Samuel Fowler Sr (abt. 1618 - 1711)

Born about 1618 in England

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1711 at about age 93 in Salisbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Samuel Fowler Sr migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

[Note: Wives unconfirmed. See also: Marriages By Rev. Samuel Perley At Hampton, N.H., and Other Places in NEHGR: Vol. 51: 1897: p. 463: Nov. 10, 1772. (1) Samuel Fowler and Martha Scelley, Seabrook. (2) Possible, but unproven 2nd wife Margaret (Norman) Morgan: See: TAG: 77: 2002: p. 103 and GM: 1995: p. 1335] [[Note: Parents unknown. Samuel was thought to be the son of Philip and Mary (___/? Winsley) Fowler from Stickney's text on the Fowler Family. However no evidence of this has been confirmed. See: NEHGR 170: 2016: 126 and GM:C-f: 2001: p. 564]

Biography

Samuel Fowler's ancestry is unknown. Many researchers attached him to Philip Fowler and Mary ?Winsley/Winslow, based on the will of Samuel Winsloe/Winsley who left bequests to his 'cousin' Samuel Fowler and his children, Samuel, Mary and Sarah. Although Samuel Fowler was likely related to Winslew, there has been no evidence found to support that Winsley had a sister Mary that married Philip Fowler. ^{[1] [2]}

Samuel Fowler was born in England in 1618, according to a deposition. ^[3]

He is styled a shipwright, and in the early practice of that trade is supposed to have visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1668, he is of Salisbury and purchased land there. More land purchases are made in 1668/9 in Salisbury and in 1673, land in Amesbury. ^[3]

His first wife is unknown, but is thought to have been of Portsmouth, New Hampshire where they had children. They are perhaps William and three other children named in the will of Samuel Winsley of Salisbury, dated 17 Aug., 1665; proved 9th, 2d mo., 1667 ; recorded Essex Probate, Bk. 1 : 299, who gives his estate to his cousin, Samuel Fowler's son Samuel, and his daughters Mary and Sarah. ^{[1] [3]}

He is thought to have married, second, between1673-1690, Margaret (Norman) Morgan, the widow of Robert Morgan of Beverly, after 1673, as Robert Morgan made his will October 14, 1672. In May 1690, Samuel Fowler Sr. and Margaret, sell lands from the estate of Robert Morgan in Amesbury to Samuel Weed, husband of her daughter Bethiah Morgan. Margaret is called relict of Robert Morgan and now wife of Samuel Fowler. ^{[3] [4]}

Samuel Fowler, senior, died in Salisbury, January, 1710/11. ^{[5] [3]}

Children

by his first wife

1. William, born ___; married Elizabeth , was of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, she administered on his estate there, 1707. ^[3]
2. Mary, born___; married Richard Goodwin, November 14, 1677 [14th, 9th mo., 1677], of Amesbury, ^[6]shipwright, when she was of Portsmouth. ^[3]
3. Sarah, born ___. ^[3]
4. Samuel, born ___; married Hannah Worthen, December 5, 1684. He died in Salisbury, December 21, 1737, ^[5] leaving numerous descendants. ^[3]

Research notes

Salisbury Deaths

FOULER (Fowler), Samuell, sr., Jan. ––, 1710-1711. NCTBK (p. 562)

Fowler, Samuell, Dec. 24, 1737. NCTBK (p. 563)

Salisbury Marriages

Fowler, Samuell, and Hannah Wathen, Dec. 5, 1684. (p. 361) ^[5]

New England Marriages

FOWLER, Samuel (1618-1711) and 2d/wf Margaret (NORMAN) MORGAN, w. of Robert, aft. 1673; ca. 1673 Salisbury.^[7]

Amesbury Marriages

Fowler, Mary, of Salisbury, and Richard Goodwin, 14: 9m: 1677. PR74 (p. 353)^[6]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Feb 3, 2012

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hewlett, Sandra M. English Origins and First Wife of Samuel 1 Winsley of Salisbury Massachusetts in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 170, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2016, p. 125-6 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Philip Fowler in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001, p. 564 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Stickney, Matthew Adams. The Fowler Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass: Ten Generations: 1590-1882, Salem Press, 1883
4. ↑ Essex Institute Historical Collections, Essex Institute Press, Vol. LV, Salem, Massachusetts, 1919
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1915
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Vital Records of Amesbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1913
7. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985

• Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. page 564 All records for this Samuel place him in Salisbury and none connect him with the family of Philip Fowler. There is no reason to connect Samuel Fowler with Philip in any way.
• Mahler, Leslie. The English Origin of Richard Norman of Salem, Mass. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 77, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002, p. 103 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
• Anderson, Robert C. Richard Norman in : Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 1335 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
• The Fowler family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass. Ten generations: 1590-1882 (1883) by Matthew Adams Stickney
• Essex Institute Historical Collections, Essex Institute Press, Vol. LV, Salem, MA, 1919
• Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1915
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985
• Vital Records of Amesbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1913
• caution, errors Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 4, Page 1705