Eleanor Bowen

Richard Bowen, of Weymouth & Rehoboth is not her child, fabricated pedigree in circulation: see The American Genealogist in 2001. Eleanor had a son Richard, but he died young

• '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.
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ELEANOR GRIFFITH Compact Disc #4 Pin #791838 Pedigree Sex: F

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Event(s)

Birth:   abt 1556   Of Richley, Anglesey, WALES  

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Parents

Father:  JOHN GRIFFITH     Disc #4     Pin #791909   

Mother: MARY MARGARET Meredydd WYNN Disc #4 Pin #791910
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Marriage(s)

Spouse:  JAMES BOWEN     Disc #4     Pin #791837  

Marriage: 1578 WALES
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Submitter

David Pine 

601 N Loop 288 H-11, Denton, TX 76201

Alternatively listed as: # Born: Richley, Angleseyshire, Fairfield

1. Marriage: James Bowen about 1573 in Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

   The surname Griffith came from Elinor's Welsh ancestors of the name Gryffydd, which was given as a baptismal or Christian name signifying "Great Faith". Eleanor, or "Ellen" was about 18 years of age when she married James Bowen. Have no record of when Eleanor died. This date is simply an estimate.(Ref: Memorial of the Bowen Family by EC Bowen, Part I; Founders of Early American families by Meredith Colket; Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas; Ancestral Study of Four families by Emily Griffith Roberts; Old European Progenitors and Mayflower Ancestors by Jean Fuller Butler; Ancestry of My Parents Rejoice F Towne and Elizabeth Sessions by George Towne)

They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	George Bowen was born in 1580 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

F ii Jane Bowen was born in 1582 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
F iii Elen Bowen was born in 1583 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M iv Owen Bowen was born about 1585 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M v Sioned Bowen was born in 1586 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
F vi Maud Bowen was born in 1588 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M vii Thomas Bowen was born in 1589 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M viii Richard Bowen
M ix John Bowen was born in 1591 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
F x Elizabeth Bowen was born in 1593 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M xi Hugh Bowen was born in 1594 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M xii Thomas Bowen was born about 1596 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M xiii William Bowen was born in 1597 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
F xiv Ellen Bowen was born in 1598 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M xv Morgan Bowen was born about 1601 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
M xvi Robert Bowen was born about 1603 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
F xvii Mary Bowen was born about 1604 in Llwyngwairar, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Eleanor GRIFFITH (AFN: FPWB-K0) Pedigree

Sex:  F  Family   

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Event(s) Birth: Abt 1516 Of Richley, Anglesey, Wales

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Parents

Father:  William GRIFFITH (AFN: FJH2-GR)  Family  

Mother: Jane STRADLING (AFN: B6GP-XW)
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