Samuel Stowell, Jr.

Samuel was a blacksmith.

The Samuel Stowell whose baptism is recorded at the Bath Abbey Register on 5 Jan. 1581 and detailed further in "Stowell Genealogy", A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Massachusetts by William Henry Harrison Stowell, (Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT, 1922) is unlikely to be the father of the this immigrant, Samuel Stowell who came to America from Norfolk Co., England. The book details the history of the "Stawell" family in Somersetshire from Norman times, but I've seen no proof of relationship between this Samuel and those of Somersetshire.

Samuel Stowell was a boy of about 10 years of age when he came to America with a large colony of people from Hingham, Norfolk in the company of Rev. Peter Hobart. There is no record of him in Hingham or ship records until his 1649 marriage in Hingham, MA. "Stowell Genealogy" speculates that he may have been brought by relatives of his mother, a family friend or as an orphan apprentice to one of the immigrants.

Later in his life he worked as a blacksmith. His will was probated in Hingham 30 Jan. 1683 and showed that he lived at Ft. Hill St., Hingham.

COLONIAL RECORDS: Full Context of Colonial Families in the U.S. Viewing records 8599-8608 of 119967 Matches SAMUEL STOWELL came from England and settled in Hingham, Mass.; d. at Hingham, 9th November, 1683; m. 25th October, 1649, Mary FARROW, dau. of John and Frances FARROW, immigrants, 1635. I. Mary, b. 16th October, 1653; m. 25th February, 1682, John GARMET. II. Samuel, b. 8th July, 1655; d. 21st September, 1695; m. 13th January, 1684, Rachel GILL. III. John, b. 15th March, 1657; d. 10th November, 1689; m. 3d September, 1683, Mary BEAL. IV. David, b. 8th April, 1660; m. (firstly) 4th December, 1685, ??; m. (secondly) 7th April, 1695, Mary STEDMAN. V. Remember, b. 22d April, 1662; m. 16th March, 1687, Thomas REMINGTON. VI. An infant, b. 5th September, 1663; d. 21st September, 1664. VII. William, b. 23d January, 1665; d. 28th September, 1693; m. Sarah ??. VIII. Israel, b. 27th April, 1668; d. 15th November, 1669. IX. ISRAEL, b. 10th August, 1670; d. 7th August, 1725; m. Abigail ??. Copyright © 1998- 2001, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.

WILL: "The will of Samuel Stowell was dated 27 Oct. 1683, probated 30 Jan 1783-4. Wife mary and sons Samuel and David Stowell appointed Administratrix and Administrators. 'To wife Mary for her maintenance and the bringing up of my children, not already brought up, during the time of her widowhood, then on her marriage or decease, the estate is to be divided among my children, both sons and daughters, my eldest son Samuel to have a double share. My beloved friends Capt. John Jacob and Thomas Lincoln to be overseers of my estate.' Inventory 185.1.2 (Suff. Prob., Vol. 6, p. 447.)

PROPERTY: "Residence, Fort Hill Street, Hingham. Had a lot in Hingham granted to him in 1656 and drew lot No. 4, his share in undivided land in Cohasset in 1670. 'At a town meeting 12 Dec. 1677, the inhabitants who are proprietors of the undivided common lands in said Hingham give and grant unto Samuel Stowell to his heirs and assigns forever, the 59th lot in 4th Division of land in said Hingham and Weymouth, containing ten and one-half acres, etc.'"30

Samuel Stowell is mentioned in Rev. Peter Hobart's diary in 1649.6

SOURCE: "A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham,Ma." by William Henry Harrison Stowell-pub. Charles Tuttle, Rutland, Vt.-1970, pgs. 17-20. "Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650, by Charles E. Banks, Baltimore Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1963."

NOTES: THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, Samuel, Hingham, propr. He m. Oct. 25, 1649, Mary, dau. of John Farrow; ch. Mary b. Oct. 16, 1653, (m. John Garnet,) Samuel b. July 8, 1655, John b. March 15, 1657, David b. April 8, 1660, Remember b. April 22, 1662, (m. Thomas Remington,) a child b. and d. 1664, William b. Jan. 23, 1665, Israel b. 1668, d. 1669, Israel b. Aug. 10,

Henry Gibbs came to New England in 1633 as servant to Edmond Hobart Senior, living with him first at Charlestown and then moving to Hingham in 1635 ["Daniel Cushing's Record" in NEHGR 15:25]. Henry Gibbs died at Hingham 7 or 8 July 1676 [HiVR 1:37; NEHGR 121:198]. In his will, dated 15 June 1676 and proved 31 October 1676, "Henry Gibbs of Hingham ... being sick & weak in body" bequeathed his entire estate personal and real to "Samuell Stowell his children now surviving equally"; "Samuell Stowell Senr." was named executor [SPR 6:141]. Though he was the abutter on the lots of many of his Hingham neighbors, he never appeared as grantor or grantee in the Suffolk deeds. COMMENTS: The wife of Samuel Stowell was Mary Farrow, daughter of John Farrow, who, like EDMUND HOBART, came to Hingham in New England from Hingham in old England [NEHGR 15:25], suggesting a relationship between Henry Gibbs and the Farrow family. Pope includes in his entry for Henry Gibbs the record of admission of Mary Gibbs to Charlestown church on 23 September 1652, but by that date Henry Gibbs had been in Hingham for seventeen years, and there is no indication that he had any family. She was very likely the wife of Matthew Gibbs of Charlestown [Wyman 406].

Sources:

  1. Title: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, New England Historic Genealogic

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Title: Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England, James Savage, 1860- 1862

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     Source Media Type: Book

     Page: Vol 1, p 125; Vol 2 p 146, Vol 4, p 219

  3. Title: The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy First Families of America; Frederick A Virkus, 1925

     Page: Sec 4, Chap 1, p 845

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Title: History of the Town of Hingham {1893}

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Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Clarence Almon Torrey {1985}

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  6. Title: Burke's American Families with British Ancestry; John Burke, Bernard Burke {1975}

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born 1625/35 Mary Jo C. Martin: POB & POD info

Info from loken409@cfl.rr.com: Samuel Stowell D..1683:. I transcribed Fort Hill and found no burial records or stones that old. The oldest burials at Fort Hill were in the mid 1750's. Link to Fort Hill: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/plymouth/towns/hingham/cemeteries/...

GlennaRae Stowell Perkin: He was married to Mary Farrow They had 11 children: Mary Stowell 15 Aug 1653, Samuel Stowell 18 May 1655, John Stowell 15 March 1657,

• David Stowell chr 8 Apr 1660 *, Remember Stowell 22 Apr 1662, child Stowell 5 Sept. 1664, William Stowell 23 Jan 1665, Israel Stowell 27 Apr. 1668, died as child [bef 10/Aug 1670] Isreal Stowell 10 Aug 1670, Elizabeth Stowell 7 June 1673, Benjamin Stowell 8 June 1676. The first Israel died as a child the next son born was given the same name. I come down through David Stowell*
• Samuel Stowell, Sr Find A Grave Memorial# 43686472
• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via son Samuel Stowell by SmartCopy: Dec 13 2015, 23:28:10 UTC

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Samuel was a balcksmith. He not only shod the horses, but repaired all the wagons, farming tools and implements and, what was of great importance, the fire arms with which those pioneers defended their homes and property. His work was humble and undoubtedly crude measured by modern standards, but it covered a wide scope, was essential and apparently was well done for he stood well and was a respected member in that rather dignified and self respecting community, for his descendants all married into the best of families of Hingham and Newton. Stowell Genealogy by William Henry Harrison Stowell.

WILL: The will of Samuel was dated 27 Oct. 1683, probated 30 Jan.1683-4. Wife Mary and sons Samuel and David Stowell appointed Administratrix and Administrators. "To wife Mary for her maintenance and the bringing up of my children, not already brought up, during the time of her widowhood, then on her marriage or decease, the estate is to be divided among my children, both sons and daughters, my eldest son Samuel to have a double share. My beloved friends Capt. John Jacob and Thomas Lincoln to be overseers of my estate." Inventory L185.1.2 (Suff.Prob., Vol. 6, p. 447.)