Lydia (Mott) Bowerman (1721 - 1759)

Born 1721 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Ichabod Richard Bowerman — married 18 Oct 1744 in Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1759 at about age 38 in Oswego, Oswego, New York

Biography

Lydia was a Friend (Quaker)

Lydia was born in 1721.

She married Ichabod Richard Bowerman in 1744 (estimate based on birth of first child). She is possibly the Lydia Petty who married an Ichabod Bowerman on 18 Oct 1744 in Monmouth, New Jersey.^[1]

Children

Children of Ichabod and Lydia Bowerman:^[2]

• Timothy Bowerman. b. 2 of 2m, 1745.
• Elizabeth Bowerman. b. 31 of 1m, 1748.
• Jane Bowerman. b. 25 of 1m, 1750.
• Hannah Bowerman. b. 18 of 10m, 1752.
• David Bowerman. b. 11 of 3m, 1755.
• Sarah Bowerman. b. 9 of 2m, 1757.

Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Sources

1. ↑ "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKM6-J6G : 4 April 2020), Ichabod Bowman and Lydia Petty, 18 Oct 1744; citing Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 802,936.
2. ↑ Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess County, New York, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost, Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 29 - 32.

• FamilySearch profile.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 June 2021), memorial page for Lydia Mott Bowerman (1724–11 Feb 1759), Find A Grave: Memorial #157408828, ; Maintained by Dedicated ~ Aurorae Little ♥UE (contributor 48644964) Body lost or destroyed.
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQT-281 : accessed 29 November 2021), entry for Lydia Mott or Petty, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.