Johannah Mowry

Brief Life History of Johannah

When Johannah Mowry was born in 1678, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Nathaniel Mowry, was 34 and her mother, Johannah Inman, was 31. She married Walter Phetteplace on 4 August 1709, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1750, in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Walter Phetteplace
1677–1753
Johannah Mowry
1678–1750
Marriage: 4 August 1709
Jonathan Phetteplace
1710–
Philip Phetteplace
1714–1774
Job Phetteplace
1712–1781
Benjamin Phetteplace
1715–
Sarah Phetteplace
1717–1795
Mercy Phetteplace
1723–
Mary Phetteplace
1726–

Sources (11)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Johannah Mowry - Published information: birth-name: Joanna Mowry
  • Joanne Mawrey, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
  • Joanna Mawrey, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"

World Events (1)

1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport

On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.

Name Meaning

English: probably from a variant of the Anglo-Norman French personal name Mory, a short form of Amaury (see Amery , Morey ).

History: Roger Mowry (c. 1612–66) emigrated from England to MA before 1634, when he married Mary Johnson in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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