Capt John BOWEN, Jr.

Male 1735 - Bef 1768  (33 years)


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  • Name John BOWEN  [1
    Prefix Capt 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 21 May 1735 
    Gender Male 
    Will 24 Dec 1760 
    Died Bef Aug 1768  , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 17 Aug 1768  , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4100  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2016 

    Father John BOWEN,   b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1761, , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Lilly MCILHANEY,   b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 4 Apr 1780 and 20 Jun 1780, , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Abt 1731  [2
    Family ID F1539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel MATTHEWS,   b. Abt 1737,   d. Deceased 
    Married 5 Mar 1756  , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Arthur BOWEN,   b. 10 Apr 1757,   d. Deceased
     2. John BOWEN, III,   b. 19 Sep 1758,   d. Deceased
     3. Nancy BOWEN,   b. 26 Apr 1760,   d. Deceased
     4. Moses BOWEN,   b. 10 Jan 1762,   d. Deceased
     5. Rebecca BOWEN,   b. 28 Jan 1764,   d. Deceased
     6. Capt William BOWEN,   b. 6 Mar 1766, , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     7. Elizabeth BOWEN,   b. 31 Oct 1767,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2008 
    Family ID F1875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
      Volume I, page 95
      AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
      ORDER BOOK No. VII.
      2/19/1762
      (165) Eleanor Morgan, servant of John Bowen, arrived in this Colony 3d June last.

      page 115
      AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
      ORDER BOOK No. IX
      8/21/1764
      (68) Jacob Slover's estate--John Bowen, administrator.
      8/23/1764
      (84) Abraham Slover, orphan, to be bound to John Bowen.

      page 141
      AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
      ORDER BOOK No. XI
      11/18/1767
      (347) John Bowen appointed overseer of the road from the ferry on James River to the Warm Springs, opposite to John McClure's.

      page 159
      AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
      ORDER BOOK No. XIV
      10/19/1769
      (32) George and William Mathews and John Maury appointed guardians of John, Moses, William, Ann and Elizabeth, orphans of John Bowen.

      Volume III, page 42
      WILL BOOKS
      Page 145.--15th May, 1766. Robert Looney, Jr's., appraisement by William Harbison, John Bowen, Robert Rowland, Hugh Caruthers.

      page 111
      Page 261.--19th October. 1769. George Mathews, William Mathews, John Maurray's bond (with Sampson Mathews, John Bowyer) as guardians (appointed) to John, Moses, William, Ann, Rebecca, Elizabeth Bowen, orphans of John Bowen, Jr.

  • Sources 
    1. [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
      ... They had twelve children, one of whom, Captain John Bowen, was the father of Captain William Bowen who was the first to emigrate to Tennessee ...

    2. [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
      ... married Lily McIlhaney and ...


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