Patience (Millard) Bowen (1737 - aft. 1785)

Born 3 Jul 1737 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died after 1785 after age 47 in Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Patience Millard was born on 3 Jul 1737 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay the daughter of Joseph Millard and Grissel Whittaker. Patience married Jabish Bowen on 30 Sep 1758 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1] Patience's Children, all born in Rehoboth Massachusetts were:^[2]

1. Rhoda born October 16 1760
2. Johanna born September 16 1762
3. Isaac born August 24 1764
4. Jabez born October 21 1765
5. Squire born August 14 1768
6. Peleg born April 21 1771
7. Richmond born April 21 1771 Twin, died as infant? [see research note]
8. Amos born March 13 1773
9. Patience February 11 1777
10. Nancy April 1779
11. Levi March 24 1782

Patience and her Husband died sometime after the 1790 Census in Rehoboth, where 89 year old Jabez, Father-in-law of Patience and his wife are found in one household; 65 year old Jabez Jr with one younger male, likely Levi, and four females who were likely Patience wife of Jabez profiled here, Patience and Nancy their young daughters and one other female who could be an older daughter of Patience or another girl from town helping the 63 year old Patience; Jabez 3rd is also found in this census record but is unlikely Patience son Jabez who 25 and doesn't have children yet.^[3]

Research Notes

May have had twins in 1771: Bowen's in Rehoboth were not using middle names at this time. Other families that were, the middle names are given as initials with no comma. No other records of a Richmond Bowen are found. Peleg Bowen does not use R. or Richmond on any records.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [1]
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordofreh00arno/page/548/mode/2up?q=Richmond "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. (James Newell) page 548
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-9JG : Fri May 19 11:52:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Jabez Bowen, Junr, 1790.

• James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rehoboth Massachusetts 1642-1896, 1897, 682 & 683.

Acknowledgements

• Dee Christophel D'Errico