Joseph Bowen

• '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.
  • (II) Obadiah Bowen, son of Richard Bowen, was born in Wales about 1627, died 1727. He married Mary Clifton. Children, born in Rehoboth: Obadiah, September 18, 1650; Mary, January 18, 1652; Sarah, November
  • Pg. 1800
  • 6, 1654; Samuel, July 16, 1659; 'Joseph, mentioned below'; Thomas, August 3, 1664; Hannah, May 3, 1665; Lydia, April 25, 1666; Marcy, March 18, 1672; Isaac, September 20, 1674.
    • ' (III) Joseph Bowen, son of Obadiah Bowen, was born June 17, 1662. He married Elizabeth ___. Children: John, born September 26, 1689; Ruth, October 15, 1691; Elisha, mentioned below; Obadiah, June 26, 1695; Naomi, September 9, 1697; Joseph, November 9, 1699; Jabish, November 23, 1701; Elizabeth, June 6, 1704; Mary, July 1, 1706.
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• 'New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 3 By William Richard Cutter
• New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 3 By William Richard Cutter
• Pg. 1043
• (VI). Rev. George Kelton, son of John (2) Kelton, was born at Rehoboth, February 10, 1787, and died November 21, 1862. He married, April 5, 1810, Hannah Bosworth, who was born June 24, 1791, and died December 7, 1864. Hannah Bosworth was daughter of David and Elizabeth (Luther) Bosworth; David, born 1767, died 1834, son of Ichabod (2) and Hannah (Horton) Bosworth; Ichabod (2), born 1739, was son of Ichabod (1) and Mary (Bowen) Bosworth; Ichabod (1) born 1706, died 1775, was son of Jonathan (2) and Sarah (Round) Bosworth; . . . . . Mary Bowen, wife of Ichabod (1) Bosworth, was daughter of 'Joseph', son of Obadiah and Mary (Clifton) Bowen.
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Biography

Event

: Event: :: Type: Children :: Date: BET 1689 AND 1706:: Note: 'There were ten known children of Elizabeth Round and JosephBowen. All but the second were recorded at Rehoboth. ::: ::: 1. John, b. 26 Sept. 1689 (RVR); insufficient evidence has been found to authenticate if he reached maturity, married or left issue. ::: ::: 2. Alice, probably b. ca. 1690 (not listed in RVR); m. 13 Jan. 1708/9 at Swansea (SVR) Jacob Chase, probably b. at Yarmouth, MA or Swansea, probably d. at Swansea, son of Jacob Chase (William2, William1) and Mary Hall [George Walter Chamberlain, compiler, 'Some Desc. of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, MA.,' NEHGR, 87 (1933), p.52; hereinafter referred to as 'Chase Gen.']. Alice Bowen is confirmed by the Will of her grandfather, Obadiah bowen, executed 11 Dec. 1708 and probated 14 Oct. 1710 (BMPR 2:290). In it he left a pewter platter: 'to my Grandaughter Allice Bowen.' Another entry in probate records states: 'January ye 6: 1711 this is to signify that Allice the Daughter of Joseph Bowen the wife of Jacob Chase hath recd a pewter plattr which was given to her by her Honoured Grandfather in his Last Wil.' It was signed by Jacob Chase (BMPR 3:96). Alice was called 'Elsie wife of Jacob Chase Jr' in a quit claim Deed these two signed, along with many ofher siblings, on 22 March 1727/8, for land their brother, Joseph Bowen, had inherited from their father. ::: ::: 3. Ruth, b. 15 Oct. 1691 (RVR); m. 20 Nov. 1718 at Swansea (SVR) John Munro. Apparently she d. prior to 22 March 1727/8, since she did not join her siblings in the quit claim Deed to their brother, Joseph. ::: ::: 4. Elisha, b. 6 July 1693 (RVR); m. 16 Sept. 1714 at Rehoboth (RVR) Susannah Seamans. The RVR erroneously spell her name as 'Simmons,'a common corruption of the Seamans name. However, the Seamans Gen. [John Julian Lawton, the Seamans Family in America as Descended from Thomas Seamans of Swansea, MA, (Syracuse: Priv. Pub., 1933), p.2; hereinafter referred to as 'Seamans Gen.'], and the SVR both clearly identify her as 'Seamans.' Nichols (p.11) also called her 'Simmons.' She was b. 23 Apr. 1692 at Swansea (SVR), dau. of Thomas Seamans and Susannah Salisbury. ::: ::: 5. Obadiah, b. 7 July 1695 (RVR); m. Sarah Horton, b. 17 May 1702at Milton, MA (MiVR), dau. of Solomon Horton (Thomas1) and Susannah Badcock. A Deed of 16 Aug. 1738 (BMD 24:478) showed they were 'of Glocester,' RI and sold Rehoboth land. Some of it was from his father, Joseph Bowen; some of it was from her father, Solomon Horton. ::: ::: 6. Naoma, b. 9 Sept. 1697 (RVR), d. 13 July 1699 at Rehoboth (RVR). ::: ::: 7. Joseph, b. 9 Nov. 1699 (RVR); m. 1st 23 March 1721 (Martin Gen. says 23 Nov.) [Henry J. Martin, Notices: Genealogical & Historical of the Martin Family of New England, (Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1880), p.75; hereinafter referred to as 'Martin Gen.'] at Swansea (SVR) Ann Martin, b. 9 Dec. 1699 at Swansea (Martin Gen., p.75), d. 16 Aug. 1727 at Rehoboth (RVR), dau. of Melatiah Martin and Deborah Brooks. He m. 2nd15 Aug. 1728 at Swansea (SVR & RVE) Hannah Peck. RVR Marriage records, under 'Peck' listings, erroneously call her 'Prudence.' However, RVRIntentions records under 'Peck,' and RVR Marriage records under 'Bowen' both list her as 'Hannah.' On 22 March 1717/8 a Deed was executed,whereby Elisha, Obadiah and Jabez Bowen, Ichabod Bosworth and Mary his wife, all of Rehoboth, and Jacob Chase, Jr. and Elsie (Alice) his wife, and Ephraim Chase and Elizabeth his wife of Swansea gave a quit claim Deed to 'our Brother Joseph Bowen' for land inherited from 'our honrd father Joseph Bowen Late of Rehoboth yeoman deceased.' (BMPR 65:351).' ::: ::: 8. Jabez, b. 23 Nov. 1701 (RVR); m. 27 Dec. 1727 at Rehoboth (RVR) Joanna Salisbury of Rehoboh, b. 17 Feb. 1701/2 (RVR), dau. of SamuelSalisbury and Jemima Martin. Bowen's Early Rehoboth, vol.2, p.171, records a Deed as follows: 'Samuel Salsbury of Rehoboth in consideration of a marriage between Samuel Salsbury and the daughter of the sd John Martin; deeded to John Martin of Swanzey 40 acres on the East side of Palmers River in Rehoboth. This is a covenant to stand seized. Witnesses: James Brown, Ann Brown and Martha Brown.' (Also recorded in BMD 3:337). Jabez shered with his siblings in the quit claim Deed gien to their brother Joseph. ::: ::: 9. Elizabeth, b. 6 June 1704 (RVR), d. after 4 June 1773 (date ofher husband's Wil, which named her); m. 25 Oct. 1722 at Swansea (SVR), as his 2nd wife, Ephraim Chase, widower of Mary Round (dau. John2 Round). He was b. at Swansea (Chase Gen., p.130), d. after 4 June 1773 but before 11 Feb. 1782 (dates his Will executed and probated, BMPR 27:187), son of Jacob Chase (William2, William1) and Mary Hall. Elizabeth Bowen was confirmed as the wife of Ephraim Chase by the quit claim deed which she and her siblings gave to their brother Joseph. ::: ::: 10. Mary, b. 1 July 1706 (RVR); m. 12 Jan. 1726/7 at Rehoboth (RVR) her cousin, Ichabod Bosworth. She d. prior to 10 Sept. 1748, when Ichabod published intentions for his 2nd marriage (RVR). Mary joined with her siblings in the quit claim Deed to their brother Joseph.'<ref>Source: #S189 Page: pp. 17-19</ref>

Marriage

: Husband: Obadiah Bowen : Wife: Mary Clifton : Child: Mary Bowen : Child: Sarah Bowen : Child: Lydia Bowen : Child: Mercy Bowen : Child: Isaac Bowen : Child: Joseph Bowen : Child: Samuel Bowen : Child: Obadiah Bowen : Child: Hezekiah Bowen : Child: Thomas Bowen : Child: Hannah Bowen : Marriage: :: Date: BEF 1651:: Note: LDS - 1649/50 - Swansea, Bristol Co. MA<ref>Source: #S444 </ref>

Sources

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• Source: S189 Title: John Round Family of Swansea and Rehoboth, MA, The Abbreviation: John Round of Swansea Author: H. L. Peter Rounds Publication: author, Boston, 1983 * Source: S444 Title: Richard Bowen's Descendants to the Fifth Generation Abbreviation: Richard Bowen's DescendantsAuthor: Shepard, Charles Publication: Troy, MI, 1921 Repository: #R47 * Repository: R47 Name: New York State Library Address: City: Albany State: NY

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