Elizabeth Bowen

Family

• Samuel Bowen
• Born July 16, 1659, Rehobeth, Bristol, MA.99
• Died January 21, 1727/28, Cohansey, Salem, New Jersey, USA.100
• son of Obediah Bowen and Mary Clifton

Married

1. May 26, 1684 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.102 to Elizabeth Wood. She was the daughter of John Wood and Elizabeth Hall and the widow of Samuel Wheaton.

8 Children 

•   1. John Bowen
•   2. Elizabeth Bowen
•   3. Mary Bowen
•   4. Samuel Bowen,   b. 02 Jan 1686/87
•   5. Dan Bowen,   b. 01 Aug 1690
•   6. Elijah Bowen,   b. 04 Aug 1695
•   7. Joanna Bowen,   b. 01 Dec 1696
•   8. Clifton Bowen,   b. 12 Feb 1700/1

notes

From Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History By Charles Harrison. Page 124

"Bowentown is still a dot on the map of Hopewell Township --- a neighborhood, a crossroads. The area has been called Bowentown since Samuel Bowen arrived from Wales by way of Massachusetts toward the end of the seventeenth century. Like many of the original settlers of Hopewell Township, the Bowens were Baptists who had not been welcomed by Puritans in New England."