Alexander Bow (abt. 1633 - 1678)

Born about 1633 in Scotland

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Bow — married 1659 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT

Husband of Rebeckah (Hughes) Bow — married 26 Nov 1672 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1678 at about age 45 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Alexander Bow’s parents, birth date, and birth location are currently unknown. Between November 11, 1650 and the spring of 1651 he was transported as a prisoner of war (following the Battle of Dunbar and the subsequent Death March to Durham) from Scotland via England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony aboard the ship Unity.

On March 01, 1657/8 Alexander was granted 4 acres of woods and 1 acre of commons in Charlestown, MA. 3 According to land ownership laws of the time a man must be free in order to own land and as such Alexander must have completed his servitude by this time. “Alex Bow” is enumerated in Charlestown tax records as owning land next to Scottish compatriot Hercules Corser on November 16, 1658. Alexander "Removed to Middletown 1658^[1]

Alexander was admitted as an inhabitant of Middletown (now in Middlesex County, Connecticut) on October 24, 1660.5 On February 18th of the following year “the towne gave to Alaxander bow two acors of swamp before the indian fort hill next to thomas hopewells land for on acer of medow [sic].”6 Alexander is recorded as an inhabitant of Middletown in 1670 and 1673.7,8

MPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018) According to Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 252, Alexander is categorized as:

Possible [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Bow/Bowe, Alexander. Residences: Charlestown MA, Middletown CT. Appears: 1658. D.1678. Could be the same man as Alexander Bogle. [DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8; App.B]

Birth

1633 England ^[2]

Marriages

Alexander Bow married Sarah _____ in perhaps 1659. She must have died before November 1672.

Alexander Bow then married Rebecca Hughes/Huse in Middletown on 26 Nov 1672 ^[3]

Children

Alexander and Sarah Bow had, in Middlesex:^[3]

• Samuel, b. 28 Jan 1659
• Sarah, b. 20 June 1662, died 16 Apr 1665
• Mary, b. 18 Jan 1664, died 16 Mar 1665

Alexander and Rebecca Bow had, in Middlesex:^[3]

• Anne/Anna, b. 10 Sep 1674
• Mary, b. 5 Dec 1676
• Rebeckah, b. 19 Apr 1679

Death

06 NOV 1678 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA ^{[2] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Wyman, Thomas Bellow, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown . . . 1629-1818, (Boston, 1879, reprinted 2016 by the New England Historic genealogical Society, Vol. 1, p. 101
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestral File https://alexanderbow.com/alexander/
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Middletown Vital Records 1651-1854, pp. 70-73. citing original records LR1 p. 10 (image viewed on Ancestry.com($))
4. ↑ Author: James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ;

• SPOS Alexander Bow
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Middletown, Page 59. Marriage record. Death record.