Phebe Bowdy (1733)

Born 18 Aug 1733 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

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Biography

Phebe was a Friend (Quaker)

Phoebe was born on 19d 6m 1733 [19 Aug 1733].^[1] She was the daughter of Moses Bowden and Phebe (Weed) Bowdy.^[1]

Birth and Siblings

Children of Moses and Phoebe Bowdy:^[2]

• Phoebe Bowdy b. 19 of 6m, 1733.
• Hannah Bowdy b. 31 of 5m, 1737.
• Moses Bowdy b. 6 of 9m, 1739.
• Lydia Bowdy b. 10 of 10m, 1742.
• Nathaniel Bowdy b. 16 of 12m, 1749.
• Sarah Bowdy b. 22 of 2m, 1731.
• John Bowdy b. 25 of 9m, 1735; d. 16 of 10m, 1735.
• Ruth Bowdy b. 20 of 12m, 1746; d. 29 of 10m, 1748.

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. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-7KXB : 29 November 2018), Phebe Bowdy, 19 Aug 1733; citing Birth, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009726.
2. ↑ [Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting], Dutchess County, New York, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost, Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 17 - 20