Griffith BOWEN
Birth:
Abt 1600
Slade, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales
Death:
Abt 1683
London, England
Marriage:
Abt 1627
Slade, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Connecticut:
The Bowens of Woodstock, Pomfret, Thompson and Killingly are descendants of (1) Griffith Bowen, of Boston, who came from Slade, on the Gower, Glamorganshhire, Wales. Mr. Bowen and his family must have returned to England soon after 1649, as nothing is known of him in New England after that years. His wife was Mary, daughter of Henry Flemming, and their children were:
Margaret
Francis
William
Mary
Henry
Elizabeth
Esther
Abigail
Peniel
all of whom were born in Wales.
William came to Boston, became a sailor, and died in captivity among the Turks, leaving a son, William, who lived in Boston, and his wife was named Mary. Henry remained in New England, and Peniel returned to Great Britain with his parents.
(11) Henry Bowen, son of Griffith, born about 1634, married Dec 20, 1658, Elizabeth, a daughter of Captain Isaac and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. After 1677 they removed to Roxbury. His wife died Aug 13, 1683, and the following year he married Susanna, widow of Peleg Health, of Roxbury. Mr. Bowen filled several town offices. He or his son, Henry, was one of thirteen men who left Roxbury about Apri l1, 1686, to spy out New Roxbury, now Woodstock, Connect6icut. Henry Bowen, Sr., died in Woodstock, March 13, 1724 in his ninetieth year. His children - born to his first wife were:
Henry
Elizabeth
John, born in 1662, who went in 1686 to Woodstock, but came back to Roxbury, where he married Hannah, a daughter of Daniel Brown;
Infant
Margaret
Marie
Margaret (2)
Abigail
Peniel, born March 8, 1671
Hester;
Isaac, born April 20, 1676 in Roxbury
Information a combination of above, Ancestoral File and IGI
Margaret FLEMMING
Birth:
Abt 1607
Slade, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales
Death:
1675
London, England
Father:
Mother:
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
1634
Slade, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales
Death:
13 Mar 1724
Woodstock, Windham, Ct, Usa
Notes:
History of Windham County by E. Larned: p.
Henry Bowen went to Woodstock,Windham Connecticut in 1684 as one of the original "planters". Later took his family to the area that was first called New Roxbury later named Woodstock. When he first went he was said to be in his advanced years with grown sons and leaving a large estate in Roxbury. Roxbury, Massachusetts a thriving community in 1684 was in the 1800's incorporated into the city of Boston.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties p777:
Henry Bowen, son of Griffith, born about 1634 in Wales, married Dec 20, 1658, Elizabeth, a daughter of Captain Isaac and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, of Roxbury, Mass. After 1677 they removed to Roxbury. His wife died Aug 13, 1683, and the following year he married Susanna, widow of Peleg Heath of Roxbury. Mr. Bowen filled several town offices. He or his son, Henry, was one of thirteen men who left Roxbury about April 1, 11686, to spy out New Roxbury, now Woodstock, Conn. Henry Bowen, Sr., died in Woodstock, March 13, 1723-24 in his ninetieth years. His children, all of whom were born to the first marriage, were: Henry, of whom all trace has been lost; Elizabeth; John, born in 1662, who went in 1686 to Woodstock, but came back to Roxbury, where he married Hannah, a daughter of Daniel Brown; an unnamed infant; Margaret; Marie; Margaret (2); Abigail; Peniel, born March 8, 1671; Hester; and Isaac, born April 20, 1676 in Roxbury.
Film #1376372 Item 1-4 1686-1867 Births, Marriages, Deaths Woodstock, Connecticut.
Original Planters of Wapaquasett on a list of August 27, 1686:
Joseph Griggs
Edward Morris
Henry Bowing
John Chandler
Sam Scarborough
Others mentioned on another list John Bowing and Peter Aspinwall
Mr. Henry Bowen died March 13, 1723/4 he was aged about 90 years.
Film #0741320 Township records Roxbury, Massachusetts 1630-1844
Marriages:
Henry Bowen and Elizabeth Johnson married 20 December 1658
Henry Bowen and Susanna Heath married 14 April 1685
Children born in Roxbury: (all to first wife)
Henry Bowen son of Henry Bowen born 13 October 1659
Elizabeth Bowen daughter of Henry Bowen born 26 January 1660
John Bowen son of Henry Bowen born 1 September 1662
Marie Bowen daughter of Henry Bowen born 12 September 1666
Margreat Bowen daughter of Henry Bowen born 26 January 1667
Penuel Bowen son of Henry Bowen born 8 March 1671
Hester Bowen daughter of Henry Bowen born 8 March 1675
Isaac Bowen son of Henry Bowen born 20 April 1676
Deaths in Roxbury:
1665 Margaret Bowen daughter of Henry Bowen age 7 Months
1665 unnamed infant child of Henry Bowen
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Griffith Bowen - Margaret Flemming
Griffith Bowen
was born at Slade, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales Abt 1600.
He married Margaret Flemming Abt 1627 at Slade, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales . Margaret Flemming was born at Slade, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales Abt 1607 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Henry Bowen
born 1634.
Griffith Bowen died Abt 1683 at London, England .
Margaret Flemming died 1675 at London, England .