Individual Details
Thomas Mower
(1 Aug 1684 - 1730)
Events
| Birth | 1 Aug 1684 | Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 3 Nov 1711 | Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts - Mary Lewis | | ||
| Occupation | 1714 | mariner | | ||
| Occupation | 1727 | innkeeper, receiving a license to do so | | ||
| Death | 1730 | Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts | | ||
| Bio Note | 2004 | a biographical sketch was published in Early Lynn Families |  | | |
| Occupation | cordwainer | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Lewis (1681 - 1739) |
| Child | Mary Mower (1720 - 1801) |
| Child | Abigail Mower (1723 - 1736) |
| Child | Thomas Mower (1726 - 1788) |
| Father | Samuel Mower (1642 - 1694) |
| Mother | Joanna Marshall (1657 - ) |
| Sibling | Joanna Mower (1676 - 1676) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Mower (1677 - 1677) |
| Sibling | Abigail Mower (1678 - 1710) |
| Sibling | Ephraim Mower (1681 - 1748) |
| Sibling | Sarah Mower (1687 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Mower (1689 - 1760) |
| Sibling | Richard Mower (1692 - 1766) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Mower (1695 - ) |
Notes
Bio Note
Thomas Mower was born at Lynn, 1 August 1684 and died, probably at Lynn, before 8 March 1731, when his widow was appointed administratrix of his estate (Essex County Probate, 18688). He married at Lynn, 13 November 1711, Mary Lewis. She was born at Lynn, 4 August 1681, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Breed) Lewis. Mary (Lewis) Mower married (2) 21 February 1730/31, Joseph Towne (as his 3rd wife). He had m. (1) at Topsfield, 9 Nov 1699, Margaret Case and (2) Abigail Curtis. Mary (Mower) Towne died, probably at Topsfield, 2 October 1739. She and Joseph Towne had 1 daughter, born at Topsfield; died young. Thomas Mower was a mariner in 1714. In 1727, he was licensed to keep an inn. There are many deeds involving his property in Boston, transacted between 1714 and 1727. He was only about 45 years of age when he died.Endnotes
1. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849: Volume I - Births (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1905), 266.
2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 7-8.
3. Marcia Wilson Wiswall Lindberg, Early Lynn Families Including Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott: A Genealogical Study From the Earliest Settlers Through the Revolutionary War (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 2004), 547, 549.
4. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 9.
5. Marcia Wilson Wiswall Lindberg, Early Lynn Families Including Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott: A Genealogical Study From the Earliest Settlers Through the Revolutionary War (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 2004), 547, 549.
6. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 9.
7. Marcia Wilson Wiswall Lindberg, Early Lynn Families Including Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott: A Genealogical Study From the Earliest Settlers Through the Revolutionary War (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 2004), 549.
8. Marcia Wilson Wiswall Lindberg, Early Lynn Families Including Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott: A Genealogical Study From the Earliest Settlers Through the Revolutionary War (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 2004), 549.
9. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 7-8, 9.
10. Marcia Wilson Wiswall Lindberg, Early Lynn Families Including Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott: A Genealogical Study From the Earliest Settlers Through the Revolutionary War (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 2004), 549.
11. Marcia Wilson Wiswall Lindberg, Early Lynn Families Including Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott: A Genealogical Study From the Earliest Settlers Through the Revolutionary War (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 2004), 549.
12. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 10.