Jonathan Fowler (1737 - 1814)

Born 12 Dec 1737 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Kemp) Fowler — married 20 Sep 1762 in Hollis, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1814 at age 77 in Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Jonathan Fowler was born on 12 Dec 1737 in Rowley, Massachusetts, the son of “Dr. Philip and Margaret.”^[1][2]

In 1754, during the French and Indian War, he was likely the Jonathan Fowler of Captain Peter Power's Company from Hollis, New Hampshire, "...in expedition against the French forts at Crown Point on the western shore of Lake Champlain."^[3]

In 1758, also during the French and Indian War, he was likely the Jonathan Fowler of Colonel John Hart's Regiment from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, "...a part of which was ordered to join in a second expedition against Louisburg and the remainder to serve on the Western Front."^[3]

Lucy Kemp and Jonathan Fowler, both of Hollis, New Hampshire, married 20 Sep 1762.^[4]

Likely, the Jonathan Fowler clearing land in Barnet, Vermont in 1770.^[5]Wikipedia, See Jonathan Fowler ^[6]

He died in 1814.

Children

1. Lucy Fowler, born in 1761 in Newbury, Albany County, Province of New York (now Newbury, Vermont)
2. Sarah Fowler, born on 24 Aug 1764 in Newbury, Albany County, Province of New York (now Newbury, Vermont)
3. Jonathan Fowler Jr, born on 19 Jul 1766 in Newbury, Republic of Vermont (now Newbury, Vermont)
4. Barnet Fowler, born in 1771 in Barnet, Vermont

Burial

Danville Protestant Cemetery, Danville, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada (Find A Grave)

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7785/79/141872145
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-GRC : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fowler, 12 Dec 1737; citing ROWLEY,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496782 IT 1-2.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1879 : with Many Biographical Sketches of Its Early Settlers, Their Descendants, and Other Residents : Illustrated with Maps and Engravings : Worcester, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas), 1804-1882 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Boston : A. Williams, January 1, 1879. 344. https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh00worc/page/99. Accessed 16 Sept. 2019.
4. ↑ “History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1879 : with Many Biographical Sketches of Its Early Settlers, Their Descendants, and Other Residents : Illustrated with Maps and Engravings : Worcester, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas), 1804-1882 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Boston : A. Williams, January 1, 1879. 344. https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh00worc/page/344. Accessed 16 Sept. 2019.
5. ↑ “History of Newbury, Vermont, from the Discovery of the Coös Country to Present Time. With Genealogical Records of Many Families : Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian Company, 1 Jan. 1970, https://archive.org/details/historyofnewbury1704well/page/66.
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnet,_Vermont

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