Person:Roger Mowry (1)
Roger Mowry
b.Abt 1605 England
d.5 Jan 1666/67 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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  • H.  Roger MowryAbt 1605 - 1666/67
  • W.  Mary Johnson1614 - 1678/79
m. 1639
  1. Roger Mowry1634 - 1636
  2. Jonathan Mowry1637 - 1708
  3. Bethia Mowry1638 - 1686
  4. Mary Mowry1639/40 -
  5. Elizabeth Mowry1642 -
  6. Nathaniel Mowry1642/43 - 1717/18
  7. John MowryAbt 1645 - 1690
  8. Mehitable Mowry1646 - 1730
  9. Joseph Mowry1647 - Bef 1716
  10. Benjamin Mowry1649 - 1719
  11. Thomas Mowry1652 - 1717
  12. Hannah Mowry1656 - Aft 1718
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Name[1][2][3] Roger Mowry
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1605 England
Immigration[1][2] 1630 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesArrival
Marriage 1639 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Johnson
Death[1] 5 Jan 1666/67 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Maintained a neat herd in Salem 1636-1641. Between 1636 and 1638, he received several land grants in that town, including 40 acres in the initial grant in 1636.

About 1652, he moved to Providence, where he kept an inn by 1655. He served as constable in 1655 and later in life was frequently a juror. He was involved in multiple land transactions in Providence during the 1550s and 60s, but he eventually died insolvant. (Great Migration)

Great Migration found no reputable source showing his parents. The parents listed here are those attributed to him by various unsourced records merged to this one.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    BIRTH: By about 1610 based on date of freemanship.
    DEATH: Providence 5 January 1666[/7] [ NEHGR 52:207].
    MARRIAGE: By 1637 Mary Johnson, daughter of JOHN JOHNSON . She married (2) Rehoboth 14 January 1673 John Kingsley [ReVR 220] and was buried at Rehoboth 6 January 1678/9 [Early Rehoboth 1:32].

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s.

    Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Filby, P. William, edit. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2005.

  3. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI).

    Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-.

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