Benjamin Bowtell (1672 - 1743)

Born 1672 in Thaxted, Essex, England

Husband of Cassandra Unknown — married before 1696 in London, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1743 at about age 71 in London Aldersgate, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1672 in Thaxted Essex to John and Rebecca Bowtell. In 1686 he was apprenticed for 8 years to Edward Clemens Master Taylor of London and on completion of his apprenticeship was made a Freeman in the Master Taylor's guild. He married Cassandra sometime around 1696 (he would have completed his apprenticeship in 1694/5) and they had 7 children together. They lived in the St Paul's/Bishopsgate/Aldersgate areas of London. He passed away in 1743 in Aldersgate.

Sources

• 1672 baptism - Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers
• 1686 apprenticeship - London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/0091-0098
• 1696 baptism of first daughter Cassandra at St Faith under St Paul's - London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Aug/A/006/Ms08884
• 1703 land tax Bishopsgate, London - Ancestry.com. London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• 1743 burial - London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Bot1/A/001/Ms03854/005