Joseph Bowen Jr

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Bowen Jr was born on 9 November 1699, in Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Bowen, was 39 and his mother, Mary Titus, was 34. He married Anne Martin on 10 February 1721, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 16 September 1771, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bowen Jr
1699–1771
Prudence Hannah Peck
1709–1769
Marriage: 15 August 1728
Joseph Bowen
1730–1782
Bowen
1732–
Jabez Bowen
1735–
Millicent Bowen
1745–
Susannah Bowen
1748–

Sources (29)

  • Vital Records of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1642-1896, Births.
  • Joseph Bowen, "Rhode Island, Town Marriages Index, 1639-1932"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Bowen Jr - death: 16 September 1771;

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).

Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.

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

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