Richard Bowen, Jr.

Richard Bowen (2nd)

• b.est 1631
• d.bef 25 Mar 1722/23 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Parents: Richard Bowen
• Married: Esther Sutton, Martha Allen, widow of William Sabin

Children include

1. Sarah 1656 - 1703
2. Hester 1660 - 1699
3. Richard 1662/63 - 1739
4. Mary 1666 - 1694
5. John set 1668/69 -

Sources

1. Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2003), page 31. 'BOWEN, Richard (c1631-1718) & 1/wf Esther SUTTON ( -1688); m Rehoboth 4 Mar 1656 [TAG 76:274-77]'
2. Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts probate records: Bristol County, Massachusetts probate records. (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987), 1:94. 'Will of RICHARD BOWEN, Sr. of Reho., Yeoman, "Being aged & Infirmed," dtd. 12 Apr. 1718, prob. 25 March 1722/3. Wife Martha. 2 sons: Richard & John Bowen. Childn. of my dau. Sarah Able; childn. of my dau. Easther Millerd; childn. of my dau. Mary Walker. ...[4:175/6].'
3. Bowen Jr, Richard LeBaron. The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts: With notes on his sons-in-law Robert Wheaton and Robert Fuller and on Griffith Bowen of Roxbury, Massachusetts. The American Genealogist. (David L. Greene, October 2001), 76:277. "Richard Bowen, b. say 1631, d. Rehoboth, between 12 April 1718 (date of will) and 25 March 1722/3 (probate of will); m. (1) Rehoboth, 4 march 1656, Esther Sutton, who was bur. there 6 Nov. 1688. He m. (2) Rehoboth, 20 Jan. 1689/90, Martha (Allen) Saben, widow of William Saben."
4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36258505

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Richard_Bowen_%285%29_
• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kenbowen/bowenq.wbg/wga9.ht...
• 'New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter
• New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter
• Pg. 1799
• Richard Bowen, the immigrant ancestor, came from Kittle Hill, Glamorganshire, Wales, to this county about 1638 and settled at Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He was a son of James and Eleanor Bowen, of Ilewyndwar, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and grandson of Mathias Bowen or Bowin. He was a proprietor and town officer in Rehoboth, and was admitted a freeman, June 4, 1645. He married (first) Ann ___, and (second) Elizabeth ___. He was buried February 4, 1674, and in his will, dated June 4, 1673, he bequeathed to his wife and children. His widow was buried in 1685. Children: William; Obadiah, mentioned below; 'Richard'; Thomas; Alice, married ___ Wheaton; Sarah, married ___ Fuller; Ruth, married ___ Leverich.
  • (II) Obadiah Bowen, son of Richard Bowen, was born in Wales about 1627, died 1727. He married Mary Clifton. Children, born in Rehoboth: Obadiah, September 18, 1650; Mary, January 18, 1652; Sarah, November
  • Pg. 1800
  • 6, 1654; Samuel, July 16, 1659; Joseph, mentioned below; Thomas, August 3, 1664; Hannah, May 3, 1665; Lydia, April 25, 1666; Marcy, March 18, 1672; Isaac, September 20, 1674.
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• Richard Bowen came from Kittle Hill, Glamorganshire, Wales, to this country, about 1638, lived for a time at Weymouth and settled at Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He was a proprietor and town officer in Rehoboth, and was admitted a freeman, June 4, 1645. His first wife bore the name of Ann and the second Elizabeth. He was buried February 4, 1674, and in his will dated June 4, 1673, he bequeathed his property to his wife and children. His widow was buried in 1685. Children: William; Obadiah, mentioned below; 'Richard' ; Thomas ; Alice, who married a Wheaton ; Sarah, married Robert Fuller; Ruth, married George Kendrick.
• http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/american-historical-society/e...
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Links

• http://www.ormsby.org/genie/Miscellaneous/Bowen.html

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GEDCOM Note

Category: Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Rhode Island

Biography

Richard Bowen, Jr.<ref>The American Genealogist vol. 76 (October 2001):263-278. The Ancestry, Wives and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, by Richard LeBaron Bowen Jr.</ref>

Origin

William Bart Saxbe in his genealogy on the Richard Bowen family says that Richard (Jr.) Bowen was born about 1631.<ref name="Saxby"> Saxbe Jr., William B. (2011). Richard Bowen (1594? - 1675) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts & his Descendants. Volume 1 – Generations 1-3.(pp 32-34). Hope, R.I.: Rhode Island Genealogy Society. pages 32-34. </ref> In light of his 1646 marriage his birth must have been about 1626. His memorial on FindAGrave records Richard's birth around 1626 in Wales. FindAGrave|36258505||Richard Bowen, citing Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260); no marker. </ref> He was the son of Richard Bowen. His mother's name is not known.

Immigration

Richard arrived as a child, about 1638 at Massachusetts, with his family.<ref name="Saxby" />

Associations

Richard Bowen was one of the three men chosen as overseers of the settlement of Robert Martin's estate in Rehoboth (proved 2 June 1669).<refname="GMMP">Anderson, Robert Charles, Robert MartinGreat Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Vol M-P, Page 59) (Online database accessed April 10, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)</ref> Whether this was Richard or his father by the same name is unclear.<ref name="GMMP" />

Marriage

Richard married twice:* Richard "m.1. Esther Sutton, 4 Mar 1646 in Rehoboth - probably daughter of John. She was buried 6 Nov. 1688."<ref name="Saxby" /><ref name="Vital Records of Rehoboth"> Arnold, James N., (1897),Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. (pp 42), Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc. (Original Work published 1897, Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company.)</ref><ref name="Marriage"> MaVR Marriages in Rehoboth </ref>* Richard "m.2. Martha Saben, 20 Jan. 1690. She was buried 11 Jan 1735, aged 94y 1d."<ref name="Saxby" /><ref name="Vital Records of Rehoboth" /><ref name="Marriage" />

Children

Children of Richard and Esther:<ref name="Saxby" />

• Sarah, b. 7 Feb 1657; m. Preserved Abell
• Esther, b. 20 Apr 1660; m. Samuel Millard
• Richard b. 17 Jan 1662/3; m. Patience Peck
• Mary b. 5 Oct 1666; m. Phillip Walker
• John b. 15 Mar 1671; m. Elizabeth BrackettMaVR mentions only their father and Esther as Hester.<ref name="Birth"> MaVR Births in Rehoboth </ref>

Rehoboth

On 24 October 1643, Richard Bowen, Sr. met with others at Weymouth to draw lots as "plantores of Seacunk, (Rehoboth)."<ref name="Wheaton"> Wheaton, Kelly, Conjectures on the Origins of the Wheatons & Bowens of Rehoboth, Massachusetts & Their Likely Baptist Roots 2009, accessed April 11, 2015</ref>
Richard Bowen, Sr.'s property was in the South East portion of the Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony "Ring of the Green" in what is present day Rumford, RI<ref name=RingofGreen > Rehoboth Ring of the Green Map “Historic Bus Tour 2016: A map of the “Ring of the Green,” the original town center of Rehoboth, now located in Rumford, RI. “, Rehoboth Antiquarian Society Newsletter, March 2016, See pp. 3-4; Accessed 25 Oct 2018. </ref>. Richard Bowen, Jr. was later listed as owning the 8 acre section initially belonging to Edward Benet on the second lot South of his father's lot<ref name="Bliss">Bliss, Jr., Leonard, (1836), “The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts: Comprising A Historyof the Present Towns of Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Pawtcket, From their Settlement to the Present Time, Together with Sketches of Attleborough,Cumberland, and a part of Swansey and Barrinigton”. Boston, MA., Otis and Boarders, Accessed 23 Sep 2018. See pp 26 & 67. </ref>
caption=Rehoboth Ring of the Green Map On 23 Jun 1668, Richard Bowen, Jr. received one of the lots that were allotted from Meadow on the North Side of Rehoboth<ref name="Bliss"/>.

Death

Richard passed away in March 1722/3<ref name="Saxby" /> at Rehoboth, which was after 1691, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Research Notes

Estimated Dates:

• Birth estimated about 1626 based upon his being 20 when he married his first wife, Ester on March 4, 1646.<ref name="Marriage" />:
• Used date off Memorial which made age at marriage 23.<ref name="Memorial" />
• Death used off Memorial since no record was located.

Sources

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
• Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Julian Adcocke, Wife of John Sutton, 1 of Hingham and Rehoboth, Massachusettss, and Their Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2013) Vol. 167, WN 665, Page 13-14.