Source:Bowen Jr, Richard LeBaron. Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts

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Source The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts
With Notes on His Sons-in-law Robert Wheaton and Robert Fuller and on Griffith Bowen of Roxbury, Massachusetts
Author Bowen, Richard LeBaron, Jr.
Coverage
Place Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Year range 1594 - 1700
Surname Bowen, Fuller, Wheaton
Subject Biography, Family tree, Periodical article
Publication information
Type Article
Date issued October 2001
Periodical / Series name American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus)
Volume / Film# / Pages Vol 76, No. 4, pp. 263-277
Citation
Bowen, Richard LeBaron, Jr. The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard Bowen of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts: With Notes on His Sons-in-law Robert Wheaton and Robert Fuller and on Griffith Bowen of Roxbury, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (October 2001).
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AmericanAncestors.orgPaid website
New York State Library929 A5122Archive/Library

Demystifies a great number of theories concerning the origins of Richard Bowen of Rehoboth, MA, including:

  1. The name of Richard Bowen's first wife is unknown. The original claim that she was "Ann" was completely unfounded.
  2. Richard was not the son of James Bowen of Llwyngwair.
  3. Richard Bowen was not the father of George Bowen, sheriff of Kettle Hill
  4. Richard Bowen was not the uncle of Griffith Bowen who settled in Roxbury, MA
  5. Richard Bowen has no known gravesite, nor any coat of arms upon it.
  6. Richard Bowen's second wife was Elizabeth, widow of George Marsh of Hingham; her surname is unknown.