Edmund Fowler (abt. 1698 - abt. 1748)

Born about 1698 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York Province

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Hunt) Fowler — married about 1720 in Grove Farm, Westchester, New York Province

Descendants

Died about 1 Jan 1748 at about age 50 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York Province

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Biography

Edmund Fowler was born in Eastchester about 1698. He was the son of Henry Fowler and Abigail Hoyt.^[1][2]

Edmund Fowler married Rachel Hunt, the daughter of Josiah Hunt and Abigail Husted, surely at the Grove Farm in Westchester.

Town Offices in Eastchester: ^[3] Edward was elected Sheepmaster in 1729 Pounder in 1732, dealing with stray farm animals to a committee in 1738 charged with setting fees for the pound and fence heights Constable and Collector in 1746 Fence viewer in 1747

Edmund died before his 50th birthday. His will was dated 30 Nov 1747 and proved 5 Jan 1747-8. He had done pretty well. He leaves the substantial sum of 200 pounds to Gilbert, land in Eastchester and 4 acres of salt meadow to son Edward. He instructs his executors to sell the rest of the real estate at the earlier of wife Rachel's remarriage or 12 years. Son Solomon to be schooled enough to qualify him as a Doctor. Mentions daughters Rachel, Hannah, and Abigail. ^[4]

Children: (all born in Eastchester) ^[5]

1. Gilbert
2. Edward, died before Dec 1760, as not mentioned in his mother's will
3. Solomon, m. Sarah Hunt 30 May 1761, d. 1780
4. Rachel, m. Lewis Palmer in 1749, died after 1805 in Nova Scotia
5. Hannah, m ____ Butler. She received an inheritance of 100 pounds in her mother's will dated 23 Jan 1761 in New York.^[6]
6. Abigail, died unmarried between 1761 and 1763. She received an inheritance of 100 pounds in her mother's will dated 23 Jan 1761 in New York.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Tompkins, David A., Eastchester Village, colonial New York 1666-1698 Maps and Inhabitants, (Eastchester, 1997, Eastchester Historical Society), p. 33 & 35, citing Grenville McKenzie's Families of Colonial Phillipsburgh, unpublished work on file at the Westchester county Archives.
2. ↑ ages listed in the 1710 census of military age men in Eastchester, listed in the Documentary History of New York, by E. B. O'Callaghan, (c)1849, Vol. III, pg 947, support the indicated years of birth. Edmund is NOT listed, indicating he was not yet 16
3. ↑ "Eastchester Town Records", transcribed and maintained by the Eastchester Historical Society, vol. Four, pp. 10-51
4. ↑ William S. Pelletreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York from 1664 to 1784: a careful abstract of all almost 800 wills recorded by the Surrogate Office (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898), pages 109-110.
5. ↑ Based on his and her wills, listed in the order mentioned in his will.
6. ↑ Fowler genealogy
7. ↑ Fowler genealogy

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