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About William Bowen, Sr.
From page 99 of Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut By Edward Augustus Bowen
3. WILLIAM BOWEN.
William2 Bowen (Griffith 1) was, perhaps, the second son of Griffith Bowen; he is mentioned in the settlement of his father's estate after the eldest son Francis and before Henry. He was undoubtedly born in Wales and came to Boston with his parents.
No effort has been made to trace him in England and Wales, but his name crops up twice: once in Wales, in the spring of 1652,2 in connection with Griffith Bowen and Francis Bowen as defendants in a suit in which Phillip Jones, Esq., was plaintiff, the details of which are missing from the Public Record Office, London; and, second, in John Bowen's answer3 to Griffith Bowen's complaint, in which John Bowen states " the same <£60 being due unto the said Francklen by bond as aforesaid from the Plaintiff and his sons Francis and William." This was after February, 1664.
William Bowen appears to have been in Boston at the time of the settlement of his father's estate; he consented to its division.
William Bowen was a mariner. He was captured by the Turks, and died in captivity, about 1686.
The Dorchester, Mass., Church Records contain the following:
1 Chancery B. & A. Bridges, 1690-1700, Pt. 18, No. 297. Public Record Office, London. a See p. 43. 1 See p. 76.
The 7 4 85 ther was a Contrebution for Goo[dman ?] Bowens of rocksbery Brother who is a Captive with ye turks at which time was Colected two pounds fowerteen shillings & left in my hands for the p,son Concerned. Mr1 William Bowen, brother of Mr Henry Bowen, late of Roxbury, was taken by the Turks, and it was proposed to ye Congregation, met in Roxbury, a contribution for his redemption, and the people went generally to the public box, young and old; but before the money could answer the end for which the Congregation intended it, the people of this place were informed that Mr Bowen was dead, and the money that the town had given for his redemption was restored to the Congregation again, and put into the hands of Deacon Giles Feaison, as we are informed. About the same time, good old Mrs. Eliot lay at the point of death (the wife of the pastor). It was then agreed upon, by our heads and leader, with the consent of others, that the above named contribution money should be improved to build a tomb for the town, to inter their ministers, as occasion should require, and that old Mrs. Eliot, for the great service that she had done to the town, should be put in said tomb.
William Bowen had a son William, but who his wife was, where he married her, when and where she died, are not known.
William, the son, married Mary . He lived in Boston.
On the tenth day of May, 1716, "William Bowen of Boston Taylor only son of William Bowen late of Bristol in the Kingdom of Great Britain Marriner deSed " for £80 deeded to Joshua Child, Junr., of Brookline his portion of that " parcel of the Estate of MT Griffith Bowen (Grand Father to the s? William Bowen) . . . that fell in Division . . . unto the said William Bowen (the Father) and his Brother Francis Bowen in full of their share . . . of which two parts do belong unto the s* Francis Bowen late deced . . . accruing and of right belonging unto him the said William Bowen in right to his Uncle Francis Bowen before named.
From page 99 of Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut By Edward Augustus Bowen
3. WILLIAM BOWEN.
William2 Bowen (Griffith 1) was, perhaps, the second son of Griffith Bowen; he is mentioned in the settlement of his father's estate after the eldest son Francis and before Henry. He was undoubtedly born in Wales and came to Boston with his parents.
No effort has been made to trace him in England and Wales, but his name crops up twice: once in Wales, in the spring of 1652,2 in connection with Griffith Bowen and Francis Bowen as defendants in a suit in which Phillip Jones, Esq., was plaintiff, the details of which are missing from the Public Record Office, London; and, second, in John Bowen's answer3 to Griffith Bowen's complaint, in which John Bowen states " the same <£60 being due unto the said Francklen by bond as aforesaid from the Plaintiff and his sons Francis and William." This was after February, 1664.
William Bowen appears to have been in Boston at the time of the settlement of his father's estate; he consented to its division.
William Bowen was a mariner. He was captured by the Turks, and died in captivity, about 1686.
The Dorchester, Mass., Church Records contain the following:
1 Chancery B. & A. Bridges, 1690-1700, Pt. 18, No. 297. Public Record Office, London. a See p. 43. 1 See p. 76.
The 7 4 85 ther was a Contrebution for Goo[dman ?] Bowens of rocksbery Brother who is a Captive with ye turks at which time was Colected two pounds fowerteen shillings & left in my hands for the p,son Concerned. Mr1 William Bowen, brother of Mr Henry Bowen, late of Roxbury, was taken by the Turks, and it was proposed to ye Congregation, met in Roxbury, a contribution for his redemption, and the people went generally to the public box, young and old; but before the money could answer the end for which the Congregation intended it, the people of this place were informed that Mr Bowen was dead, and the money that the town had given for his redemption was restored to the Congregation again, and put into the hands of Deacon Giles Feaison, as we are informed. About the same time, good old Mrs. Eliot lay at the point of death (the wife of the pastor). It was then agreed upon, by our heads and leader, with the consent of others, that the above named contribution money should be improved to build a tomb for the town, to inter their ministers, as occasion should require, and that old Mrs. Eliot, for the great service that she had done to the town, should be put in said tomb.
William Bowen had a son William, but who his wife was, where he married her, when and where she died, are not known.
William, the son, married Mary . He lived in Boston.
On the tenth day of May, 1716, "William Bowen of Boston Taylor only son of William Bowen late of Bristol in the Kingdom of Great Britain Marriner deSed " for £80 deeded to Joshua Child, Junr., of Brookline his portion of that " parcel of the Estate of MT Griffith Bowen (Grand Father to the s? William Bowen) . . . that fell in Division . . . unto the said William Bowen (the Father) and his Brother Francis Bowen in full of their share . . . of which two parts do belong unto the s* Francis Bowen late deced . . . accruing and of right belonging unto him the said William Bowen in right to his Uncle Francis Bowen before named. "William Bowen and a Seal "Mary Bowen Signum and a Seal" 2
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARY BOWEN:
- I. Sarah, born in Boston June 10, 1699; married, January 28, 1719, Thomas Brown.
- II. Mary, born March 18, 1700-1; married, March 28, 1720, by Rev. John Webb, John Beir; married, second (?), by Pen Townsend, Esq., Thomas Cole. 1 Roxbury Records, June 7, 1725. * Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. xxz. p. 155.
- III. William, born March 1,1703; married Frances, daughter of Thomas Banister. There is on file in the office of the Secretary of State, Hartford, Connecticut, a petition dated September 28, 1747, signed by John Banister of Newport, Samuel Banister of Stonington, and William Bowen of Boston, and Frances, his wife. It states that their grandfather, Thomas Banister of Boston, made his last will January 25, 1708-9, in which he divided his property among his three sons, Thomas, Samuel, and John. John died in 1714 without issue; Thomas died in November, 1716, leaving two sons, John and Samuel, and one daughter, Frances, wife of William Bowen.
- IV. Martha, born December 19,1704.
- V. Joanna, born ;married, January 1, 1740, by Rev. J. Webb, Samuel Richardson.
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2016, 21:06:32 UTC
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William Bowen, Sr.'s Timeline
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Gower, Pembroke, Glamorgan, Wales
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1673
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of, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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1696
Age 64
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Turkey
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