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Bridget Bowers (Thompson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven Colony, (Present Connecticut), (Present USA)
Death: May 19, 1720 (77-86)
Derby, New Haven County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Anthony Thompson, of New Haven and Unknown first wife of Anthony Thompson
Wife of Rev. John Bowers
Mother of Mary Nichols; Samuel Bowers; John Bowers, Jr.; Nathaniel Bowers; Barbara Moss and 1 other
Sister of John Thompson, "the Mariner" and Anthony Thompson, Jr.
Half sister of Hannah Stanton; Lydia Meigs and Ebenezer Thompson

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About Bridget Bowers

Bridget Thompson of New Haven, wife of Rev. John Bowers

Second wife of Reverend John Bowers, son of George and Barbara. John was born circa 1629 and died June 14, 1687. His first wife was Rebecca Gregson.

Bridget Thompson Bowers died May 19, 1720.

Children:

  1. Mary, died June 9, 1736. Married May 1682 Samuel Nichols
  2. Samuel, baptized Nov 5, 1665 (NHCI). Died 1744. Married (1) Ruth Wooster and (2) Lydia French.
  3. John, born Dec 3, 1667. Died Sept 23, 1708.
  4. Nathaniel, died Dec 14, 1712. married Deborah (last name unknown).

Source

Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932.

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Bridget Bowers's Timeline

1638
1638
New Haven, New Haven Colony, (Present Connecticut), (Present USA)
1663
1663
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1665
November 5, 1665
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1667
December 3, 1667
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
1673
1673
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1681
1681
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1685
1685
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1720
May 19, 1720
Age 82
Derby, New Haven County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
1927
October 4, 1927
Age 82