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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Surname Saturday - BOWDEN (England > Massachusetts)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 315, who is Mary BOWDEN (1705-????), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations of BOWDEN is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

38. Thomas J. Newton (????-????)
39. Sophia Buck (1797-1882)

78. Isaac Buck (1757-1846)
79. Martha Phillips (1757-????)

156. Isaac Buck (ca 1732-????)
157. Mary Richards (1733-????)

 314.  Joseph Richards, born about 1703 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 June 1748 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 628. Crispus Richards and 629. Sarah Collins.  He married 05 May 1726 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
315.  Mary Bowden, born 19 July 1705 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.


Children of Joseph Richards and Mary Bowden are:  William Richards (1730-1794); Joseph Richards (1731-????); Mary Richards (1733-????); Ebenezer Richards (1738-1807); Martha Richards (1740-????); John Richards (1742-1840); Hannah Richards (1744-1841); Esther Richards (1746-1847).


 630.  Michael Bowden, born 1673 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 12 October 1741 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 20 November 1697 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
 631.  Sarah Davis, born 01 February 1676 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 September 1754 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1262. John Davis and 1263. Sarah Kirtland.

Children of Michael Bowden and Sarah Davis are:  Susanna Bowden (1699-????); Francis Bowden (1701-????); Sarah Bowden (1702-????); Mary Bowden (1705-????); Martha Bowden (1705-????); Hannah Bowden (1707-????); John Bowden (1709-????); Lydia Bowden (1712-????); Michael Bowden (1714-????); Ebenezer Bowden (1716-????); Susanna Bowden (1717-????); Benjamin Bowden (1721-????).

1260.  Michael Bowden, born about 1651 in Massachusetts, United States; died 26 June 1740 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  15 December 1669 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1261.  Sarah Nurse, born 1648 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2522. Francis Nurse and 2523. Rebecca Towne.

Children of Michael Bowden and Sarah Nurse are:  Susannah Bowden (1670-????); Michael Bowden (1673-1741); Samuel Bowden (1676-1737); Francis Bowden (1678-1759).

The resources used to define these families include:

(1) William Hammond Bowden, "Michael Bowden and Some of his Descendants," on FHL microfilm 1,321,045 Item 12.

(2) The website "Stanley History Project" has a page devoted to the Michael Bowden family at http://stanleyhistory.net/descnarratives/SamuelBowden.htm.

The latter source indicates that Michael Bowden (1651-1740) was probably the son of Samuel Bowden of Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

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