Mary Bowne

• Daughter of William Bowne and Ann Unknown
• Thomas Herbert immigrated from Devonshire, Bermuda after the death of his father. Thomas parents were Richard Herbert and Bridget Cooke of England. Captain Richard Herbert is listed as a member of the "Virginia Company of London" page 3. Also see Records of the Virginia Company of London, vol. 4, p. 363 He was ELEC: ABT 1638 Councilor, Devonshire, Bermuda, Great Britain In 1638, Richard Herbert was elected Councilor in Devonshire, Bermuda, Great Britain. Source: "The Adventurers of Bermuda": A history of the island from its discovery until the dissolution of the Somers Island Company in 1684, page 402. Thomas probably married Mary Bowne when his family immigrated to Gravesend, Long Island, N. Y, then both families immigrated again to New Jersey. 1670, Jan. 5. The inhabitants of Gravesend concluded to lay out some lands in severalty and the consent or agreement was signed by "William Oby John Dassett," confirming the statement of the Bowne family removal from Gravesend. In 1675, there was likewise assigned him, in Gravesend, a fifteen acre lot in the Neck. In the Monmouth Patent most of his interests apparentis lay in the lands about Portland Point, for I find only one home lot in Middletown New Jersey belonging to him, and that not in the original division, but simply mentioned, in October.

Married

• Married: (1) Thomas Herbert, son of Richard Herbert and Bridget Cooke. After his death she married again.
• Married: (2). Unknown Cooper. Her son Daniel calls his mother Mary Cooper (Widow) in his will. (See Below Under New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 for Daniel Herbert Volume XXX, Abstracts of Will Dated: August 11, 1747, Proved September 23, 1747. Lib. E, p. 82.)

Thomas and his wife Mary Bowne had seven children:

• Thomas Herbert, born on October 27, 1694 Middleton, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States & died on August 18, 1735 (40) in Monmouth, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Married Esther May Tauer. Note: Parish Register of Christ Church at Shrewsbury, Monmoth Co NJ: Thomas & Easter Herbert's son, John Herbert, baptized April 14,1734.
• Mary Herbert, born 30 Jan 1695/6; d. c1700 ("Genealogy of NJ Families," p. 553). The same re­mark applies to her. Very likely she married and left home taking the Family Bible with her!
• Richard Herbert, born Jan. 22, 1697 or 8; I have no record of his death, but he married Martha (Dorset) Carmen, widow of John Carmen and dau, of Joseph Dorset, marriage license, June 2, 1742, res. Monmouth Co NJ. died 1777. They were ancestors of the Brooklyn Herberts.
• Johnathan Herbert, born 2 Nov 1699 & died on 4 March 1777.
• Daniel Herbert, born April 8, 1701 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Married Amy & Susannah (? surname) had children: Mary, Thomas, Anne, and Johnathan. Daniel died at 46 years of age in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey before September 23, 1747.
• David Herbert, born 8 April 1701 & died Aug 1747; mar. Margaret Lyon on 2 July 1744.
• James Herbert, born c1703 & died in 1746 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co, NJ, married Margaret Mount on 24 March 1739.

Notes: Birth dates of above children not from a Bible record, but from a Copy Book which belonged to Thomas Harburt, then to his grandson Jonathan Herbert of Middletown. "Herbert Family Records" was contributed by Frederick D. Herbert to "Genealogy of New Jersey Families" in NJ Genealogy Magazine. The copy book dates on p. 176: Bridgett harburt deyed on the ninth day of March in the year 1682; the death of Thomas herbert he died 4th day of December in the year 1721; the death of Elizabetbh Davies, she deyed on the fourteenth dah of August in the year 1728; Inside back cover: The death of *Thomas Herbert he deyed on eighteenth Day of August in the year of our Lord 1735 (eldest son) The key to understanding the text is the Children of Thomas Herbert is followed by the list above.

New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 for Daniel Herbert Volume XXX, Abstracts of Will Dated: August 11, 1747, Proved September 23, 1747. Lib. E, p. 82.

1747, August 11. Herbert, Daniel, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Amy. Mother, Mary Cooper, a widow. Wife to have goods she brought testator and that since given her by her grandfather, Safety Grover. Children Jonathan, (a minor), Mary, (a minor). Brother, David Herbert. Executors--wife, and friends John Taylor and Joseph Stillwell, of Middletown, gentlemen. Witnesses - Samuel Legg, Joseph Patterson, Junior, and John Nathan Hutchins. Proved September 23, 1747, Lib. E, p. 82.

Family History

Thomas, son of Bridget was in Middletown by June 4th, 1677 when he patented 131 acres he purched from Robert Hamilton and William Lawrence on Horse Neck.

Thomas, son of Bridget was in Middletown by June 4th, 1677 when he patented 131 acres he purched from Robert Hamilton and William Lawrence on Horse Neck. Thomas and his wife Mary Bowne had seven children: Thomas, Mary, Richard, Johnathan, Daniel, David and James. Thomas Herbert died December 4, 1721. Their son Daniel is the father of our Thomas Harbert (Sr) who emigrated to Harrison County, (West) Virginia. Daniel was born April 8, 1701 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Daniel and wife Susannah (? surname) had children: Mary, Thomas, Anne, and Johnathan. Daniel died at 46 years of age in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey before September 23, 1747 (date his will was proved). Daniel's son Thomas Herbert (Sr) was born July 4th, 1734 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and was baptized August 11, 1734 at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Thomas married Isabelle Wright August 6, 1758 at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Links

• http://genealogytrails.com/njer/monmouth/will_callendar1.html

Sources

• Source: "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey," Volume XXLII, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. 1. 1670-1730; By William Nelson; The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1901; transcribed by Genealogy Trails Transcription Team
• New Jersey Census, 1643-1890 Data: Text: residence date: 1779 CONT residence place: Monmouth County, NJ