Individual Details
Elijah Bowen Sr
(1756 - 20 May 1807 - 20 Jun 1807)
Events
| Birth | 1756 | Cheshire, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | ||
| Birth | 18 Oct 1756 | Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts | | ||
| Birth | 10 Nov 1756 | Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Birth | 1757 | Massachusetts | | ||
| Military | 1777 | served as a private in Capt Samuel Low's company | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1780 | Cheshire, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Martha "Patty" Cody | | ||
| Census (family) | 1790 | Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - Martha "Patty" Cody | | ||
| Property | 3 Apr 1790 | he and brother deeded property by their father, Valentine - Adams (later Cheshire), Massachusetts | | ||
| Move | 1794 | located on Military Lot # 39 (C.C. Wycoff farm) - Marcellus, Skaneateles, New York, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Bef 1795 | farmer | | ||
| Move | 1795 | settled near Clintonville - Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 5 Jun 1797 | mentioned as son in father's will | | ||
| Residence | 1799 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1800 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States - Martha "Patty" Cody | |||
| Property | 22 May 1800 | purchased part of Military Lot No. 39 for $125 - Marcellus, Skaneateles, New York, United States | | ||
| Residence | 20 Jun 1800 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Death | 20 May 1807 - 20 Jun 1807 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Will | 20 May 1807 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Death | 20 May 1807 | Massachusetts | | ||
| Burial | Aft Jun 1807 | Thorn Hill Cemetery, also known as Rose Hill, Spafford, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 13 Sep 1825 | mentioned in brother Almeron's Will | |
Families
| Spouse | Martha "Patty" Cody (1761 - 1851) |
| Child | Elijah B Bowen Jr (1782 - 1861) |
| Child | Valentine Bowen (1783 - 1870) |
| Child | Sophronia Bowen (1784 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Bowen (1786 - 1841) |
| Child | Delina Bowen (1788 - 1858) |
| Child | Lucinda Bowen (1791 - 1865) |
| Child | Almeron Bowen (1794 - 1825) |
| Child | Lovisa Bowen (1797 - ) |
| Child | Laura Bowen (1800 - ) |
| Father | Valentine Bowen (1722 - 1799) |
| Mother | Jemima Martin (1717 - ) |
| Sibling | Phebe Bowen (1746 - 1787) |
| Sibling | Hezekiah Bowen (1748 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Bowen (1750 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Anna Bowen (1753 - 1797) |
| Sibling | Nathan Bowen (1755 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Bowen (1756 - ) |
| Sibling | Aaron Bowen (1759 - ) |
| Sibling | Peley or Peleg Bowen (1761 - ) |
| Sibling | Benejah Bowen (1762 - ) |
| Sibling | Jemima Bowen (1765 - ) |
| Sibling | Mercy Bowen (1768 - ) |
| Sibling | Ame Bowen (1770 - ) |
Endnotes
1. , Hughes and Allied Families: self published book - no author, no date, but no copyright (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 183-232.
2. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealean and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin: Containing portraits of all teh Presidents of teh US .... (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892), 380, Bio of Le Roy Bowen, father Elijah B Bowen Jr.
3. Dwight H Bruce., Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a century, Volume II (Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896), 979-80 in book, image 65-66/1088 on Mocavo.
4. Muriel Riemer Genealogy .
5. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Swansea - Vol 1," database, (americanancestors.org: accessed 3 June 2014), Elijah Birth record.
6. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, WI: Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States (Juneau, WI: Lewis publishing co, 1892), 380.
7. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850," database, american ancestors (www.americanancestors.org: downloaded 21 October 2014), birth of Elijah bowen with parents.
8. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, (familysearch.org: accessed 7 August 2025), Elisah Bowen, 10 Nov 1756.
9. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 13.
10. Daughters of the American revolution, Lineage Book - Nation Society of the Daughters of the American revolution: Volumes 61-62 (on googlebooks: n.p., n.d.), 35 Mrs. Vera L Brackett Brown -60097.
11. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, WI: Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States (Juneau, WI: Lewis publishing co, 1892), 380.
12. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealean and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin: Containing portraits of all teh Presidents of teh US .... (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892), 380, Bio of Le Roy Bowen, father Elijah B Bowen Jr.
13. "Ancestor Search," database, DAR Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=1: accessed 9 August 2025), Elijah Bowen, b.10 Nov 1756, d. 20 May 1807, private Capt Samuel Low and Col Benamin Simonds of MA.
14. Lydia Sarah Cody (1863- ), The Cody family in America, 1698; descendants of Philip and Martha, Mass, biogrphical and genealogical (Kissimmee, FL: Cody Publications, 1954), 21.
15. , Hughes and Allied Families: self published book - no author, no date, but no copyright (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 183-232.
16. 1790 US Federal Census, Adams, Berkshire, MA, , image 1, Elijah BOwen; digital images, (ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2014).
17. "Western Massachusetts Families in 1790," database, American Ancestors, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org: accessed 16 August 2025), Hezekiah Bowen genealogy.
18. Lydia Sarah Cody (1863- ), The Cody family in America, 1698; descendants of Philip and Martha, Mass, biogrphical and genealogical (Kissimmee, FL: Cody Publications, 1954), 21.
19. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 14.
20. Dwight H Bruce., Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a century, Volume II (Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896), 979-80 in book, image 65-66/1088 on Mocavo.
21. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 88.
22. , Hughes and Allied Families: self published book - no author, no date, but no copyright (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 183-232.
23. , Hughes and Allied Families: self published book - no author, no date, but no copyright (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 183-232.
24. Probate Records, 1797, Bershire Probate Courty, 76 East Street, Pittsfield, MA.
25. "New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804," database, (ancestry.com: downloaded 8 August 2014), property descriptions, value, tax to be paid.
26. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 13.
27. "New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804," database, (ancestry.com: downloaded 8 August 2014), Lot number, number of acres, value prop, value personal. tax - 1800.
28. Muriel Riemer Genealogy .
29. "Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835," database, (Americanancestors.org: accessed 3 June 2014), Will of Elijah Bowen; 1807; lists children.
30. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 13-14.
31. Captain George Knapp Collins, Mortuary Records with Genealogical Notes of the Town of Spafford Onondaga County New York (New York: Dehler Press, 1917), image 75 of 584.
32. REv W M Beauch.., Parish registers of St James, St Johns church Marcellus (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 116, Bowens from 'Wills-Surrogatis Office".
33. "Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835," database, (Americanancestors.org: accessed 17 July 2014), Will of Elijah Bowen-wife patty, son elijah.
34. , Onondaga County, New York wills: V.1. 1796-1823 (Sauk Village, Illinois: Hanson Heritage Publication, 1981–1982), im 16, Elijah Bowen, 20 May 1807.
35. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 13.
36. Lydia Sarah Cody (1863- ), The Cody family in America, 1698; descendants of Philip and Martha, Mass, biogrphical and genealogical (Kissimmee, FL: Cody Publications, 1954), 21.
37. , Hughes and Allied Families: self published book - no author, no date, but no copyright (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 183-232.
38. Captain George Knapp Collins, Mortuary Records with Genealogical Notes of the Town of Spafford Onondaga County New York (New York: Dehler Press, 1917), image 75 of 584.
39. Dwight H Bruce., Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a century, Volume II (Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896), 979-80 in book, image 65-66/1088 on Mocavo.
40. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 7 August 2025), memorial page for Elijah Bowen, Find A Grave Memorial # 5380678, citing Thorn Hill Cemetery (Spafford, Onondaga, New York), memorial created by Alberta Daniels Withrow, photograph by BArnold.
41. "Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835," database, (Americanancestors.org: accessed 3 June 2014), Will of Almeron Bowen; lists mother, siblings, nieces and nephews..