Susannah Bowen

It appears Susannah Barker b before 1632 was the daughter or step daughter of Dorothy (unknown) (Barker) (Hunt) King d 1652 by her 1st husband, unknown Barker’s 1st wife. Married 1) Peleg Heath 2) Henry Bowen.

Origins

The will of Dorothy King dated 14 d: 4 m: 1652 at Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as wife of John King names: Husband John King; Daughter Sarah Hunt; Daughter Ruth Barker; Daughter Susanna Heath; Son Joseph Barker, as executor. (p. 41)

... To dau. Ruth Barker the rest of my wearing cloathes, wth ye greater half of my larger linen, ye lesser half being reserved for my dau. Sarah; also to dau. Ruth one bed wth ye furniture; to dau. Susannah Heath one little flockebed ....

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There are questions about who Susannah's true father is. Material suggests that Susannah was born to Dorothie and Joseph Barker (b. 1600 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; d. Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts), but that Joseph died and Dorothie remarried Jonathan King. After Dorothie died, Jonathan King continued in the parent role. He later married Mary Bainbridge.

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Susanna_Barker_%282%29
• The Great Migration Begins AncestryImage
• The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their ... By John William Linzee page 517 GoogleBooks
• Bowen, Georgene Esther. The Ancestry of Griffith Bowen of "Burryhead", Llangenydd Parish, Glamorgan County, Wales (n.p., Philadelphia, 1960) Page 41. Archive.Org