Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Bowen (abt. 1596 - abt. 1677)

Born about 1596 in Hingham, Norfolk, England

Wife of George Marsh — married about 1617 in England

Wife of Richard Bowen — married Nov 1648 in Weymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1677 at about age 81 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Bowen migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Elizabeth Unknown Marsh was born about 1596 at Hingham, Norfolk, England. She married George Marsh. She died about 1677 at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Notes

Elizabeth-- maiden name not known-- first married George Marsh of Hingham. He died and she married second, as his second wife, in November 1648 Richard Bowen, in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She was buried in Rehoboth in 1676.^{[1] [2][3]}

Disputed Parentage

Some say that Elizabeth's father was William Key. No proof of this connection has been found. For this reason, William has been disconnected from Elizabeth.

Research Notes

Info provided by Jillaine Smith:

George's widow Elizabeth married Richard BOWEN, not Richard BROWN. Here's the data:

"Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass.," in The American Genealogist, 76(2001):268-269:

Richard Bowen's Second Wife

Richard Bowen's Welsh wife probably died after they had arrived in the colonies, since he did not remarry until 1648. There has been undue confusion about his second marriage. Lincoln noted that George Marsh of Hingham died on 2 July 1647 and that his wife, Elizabeth, married secondly in November 1648, Richard Bowen.^[4]

However, Chamberlain said that Richard BROWN married at Weymouth in November 1648, Elizabeth Marsh, widow of George of Hingham. [citing George W. Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 4 vols (Weymouth, 1923), 3:131].

He acknowledged that Lincoln claimed Elizabeth Marsh married Richard Bowen but said this was an error for Brown. He noted that the marriage was recorded in Peter Hobart's diary. The diary of Rev. Peter Hobart, minister of Hingham, was first printed in the Register. Under marriages is found: "Richard Brown & Elizabeth Marsh at Weymouth Nov. 1648," which is Chamberlain's source.

[citing Andrew H. Ward, "First Settlers of Hingham," NEHGR 2(1848):250-55, at 252. [Internet Archive] ]

A photocopy of the original entry in Hobart's diary shows under November 1648: "Richard Bowen married to Elezebeth Marsh at Waymouth."

[citing Jay Mck Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital Records: Hingham 1635-1900 (microfiche, Oxford, Mass., 1900), fiche #1, 11th leaf. A later transcription, in C. Edward Egan Jr., "The Hobart Journal," NEHGR 121 (1967):3-25, 102-27, 191-216, 269-97, at 21, has Richard Bowen. Robert Charles Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 1:265... commented that somewhere Bowen became corrupted to Brown."]

The name Bowen is as clear as it could possibly be. It is interesting that the marriage took place in Weymouth rather than Hingham. Elizabeth may have had friends in Weymouth, or more likely she may have had family there."

BOTTOM LINE: Elizabeth Unknown, widow of George Marsh, married second Richard BOWEN (not BROWN). As we're merging the dupes of George Marsh's spouses, we need to make sure we include the correct info about her second marriage.

Elizabeth Key was born in 1598 at Hingham, Norfolk, England. https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pagewinters&id=I202 She died in 1677 at Hingham, (New Plymouth Colony), Massachusetts. Father: William KEY b: ABT 1570 in Hingham, Norfolk, England

Marriage 1 George MARSH b: 1592 in Hingham, Norfolk, England Married: ABT 1617

Children. Has No Children Thomas MARSH b: 1618 in England Has Children Mary MARSH b: ABT 1622 in Hingham, Norfork, England Has No Children Onesiphorus MARSH b: 1630 in England Has No Children Elizabeth MARSH b: ABT 1625 in England

Marriage 2 Richard BOWEN b: 1590 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales Married: NOV 1648 in Hingham, (New Plymouth Colony), Massachusetts ^[5]

• Elizabeth KEY.

Birth: 1596 in Hingham, Norfolk, England 1 Death: 1677 in Hingham, (New Plymouth Colony), Massachusetts Note: (https://web.archive.org/web/20040206022744/http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1094/marsh.htm (archived from 6 Feb 2004) Source; Genealogy of the Family of George Marsh, 1887, Press of FN Boutwell Marsh In 1635 Reverend Peter Hobart brought about 20 families from Hingham, Norfolk, England to America in search of religious freedom. They settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts but then moved about 14 miles southwest of Boston and founded a place they called Hingham after their old home. In this group was George Marsh, wife Elizabeth Key and four children: Thomas, Elizabeth, Onesiphorus and Mary. They cast lots in 1635 for town lots. "Given unto George Marsh for a house lot, 5 acres of land, bounded with the land of Richard Osborn eastward, and with the highway leading to Squirrel Hill westward, butting upon the common northward and unto the Town Street southward." George Marsh was made a freeman of Hingham on 3 March 1636. He lived there until his death on 2 July 1647. Will of George Marsh: "Unto Wife Elizabeth fower pound & tenn shillings a yeare; on fether bed, on payer of sheets and after her desese to return to my sonne Thomas. To sonne Onesefers on yerling stere on yerling hefer on hefer calf on Ewe Dau. Elizabeth Turner on yerling hefer; Dau. Mary Padge to Ewe gotes. Sonne Thomas Marsh my house & all my land in Hingham. Witnesses {Rolfe Woodward William Hersee" Elizabeth Key Marsh married Richard Brown a year later. [1]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard LeBaron Bowen Jr., The Ancestry, Wives and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in The American Genealogist, vol. 76 (October 2001):263-278.
2. ↑ Mayflower Descendant: V.17 #4, 1915; pp.247-251
3. ↑ See also New England Historical and Genealogical Register : v.91; January 1937; p.64
4. ↑ George Lincoln. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts in Three Volumes. Vol. 3. The Town, printed by University Press: John Wilson & Son., 1893. Page 56. Google Books
5. ↑ http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p541.htm

See also:

• "Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass.," in The American Genealogist, 76(2001):268-269

• Five Families; The Ancestors of Bertrand Fox, Mary Ziegler, Patricia Noyes, LaMar Gulbransen and Mary Ann Green. website Compiler: Ann Fox Gulbransen, Sharon Center, OH Site updated on 8 Aug 2020
• "Find a Grave", database, Find A Grave: Memorial #36657712 (accessed 30 January 2024), Memorial page for Elizabeth Bowen (1590-1675); Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703). Burial Details Unknown
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985.) "MARSH, George (-1647) & Elizabeth ____ (-1675+), m/2 Richard BROWN 1648, m/3 Richard JACKSON; in Eng, by 1618; Hingham {Watertown; Marsh 9-10; Sanders 14; Reg. 7:36; Ferrin-Preston 41; Woolson-Fenno 111; Bowen (1897) 205; Davol-Willets 37} "