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Obediah Bowen

Also Known As: "Obadiah", "Obediah Bowen"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
Death: July 11, 1699 (47)
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of Obadiah Bowen and Mary Bowen
Husband of Abigail Bowen
Father of Abigail Fiske; James Bowen; Hezekiah Bowen; Mary Elicia Bush; Elizabeth Clark and 5 others
Brother of John Bowen; Mary Allen; Sarah Abell; Daughter Bowen; Rev. Samuel Bowen and 12 others

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About Obediah Bowen

Obadiah Bowen (b. September 18, 1651, d. July 11, 1699) Obadiah Bowen (son of Obediah Bowen and Mary Clifton) was born September 18, 1651 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts29, and died July 11, 1699 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts29. He married Abigail Bullock on July 11, 1673 in Baptist Church in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts29, daughter of Richard Bullock and Elizabeth Ingrabarn.

Includes NotesNotes for Obadiah Bowen: Source of leg. from Grand father to William Wesley Bowen Harden from Merton R. Hoch September 1985. Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope - 1900.

He got land in the will of his father.

More About Obadiah Bowen and Abigail Bullock: Marriage: July 11, 1673, Baptist Church in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.29

Children of Obadiah Bowen and Abigail Bullock are:

   +James Bowen, b. July 05, 1680, d. date unknown.
   +Hezekiah Bowen, b. November 19, 1682, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. May 12, 1751, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
   Mary Bowen, b. December 24, 1684, Swansea, Mass., d. date unknown.
   Elizabeth Bowen, b. November 17, 1686, Swansea, Mass., d. date unknown.
   Abigail Bowen, b. Bet. 1687 - 1688, Swansea, Mass., d. date unknown.
   Daniel Bowen, b. July 29, 1689, Swansea, Mass., d. date unknown.
   Aaron Bowen, b. November 06, 1691, Rehobeth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, d. date unknown.
   Sarah Bowen, b. November 05, 1693, Rehobeth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, d. date unknown.
   Nathan Bowen, b. April 04, 1698, Rehobeth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, d. date unknown.

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Biography

Birth

: Birth:
:: Date: 18 SEP 1651 :: Place: Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA<ref>Source: #S444 </ref>

Marriage

Obadiah & Abigail BULLOCK; 25 Jul 1677; Swansea<ref>Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 {citing Bowen Chart; Tingley-Meyers 155} </ref>

Death

: Death: :: Date: 11 JUL 1699<ref>Source: #S444 </ref> There is a findagrave # Find A Grave Memorial# 50545013 - added by Quall-1 on 01/23/2015

Children

: Event: :: Type: Children :: Date: BET 1677 AND 1699:: Note: James; Hezekiah; Mary; Elizabeth; Daniel; Aaron (b.Nov. 9, 169_); Sarah (b. Nov 5, 169_); Abigail; Nathan (b. apr 4 1698-vital records rehoboth)<ref>Source: #S444 </ref>

Daughter Abigail ====*Abigail, daughter of Obadiah Bowen has been claimed as the wife of two separate men Benjamin Fisk and John Rounds Jr. This Abigail was not the wife of John Rounds as shown below.

  • From the Vital Records of Rehoboth: Abigail Bowen and Benjamin Fiske,m. July 24, 1701, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.<ref>Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1895. Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897. p.42</ref> This merely claims that an Abigail married. It does not list her parent. Is there a will or other document that proves this relationship?B-404 09:33, 8 November 2015 (EST)
  • John Round, of Swansea, "married there Abigail Bowen, daughter of Obediah Bowen." They had Jabez<ref>Cutter, William Richard (compiler, editor) New England families, genealogical and memorial; a record of the achievements of her people in...the founding of a nation. Boston, The American Historical Society, 1916. p.101</ref>. This is also in Cutter's Encyclopediaof Massachusetts p. 101, and subsequently repeated.*Torrey's New England Marriages gives veracity to this statement. "ROUNDS, John2 & 1/wf Abigail [BOWEN]; by 1699; Swansea {Round-Rounds 11; Bosworth 269} "<ref>Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985. Volume 2, Page(s): 1303</ref>*Since Torrey does not mention parents, his sources were checked for this information. Bosworth 269<ref>Clarke, Mary (Bosworth). Bosworth genealogy; a history of the descendants of Edward Bosworth who arrived in America in the year 1634; with an appendix containing other lines of American Bosworths. San Francisco, 1926. p. 269</ref> contains the information that Sarah Round, daughter of John and Abigail Round, married 26 Nov 1703, Jonathan Bosworth. Round-Rounds 11<ref>Nichols, Nathan Round. Round, Rounds genealogy, descendants of JohnRound of Swansea, Massachusetts, who died 1716 and Rounds families ofundetermined relationship [Congress Park? IL : s.n., 1928] (p. 11)</ref> "John<sup>2</sup> (John<sup>1</sup>) Rehoboth, Mass. d. 1758. m. 1st about 1697-8 Abigail Bowen, b. 1678. Not the Abigail Bowen dau. of Obadiah and Abigail (Bullock) Bowen. m. 2nd, Mrs Hannah Card 1711"

Religion

: Religion: Swansea Baptist Church, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA 14 7ber 74: :Obadiah Bowen junior not appeareing this day according to order is tobe summoned to appear this day 14night. 27th of 7ber: :Bro bowen junior was admonished and counselled to repentance for his withdrawing from the com[munion] of the church in the lords supper, and so left till further triall of his repentance. :Bro Bowen junior not appeareing nor being present this day is summoned to appear this day 7 night. 4th of October - 74:Bro bowen junior being demanded his reason for not appearing said that he could not come without travailing much by night. Being demanded of his reason for withdrawing saith that he conceaved there were such things acted in the church that were ground of his withdrawing and thathe could say no more;
:Bro bowen giveing no other account than as before is required to appear before the church next fifth day to answer to such charges as are to be then brought against him. 8 of 8ber 74 :Bro Bowen junior charged with neglect and contempt of the ordinances of the lord supper and of com[munion] with the church. To this he answereth that he was much troubled in his mind and had heard diverse reports and [as there?] [illegible] some things acted in the church which [then?] he thought were groundless and therefore he did easely withdraw which he was afterwards sorry for that he did not acquaint the church with it before he withdrew; Charged with slandering the pastor of the church as one endeavored to cause his sister to renounce what shee had sworn etc. He answered that he must confesse that he sees it to be an evill to report things before he knows the truth of them; He saith that if those things that he hath done were to be done again he would not do them bec[ause?] of the sinfullnesse of them; In relation to neglect of com[munion] and [goeing?] from us on meting dayes he acknowledgeth that he hath done amisse and not walked according to rule and that for time to come he will endeavor to amend and walk more closely with the church; Hereupon it is ordered that he be admonished against such evills the next lords day and thence forward if hee continues penitent to enjoy continued fellowship and full com[munion] with the church. 11th of October 74: Bro obadiah Bowen junior declareing repent[ance] to satisfaction forthe evills charged upon him was further exhorted to see the evill of them and thereupon the church declared their continuance of him in full com[munion] with them. <ref>Swansea Baptist Church Records. New England Historical and Genealogical Record. 139:37, 38 . Boston: NEHGS, Jan. 1985.</ref>


Marriage

: Husband: Obadiah Bowen
: Marriage: :: Date: 25 JUL 1677 :: Place: Swansea, Bristol Co., MA:: Note: to Abigail Bullock<ref>Source: #S444 </ref><ref>Source: #S538 Page: p. 24</ref>

: 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> There is a findagrave for Abigail Bullock - Find A Grave Memorial# 51996309 - added by Quall-1

Sources

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  • Source: S444 Title: Richard Bowen's Descendants to the Fifth Generation Abbreviation: Richard Bowen's DescendantsAuthor: Shepard, Charles Publication: Troy, MI, 1921 Repository: #R47
  • Source: S538 Title: Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 Abbreviation: Swansea MA VR to 1850 Author: H. L. Peter Rounds Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1992, reprint
  • Source: James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rehoboth Massachusetts 1642-1896, 1897, 546.
  • "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC81-THN : 9 February 2018), HezekiahBowen and Elizabeth Landol, 06 Nov 1706; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0903395 IT 1-8.
  • USELESS SOURCE Bowen genealogy : some of the descendants of Richard Bowen of Rehoboth, Mass., 1640 up to the present time. Main Author: Hein, Harold William, 1905-* https://www.gedmatch.com/individual_detail.php?id_family=2924040&id... GEDmatch Ref: 2924040 : P745

Acknowledgments ==* WikiTree profile Bowen-752 created through the import of EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Merryann Palmer. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?* [[Christophel D'Errico-1 | Dee Christophel D'Errico]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Dee and others.

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Obediah Bowen's Timeline

1651
September 18, 1651
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1675
April 13, 1675
Swansea, Bristol County, MA, British Colonial America
1678
1678
Swansea, Plymouth Colony
1680
July 29, 1680
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1682
November 19, 1682
Swansea, Plymouth Colony
1684
December 24, 1684
Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts
1686
March 17, 1686
Swansea, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony
1689
June 29, 1689
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1691
November 6, 1691
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, British Colonial America