Obadiah Bowen

Abt 1628 - 1710  (82 years)

• Name	Obadiah Bowen
  Birth	Abt 1628	Wales   [1]
  Proprietor	1667 (39 years)	Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Married	Abt 1680 (52 years)	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Mary ______. She was born in 1628 in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. [This marriage] She died in 1697 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Obadiah Bowen (1651-1699) 2. Mary Bowen (1653-____) 3. Sara Bowen (1654-____) 4. Samuel Bowen 5. Joseph Bowen (1662-1685) 6. Lydia Bowen 7. Marcy Bowen (1672-____) 8. Isaac Bowen (1674-____)
  Offices Held	1681 (53 years)	Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  1681 - Representative to the Plymouth Colony General Court for Swansea
  Religion	say 1685 (57 years)
  He was an active member of the Baptist Church.
  Death	10 Sep 1710	Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Probate/Proved	14 Oct 1710 (82 years)	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 3 sisters
  + 1. Alice Bowen,   b. About 1620, Wales ▻ Robert Wheaton,  m. 1636   2. William Bowen,   b. Abt 1622, Wales bur. 10 Mar 1686/87, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 65 years)   3. John Bowen,   b. Wales   4. Sarah Bowen,   b. Abt 1624, Wales d. 14 Oct 1676, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 52 years)   5. Thomas Bowen,   b. Abt 1625, Wales d. 1663, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 38 years)   6. Ruth Bowen,   b. Abt 1625, Wales d. 31 Oct 1688, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years)   7. Obadiah Bowen,   b. Abt 1628, Wales d. 10 Sep 1710, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years)   8. Richard Bowen,   b. Abt 1631, Wales   9. George Bowen,   b. 1631, Wales
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Richard Bowen,   b. Abt 1594, Glamorganshire, Wales bur. 4 Feb 1674, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 80 years)  (Father)  unknown wife  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I20862
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage: Early sources have incorrectly identified Mary as Mary Clifton. There is no evidence of this, and a review of the records of the Clifton family shows no Mary who could be the wife of Obediah. [3]

  
  

Father	Richard Bowen,   b. Abt 1594, Glamorganshire, Wales bur. 4 Feb 1674, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 80 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	unknown wife
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Obadiah Bowen(Abt 1628 – 1710) 2Richard Bowen(Abt 1594 – 1674) 3unknown wife

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1628 - Wales Proprietor - 1667 - Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - Abt 1680 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1681 - Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 10 Sep 1710 - Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 14 Oct 1710 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1345] Bowen, Richard LaBaron Jr. "The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 76, number 4, October 2001). [S1404] Riley, Henry, Letter: 1994-03-27 to Jane Mullins, (Letter to Jane Mullins, 27 March 1994). [S1405] Saxbe, William B. "New Old Information about the Family of Richard Bowen of Rehoboth, Massachusetts" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 84, January 2010).