Nicholas Bowes (1706 - 1755)

Born 4 Nov 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 12 Dec 1755 at age 49 in Western, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Nicholas Bowes was born in 1706^[1] in Boston, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Nicholas Bowes and Dorcas (Champney) Bowes. He married married Lucy (Hancock) Cooke aka Bowes. He came from Stoddard, Bowes, and Hancock ancestry.^[2]

Nicholas Bowes graduated from Harvard College and was ordained on July 15, 1730. He was called to be the spiritual leader of the newly incorporated city of Bedford, MA in 1730 and "remained the leader of the town's religious and civic life for twenty-four years." He was provided by the town a sixteen acre parcel of land adjacent to the meeting house. His home became known as "Domine Manse". This building still exists as the office of Brown and Brown Attorneys of Bedford.^[3]

He passed away on 12 Dec. 1755^[4] in Western (now Warren), Worcester, Mass. It is described as "Boews, Nicholas, late pastor of the church in Bedford, having been engaged as chaplain in the army at the Westward was violently seized with his last illness in this place and died Dec. 12, 175_, in 50th y."^[5]

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1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/N4K79b
2. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 10-11; New England Historic Genealogical Society: Digital Image, 1856.
3. ↑ Wilderness Town; the Story of Bedford, Massachusetts; Louise K. Brown; 1968; Excerpts from book: http://www.brown-brown-pc.com/Domine%20Manse.htm
4. ↑ Transactions, Volume 18; Colonial Society of Massachusetts; The Society, 1917; page 225; Digital Image, Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=otnkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA225#v=onepage&q&f=false
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Ancestry Record 61401 #1219945

• https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Nicholas-Bowes/6000000000435800271.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126471611/nicholas-boews: accessed 17 December 2023), memorial page for Rev Nicholas Boews (4 Nov 1706–12 Dec 1755), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126471611, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) Find A Grave: Memorial #126471611.