Person:John Bowers (13)
Rev. John Bowers
b.Cal 1629
d.14 Jun 1687 Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, 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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  • H.  Rev. John BowersCal 1629 - 1687
  • W.  Rebecca GregsonEst 1634 - Bef 1662
m. Bef 1657
  1. Ruth Bowers1657 - 1736
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1662
  1. Mary BowersEst 1662 - 1736
  2. Samuel Bowers1665 - 1744
  3. John Bowers1667 - 1708
  4. Rev Nathaniel BowersEst 1669 - 1712
  5. Anna BowersEst 1676 - 1744
  6. Barbara BowersEst 1678 - 1745
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. John Bowers
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1629
Degree[2] 1649 Harvard College.
Marriage Bef 1657 Estimate based on date of birth of only known child.
to Rebecca Gregson
Marriage Bef 1662 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Bridget Thompson
Death[1] 14 Jun 1687 Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Information in the English Origins of New England Families, 1985, Vols I-III, Pgs 236-237. He was the grandfather of the famous authoress Bathsheba Bowers whose father was Benaunuel.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bowers, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    1:236.

    John (Bowers), s. of George and Barbara, b c. 1629, d 14 June 1687 (Derby Vital Records), æ. 58 (gravestone, Old graveyard, Derby); Rev.

  2. ↑ John Bowers, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:223.

    John (Bowers), H. C. 1649; … Derby, s. of George, prob. b. in Eng. was a sch.master at Plymouth, perhaps the earliest, went in the same business 1653, to New Haven, on invit. of Gov. Eaton, there taught until 1660, and after in other towns; was preach, after Pierson left Branford, in 1667, to Feb. 1673; soon after was sett. at D. and there d. 14 June 1687. His will, rec. at D. bears date 8 Jan. 1685, His w. was Bridget, d. of Anthony Thompson of New Haven, wh, surv, him, and he had there bapt. Ruth, 20 Dec. 1657; and Samuel, 5 Nov. 1665; beside Mary, prob. b. after Ruth, and bef. Samuel, wh. m. 1682, Samuel Nichols; John, b. at Guilford, 3 Dec. 1667; and Ann, wh. m. 1703, Francis French. Ruth m. John Frisbie, and next, William Hoadly.

  3. ↑ Rev John Bowers, in Find A Grave.
  4.   Baldwin, Charles Candee. Rev. John Bower, first minister at Derby, Conn., and his descendants. (Seymour, Connecticut: s.n.], 1879)
    p. 1-3.

    First clergyman of Derby was Rev. John Bower, s/o George Bower or Bowers of Scituate, Plymouth and Cambridge; graduated Harvard 1649, "undoubtedly born in England", d. 14 June 1687, m. at New Haven Bridget Thompson, d/o Anthony Thompson. Will dated 8 Jan 1684[/5], gives all to his wife Bridget Bower, to dispose among our children as she shall see cause.

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