death unto whom shee will; moreover I Give unto my wife my bible my warming pan; halfe my house that prte of the Leanto, nearest unto the Chimney; as alsoe halfe my orchyard; and halfe my home lott; excepting that prte I sould unto Stephen Paine senir: being an acre more or lesse; all these I say I Give unto my beloved wife, the full tearme of her life; moreover my wife shall have libertie to mow two load of hay on my meddow att Palmers River and three load more on my meddow on the New meddow necke, every yeer soe longe as shee liveth;
Item I Give to my son Willam one hundred pounds Comonage; my lott on the East syde of the plaine my lott in the second Devision; my prte of ffresh meddow lying and being neare the mile run; my ffresh meddow at Palmers River all my meddow that I have mowed att my meddow on the New meddow necke The other pte of this meddow, I have Given unto my son Obadiah; and my son Richard, as will appeer by a Deed of Gift under my hand; Moreover I Give unto my son Willam; halfe my house halfe my barn; halfe my orchyard halfe my home lott except that I sould to Steven Paine senir: and it is my Will that that after my wifes Decease that my son Willam shall have all my housing and barnes orchyard homlott with all those lands and meddowes before mensioned unto him and his heires forever;
Item I Give unto my son Willam halfe my swine halfe my Corne halfe my hay; Ingathered or may be Growing and halfe my provisions; butter Cheese bacon Porke;
Item I Give to my son Willam halfe my Cart and wheeles my Cart Rope with my plow and plowirons belonging to it 2 Chaires two hogsheads, and all other Corne vessell my wife Can spare; my hake with the Ringe; on it; my Great brasse pott an Iron pott and my Great brasse pan; and alsoe it is my will that hee shall have the land which is to be Devided according to the Devision of 20 acrees to the hundred pound estate; and alsoe my lott lately layed out on the necke Called Wachamaquat necke; and all such lands as shalbe Devided after the Date hereof; according to the proportion of a hundred pound estate; I alsoe Give unto my son Willam; my Chest in the hall my Coffer in the seller loft my Chaine my hay knife Dung forke Pikes Rakes hand saw augers 2 beetle ringes and all my Iron wedges; as alsoe that oxe Called Duke; and my bible after my Wifes Decease;
Item I alsoe Give unto my son Willam the bed hee now lyeth on and the furniture belonging to it; and one bed sheet and my winnow sheet; and all my boards about my house, and all my wearing apparrell;
Item I Give unto my son Obadiah halfe a hundred pounds of Comonage; my plow Irons of my breakeing plow and my thawrtcutt saw and halfe my logg Chaine; and the other halfe I Give to my son Willam;
Item I Give to my Daughter Allice Wheaton my Daughter Sarah ffuller and my Daughter Ruth Kenericke my old mare and a Colt that suckes on her;
Item I Give to my Daughter Allice Wheaton my fflagon and two pewter platters;
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah ffuller my warming pan after my wifes Decease; and a pewter platter when the will is proved;
Item I Give to my Daughter Ruth Kenericke one pewter platter;
It is alsoe my will that if any of these fornamed beasts [p.148]: viz: neat beasts or horses given Doe Die or come to any lose, the lose shalbe to the pticular prson or prsons unto whom they were Given; my executor shalbe free hee shall not make it Good to him or them; Item all the Rest of my Goods lands Chattles or whatsoever I have not Given in this my Will and Testament; I Give to my son Richard whom I make and ordaine my sole executor to pay my Debts and to Discharge my legacyes and to see my body buried; witnes my hand the Day and yeer above written

Witnes

The marke R of Richard

Stephen Paine Junr:

Bowin senir:

John Pecke



http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bowen/richardswill.html 11 Apr 2005

The Inventory Of Richard Bowin, Sr.
June 4, 1675 Plymouth Colony Wills 3:148-149 #P241
A true inventory of the estate :viz: Lands Goods and Chattles of Richard Bowin senir of Rehoboth late deceased exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 4th of Iune 1675 on the oath of Richard Bowin Iunir as followeth;
Impr: his wearing apparrell 004 00 00
Item a bed beding bedsteed & furniture belonging to it 007 [.. ..]
Item 6 great pewter platters att 5s apeece 001 10 [..]
Item 3 smale pewter platters 000 10 00
Item 2 old pewter platters 000 003 04
Item 2 smale pewter basons 000 05 00
Item seuerall smale peece of pewter 000 07 00
Item an old Flagon 000 03 00
Item an old Chamber pott 000 01 06
Item an old warming pan 000 03 00
Item 2 brasse pans 001 10 00
Item 2 brasse kettles one brasse skillett 1 Candle sticke and some other old brasse 001 00 00
Item an Iron pott 001 00 00
Item 2 old shirts 4 Capps 1 bolster Case 1 pillow Case 000 07 06
Item 1 sheet and a Remnant of Canvas 001 10 00
Item more in sheets and a smale Table Cloth 2 towells 00 17 06
Item a smale Remnant of Cloth 000 02 06
Item a Flocke bed & bolster and vper Couering 1 blankett and a Canvas sheet and bedsteed 003 00 00
Item 20 bushells of Indian Corne 003 00 00
Item a Cart Rope 000 07 00
Item a paire of tonggs 000 02 06
Item 2 pothangers 000 06 00
Item a hand saw 000 02 00
Item 3 wedges 2 beetle Ringes 000 06 00
Item a bilhook and pease hooke 000 04 00
Item an axe and an old hatchett 000 04 06
Item a frying pan 000 02 00
Item an old hoe 000 02 00
Item a hammer pincers and borier 3 Chissells & a paire of prongges 000 07 00
Item some peeces of old Iron 000 02 00
Item a Great bible 000 10 00
Item 4 Chistes 000 14 00
Item 2 tubbs 1 butter tubb and a Couer 000 10 00
Item 3 old barrells 000 03 00
Item tryed sewett 00 02 00
Item 2 old Chaires 3 Cushens 000 02 00
Item 2 old smale tryaes a straining dish a pudding pan 000 01 06
Item an old bagg 000 07 00
Item a Cherne a Couer a tray and old hatchett 000 06 00
Item an hayknife and an old hatchett 000 02 00
Item a spitt and pronges 000 04 00
Item scales and waights and a pestell 000 16 00
Item a smale barell 000 01 00
Item 5 nibbs & a Ringe 000 02 00
Item Rye and pease [...] 01 03
Item a Great brasse pott 002 000 00
Item a logg Chaine 000 12 00
[149]
Item in horse kind [1.] 00 [..]
Item 2 oxen 16 00 [..]
Item 2 cowes 06 00 0
Item in hay 02 05 8
Item: a plow: Chaine yoakes & Cart 01 04 00
Item in debts 00 18 09
Item more in lumber 00 03 00
Item in porke 00 05 00
Item in houses lands and Comonoge 100 00 00
sum totall 175 15 08
Iohn Read senir:
Willan Carpentor
Iohn Pecke
Plymouth Colony Wills, vol. III, pp. 148-149
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bowen/richardsinventory.html 11 Apr 2005.2 

Family 1

Ann Bourne b. circa 1586, d. 1647
Children 1.Alice Bowen+1 b. c 1621
 2.Ruth Bowen+1 b. 1622, d. 31 Oct 1688
 3.Sarah Bowen+1 b. 1623, d. 14 Oct 1676
 4.Thomas Bowen+1 b. c 1624, d. c 1663
 5.William Bowen1 b. c 1625, d. 10 Mar 1686/87
 6.Richard Bowen+1 b. 1626, d. 1734
 7.Obadiah Bowen+1 b. 1 Sep 1627, d. 10 Sep 1710

Family 2

Elizabeth (?) d. 1675

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.
  2. [S162] Unknown author, Web Page, http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bowen/… 10 Apr 2005.

Richard Bowen1

M, b. 1626, d. 1734
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*1626Richard Bowen was born in 1626 at Glamorgan, Wales.1 
He was the son of Richard Bowen and Ann Bourne.1 
Marriage*4 March 1645/46Richard Bowen married Esther Sutton on 4 March 1645/46 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
Marriage*1689Richard Bowen married Martha Saben in 1689.1 
Death*1734Richard Bowen died in 1734.1 
Note*REF: David Bedell files.1 
NoteJT Lyman post to Sutton list-info on Esther.1 

Family 1

Esther Sutton b. circa 1626, d. November 1688
Marriage*4 March 1645/46He married Esther Sutton on 4 March 1645/46 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
Children 1.Thomas Bowen1 b. 1653
 2.Sarah Bowen1 b. 7 Feb 1655/56
 3.Hester Bowen1 b. 1658
 4.Richard Bowen1 b. 1660
 5.Mary Bowen1 b. 1664
 6.John Bowen1 b. 1668

Family 2

Martha Saben
Marriage*1689Richard Bowen married Martha Saben in 1689.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Richard Bowen1

M, b. 1660
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*1660Richard Bowen was born in 1660.1 
He was the son of Richard Bowen and Esther Sutton.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Richard Bowen1

M
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Richard Bowen was the son of Thomas Bowen and Thankful Mason.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Richard Bowen1

M, b. August 1658, d. 1736
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*August 1658Richard Bowen was born in August 1658 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
He was the son of Thomas Bowen and Elizabeth Nichols.1 
Marriage*9 January 1682/83Richard Bowen married Mercy Titus on 9 January 1682/83 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
Death*1736Richard Bowen died in 1736.1 
Note*REF: WFT Vol 7, #143.1 

Family

Mercy Titus b. 17 March 1664/65
Children 1.Elizabeth Bowen1 b. 11 Nov 1684
 2.Abijah Bowen1 b. 10 Apr 1687
 3.Thomas Bowen1 b. 20 Aug 1689
 4.Damaries Bowen1 b. 26 Apr 1692
 5.Jabesh Bowen1 b. 19 Oct 1696
 6.Ebenezer Bowen1 b. 23 Aug 1699
 7.Urania Bowen1 b. 23 Sep 1707

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Richard W. Bowen1

M, b. 26 April 1805, d. 9 January 1857
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*26 April 1805Richard W. Bowen was born on 26 April 1805 at Salem Co., New Jersey.1 
He was the son of Joseph Bowen and Nancy Current.1 
Marriage*19 July 1828Richard W. Bowen married Mary Meely on 19 July 1828 at Clark Co., Indiana.1 
Death*9 January 1857Richard W. Bowen died on 9 January 1857 at Clark Co., Indiana, at age 51.1 
Note*REF: David Bedell files.1 

Family

Mary Meely

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Ruhamey Bowen1

F, b. 12 April 1761, d. 28 August 1820
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*12 April 1761Ruhamey Bowen was born on 12 April 1761.1 
She was the daughter of Dan (Jr) Bowen.1 
Marriage*27 May 1783Ruhamey Bowen married Elijah Moore on 27 May 1783 at Pittsgrove Baptitst Church, Salem Co., New Jersey.1 
Death*28 August 1820Ruhamey Bowen died on 28 August 1820 at age 59.1 
Married NameHer married name was Moore.1 

Family

Elijah Moore b. 12 October 1760, d. 1 March 1826
Children 1.Hosea Moore+1 b. 14 Sep 1785, d. 19 Feb 1861
 2.David Bowen (Capt) Moore+1 b. 27 Dec 1793, d. 9 Mar 1869

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Ruth Bowen1

F, b. 1622, d. 31 October 1688
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*1622Ruth Bowen was born in 1622 at Wales.1 
She was the daughter of Richard Bowen and Ann Bourne.1 
Marriage*23 April 1647Ruth Bowen married George Kendrick on 23 April 1647 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
Death*31 October 1688Ruth Bowen died on 31 October 1688 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
Married NameHer married name was Kendrick.1 

Family

George Kendrick b. circa 1625, d. after April 1691
Child 1.Thomas Kendrick1 b. 23 Jan 1647/48

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Ruth Bowen1

F, b. 15 October 1691
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*15 October 1691Ruth Bowen was born on 15 October 1691 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
She was the daughter of Joseph Bowen and Elizabeth Round.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Ruth Bowen1

F
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Ruth Bowen was the daughter of Jerial Bowen and Jerushe Helton.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Ruth Bowen1

F
Last Edited29 Oct 1998
Birth*Ruth Bowen was born.1 

Census Data

DateLocationDetail
1830Hopewell Twp., New JerseyRuth Bowen appeared on the census of 1830 at Hopewell Twp., New Jersey.2

Citations

  1. [S114] 1830 US Federal Census Record.
  2. [S114] 1830 US Federal Census Record, Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., lists one F 20-30, and one F 60-70.

Sally Bowen1

F
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Sally Bowen was the daughter of Daniel Bowen and Phebe Irelan.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Samuel Bowen1,2

M, b. 16 July 1659, d. 21 January 1728/29
Last Edited20 Aug 2014
Birth*16 July 1659Samuel Bowen was born on 16 July 1659 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.2 
He was the son of Obadiah Bowen and Mary Clifton.2 
Marriage*26 May 1684Samuel Bowen married Elizabeth Wood on 26 May 1684 at Swansea, Massachusetts.2,3 
Death*21 January 1728/29Samuel Bowen died on 21 January 1728/29 at Bowentown, Hopewell, Salem, New Jersey, at age 69.2 
NoteBuried Brooks Church, Bowentown, NJ.2 
(Witness) NoteHe was a witness There were several Bowens from Swansea, Massachusetts who had moved with Rev. Timothy Brooks to Bowentown, New Jersey, just across the Cohansey River from Robert Ayars’ “Lippincott Purchase,” and just a couple of miles southeast of Robert’s “Wass Purchase.” Among them was Samuel Bowen, Obadiah’s son.
with Reverend Timothy Brooks Junior.4 
Event-Misc*1702Samuel Bowen was Came from Rehoboth, MA (RI) to Cumberland Co., NJ in 1702.2 

Family

Elizabeth Wood d. 1729
Marriage*26 May 1684He married Elizabeth Wood on 26 May 1684 at Swansea, Massachusetts.2,3 
Children 1.John Bowen+2 b. 17 May 1685, d. Nov 1747
 2.Samuel Bowen+2 b. 1 Jan 1687/88, d. 1 Jan 1726/27
 3.Dan Bowen+2 b. 1 Aug 1690, d. 5 Feb 1728/29
 4.Elijah (Dr) Bowen+2 b. 4 Aug 1695, d. 23 Sep 1773
 5.Joanna Bowen2 b. 1 Dec 1696, d. b 1727
 6.Mary Bowen2 b. 9 Feb 1697/98
 7.Clifton Bowen+2 b. 12 Feb 1700/1, d. c 1780
 8.Elizabeth Bowen2 b. 30 Dec 1703

Citations

  1. [S2] Unknown subject, WFT #143, Vol 7, lists parents of Eliz. Wood as John Atwood & Sarah Masterson.
  2. [S19] e-mail address.
  3. [S162] Unknown author, Web Page, Book A, Records of the Town of Swansea, 1662 TO 1705. Edited by ALVERDO HAYWARD MASON, EAST BRAINTREE, MASS. ALVERDO H. MASON. 1900. [Transcribed by Dave Swerdferger] . http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ma/…
  4. [S162] Unknown author, Web Page, http://www.ayars.com/sources/sources.html

Samuel Bowen1

M, b. 1 January 1687/88, d. 1 January 1726/27
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Birth*1 January 1687/88Samuel Bowen was born on 1 January 1687/88 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 
He was the son of Samuel Bowen and Elizabeth Wood.1 
Marriage*circa 1709Samuel Bowen married Martha Dixon circa 1709 at Salem Co., New Jersey.1 
Death*1 January 1726/27Samuel Bowen died on 1 January 1726/27 at Salem Co., New Jersey, at age 39.1 
Note*REF: WFT Vol 7, #143.1 

Family

Martha Dixon
Child 1.Joseph Bowen+1 b. c 1724, d. a 1755

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Samuel Bowen1

M
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Samuel Bowen was the son of Thomas Bowen and Thankful Mason.1 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Samuel Bowen1

M
Last Edited18 Nov 2006
Samuel Bowen was the son of Mark Bowen Jr. and Sarah Bereman Harris.1,2 

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.
  2. [S38] Individual contact, Andrea Batcho e-mail 8 Nov 2006.

Samuel Bowen1

M, b. circa 1795
Last Edited27 Dec 1998
Birth*circa 1795Samuel Bowen was born circa 1795.1 
Residence*1830He lived in 1830 at Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., New Jersey.2 

Census Data

DateLocationDetail
1830Hopewell Twp., New JerseySamuel Bowen appeared on the census of 1830 at Hopewell Twp., New Jersey.1

Citations

  1. [S114] 1830 US Federal Census Record, Hopewell Twp, NJ. Record lists: one M 5-10, one M 30-40, one F 5-10, one F 30-40.
  2. [S114] 1830 US Federal Census Record.