Josiah Bowen

Josiah Bowen was born about 1665 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. He died in Oct 1703 in At Sea. He married Susannah Clarke on 9 Nov 1694 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. 3 children.

He was the son of Benjamin Bowen, born about 1635 in Devonshire, England, who died before 1693 in Bermuda. Josiah "died latter end Oct or first Nov, 1703" in Wethersfield.

According to the Vital Records of Wethersfield, CT he was cast away in a storm the end of October or first of November, 1703. An inventory of his estate (40 pounds) taken December 1717. Samuel Curtice, the then husband of Josiah's wife Susannah, was named as administrator. The estate consisted of a piece of land "six rods and three foots in length [102 ft], and three rodds wanting three foots in breadth [46 1/2 ft]," with a dwelling house "wee prize at fourty pounds in or as money. An addition to the inventory of an old poor bed and bedstead, 8s; five small pewter dishes, old cup and old porringer, 14s-06; old warming pan and old skillett, 6s; two old Turkey work cushions, 7d; large wood chest, 7s; one small trammell, an old frying pan, 6s-06; total oe3-17-10." 

Links

• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/ClarkWilliamsonWilliam.htm
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~greenefamily/lape...

Sources

1. http://www.idsonline.com/userweb/hurlburt/html/d0000/g0000060.htm#I...
2. FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19
3. Ancestors of William R. and Mary L. Compton
4. New England Marriages Prior to 1700: With an Updated Introduction by Gary ...By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Page 87