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About Rebecca Humphrey Bowen
Rebecca Reese Bowen (Rhys)
- Birth: 1668 Wales
- Marriage: 1685 Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
- Death: Bet. 1714–1763 Rockbridge Co., Virginia
- Father: Hugh David Reese Rhys 1655 - 1706
- Husband: Moses Bowen 1674 - 1760
Siblings:
- John Reese/rhys
- Lewis Reese/rhys
- Margaret Reese/rhys
- Thomas Reese/rhys
Children:
- William Bowen 1691 - 1744
- Gwennthleen Hoge (born Bowen) 1703 - 1784
- David Bowen 1712 - 1802
- John I. Bowen 1696 - 1761
- Rees Bowen 1708 - ?
Children:
John (1696-1761, married Lillian Mcilhaney)
Henry (b. 1679, married Jane Carter)
Gwennethleen (1703-84, married John Hoge)
David (b. c.1712, married Hannah Davis)
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Moses Bowen, with his wife Rebecca Rees, came with a large company from Wales, about 1698, and settled in Guinnedd township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
"Moses Bowen must have been a man of considerable means, for he acquired ten thousand acres of land in Chester county where he settled. (From "Makers of America", Washington, DC, 1916, pp 491 )
Moses Bowen married to Rebecca Rees. They emigrated with a large company from Wales to Massachusetts. They moved to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. One source says that he purchased 10,000 acres in Guinned Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Another source said that he and the group he arrived with purchased the land for themselves and for other friends and relatives who would be arriving afterwards. An early Quaker settler in Pa. They have one recorded child, John Bowen. Pil 253
Origins
David passed away Nov 14 1706 in Newtown Haverford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. The will of David Rees, (or Reece), of New Town, Chester Co., yeoman, signed 14 Nov 1705-6, witnesses Evan Davis (marked) and John Reese, was proved by wife Eleanor, 30 March 1706. Son, Thomas Rees, to be executor. Names son, Lewis Rees. Overseers; David Morice of Marple Tp., Henry Lewis of Haverford tp. and Richard Hayes. Nov 14 1705, Chester, Pennsylvania, British America
Sources
- RootsWeb, Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research Publication: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=show&db=hagerj
- http://www.palmspringsbum.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I555...
- The book of the Agnews: James Agnew of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., his race, ancestry, and descendants by Mary Virginia Agnew, page 152 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Priv. print. by J.E. Caldwell & Co., c1926). (Reliability: 3).
- Sources: The Bowens of Virginia and Tennesee Vol I-Jamie Ault Grady The First Three Generations of the Bowen Family of Augusta County, Virginia- John A. Blakemore SA=Annals of Southwest Virginia-Lewis Preston Pendleton= The History of Tazewell County, Virginia-Col. William A. Pendleton Pil=Laughell (?) Pilcher and Allied Families Nashville, TN DB=Deed Book WB=Will Book OB=Order Book Herman Geschwind 1714 Clarendon Drive Greensboro, NC 27410
- Updated from MyHeritage Match via son Henry Bowen by SmartCopy: Sep 9 2014, 18:09:42 UTC
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Rebecca Humphrey Bowen's Timeline
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Merionethshire, Wales
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1691
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West Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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Gwynedd Township, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
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December 18, 1698
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Brandywine, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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Prince George, Virginia, USA
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March 31, 1699
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Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
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