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The lineage from King Henry I to Griffith BOWEN, as prepared by Herman
Nickerson, has been accepted by the Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons
and Daughters of the Kings of Britain (Lineage No. 156), and appears in
the Sep. 1979 National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Essentially the same
line, except for the fifth generation listed, appears in the 7th edition
of Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, by Frederick Weis (1993),
and is presented here. Henry I, King of England b Selby, York., 1070 d 1135 had illegitimate son Robert, E. of Gloucester b c. 1090 d 1147 by Maud FitzHamon d 1157 was father of William, E. of Gloucester d 23 Nov 1183 had illegitimate daughter Mabel married c. 1158 Gruffudd ap Ifor Bach d 1211 and was mother of Rhys ap Gruffudd by an unknown wife was father of Joan f. Rhys ap Gruffudd married Sir Ralph Maelog and was the mother of Ann Maelog married Sir Gwrgi Grant and was mother of Jenkin ap Gwrgi was father of Gwilym ap Jenkin was father of Ann married Hywel ap Gruffudd Fab and was mother of Hywel Fychan ap Hywel married Catrin f. Ieuan Llwyd and was father of Gwilym Gam ap Hywel Fychan married Gwenllian f. Gwilym and was father of Hywel Melyn of Ynys Derw ap Gwilym Gam was father of Ieuan Gwym ap Hywel Melyn married Mabel f. Wilcock Cradock and was father of Jenkin married Jonet and was father of Owain (Owen ap Jenkyn) married Alice f. John of Swansea and was father of Gruffudd Bowen of Slade married Ann f. Nicholas Berry of Berryharbor and was father of Philip Bowen of Slade married Elsbeth f. Hopkin John Vaughan and was father of Francis Bowen married Ellen Frankleyn and was father of Griffith BOWEN married Margaret FLEMING http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/bowen.htm#Bowen The exact place and date of birth of Griffith Bowen is not known, but either at Langenith, Slade, or Burryhead, Co. Glamorgan in England ( Wales) . He bought land from Phillip Pyg of Penrcce, Co. Glamorgan, he being of Ilston in said Co., Gentleman. In 1637, 1638, and 1639 he sold his lands in England (Wales), mostly in Oxwich, Co. Glamorgan and with his wife and the majority of his children came to Boston, New England, where he is found in the records of the First Church of Boston, as "Griffyn Bowen & his wife Margarett taken in for members of ye Congregation The 6t of ye 12th month [1638]". He was freeman 22 May 1639. His estate in Boston was situated on the east side of Washington Street, between Bedford and Essex. (R. Comm. Rep. II: 19) (p. 87) Griffith Bowen, house and garden. Here, within the houseyard stood the "Liberty Tree", which is said to have been planted in 1646, became famous in the Stamp-Act times, and was cut down in spite by the Tories in 1775. Griffith Bowen was a witness to a grant by Henry Fleming of Llanrhidian of land in Swansea to Philip Jones. Dated 17 Dec. 1650. Bowen thus returned to England about 1649-50, and resided later in the Parish of Swansy, Co. Glamorgan in 1662. On the 7 Apr. 1669 he was in London, Co. Midd., in the Parish of St. Saviours, Southwark, Co. Surrey. (Suff. Deed VI: 122-3) Griffith Bowen sometimes of New England now resident in London, . . . in Consideration of a Contract of marriage now consumateded betweene Isaac Addington of Boston in new England Chirurgeon, & my daughter Elizabeth Bowen, . . . giue . . . vnto my sonn Isaac Addinton . . . my . . . title in two parcells of Land, Lying . . . in Boston . . . at prsent in possession & Occupation of Capt: William Dauis, vizt: One parcell being three quarters of an Acree bee it more or less lying neere to the dwelling house & ground of mr Jacob Elliott, being butted & bounded by the high way to the Southward, & by the high way leading to Roxbury to the westward, & by the Land of William Adley to the northward the Other parcell lying somthing distant from the Land aforesajd to the Eastward, being butted & bounded by the highway to the northward, & by another high way to the Eastward, & by the Land of Thomas Buttolph to the westward, bee it halfe an Acree more or less. . . . Signed by Griffith Bowen on the 7 Apr. 1669, in the prsence of John Roe, John Jacob. Rec. 18 Oct. 1669. (Suff. Deed VII: 182-3) I Griffith Bowen nowe resident in the Citty of London Sometime of Boston in New England Send greeting Where as by a Deed of Gift bearing Date the Seaventh day of Aprill Anno Dni Christi. One thousand Sixe hundred Sixty and nyne vnder my hand and Seale I did . . . confirme vnto my Sonne Isaac Adington of Boston in New England in the County of Suffolke Chirurgeon my two pastures or parcells of Land . . . in . . . nowe in the possession . . . of the abovesaid Adington vizt the one pasture or parcell of Land bee it three quarters of an Acre more or less lying nigh to the dwelling house and ground of mr. Jacob Elliot of the abovesaid Boston being . . . bounded by the highway leadin to Roxbury on the west and by the streete or Lane comonly called mr. Rainsford lane on the South and by the land of Isaac Rottingus on the East Side and by the Land Lately the Land of Jeremiah Bumstead on the north Side the other pasture or parcell of Land lying something distant to the Eastward of the Land aforesaid be it three quarters of an Acre more or less being . . . bounded on the South or South East by the Street or Lane comonly called mr. Rainsfords Lane, and on the East and North East by the street or Lane running from the Seaside vp to the Comon feild by the house of Edward Cowell, and on the west and Northwest by the Land of the widdow Buttolph relict of Thomas Buttolph Sen Deceased and by the Land Lately the Land of Thomas Munt. Signed 28 Mar. 1671. by Griff: Bowen, in the presence of John ffairewether, Simon Amory. Rec. 13 July 1671. The Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Griffith Bowen, formerly of Boston, was apprized at oe535, by William Davis and Edward Morris, and included 176 acres of land. Presented 26 Feb. 1676-7 by Henry Bowen. At a Court held in Boston 6 Nov. 1683, Mr. Jacob Eliot of Boston, Leiut. Samuel Ruggles, & John Bowles, both of Roxbury, appointed a Committee for Division & Settment of the Estate of Mr. Griffith Bowen formerly of Boston deceased, intestate. To Francis his eldest son, a double portion, & equal portions to the other children. with the consent & to the satisfaction of those concerned viz: Mr. William Bowen, Mr. John Weld, widow Child, & Henery Bowen. Dated Rox. 21 Feb. 1683-4. Miscellaneous notes : Mary Clifton _ bf 1628 mm~1647 His (Richard's) family was from Kittle Hill, Pembrokeshire, Wales, hers from Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales, where Obadiah was born. GenForum N126. Obadiah made a will in 1708, proved in 1710, in which he mentions his son, Samuel of Cohansey and other children and grand children. He lived at Rehoboth, Mass. in 1657, when he was a surveyor of highways. He removed to Swansea, Mass., and there was one of the selectmen (the governing body of the town) in 1681 to 1685. In 1681 and 1682, he was a member of the General Court (Assembly) for Plymouth Colony from Swansea. He was a Baptist Unproved marriage date 1649 in Swansea. Obadiah birth date 1626/27 January 03. Some confusion on maiden name of Ann. Father of Obadiah--Richard. Notes for Richard: The first Bowen to come to America, of whom we have record, was Richard
Bowen, born about 1590 to 1600, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Richard was the
eighth son of James Bowen. Under date of 1883 a genealogical table of the
Bowen family says "The family, originally of Pentre Evan, county Pembroke,
still florishes in the old country and occupies the old family estate in
Llwyngwair (Ll like oil; ai long i) Haverford wort, Pembrokeshire."
The genealogy refered to says that he arrived 1627 Sept. 27, while others give the date as late 1640. References: A book of Elisha Chandler Bowen, M.D., published by Hand,
Avery & Co., Franklin Press, 1884. http://www.cowaro.com/Genealogy/Surname_file/Clifton.html Notes for COL. EPHRAIM BOWEN's involvement with Rehoboth. Ephraim's ancestry traces back to Richard BOWEN born 1580, Ilston, Glamorganshire, Wales, married (1) bfr 1622, in Kettle Hill, Glamorganshire, WALES, Ann BOURNE, born 1586, Swansea, Glamorganshire, WALES, Homemaker, died 1644, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, married (2) NOV 1648, in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, Elizabeth REY, born ca 1590, died 1675, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. Richard died Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, Buried: 04 FEB 1674, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, See http://www.ormsby.org/genie/Miscellaneous/Bowen.html. Thus it appears that Ehpraim Bowen and his companion Joseph Bucklin both had family with roots in Rehoboth from the 1640's. Since the Bowens came from Swansea in Wales, it is logical to conclude that the Welsh Bowens and perhaps others were responsible for the name of the early town of Swansea, near Rehoboth. The Bucklin Society http://www.bucklinsociety.net/Bowen_Ephraim.htm http://www.ormsby.org/genie/Miscellaneous/Bowen.html
The Bowens of Court House : "There was an ancient family of Bowens of Court House, in the parish of Ilston, but I have not been able to connect it with that of the Bowens of Slade; this is a rather singular thing; the peninsula of Gower is a comparatively small locality, and it would be very strange if the two families should be distinct.... The Arms of those of Bowen of Slade are those of Griffith Gwyr ( Gower), namely, a stag lodged, holding an oak branch in his mouth; while those of Bowen of Court House are a stag, trippant with an arrow stuck in his back..." [illustrated in Matthews' American Armory and Blue Book (London, 1908), 11]. Bartrum's chart Bleddyn ap Maenyrch 30(G,H) shows that Morgan ab Owain ap Gruffudd bought Court-house in 1441 and left a will dated 1467. He had a son Bowen who was flourishing 1490-1515 and had a son Harry, who had a son Thomas, who had a son Harry Bowen, who died in 1582, having married Elen, daughter of Jenkin Franklin. The children of this family of Court-house, Ilston, are dealt with in a source Bartrum listed as GG 1545, The Golden Grove Book, compiled by Hugh Thomas, Deputy Herald, in 1703 [Cottingham, 8] [ Boyer ] The Bowens of Slade. Jevan Cwyr> Phillip (Philip) Bowen was born about 1544 in Slade, Glamorgan, Wales.
Francis Bowen was born about 1574 in , Slade, Glamorgan, Wales. He died
in , Slade, Glamorgan, Wales. Griffith Bowen was born about 1600 in Langeneth, , Glamorgan, Wales.
He died 1675/1676 in London, , Middlesex, England. Griffith married Margaret
Fleming on 1627. Margaret Fleming was born about 1600 in Langeneth, , Glamorgan,
Wales
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Reference materials that could be helpful. Source George Bowen claims that Richard Bowen of Rehoboth has his arms registered in: [Matthews, 1965]. John Matthews, Matthew's Armoury and Blue Book, Crest Publishing Company, New York, (1903, 1907, 1911-23), 1965.* United States Armory containing B/W diagrams Possible source : Ancestry.com. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: John Matthews, Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book.New York, NY: Crest publishing Company, Inc., 1907. Bowen, Georgene E.. Bowen - The Ancestry of Griffith Bowen of "Burryhead" Llangenydd Parish, Glamorgan County, Wales and One Line of American Descendants Through the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut and the Bowens of Charlstown, New Hampshire. N.p.: manuscript, 1960. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume 2. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911. Seaver, Jesse Montgomery. The Bowen Genealogy. Philadelphia: privately printed, 1931. Bowen, Edward Augustus. "Griffith Bowen of Boston", The English Origins of New England Families volume 2.1 (1985). Bibliography / Sources : websites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rockport/f000440.html http://www.childgenealogy.org/ http://www.jhowell.net/ancpage/fgs/names.htm#Bowen http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batemanp/pilgrims/test0046.htm http://gililland.net/Gililland/WC05/WC05_096.htm http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/Royalpresidents.htm
Sources and links to resources used or referred to. Reference 1 : Sources used by the article : The name of Bowen Bardsley English and Welsh Surnames, 1901. Burke Landed Gentry, 1900. Dwnn Visitations of Wales, 1846. E. C. Bowen Memorial of the Bowen Family, 1884. D. Bowen The Family of Griffith Bowen, 1893. Savage Genealogical Dictionary of New England, 1860. Hughes American Ancestry 1893, 1899. Greer Early Virginia Immigrants 1912. E. A. Bowen ; Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Conn., 1897 Pilcher Campbell, Pilcher and Allied Families, 1911. Heitman : Officers of the Continental Army, 1914. The Americana, 1932. Burke General Armory, 1884 http://206.191.191.8/~bobg/genealogy/bowen-ms.html http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GLAMORGAN/1998-09/0904911706 The Pembrokeshire lookup exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks2.html searching for ancestors in wales Sources used by other researchers who's work is abstracted here. SOURCE: Burke's GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Including American Families with British Ancestry, Burke's Peerage Limited, England, 1939, p. 215. Llewelyn ap Owen (or Owein) of Pentre Evan, Pembroke, descended from Gwilym ap Gwrwared ap Gwilym, descended from Gwrwared, of Cemmaes, son of Cyhylyn, is frequently mentioned in Baronia de Kemeys. He was one of the free tenants of the Fee of Trewern, in 1364. He married Nest, daughter of Howell Vychan, and had, with three daughters, five sons. SOURCE: Burke's GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Including American Families with British Ancestry, Burke's Peerage Limited, England, 1939, p. 215. Of Argoed, whose son, Gwilym succeeded his uncle, Evan SOURCE: Burke's GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Including American Families with British Ancestry, Burke's Peerage Limited, England, 1939, p. 215. Gwilym Bowen (ap Owen), of Pentre Evan; m. Agnes, daughter of James ap Howell, and had a son.( Owen Bowen) ANCESTRAL LINES REVISED: 190 Families in England, Wales, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Compiled by Carl Boyer 3rd., Newhall California, Carl Boyer, 1981, pp. 81ff. Living in Pembrokeshire, Llwyngwair, in 1591. George Norbury Mackenzie, COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Baltimore, MD, The Seaforth Press, 1913, pp. 60ff. SOURCE: Barbarann Ayars, samayars@@ohio.net Appointed as Commissioner of Revenue by Henry VIII. SOURCE: Burke's GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Including American Families with British Ancestry, Burke's Peerage Limited, England, 1939, p. 215. Sir James Bowen (ap Owen), of Pentre Evan, lived temp. Henry VII. (1485-1509); m. 1st, Jane, dau. of Jenkyn Perott, and by her, had with other issue, a second son, Owen. Sir James m. 2ndly, Mary, dau. of John Herle, and niece of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, and by her had a son, Matthias. ANCESTRAL LINES REVISED: 190 Families in England, Wales, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Compiled by Carl Boyer 3rd., Newhall California, Carl Boyer, 1981, pp. 81ff. George Norbury Mackenzie, COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Baltimore, MD, The Seaforth Press, 1913, pp. 60ff. SOURCE: Barbarann Ayars, samayars@@ohio.net Mathias married Mary daughter of John Phillips Esq, of Picton Castle. SOURCE: Burke's GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Including American Families with British Ancestry, Burke's Peerage Limited, England, 1939, p. 215. Matthias Bowen (ap Owen), of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, m. Mary, dau. of John Phylips, son of Sir John Phylips, Knight, of Picton Castle. SOURCE: ANCESTRAL LINES REVISED: 190 Families in England, Wales, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Compiled by Carl Boyer 3rd., Newhall California, Carl Boyer, 1981, pp. 81ff. SOURCE: George Norbury Mackenzie, COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Baltimore, MD, The Seaforth Press, 1913, pp. 60ff. SOURCE: Barbarann Ayars, -- "James Bowen of Lluringhair
(?) married Eleanor, daughter of John Griffith Esq. of Richley Angbery.
(His father was Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn Haight. James was a Llivinguair
when the Herald visited in 1591." SOURCE: Burke's GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Including American Families with British Ancestry, Burke's Peerage Limited, England, 1939, p. 215. James Bowen, of Llwyngwair, High Sheriff 1623; m. Ellen, dau. of John Griffith, son of Sir William Griffith, Knight, of Penrhyn, and left a son.
Works referred to within or appear in bibliography/
appendix of the book by Carl Boyer 3rd. of APPENDIX: Abell, Horace A., and Lewis P. Abell. Austin, John Osborne. Bowen, Edward Augustus. Bowen, E[lisha] C[handler]. Bowen, Richard LeBaron. Early Rehoboth : "Bowen Genealogy," The Essex Antiquarian,10 (1906), 57-58 [ Nathan Bowen <1> of Marblehead Mass.]. [ Bowman, George Ernest.] Bowman, George Ernest. Fuller, Clarence C, Gustin, Lester C. Perley, Sidney. Shepard, Charles. "Bowen family notes" [ Works referenced within the Boyer book. ] 1897 Edward Augustus Bowen Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Cambridge. H.M. Forbes, Gravestones of New England (Boston, 1927). MacKenzie Colonial Families of U.S., 3:360. Peter C. Bartrum's Welsh Genealogies. Lewys Dwnn's manuscript visitation Almira Larkin White; Ancestry of John Barber White. Clarence Winthrop Bowen's eight volumes; The Bowens of Woodstock. The Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society John Guillim's; A Display of Heraldry (1724). Griffith Bowen, of Boston, whose Welsh line to Bleddyn ap Maenyrch and beyond is well documented [Herman Nickerson, Jr. "Griffith and Margaret (Fleming) Bowen of Wales and Massachusetts," NGSQ, 67 (1979), 163-166, and Nickerson, "Griffith Bowen of Wales and Massachusetts," The Connecticut Nutmegger, 19 (1987), 588-596]. Golden Grove Book, compiled by Hugh Thomas, Deputy Herald, in 1703 "The Golden Grove Book," page 1545 (three volumes plus index), based on the works of David Edwardes and William Lewes, which was begun in 1765 and is paged continuously. This work, mentioned above, is now in the Dyfed County Council in Carmarthen, Wales. Lieut. Col. E.R. Cottingham's Pedigree of Bowen of Court House Harleian MSS. No. 4181, fo. 66 (Brit. Mus.) Survey of Lordship of Gower with list of Freeholders, A.D. 1650 The will of Henry Bowen of Court House, The parish registers of Swansea extracted by Cottingham 1931 Jesse Montgomery Seaver of 2002 North Park Avenue, Philadelphia, circulated a typescript Bowen genealogy "Bowen Welsh Genealogy" by Dorothy Smith Coleman of Washington, D.C. Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America, 9:180, The Principality of Wales in the Later Middle Ages, by Ralph A. Griffiths (Cardiff, 1972), vol. 1, 189-90
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