[Broderbund Family Archive #318, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860, Date of Import: Aug., 1996/ Internal Ref. #1.318.1.3447.55] Individual: Bowen, Palmer County/State: Erie Co., NY Location: Aurora Page #: 484 Year: 1860spouse: Flint, Ausliess (1813 - 1852)
Pardon Bowen cleared a farm on the Holland Purchase near Brandt, Erie County. He later moved to Cayuga (Scipio).spouse: Hathaway, Mary (*1798 - )
Reuben Bowen buried: Bowen Family Lot, Read Farm, Warren, R.I.spouse: McMillan, Betsey (1787 - 1835)
Richard Bowen brought his family to America from Wales in 1638. All of his children were born in Wales. His eldest son, George, stayed in Wales and took over the family home. Richard was recorded as landing at Weymouth, MA. Then on to Salem, then Rehoboth, Massachusetts.spouse: (Bourn), Ann Born (*1593 - ~1648)
spouse: Champlain, Marjorie (*1888 - )
Richard LeBaron Bowen is the author of several volumes entitled "Early Rehoboth", published in 1945.spouse: private
The Reverand Samuel Bowen moved his family to Chanzey Precinct, Salem (now Cumberland) County, New Jersey in 1687. The Cumberland Patriot, published by the Cumberland County Historical Society, in the Summer 1981 issue tells of the Baptists moving to New Jersey. "In 1687 and 1690 there were two migrations from Swansea, Massachusetts under the leadership of Rev. Timothy Brooks, a Seventh Day Baptist minister. The Welch Bowens ans Barretts were in this company. The Swansea Company built a log meeting house a short distance west of the crossroads at Bowentown...In 1710 the Bowentown Baptists...united with the Cohansey Baptist Church".spouse: Wood, Elizabeth (1658 - 1728)In her work "350 Years of American Ancestors, Thirty-Eight Families, 1630-1989" by Mary Coates Martin, 1989, she tells of Samuel's move: "Reverand Samuel Bowen came to West (South) Jersey with the Rev. Timothy Brooks' company and established the Cohansey Baptist Church as early as 1702. This settlement came to be known as Bowentown".
Samuel Bowen was a farmer. He and Susanna were buried in Old Hartford Cemetery, Washington Co., New Yorkspouse: Mason, Susanna (1767 - 1844)
[Brderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties,1850, Date of Import: July 7, 1996, Internal Ref. # 1.317.1.3119.14]spouse: Putnam, Sarah H. (1813 - )Individual: Bowen, Samuel W. County/State: Erie Co., NY Location: Aurora Page #; 100 Year: 1850