John Bowen

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John Bowen
Born 11 Feb 1737 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Son of John Bowen and Mehitable (May) Bowen
Brother of Mehitable Bowen, Penuel Bowen, Joshua Bowen and Samuel Bowen
Died 16 Aug 1775 at age 38 in Needham, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Biography

John Bowen was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on February 11, 1737. He was the first son and second known child of John Bowen and Mehitable (May) Bowen[1][2]

No evidence has been found that John ever married or had children.

Apparently John lived with his father, John Sr., and brother, Joshua, as in the Roxbury tax list of 1768 they are listed together. All three were assessed poll tax but only John's father was taxed for property. They are listed as Ensign John Bowen, John Bowen Jr. and Joshua Bowen. Presumably John's mother and sister shared a house with the three men.[3] Interestingly the packet of tax papers in question is addressed to John Bowen, Jr. Collector of Taxes.[4]

It appears that John died on August 16, 1775 in Needham, Massachusetts. A gravestone in the Needham village cemetery bears the inscription: "In Memory of Lieut John Bowen of Roxbury who died in this town Augt ye 16th 1775 in ye 38th year of his age." [5] That this gravestone must refer to John, son of John and Mehitable, is further evidenced by the fact that John Bowen Sr. on April 1, 1776 is named administrator of the probate of "John Bowen Jr late of Roxbury" and "Samuel Bowen, Sadler" (one of John Jr's brothers) is named a guarantor of the administration bond.[6][7]

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↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LP-FXS : 10 November 2020), John Bowen, 11 Feb 1737; citing Birth, Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ Bowen, Edward Augustus. The Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut. Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1897. Page 113. https://archive.org/stream/lineagebowenswo00bowegoog#page/n132/
↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society, Roxbury, Mass. Tax Lists and Receipt, 1749, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1774, Folder 2 - Roxbury MA Tax Lists, 1768; Roxbury MA Tax Lists 1768 Dec p9.jpg.
↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society, Roxbury, Mass. Tax Lists and Receipt, 1749, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1774, Folder 2 - Roxbury MA Tax Lists, 1768; Roxbury MA Tax Lists 1768 Dec title.jpg.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 October 2021), memorial page for Lieut John Bowen (11 Feb 1737–16 Aug 1775), Find A Grave: Memorial #145153174, citing Needham Cemetery, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by JudyCat (contributor 48461109) .
↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/t/48699/15875-co1/0
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↑ Suffolk County, MA Probate Records, Vol. 74-75, 1774-1776 75:106-07 – Suffolk MA Probate v75p106-07.jpg