Valentine Bowen1
M, #241, b. 25 November 1722, d. 20 January 1799
Birth* | Valentine Bowen was born on 25 November 1722 at Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.2,1 |
| He was the son of Hezekiah Bowen and Elizabeth Landol.2,1 |
Marriage | Valentine Bowen married Jemima Martin, daughter of Ebernezer Martin and Abigail Wheeler, on 14 November 1745 at Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. They were married by Benj Herrington Elder..3,1 |
Property* | Valentine Bowen on 10 April 1773 purchased from Nicholas Cooke of Providence, Rhode Island, for two hundred and ten pounds "lawful Money", property described as: " the One certain Tract or Lot of Land containing Two Hundred and Eighty Acres be the Same more or less lying and being in a place called New Providence in the County of Berkshire of the Massachusetts Bay and is the Eastermost half of Lot number three with Lots number Twenty, and Twenty one as to be Seen on the plan drawn by Colr. Joab Sstafford now on the record, and is butted, and bounded as follows viz Westerly on the other half of Lot number Three Two Hundred Rods, Southerly on Williamsburgh Line to the South eastermost Corner of the Grant, from thence north easterly along the northeasterly Line of the Grant till it comes to the End of the hyway laid out on the Grant extending along the South side of Colo. Staffords Eastward to the Line of the Grant from thence westward till it comes to the northeast Corner of Simon Smiths Lot or the first mentioned Line-" .4 |
Cens1790* | He appeared on the 1790 Federal Census of Adams Town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, with a household listed as one male over 16 and one female.5 |
Death* | He died on 20 January 1799 at Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, at age 76.1 |
Family | Jemima Martin b. 23 December 1717 |
Children | - Phebe Bowen6,1 b. 11 Jul 1746
- Hezahiah Bowen Sr.+7,1 b. 27 Dec 1748, d. 11 Mar 1809
- Elizabeth Bowen8,1 b. 15 Jan 1750/51
- Anne Bowen9,1 b. 4 May 1753
- Nathan Bowen10,1 b. 5 Jan 1755, d. 10 Feb 1842
- Elijah Bowen11,1 b. 10 Nov 1756, d. 20 May 1807
- Aaron Bowen12,1 b. 3 May 1759, d. 8 Apr 1839
- Peleg Bowen13,1 b. 22 Mar 1761, d. c 1811
- Benejah Bowen1,14 b. 3 May 1763, d. a 1830
- Jemima Bowen15,1 b. 3 May 1765
- Mercy Bowen16,1 b. 2 Feb 1768
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Citations
- [S75] Reilly at Ancestry World Tree Project at Ancestry.com (e-mail address), online Ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Reilly at Ancestry World Tree Project.
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, editor, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), page 161. Hereinafter cited as ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 207. (REF 231).
- [S240] Deed transcripted, granted by Nicholas Cooke to Voluntine Bowen, New Providence, Berkshire County, MA, 10 Apr 1773 (Northern District Registry of Deeds, Adams, MA) "Book A, page 526 in the Northern District Registry of Deeds". (LAN 240).
- [S352] Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 (Washington, DC: Department of Commerce and Labor, 1908). Hereinafter cited as Heads of Famiies 1790 Census. CEN 352.
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 131. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 82. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 66. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 38. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 126. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 67. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 39. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 133. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 262. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 266. (REF 231).
- [S231] J. F. Fiske and M. F. Costello, ital Records of Swansea, Mass. to 1850, page 269. (REF 231).