Mathias Bowen of Llwyngwa

• Matthias Bowen
• M, #68696, b. circa 1524
• Father James Bowen b. c 1480
• Mother Mary Hearle b. c 1498
• Matthias Bowen was born circa 1524 at LLwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He married Mary Philips, daughter of Sir John Philips and Elizabeth Griffith, circa 1548 at Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
• Family Mary Philips b. c 1528
• Child
  • James Bowen+ b. c 1550
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2286.htm#... ________
• Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales Vol. II. By Thomas Nicholas
• https://archive.org/details/annalsandantiqu00nichgoog
• https://archive.org/stream/annalsandantiqu00nichgoog#page/n452/mode...
• Pg.895
• The Bowens of Llwyngwair, previous to the beginning of the sixteenth century seated at Pentre-Evan, in the same co. of Pemb., trace an unbroken descent from the poet-prince Gwynfardd Dyfed (living A.D. 1038), who was himself of the lineage of Meurig, an early King of Dyfed. A careful collation of the Dale Castle or Mabws MS. with Lewys Dwnn, the Golden Grove MS., &C,, results in the following reliable genealogy : — Gwynfardd was s. by his son, —
• Cyhylyn, Prince of Dyfed, who m. Gwrangen Fein-droed ("the slender-footed'), dau. and h. of Sir Tristram, Comes or Earl of Worcester. His son, —
• Gwrwared of Cemmaes (corrupted "Kemeys"), s, about 1195.
• The princely character was now lost, for Cemmaes had been made a Norman barony, and the native lords held under the foreigner. The historic reality and period of Cyhylyn and Gwrwared are clearly demonstrated by a charter of Nicholas (son of Sir William Martin), Lord of Cemmaes [circa 1220), granting and confirming to the heirs of Gwrwared and Llewelyn, sons of Cyhylyn, the lands of Precelly from the Via Flandrica, crossing the mountains at Bwlchgwynt, to Eglwyswen, Melinau, Cilgwyn, &c. ("Ego Nicholaus . . . confirmavi heredibus Gwrwared filii Cuhelyn, et hered. Lewelini filii Cuhelyn, totam terram meam in Presselewe, &c." — Baronia de Kemeys, p. 48). He m. Gwenllian, dau. of Ednyfed Fychan, Councillor and General of Prince Llewelyn ap lorwerth of North Wales (see Ednyfed Fychan), His son, —
• Gwilym ap Gwrwared (circa 1227), m., Joan, dau. of Sir Leonard Stackpool of Stackpool, Pemb. [Some pedigrees repeat Gwrwared and Gwilym, which is an obvious mistake.]
• Einon Vawr, "o'r Coed" ["of the Wood"], Esq., m. Dido, dau. of Cadwgan Dhu, Lord of Aberporth. [From this point the pedigree is more clear.]
• Owen ap Einion &c., Esq., m. Gwenllian, dau. of Sir William Cantington, Kt., of Trewilym.
• Llewelin ap Owen, &c., Esq., m. Nest, dau. of Howell Fychan, Esq.
• Evan Bowen Esq , of Pentre Evan, [the first to assume the surname Bowen — he built Pentre-Evan], m. Margaret, dau. of Arnold of Hubberston, Esq.
• Gwilym Bowen, Esq., m. Agnes, dau. of James ap Einion, Esq., of Henllan [in Castlemartin. Here the Bowens of Trellwyn, near Tenby, branch off with Thomas, 3rd son. — D. Castle MS.].
• Owen Bowen, Esq. [Sheriff of Pemb. 1544], m. Janett, dau. and h. of John ap Harry ap Llewelyn, Esq , of Gumfreyston.
• Sir James Bowen, Kt., m. Mary, dau. of John Herle, Esq., of Brecknockshire, — her mother was [Margaret,] dau. of Thomas ap Gruffydd ap Nicolas, of Newton [Dinefawr, — comp. Dwnn, i., 169. In the 8th Henry VIII., A.D. 1516, Sir James Bowen was commissioned to be auditor and attorney for the barony of Cemmaes, to take fines of tenants, punish offenders, &c. He was prob. the same Sir James, and this was the period when the family became seated at Llwyngwair. See Baronia de Kemeys, p. 19].
• Matthias Bowen, Esq., of Llwyngwair, m. Mary, dau., of John Philips, Esq., son of Sir Thomas Philips, Kt., of Picton.
• James Bowen, of Llwyngwair, Esq. [Sheriff of Pemb. 1622 ; was at Llwyngwair when Dwnn visited it 1591], m. Elenor, dau. of John Griffith, Esq., of North Wales [son to Sir William Griffith, of Penrhyn, Kt., Dwnn, and Golden Grove MS, Dwnn gives the names of 17 children born to James Bowen, 10 sons and 7 daus.].
• George Bowen, of Llwyngwair, Esq. [Sheriff of Pemb. 1632], m. Dorothy, dau. of John Scourfield, Esq., of Moat.
• James Bowen, Esq. [of Llwyngwair], High Sheriff of Pemb. 1671, m, Elizabeth, dau. of John Owens, Esq., of Orielton. [He was living in 1705. Dale Castle MS.]
• George Bowen, Esq., of Llwyngwair [Sheriff of Pemb. 1682], m. Dorothy, dau. of Essex Meyrick, Esq., of Bush, near Pembroke.
• James Bowen, Esq., of Llwjmgwair, m. Alice, dau. of Robert Rowe, Esq., of Luny.
• George Bowen, of Llwyngwair, Esq. [Sheriff of Pemb. 1803], m. Easter, dau. of William Thomas, Esq., of Pentowyn.
• James Bowen, Esq., of Llwyngwair, m. Martha, dau. of Evan Jenkins of Gloquely,
• George Bowen, Esq., of Llwyngwair, Sheriff of Pemb. 1825, m. Sarah, dau. of J. Thomas, Esq., of Long-house, co. of Pemb., and was s, by his eldest son, —
• JAMES BEVAN BOWEN, ESq., now of Llwyngwair (as above).
• .... etc. ___________________
• 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. _______________
• Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical Vol. 7. by Cutter, William Richard
• https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofma07cutt
• https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofma07cutt#page/51/mode/1up
• (I) Richard Bowen came from Kittle Hill, Glamorganshire, Wales, to this country 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 large land proprietor along the river "running under the bridge," called Bowen's Bridge, the fresh-water tributary of the Barrington river south from Seekonk. He was a town officer and was admitted a freeman, June 4, 1645. He married, March 4, 1648, Esther Sutton. He was buried February 4, 1674, and in his will, dated June 4, 1675, he bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth (or Esther), and children Thomas, Obediah, Richard, William, Alice Wheaton, Sarah Fuller and Ruth Leverich.
• (II) Thomas Bowen, son of Richard and Esther (Sutton) Bowen, .... etc. ______________

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MATHIAS BOWEN was born about 1524, of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales, to Sir James Bowen (1480-1539) and Mary Hearle (1480-1539.) He married Mary Phillips about 1548, of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales.

Mathias Bowen was Sheriff of Pembroke, 1622.

Mathias Bowen died about 1629, of Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, Wales, age 105?

MARY PHILLIPS was born about 1528, of Picton Castle, Pembroke, Wales, to John Phillips and Elizabeth Griffith. She married Mathias Bowen about 1548, of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales.

Mary Phillips died about 1559, of Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, Wales, age 31.

Child of Mathias Bowen and Mary Phillips:

1. James Bowen was born about 1550, of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales, to Mathias Bowen (1524-1629) and Mary Phillips (1528-1559.) James married Eleanor Griffith, about 1578, in Llwyngwair, Pembroke Wales. James Bowen died about 1629, of Carmarthenshire, Wales, age 79. +