Thomas Bowen (1712 - 1765)

Born 14 Aug 1712 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hepzibah (Carpenter) Bowen — married 16 Jun 1735 in East Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1765 at age 53 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Thomas^[1] was born 14 Aug 1712 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay. He married first, Hephzibah Carpenter, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (French) Carpenter. They had nine children. She died and was buried 27 Jun 1755. Thomas married, 2nd, Unknown wife who was buried in 1757. He married, third, Mercy (UNKNOWN) some time before their son James was born at Cumberland, She died after 29 Aug 1769 when her guardian was changed.^[2]

Thomas' father, John Bowen, gave him 50 acres in Attleborough Gore, Massachusetts Bay.

Attleborough Gore

Attleborough Gore, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay became Cumberland Rhode Island in 1747

'Marriage

Name: Thomas Bowen Gender: Male Spouse: Hepzibeth Carpenter Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1735 City: Rehoboth County: Bristol^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Saxbe Jr., William B. (2011). Richard Bowen (1594? - 1675) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts & his Descendants. Volume 2 – Generation 4. (pp 497-501). Hope, R.I.: Rhode Island Genealogy Society
2. ↑ Cumberland, Rhode Island, Probate Records 5: 120-122
3. ↑ Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0562559.

• Unpublished family tree handed down to Bob Gerrish from Bessie (Bowen) Gerrish. The Bowen lineage of this family tree was compiled and handed down by Bowen cousins in Manchester and Wales. It outlines the Bowen ancestry of Richard Bowen which predates the alleged "forged" works of E.C. Bowen and may well have been his source.

• Saxbe Jr., William B. (2011). Richard Bowen (1594? - 1675) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts & his Descendants. Volume 3 – Generations 5-6. (pp 490-495) Hope, R.I.: Rhode Island Genealogy Society

• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850

• Arnold, James N., (1897),Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. (pp 43, 397), Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc. (Original Work published 1897, Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company.)

• Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths, with Supplement containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers serving in Philip's War and the Revolution.

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Providence, RI, USA: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897.

• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

AGBI

Name: Thomas Bowen Birth Date: 1712 Birthplace: Massachusetts Volume: 16 Page Number: 443 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 2 Jan 1917, 5901