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Obadiah BOWEN, Sr.

Obadiah BOWEN, Sr.[1, 2]

Male 1627 - 1710  (83 years)

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  • Name Obadiah BOWEN 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1 Sep 1627  nr Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Oct 1710  Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8
    Person ID I2199  richison
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2009 

    Father Richard BOWEN, Sr.,   b. 1600, Pembrookshire, South Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1674/75, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Ann or Anne BOURN,   b. 1600, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1648, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Family ID F695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary CLIFTON (PROPOSED),   b. Abt 1628, , , Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1696-1697, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage 1649  Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • MARRIAGE: about 1649 [0102] Colonial Families of the USA
      about 1647/49 [0012] Walter G. AYRES
    Children 
    +1. Hezekiah BOWEN   d. Aft Jun 1746  [Birth]
     2. James BOWEN   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Obadiah BOWEN, Jr.,   b. 18 Sep 1651, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1699 (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
     4. Mary BOWEN,   b. 18 Jan 1652-18 Jan 1653, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Sarah BOWEN,   b. 6 Nov 1654, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Rev. Samuel BOWEN,   b. 16 Jul 1659, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 4 Mar 1728/29, Cohansey, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
    +7. Joseph BOWEN,   b. 26 Jun 1662, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +8. Thomas BOWEN,   b. 3 Aug 1664, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1743 (Age 78 years)
    +9. Hannah BOWEN,   b. 3 May 1665, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 26 Jan 1715/16, Cohanze, Salem, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     10. Lydia BOWEN,   b. 23 Apr 1666, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1758 (Age 91 years)
     11. Marcy BOWEN,   b. 18 Mar 1671/72, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (?) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     12. Isaac BOWEN,   b. 30 Sep 1674, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (?) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Oct 1710 - Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIO: "He was one of the first settlers of the new town of Swansea, Mass., named by him in honor of
      his birthplace." [0102] Colonial Families of the United States of America.

      BIRTH: s102: (Colonial Families of the USA) 1 Sep 1627
      s12: (Walter G. AYRES corres) 3 Jan 1627

      DEATH: s12: 9 Sep 1710
      10 Oct 1710 from Vince Reilly email

  • Sources 
    1. [S147] Email - Reilly, Vince, (n.p.).
      Obadiah Bowen; b 1 Sep 1627, Wales; m Mary Clifton (b 1628; d 18 Feb 1697), 1649, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d 10 Oct 1710, Swansea, Massachusetts; s/o Richard Bowen and Ann Bourn.
      Pedigree Chart sent to me by Vince Reilly

    2. [S147] Email - Reilly, Vince, (n.p.).

    3. [S299] Mackenzie, George Norbury, LL.B, ed., Hist - Colonial Families of the United States of America, 1607-1775, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966).
      Richard BOWEN, b. in Wales; came with his wife, Anne, and children to New England in 1638; lived a short time in Salem and Boston, Mass., but was of Rehoboth, in 1643, where he d.; buried 4th Feb. 1675; will probated 4th June, 1675; m. (secondonly) Elizabeth (surname unknown), d. 1675, who is mentioned in his will together with the names of his children.

      Issue:
      Alice, b. in Wales; m. in Salem, Mass., 1636, Robert Wheaton, b. 1606, d 1696
      Thomas, b. in Wales; m. in Essex Co., Mass., Elizabeth (surname unknown). He made his will in Rehoboth, 11th
      Apr. 1663; his widow m. (secondly) before 1669, Samuel Fuller, of Plymouth.
      William, d. in Rehoboth, 10th Mar. 1687; came from Wales with his parents.
      Richard, b. in Wales
      Sarah, b. in Wales; buried 14th Oct. 1676; m Fuller (probably Robert), d. 10th May, 1706, who was a freeman in
      Rehoboth, in 1658.
      Obadiah, b. in Swansea, Wales, 1st Sept. 1627; m. about 1649, Mary Chilton. He was one of the first settlers of
      the new town of Swansea, Mass., named by him in honor of his birthplace.
      Ruth, b. in Wales; m. __________Leverich

      [all children b. in Wales]

    4. [S821] Mackenzie, George Norbury, LL.B, ed., Hist - Colonial Families of the United States of America, 1607-1775, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966 Photocopies of a few pages. Should look at this again.), GC 929.11 M199C V.3 [0102].

    5. [s1878] Correspondence, 27 Dec 1994, FGS (Reliability: 3).
      FGS of Richard Bowen, Sr.

      Children:
      7. Obadiah Bowen, Sr.
      b 03 Jan 1627, Wales, G.B.
      d 09 Sep 1710, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA
      m Mary CLIFTON, about 1647/49

    6. [s1878] Correspondence, 27 Dec 1994, FGS (Reliability: 3).

    7. [s1878] Correspondence, 27 Dec 1994, FGS Richard BOWEN, Sr. (Reliability: 3).
      FGS of Richard Bowen, Sr.

      Children:
      7. Obadiah Bowen, Sr.
      b 03 Jan 1627, Wales, G.B.
      d 09 Sep 1710, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA
      m Mary CLIFTON, about 1647/49

    8. [s1878] Correspondence, 27 Dec 1994, FGS Richard BOWEN, Sr. (Reliability: 3).



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