Sir James Bowen, Kt., of Llyngwair

Richard Bowen, of Weymouth & Rehoboth is not his child, fabricated pedigree in circulation: see The American Genealogist in 2001. James had a son Richard, but he died young

• '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 colonial 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.
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James Bowen is the Welch ancestor, father of Richard, the immigrant to Roxbury, MA.

His son, Richard Bowen, was christened 1580 in Glamorganshire, Wales Son of James Bowen and Eleanor Griffith. Richard died 14 Feb 1674/1675 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass

Richard married Ann (parents unknown) about 1620 in Wales Ann died November 1648 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MassTheir issue:

Alice abt 1620 Wales - married Robert Wheaton 1636 in Providence,R.I.

Sarah abt 1623 Wales - married Robert Fuller 3 Apr 1647 in Salem, Essex, Mass

Ruth abt 1627 Wales - married George Kendrick 23 Apr 1647 in Rehoboth

Obadiah 1 Sep 1627 Wales - died 10 Sep 1710

Thomas abt 1627 Wales - married Elizabeth Fuller abt 1657 in New London, NL, CT

Second marriage - Elizabeth (Woburn) Tidd - she was born abt 1627 Thomas died 1663	 William abt 1630 Wales - married Elzabeth abt 1656 - he died 7 Mar1686/1687 

Richard Jr. abt 1632 Wales - married Esther 4 Mar 1645/1645 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass

Sources: The Bowen Family by Daniel Bowen (1893) p. unknown Genealogy of the Bowens of Woodstock, CN, 

Bowen's Court by Elizabeth Bowen, Hartford TimesQuerries B-3369 Biography

:Richard, the emmigrant, settled in Roxbury, MA near Boston, 1640. In 1643 some 40 familes including his, under the leadership of their pastor Rev. Samuel Newman, left Roxbury . and penetrated the unbroken wilderness and formed a new settlement abt 50 miles to the south and names it Rehoboth. The town is about 8 miles east of Providence and in the "Newman cemetary" lie the remains of Richard Bowen and some of his descendents.

(Genealogical Exchange March 1911 p 81). >From: Wesley Richard Bowen Harden > harde010@tc.umn.edu > >1. Richard Bowen b.1586 and wife Anne Bourne and seven children arrived in 1640 to Weymouth Mass. from Kittle Hill Glamorganshire Wales .

They moved to Rehoboth Mass. 1643 >2. Obediah Bowen b.September 01, 1627 in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. >Married Mary Chifton b.Abt. 1628, in 1649-1650 in Swansea, Bristol County,Massachusetts. >3. Thomas Bowen b.August 03, 1664 in Rehoboth, Bristol County,Massachusetts. Married Thankful Sampson Mason b. June 17, 1689 on 1649-1650 in Rehobeth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. >4. Samuel Bowen b.February 26, 1701/02 in Swansea, Bristol County, >Massachusetts. Married Sarah Smith b. in Abt. 1727 at Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. >5. William Bowen b.December 17, 1731 in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. Married Anna Jennings b.1733 on May 17, 1754 in UXbridge or Warren. >6. John Bowen b.April 16, 1757 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. >Married Phebe Congdon b.August 14, 1758, on June 14, 1781 in Northbridge, >Worcester County, Massachusetts. >7. Benjamin Bowen b.April 14, 1786 in Northbridge, Worcester County, >Massachusetts. Married Lucretia Baker b.September 28, 1786, in Orange, >Massachusetts on Abt. 1807.

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JAMES BOWEN Compact Disc #4 Pin #791837 Pedigree Sex: M

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Event(s)

Birth:   1550   Of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, WALES  

Death: SEE NOTES
Carmarthen, WALES
Burial: 1629
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Parents

Father:  Mathias BOWEN     Disc #4     Pin #791893   

Mother: MARY PHILIPS Disc #4 Pin #791894
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Marriage(s)

Spouse:  ELEANOR GRIFFITH     Disc #4     Pin #791838  

Marriage: 1578 WALES
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James was living at Llwyngwair in 1591 when Lewis Dwn, the deputy-herald of Wales visited there and recorded the names of all his children. James was Sheriff of Pembroke in 1622.James and Eleanor had 17 children, whose names and birth year were: (1) George, 1580; (2) Jane, 1582; (3) Elen, 1583; (4) Owen, about 1585; (5) Sioned, 1586; (6) Maud, 1588; (7) Thomas, 1589; (8) Richard (9) John, about 1591; (10) Elizabeth, 1593; (11) Hugh, 1594; (12) Thomas, about 1596; (13) William, 1597; (14) Ellen, 1598; (15) Morgan, about 1601; (16) Robert, about 1603; and (17) Mary. (Ref: Memorial of the Bowen Family by EC Bowen, Part I; Founders of Early American Families by Meredith Colket; Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas; Old European Progenitors and Mayflower Ancestors by Jean Fuller Butler)