Anna Bow

Brief Life History of Anna

Anna Bow was born on 10 September 1674, in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America as the daughter of Alexander Bow and Rebeckah Huse. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with James Evarts. She died in 1727, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 53, and was buried in Village Green Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

James Evarts
1671–1750
Anna Bow
1674–1727
Elizabeth Evarts
1705–1753
Isaac Evarts
1707–1775
John Evarts
1711–1785
Rebecca Evarts
1715–1785
James Evarts
1719–1741
Sybil Evarts
1720–1769

Sources (4)

  • Anna Bow, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Anna Bow Evarts, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Anne Bow, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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Name Meaning

Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various minor places called with Old English boga ‘bow, arch, vault’, i.e. an arched bridge. There are places so called in Midlothian, Middlesex, and Devon.

Irish and English: variant of Bowes .

Chinese: possibly from Cantonese form of the Chinese names 寶 (meaning ‘treasure’) or 保 (meaning ‘protect’), which were monosyllabic personal names or part of disyllabic personal names of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.

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

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