Person:Benanuel Bowers (1)
Benanuel Bowers
b.Abt 1627 possibly Yorkshire, England
d.Bef 24 May 1698 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Feb 1614/15
  1. Ruth Bowers1616 - 1687
  2. Matthew Bowers1620 - 1644/45
  3. Benanuel BowersAbt 1627 - Bef 1698
  4. Rev. John BowersCal 1629 - 1687
  5. Silence BowersAbt 1630 - 1677
  6. Patience BowersBef 1633 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 9 Dec 1653
  1. George Bowers1653/54 -
  2. Barbara Bowers1655/56 -
  3. Elizabeth Bowers1657 -
  4. Mary Bowers1660 -
  5. Henry Bowers1665 - 1690
  6. Ann Bowers1668 -
  7. Bathsheba Bowers1671 - 1718
  8. Jonathan Bowers1673 - Bef 1750
  9. Mary Bowers1679 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][3] Benanuel Bowers
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1627 possibly Yorkshire, England
Marriage 9 Dec 1653 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Dunster
Death[2] Bef 24 May 1698 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie. A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family: in connection with the history, genealogy and mention of the families of Clay, Stiles, Cumming, King, Elliott, Milledge, Maxwell, Adams, Houstoun, Screven, Owens, Demere, Footman, Ellis, Washington, Newell, deTreville, Davis, Barrington, Lewis, Warner, Cobb, Flournoy, Pratt, Nephew, Bolton, Bowers, Cuthbert, and many other names either as having a connection to some other family or showing of the name as related or connected to some family in this work. (Columbia, S.C.: The R. L. Bryant Co., 1901)
    p. 4.

    "...Benanuel Bowers, son of George Bowers of Scituate, Mass., and of England, who came to Massachusetts as early as 1637, and was a land owner there whose family attained eminence. Benanuel Bowers married Elizabeth Dunster, daughter of Robert Dunster, and niece of the distinguished Henry Dunster..."
    [Note: no pertinent dates given by this source except p. 74, where a clear typo specifies the marriage date as "November 9, 1763".]

  2. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 2264 Benanuell Bowers 1698.

    Will of "Benanuel Bowers of Charlstown ... Husbandman", dated 5 Oct 1693, proved 24 May 1698, names wife Elizabeth; son Jonathan; his four Sisters now living ... Barbary, Bathsheba, Ann & Mary; George John Bowers (the Son of George deceased). Wife Elizabeth to be executrix.

  3. ↑ Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879)
    Vol. 1, p. 102.

    Benanuel Bowers, s/o George Bowers of Cambridge, inhabitant 1660, will dated 9 Oct 1693, proven 28 [sic] May 1698, m. Cambridge "9 (10) 1653" [9 Dec 1653] Elizabeth Dunster.

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