 1627 - 1710
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| Name |
Obediah Bowen |
| Born |
01 Jul 1627 |
Glamorganshire, Wales  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
11 Dec 1708 |
Swansea, Bristol Co, Massachusetts [1] |
- In the Name of God Amen the Eleventh day of Decembr one Thousand seven Hundred & Eight I Obadiah Bowen of Swanzey in ye County of Bristol in New England Yeoman being Grown Ancient & weake of body Yet of sound mind & memory blessed be God for the same And being willing & desirous to set my house in Order & settle my outward Estate which the Lord in mercey hath Lent me I do make this my Last will & Testamt In manner & form following Viz:
Imprimis I Commit my soul into the hands of God who gave it hopeing through grace to Receive the Remission of all my sins And through the Mirrits of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to be made pertaker of the Inheiritance of y' saints in Light And my Body to be Decently buried according to the discresio of my Executors of this my Last will and Testament hereafter Named
And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life I give Demise and Despose of the same in the following manner and form
My will is that all my Just Debts which I owe to any person or persons whatsoever be duely payd by my Executr out of my Estate in time Conveinient after my Decease
Impms I give to my well beloved son Samuel Bowen of Cohansey Ten pounds silver money at the fifteen peny weight and seventeen pounds of the like money I give to my said son Samuel Bowen and my Daughter hannah Brooks Equally to be divided betwixt them I do also give to my daughter hannah Brooks my bed and beding
Item I give to Lidia Mason a Cow
Itt: I give & bequeath unto my Grandsons Aron Bowen & Daniel Bowen sons of my son obadiah Bowen Deceased to them and Each of them for ever All yt my Right & Interest of and in the lands both divided and undivided scittuate Lyeing & being within the Township of Attleborrough in the County of Bristol aforesd Equally to be divided between them:
Item I give unto my Grandson Nathan Bowen son of my sd son Obadiah Bowen to him the said Nathan Bowen for Ever All that my two Divissions of lands in Rehoboth the one being allready laid out & the other now due to be layd out by ye selectmen of Rehoboth aforesd that land wch is allready layd out being somewhat distant from Blisses saw mill and allso all my Right of fresh meadow' vizt two peices of fresh meadow the one lyeing at a place called the great meadow the other somewhat distant from sd meadow
ltt I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bowen his heires and Assignes for ever All that my Division or Divisions of land layd out adjacent to said Josephs lands within the Township of Rehoboth aforesd and allso the whole of all my undivided lands throughout the Commons of undivided lands both in the township of Rehoboth & Swanzey aforesaid
Itt I give and bequeath unto James Bowen & Hezekiah Bowen forever Respectively all that my lot of land lyeing & being in Rehoboth aforesd Contayning Twenty acres it being Recorded to william Bowen in said Rehoboth Land Records And to all other of my Relations not herein mentioned that should under any Tollerable pretence Claime any portion of my Estate left I give one shilling allso in full sattisfaction to them all: And whereas there is Amongst my household stuff four pewter platters that were given to me in my infancy when I was Baptized I do now give one of sd platters to my Grand Daughter Katherine Bowen And one of them to my Grandaughter Sarah Bowen and one of them I give to my Granddaughter Allice Bowen and the fourth & last platter I give to my Grand daughter Elizabeth .Bowen. that is to say to each of them a Platter
Item I Give to my Grand daughtert a smale iron Kettle
Itt I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Bowen all the Rest of my Estate not yet disposed of And ffinally .I do hereby make Constitute Appoint & ordain my said son Thomas Bowen to be my sole Executor of this my last will and Testament & doe allso Charge him to see it Punctually and duely performed according to the purpose & true meaning thereof
And I do allso hereby Revoke and utterly null & make void all former wills & Testaments by me at any time made Either by word or wrighting to be of no Effect or Use But this my last will & Testament to stand firm I & good In witness whereof. I the said obadiah Bowen have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seale with my own hand given and published and Declared the day &year first above written
Signed sealed and Delivered Obadiah Bowen
In the presence of us
Caleb Eddy, John Paddock. John Devotion
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| Died |
10 Sep 1710 |
Swansea, Bristol Co, Massachusetts [1] |
| Probate |
14 Oct 1710 |
Swansea, Bristol Co, Massachusetts [1] |
- Bristol Ss : october 14th 1710 then Caleb Eddy and John Paddock Junr two of ye wittnesses of the within written will of Obadiah Bowen above Named Came before me Nathanl Paine Esqr Judge of the Probate of wills & granting Administrations within the County aforesd & made Oath that they were present and did see the said Deceased signe seal publish & declare this Instrumt as his will and Testamt & that he was of a Disposeing mind when he so did and that they together with John Devotion the othe wimess set their hands as witnsses at the same time
John Cary Regr Nathl Paine
Entered Novr 29 1710 By John Cary Regr:
"An Inventory of the Estate of Obadiah Bowen lat of Swanzey Deceased Apprized by us the subscribers hereof october the 4th day Anno Domini 1710:"
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| Notes |
- 22th of 4th mo 1671 - Ob: Bowen propounded and is assented to.
In 1674 there was some trouble between Obediah and the church and there are a series of records. Finally he was reconcilled. His son Obediah Jr. was even more at odds with the Baptist church and ended up withdrawing from the church. [2]
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| Person ID |
I50554 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
19 Jul 2004 |
| Father |
Richard Bowen, b. Abt 1590, Glamorganshire, Wales , d. Feb 1675/76, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| Mother |
Anne Born, b. Bef 1600, Wales , d. Bef 1647, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
Bef 1616 |
Glamorganshire, Wales [3] |
| Family ID |
F1108 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Mary Clifton, b. Abt 1629, d. 18 Feb 1696/97, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
Abt 1650 |
Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| Children |
| | 1. Obediah Bowen, Jr., b. 18 Sep 1651, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. 11 Jul 1699, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. Mary Bowen, b. 18 Jan 1651/52, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. 20 Aug 1678, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 3. Sarah Bowen, b. 06 Nov 1654, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. Aft 1685 |
| | 4. Samuel Bowen, b. 16 Jul 1659, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. 21 Jan 1728/29, Cohansy, Salem Co, New Jersey |
| | 5. Joseph Bowen, b. 26 Jun 1662, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. 28 Dec 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 6. Thomas Bowen, b. 03 Aug 1664, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. Abt 1743, Swansea, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 7. Hannah Bowen, b. 03 May 1665, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. Aft 1715, Cohansy, Salem Co, New Jersey |
| | 8. Lydia Bowen, b. 23 Apr 1666, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. 25 Mar 1758, Warren, Bristol Co, Rhode Island |
| | 9. Marcy Bowen, b. 18 Mar 1671/72, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 10. Isaac Bowen, b. 30 Sep 1674, Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 11. Hezekiah Bowen, b. Abt 1676, Massachusetts |
| | 12. James Bowen, b. Abt 1678, Massachusetts |
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| Family ID |
F3447 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S366] Hannah (Haile) Mower, Mower, Lyman & Karen Hoiriis Mower, (Compilers, Durham, New Hampshire, 1997), p. 57.
- [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 139:33.
- [S366] Hannah (Haile) Mower, Mower, Lyman & Karen Hoiriis Mower, (Compilers, Durham, New Hampshire, 1997), p. 49.
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