Ancestral Glimpses » Obadiah Bowen (-1710)

Persoonlijke gegevens Obadiah Bowen 

• Hij is geboren op 3 JAN 1627–28 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America.

  BIRTH: Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1895, Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths, Part II, Rehoboth, Section I. Births; p.547, 2- 113 BOWEN, Elizabeth, of Obadiah and Barbara, May 25, 1732.

• Alternatief: Hij is geboren rond 1628 in WALES.
• Geïmmigreerd in het jaar 1640 vanuit Weymouth, Massachusetts, British America, with his father.
• Woonachtig:
• in het jaar 1643: Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America.
• rond 1670: Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America.
• Hij is overleden op 10 september 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America, hij was toen 83 jaar oud.
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden in het jaar 1727, hij was toen 100 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven september 1710 in Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America.
• Een kind van Richard Bowen en Ann Bourne
• Een kind van Richard Bowen en Esther Sutton
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 1 november 2017.

Gezin van Obadiah Bowen

Hij is getrouwd met Mary Clifton.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 1646–47 te Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America, hij was toen 19 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. John Bowen  1646-????
2. Obadiah Bowen  1651-1699
3. Mary Bowen  -1678
4. Sarah Bowen  1654-1703
5. Jacob Bowen  1656-????
6. Rebecca Bowen  1657-????
7. Bowen  1658-????
8. Samuel Bowen  1659-1729
9. Joseph Bowen  1662-1727 
10. Thomas Bowen  1664-± 1743 
11. Hannah Bowen  1665-1715
12. Lydia Bowen  1666-± 1712 
13. Marcy Bowen  ± 1668-± 1708
14. Isaac Bowen  1674-± 1706
15. James Bowen  1676-????
16. Hezekiah Bowen  1678-????

Notities over Obadiah Bowen

Ancestral File Number: 89CK-HX
From Plymouth Colony Records: 28 Oct 1681 term.
The verdict of a jury impaneled 21 Aug 1681 for the viewing of the corpses of Mr. George May and Timothy Venor incl. Obadiah Bowen - foreman, Thomas Estabrooke, Samuel Luther, Sr., Zacheriah Eddy, Sr., John Wheaton, Joshua Lumbert, Job Winslow, Jarett Bourne, Jr. Their verdict read as follows: "We found these two men below high water marke, and, according to our best understanding, theire death was by drowning".
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Obadiah Bowen 1627-1710

Obadiah Bowen1,2,3,4,5 M, b. 3 Jan 1627, d. 10 Sep 1710 Obadiah was born on Sunday, 3 Jan 1627 at Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.6 He was the son of Richard Bowen and Ann (?). He immigrated to New England from Wales with his parents. Mary md. Obadiah Bowen ca. 1649 at Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. They lived in Rehoboth. The family belonged to the Baptist Church. At a later time, part of Rehoboth broke off and became known as Swansea. Obadiah named this town after his home town in Wales. Obadiah made his will on 11 Dec 1708.

In the Name of God Amen the Eleventh day of Decembr one Thousand seven Hundred & Eight I Obadiah Bowen of Swanzey in ye County of Bristol in New England Yeoman being Grown Ancient & weake of body Yet of sound mind & memory blessed be God for the same And being willing & desirous to set my house in Order & settle my outward Estate which the Lord in mercey hath Lent me I Do make this my Last will & Testamt In manner & form following Viz: Imprimis I Commit my soul into the hands of God who gave it hopeing through grace to Receive the Remission of all my sins And through the Mirrits of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to be made pertaker of the Inheiritance of ye saints in Light And my Body to be Decently bur. according to the discresion of my Executors of this my Last will and Testament hereafter Named And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life I give Demise and Despose of the same in the following manner and form:
My will is that all my Just Debts which I owe to any person or persons whatsoever be be duely payd by my Executr out of my Estate in time Conveinient after my Decease
Imprimis I give to my well beloved son Samuel Bowen of Cohansey Ten pounds silver money at the fifteen penny weight and seventeen pounds of the like money I give to my said son Samuel Bowen and my Dau. Hannah Brooks Equally to be divided betwixt them I do also give to my dau. Hannah Brooks my bed and bedding.
Item I give to Lidia Mason a Cow
Itt: I give & bequeath unto my Grand-sons Aron Bowen & Daniel Bowen sons of my son Obadiah Bowen Deceased to them and Each of them for Ever All yt [that] my Right & Interest of and in the lands both divided and undivided scittuate. Lyeing & being within the Township of Attleborrough in the County of Bristol aforesd Equally to be divided between them:
Item I give unto my Grandson Nathan Bowen son of my said son Obadiah Bowen to him the said Nathan Bowen for Ever All that my two Divissions of lands in Rehoboth the one being allready laid out & the other now due to be layd out by ye selectmen of Rehoboth aforesaid that land wch is allready layd out being somewhat distant from Blisses saw mill, and allso all my Right of fresh meadow viz: two peices of fresh meadow the one lyeing at a place called the great meadow the other somewhat distant from said meadow
Itt I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bowen his heires and Assignes for ever All that my Division or Divisions of land layd out adjacent to said Josephs lands within the Township of Rehoboth aforesaid and allso the whole of all my undivided lands throughout the Commons of undivided lands both in the township of Rehoboth & Swanzey aforesaid.
Itt I give and bequeath unto James Bowen & Hezekiah Bowen forever Respectively all that my lot of land of land lyeing & being in Rehoboth aforesd Contayning Twenty acres it being Recorded to william Bowen in said Rehoboth land Records And to all other of my Relations not herein mentioned that should under any Tollerable pretence Claime any portion of my Estate left I give one shilling allso in full sattisfaction to them all: And whereas there is Amongst my household stuff four pewter platters that were given to me in my infancy when I was Baptized I do now give one of sd platters to my Grand Dau. Katherine Bowen And one of them to my Grand-daughter Sarah Bowen and one of them I give to my Granddaughter Allice Bowen and the fourth & last platter I give to my Grand dau. Elizabeth* Bowen. That is to say to each of them a Platter.
Item I Give to my Grand-dau. a smale iron Kettle
Itt I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Bowen all the Rest of my Estate not yet disposed of And ffinally I do hereby make Constitute Appoint & ordain my said son Thomas Bowen to be my sole Executor of this my last will and Testament & doe allso Charge him to see it [p. 291] Punctually and duely performed according to the purpose & true meaning thereof And I do allso hereby Revoke and utterly null & make void all former wills & Testaments by me at any time made Either by word or wrighting to be of no Effect or Use But this my last will & Testament to stand firm & good In witness whereof I the said Obadiah Bowen have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seale with my own hand given and published and
Declared the day & year first above written Signed sealed and Delivered Obadiah Bowen (S)
In the presence of us
Caleb Eddy
John Paddock
John Devotion.7

Obadiah departed this life on Wednesday, 10 Sep 1710 at Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at age 83 years, 8 months and 7 days. The inventory of Obadiah's estate was taken on Saturday, 4 Oct 1710. The inventory upon Record amounted to the sum of £1530 9s 2d.8 His will was probated on 14 Oct 1710.9 Children of Obadiah Bowen and Mary Clifton.
Obadiah Bowen II b. 18 Sep 1650, d. 11 Jul 1699
Mary Bowen b. 18 Jan 1652, d. 20 Aug 1678
Sarah Bowen+
b. 6 Nov 1654, d. 14 May 1703
Samuel Bowen b. 16 Jul 1659
Joseph Bowen b. 17 Jun 1662, d. 28 Dec 1727
Thomas Bowen b. 3 Aug 1664, d. 17 Jun 1743
Hannah Bowen b. 3 May 1665
Lydia Bowen b. 25 Apr 1666, d. 25 Mar 1758
Marcy Bowen b. 18 Mar 1672
Isaac Bowen b. 20 Sep 1674

Citations
William Richard Cutter, New England Families, genealogical memorial; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of commonwealths & the founding of a nation, pp. 1799-1800 - Children of Obadiah: Obadiah [18 Sep 1650], Mary [18 Jan 1652], Sara [6 Nov 1654], Samuel [16 Jul 1659], Joseph [17 Jun 1662], Thomas [3 Aug 1664], Hannah [3 May 1665], Lydia [25 Apr 1666], Marcy [18 Mar 1672], Isaac [30 Sep 1674].
Frost, Josephine C., Ancestors of Frank Herbert DaVol and his wife, Phebe Downing Willits, p. 37 - Obadiah Bowen, son of Richard and Ann Bowen, was born in Wales abt. 1627 and came to New England with his parents. He died in Swansea, Mass., 10 Sep 1710, aged 83 years. He md. Mary Clifton (probably a sister of Thomas Clifton), who died there 18 Feb 1697, aged 69 years. Issue: Obadiah, Mary, Sara, Samuel, Joseph, Thomas, Hannah, Lydia, Marcy, and Isaac.
p. 118.

Clarence Almond Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Obadiah Bowen md. bef. 1651 Mary Clifton.
William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs to the Families of the State of Massachusetts.

Note:
Swansea, (Welsh name - Abertawe) (mouth of the Tawe) is a city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula.
Ilston is the name of a village in Swansea. The village in the heart of the Gower peninsula is a home brook, parish church and a National Trust abandoned limestone quarry. The community is surrounded by common land used as grazing land, woodlands and fields.
The Editor, The Wills of Obadiah and Thomas Bowen, Recorded as "Mary" in Vol. Ill. The name was omitted.
Obadiah Bowen's will was twice recorded, in Book II, p. 290, and in Book III, p. 1. At the end of the record in the third book is a note, in the same hand as that record, referring to the record in the second book.
The Editor, The Wills of Obadiah and Thomas Bowen, Bristol ss: 14 Oct 1710 then Caleb Eddy and John Paddock Junr two of ye wittnesses of the within written will of Obadiah Bowen above Named Came before me Natha1 Paine Esqr Judge of the Probate of wills & granting Administrations within the County aforesaid & made Oath that they were present and did see the said Deceased signe seal publish & declare this Instrument as his will and Testamt & that he was of a Disposeing mind when he so did and that they together with John Devotion the other witness set their hands as witnesses at the same time.
John Cary Regr Nath1 Paine
Entered 29 Nov 1710 By John Cary Regr:
[From original bond] On 14 Oct 1710, "Thomas Bowen of Swanzey in the County of Bristol" as "Executor .... of his late Father Obadiah Bowen of Swanzey Deceased" with "Joseph Bowen & James Bowen of Rehoboth" gave bond for £300, "Currant Money". The bond bears the autograph signatures of "Thomas Bowen", "Joseph bowin " and "James Bowen", also of "Caleb eddy" and John Cary as witnesses.
Obadiah Bowen
b. 3 Jan 1627\nd. 10 Sep 1710
p. 242.htm#i32898
Richard Bowen
b. ca. 1594\nd. 4 Feb 1674
p. 324.htm#i35658
Ann (?)

p. 325.htm#i35668 http://mccurdyfamilylineage.com/ancestry/p242.htm#i32898
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Obadiah Bowen took the oath of Fidelitie in the Town of Rehoboth in 1657 and then went to Swanzey, where he was Representative in 1681.

From Plymouth Colony Records: 28 Oct 1681 term. The verdict of a jury impaneled 21 Aug 1981 for the viewing of the corpses of Mr. George May and Timothy Venor included Obadiah Bowen - foreman, Thomas Estabrooke, Samuel Luther, Sr., Zacheriah Eddy, Sr., John Wheaton, Joshua Lumbert, Job Winslow, Jarett Bourne, Jr. Their verdict read as follows: "We found these two men below high water marke, and, according to our best understanding, theire death was by drowning".

Obadiah and his wife were members of the First Baptist Church in Swansea, MA, which broke off from Rehoboth in 1667. Although members of the congregation, church records indicate that they were warned continuously for lack of attendance. As they lived about two miles away from the church when the church was at North Swansea, and much further away when it was in the center of present day Barrington, it is easy to understand the absence, as they probably would have to walk the distance. The original church location was off George Street in South Seekonk, Massachusetts, about five miles from Obadiah's home. (In the inventory of Obadiah's estate there are no horses, oxen or mules listed, only cows.)

How Richard adjusted to his son becoming a Baptist is unknown, but the Baptists were persecuted by the early Puritans, although less strenuously than the Quakers, four of whom were hanged in the Bay Colony. The last to be hanged was William Leddra.

Obadiah's will* was recorded in Book II p. 290 and Book III Page 1 found in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Registry of Probate, at Taunton. Obadiah's will dated 11 Dec 1708; grown ancient; probated 14 Oct 1710; beq to sons Samuel and Joseph and dau. Hannah Brooks; gr. ch. Aaron, Daniel and Nathan, sons of dec. son Obadiah; four pewter platters, given to him when he was bapt., he beq to four gr. daus. Katherine, Sarah, Alice and Elizabeth B.; some land recorded in Rehoboth he gave to James and Hezekiah B.; also beq. to Lydia Mason.

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