Obadiah Bowen … m. ca. 1650, Mary -----. … For almost a hundred years, it has been assumed that Mary's surname was Clifton and that she was probably a daughter of Thomas(1) Clifton of Weymouth and Rehoboth (Representative Men and Families of R.I., 2:1005). No marriage is recorded, however, and there is no direct evidence that this assumption is correct.
