Family:Richard Bowen and Esther Sutton (1)

Parents: Richard Bowen and Unknown Unknown Richard Bowen b. Est 1631 Wales d. Bef 25 Mar 1722/23 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: John Sutton and Julian Adcocke Esther Sutton b. Est 1636 bur. 6 Nov 1688 Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

4 Mar 1655/56

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Sarah Bowen	7 Feb 1656/57 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States	14 May 1703 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Hester Bowen	20 Apr 1660 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States	11 Apr 1699 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Richard Bowen	17 Jan 1662/63 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States	31 Aug 1739 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Mary Bowen	5 Oct 1666 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States	bur. 8 May 1694 Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
5.	John Bowen	Est 15 Mar 1668/69 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2003)
page 31.

'BOWEN, Richard (c1631-1718) & 1/wf Esther SUTTON ( -1688); m Rehoboth 4 Mar 1656 [TAG 76:274-77]'
↑ 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).

Arnold's transcript gives the year as 1646, but the original has 1656.

via RootsWeb submission from Jim Bullock
↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897)
p. 42 .

'1 44 BOWEN, Richard and Ester Sutton, [married] March 4, 1646.'

See note in citation from TAG 76 - the year should be 1656.
↑ From the spacing of the children, best guess is that the marriage occurred 4 March 1655/56 and Sarah was born 7 Feb 1656/57.