Mary Bowen

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Bowen was born in 1696, in Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America, her father, Jonas James Bowen, was 38 and her mother, Martha Henchman, was 35. She married Edmund E. BAXTER in 1714, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 26 August 1760, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Edmund E. BAXTER
1694–1774
Mary Bowen
1696–1760
Marriage: 1714
John Baxter Sr
1712–1757
Elizabeth Baxter
1722–1760
Edmundurah Baxter III
1728–1817
Greenberry Baxter
1731–1768
Philis Anna Baxter
1743–1766

Sources (16)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Mary Brown
  • Mary in entry for Greenbury Baxter, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
  • Mary in entry for Elizabeth Baxter, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"

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1729

Historical Boundaries: 1729: Baltimore, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1851: *Baltimore City, Maryland, United States. *Became Independent City from Baltimore County.

1729

Baltimore Timeline: 1729: Founded 1745: Absorbed Oldtown or Jonestown, and Fells Point 1768: County seat of Baltimore County 1796: Jonestown, Fells Point and Baltimore incorporated as City of Baltimore 1851: independent City

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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