Individual Details
Richard Bowen
(Say 1594 - Bef 4 Feb 1674)
Events
| Birth | Say 1594 | Wales, England or Ireland |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1619 | Wales? - unknown - not Ann | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1630 | Weymouth, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Immigration | 1640 | poss Salem, New England | | ||
| Move | bet 1640 bef 1643 | Weymouth, Massachusetts, British North America | | ||
| Residence | Oct 1642 - May 1644 | Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Move | 1643 | Rehoboth, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | Abt 1643 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | Bef Maybe 1644 | owned 10 acres of land - Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | 30 Jun 1644 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 3 Jul 1644 | inhabitants signed a compact to elect 9 persons in charge of assigning lots - Seekonk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 10 Oct 1644 | chosen 9 to aid in town's affairs - Seekonk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Occupation | 9 Dec 1644 | first Board of Selectment - Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1645 | Seekonk named changed to Rehoboth - Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 26 Mar 1647 | chosen a townsman - Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Marriage | Nov 1648 | Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Elizabeth | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1651 | elected deputy in Plymouth - Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 9 Feb 1655 | elected to committee to have power to order the prudential affiars of the town and Richard Bowen Sr was chosen moderator - Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Residence | 1658 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachuesetts | | ||
| Property | 22 Jun 1658 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | Bef 4 Feb 1674 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachuesetts | | ||
| Burial | 4 Feb 1674/75 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachuesetts | | ||
| Will | 4 Jun 1675 | Rehoboth, Devonshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | unknown - not Ann ( - ) |
| Child | Alice Bowen (1620 - ) |
| Child | William Bowen (1622 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Bowen (1624 - 1676) |
| Child | Ruth Bowen (1626 - ) |
| Child | OBADIAH BOWEN Sr (1627 - 1710) |
| Child | Richard Bowen Jr (1631 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Bowen (1634 - ) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth ( - 1675) |
Endnotes
1. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
2. William B. Saxbe Jr., CG, FASG, "New Old Information about the Family of Richard Bowen of Rehoboth, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 84 (2010): 67.
3. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
4. Francis Baylies, An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland in the Year 1608, to the Union of That Colony With Massachusetts in 1692: Vol I containing parts one and two (Boston, MA: Wiggin and Lunt, 13 School St, 1866), 198, image 548.
5. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
6. William B. Saxbe Jr., CG, FASG, "New Old Information about the Family of Richard Bowen of Rehoboth, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 84 (2010): 67.
7. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
8. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
9. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
10. James N Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths (Providence, RI: Narragansett historical Publishing Company, 1897), 911, Richard Bowen, abt 1643.
11. Gilbert Nash, Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts: From 1622 to 1884 (Published by the Town of Weymouth: n.p., 1885), 273.
12. James N Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths (Providence, RI: Narragansett historical Publishing Company, 1897), 911, Richard Bowin, property, 31 Jun 1644.
13. Francis Baylies, An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland in the Year 1608, to the Union of That Colony With Massachusetts in 1692: Vol I containing parts one and two (Boston, MA: Wiggin and Lunt, 13 School St, 1866), p198, image 548.
14. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
15. Francis Baylies, An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland in the Year 1608, to the Union of That Colony With Massachusetts in 1692: Vol I containing parts one and two (Boston, MA: Wiggin and Lunt, 13 School St, 1866), 199, image 549.
16. James N Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths (Providence, RI: Narragansett historical Publishing Company, 1897), 912, Richard Bowen, 9 Dec 1644.
17. Francis Baylies, An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland in the Year 1608, to the Union of That Colony With Massachusetts in 1692: Vol I containing parts one and two (Boston, MA: Wiggin and Lunt, 13 School St, 1866), 200 image 550.
18. James N Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths (Providence, RI: Narragansett historical Publishing Company, 1897), 912, owning land in town list.
19. Francis Baylies, An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland in the Year 1608, to the Union of That Colony With Massachusetts in 1692: Vol I containing parts one and two (Boston, MA: Wiggin and Lunt, 13 School St, 1866), 203, image 553.
20. Muriel Riemer Genealogy .
21. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
22. Francis Baylies, An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland in the Year 1608, to the Union of That Colony With Massachusetts in 1692: Vol I containing parts one and two (Boston, MA: Wiggin and Lunt, 13 School St, 1866), image 364 pg 14.
23. Francis Baylies, An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland in the Year 1608, to the Union of That Colony With Massachusetts in 1692: Vol I containing parts one and two (Boston, MA: Wiggin and Lunt, 13 School St, 1866), 205 image 555.
24. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850," database, American Ancestors, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org: accessed 16 August 2025), RIchard Bowin, 1658.
25. James N Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths (Providence, RI: Narragansett historical Publishing Company, 1897), 914, Richard Bowen, Sr and Obadiah Bowen [Sr], property, 22 Jun 1658.
26. Muriel Riemer Genealogy .
27. James N Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths (Providence, RI: Narragansett historical Publishing Company, 1897), 800.
28. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed 26 February 2025), 800, Richard Bowen Sr, bur. 4 Feb 1674.
29. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 February 2025), memorial page for Richard Bowen, Find A Grave Memorial # 47003202, citing likely Burial Place Hill (Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts), memorial created by Kevin Avery, photograph by Dr. Andree Swanson.
30. "American Genealogist, The," database, (americanacestors.org: downloaded 8 August 2014), 'The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA.
31. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed 26 February 2025), 800, Richard Bowen Sr, bur. 4 Feb 1674.
32. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850," database, American Ancestors, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org: accessed 16 August 2025), Richard Bowen Sr, buried 4 Feb 1674.
33. By the Editor, "The Will of Richard Bowin, Sr," The Mayflower Descendant: a Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, XVII V.17 & 18 (1915–1916), Book Published by MA Society of mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1915-1916 (http://www.mocavo.com/The-Mayflower-Descendant-a-Quarterly-Magazine-of-Pilgrim-Genealogy-and-History-Volume-17-18/718949/1153#7 : downloaded 17 July 2014), p247-249, image 553-555.