Individual Details
Griffin Bowen
(1600 - April 17, 1675)
Griffin was born in 1600 in Wales and may come from a line of Kings. In 1638 he went to America and lived in Boston and Swansea. He was in London by 1670 and died there in April of 1675. Land records and court records show Griffin's business affairs, one source states, "Griffith Bowen was singularly unfortunate in his business affairs."
Events
| Birth | 1600 | Llangennith, Swansea, Wales |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt, 1627 | Margaret Fleming |  | ||
| Arrival | 1638 | Boston, British America | | ||
| Religion | February 6, 1639 | Boston, British America | | | |
| Civil | March 25, 1639 | Land grant - Boston, British America | | ||
| Civil | May 22, 1639 | Freeman - Boston, British America | | ||
| Civil | November 29, 1643 | Boston, British America | | ||
| Residence | 1650 | Wales | | ||
| Civil | 1660 | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales | | | |
| Death | April 17, 1675 | London, England | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Fleming (1600 - 1675) |
| Child | Henry Bowen (1633 - 1723) |
| Child | Mary Bowen (1635 - 1707) |
| Father | Francis Bowen (1574 - 1600) |
| Mother | Ellen Franklen (1576 - 1638) |
Notes
Birth
Llangennith is a village in Swansea, South Wales.Arrival
Arrival in Boston by 1638 with wife and children. "It would be interesting to know what induced Griffith Bowen to sell his small estates in Wales and emigrate to America, but of that nothing has been discovered."Religion
‘the 6th of ye same 12th month 1638 Griffyn Bowne and his wife Margarett were taken in for members of ye Congregation’ in Boston.Civil
On the 25th of March 1639 Mr Gryffen Bowen had a great Lot granted to him at Muddy RiverCivil
At a Town meeting in Boston ‘This 29th day of 11th month 1643’ it was voted that ‘Gryphen Bowin Gent. an howse lot if any remaine.'Residence
Public records repeatedly show them there till the spring of 1649 and no longer. Then, in 1650, the records of Wales take them up.Civil
In 1660-61 Griffith was in prison for a balance due at the Port of Swansea, no details beyond this factDeath
There is no death records, an estimated date.Endnotes
1. (2008). || Volume 1 page 179.
2. AmericanAncestors.org. The New York genealogical and biographical record. New York, NY: AmericanAncestors.org, 201, Volume 42 page 203 Bowen pedigree begins with Griffin b. 1512.
3. Bowen, Edward Augustus. Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut. Cambridge, Mass.: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1897, Page 27 - 96.
4. (1906). || No pages image 12 of 52.
5. (1847) || Pages 453 to 459, Griffith Bowen's origin and life.