Person:John Cowing (2)

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John Cowing, Jr
d.Aft Dec 1729
m. 31 Mar 1656
  1. Joseph Cowen1657 - 1676
  2. Mary Cowen1659 -
  3. John Cowing, Jr1662 - Aft 1729
  4. Israel Cowen1664 - 1717/18
  5. Rebecca Cowen1666 -
  • HJohn Cowing, Jr1662 - Aft 1729
  • W.  Sarah (add)
m. Bef 1688
  1. Sarah Cowing1688 -
  2. Joseph Cowing1690 - 1717/18
  3. John Cowing1692 -
  4. Joshua Cowing1694 -
  5. Caleb Cowing1696 -
  6. Israel Cowing1701 -
  7. Mary Cowing1705 -
  • HJohn Cowing, Jr1662 - Aft 1729
  • WDesire Hawes1681/82 - 1723/24
m. 19 Jun 1719
Facts and Events
Name John Cowing, Jr
Alt Name John Cowen
Gender Male
Birth[2] 10 Jul 1662 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1688 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Sarah (add)
Marriage 19 Jun 1719 Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Desire Hawes
Death[1] Aft Dec 1729
Alt Death[3] Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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This person is believed to be descended from
Person:John Cowen (1) of the Scituate Cowans YDNA Group

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Sources

Transcript:Land sale, John Cowing to Israel Cowing, of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 5 March 1724/25


Child List

See:Land Sale and Debtor Case

In 1724 John Cowing sold a parcel of land to his son Israel for 200 pounds. John was in debt at this time, and in 1729 court records show that the sale was thought to be fraudulent, and an attempt to evade responsibility for his debt. The court identified his adult male children as

Of Provincetown

John Cowing

Of Rochester

Joshua,
Caleb
Israel Cowing

Descendency

Provisional Male Line Descendency for John Cowen (1)=Rebecca Short. All parent child relationships are considered provisional, pending review of original source documentation. Lines are keyed to YDNA kits reflecting two independent lineages that claim descent from John and Rebecca, but which do not share the same YDNA signature.

Traditionally two separate lineages have been associated with the descendancy of John Cowen (1)=Rebecca Short. YDNA evidence for these lines indicates that they do not, infact, share a recent common ancestor. Examination of the lineage data, coupled with an examination of original source documentation, shows that the bulk of this traditional lineage does descend from John (1) and Rebecca.

Four individuals who believed they descended from John and Rebecca took the YDNA test through FTDNA. The first kit, (referred to here as Scituate A, traced descent from Israel Cowen (1), a son of John and Rebecca. The other three kits (Scituate B) traced descent from John Cowen (2), another son of John and Rebecca, through his son John Cowing (1). Descendants of John Cowing (1) matched each other closely, but did not match the single kit which traced descent from Israel Cowen.

John Cowen (2) presumed ancestor of the Scituate B line, had a son John Cowing (1), born in 1692. Massachusetts court records of 1729 identify four of John (2)'s sons and gives their place of residence. Son John is shown as living in that year in Provincetown, Massachuesetts, while the other three sons (Joshua, Caleb, and Israel), are shown living in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Rhode Island records, show that a John Cowing married Sarah Mitchell in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1718. Birth records for this couple show that they had a number of children at approximately 1 to 2 year intervals beginning in 1719, and continuing through 1734. From this we can infer that the couple and their children were living in Rhode Island from 1718 until after 1734. Among those children were sons James (74), John (3) and Joseph (2) through whom the Scituate B line traced descent.

These data show that The John Cowen who married Sarah Mitchell in Providence Rhode Island can not be the same John Cowing (1) who was living in Provincetown, Massachuesetts in 1724.

Traditional DescendancyRevised Descendancy
References
  1. White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower: The First Five Generations. (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990-2008)
    45.
  2. Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909)
    Vol. 1, p. 98.

    COWEN, John, s. John, [born] July 10, 1662.

  3. Most likely died in Provinctown, MA. John's second wife, Desire (Hawes) Hatch, died there in 1723, per original gravestone inscription. In 1724 court records identified three of his sons as living in Provincetown.