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BOOTH, EPHRAIM, SEN., of Stratford, propounded for a free- man Oct., 1671.
BOOTH, ANDREW, and Sarah, of Unity, had Joseph, b. July 21, 1738; Eunice, b. April 12, 1740 ; Phebe, b. July 21, 1742, (bap- tized by Rev. R. Minor, at Unity ;) Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1749 ; Me- hitabel, b. July 15, 1752.
BOOTH, EPHRAIM, and Ann, wife of David Booth, were of the first church in Unity, (N. Stratford,) Nov. 18, 1730. Eph'm, son of Eph'm Booth, admitted Aug. 26, 1733. Sarah Booth, widow of Mr. Eph'm Booth then deceased, was admitted to said church in 1740. Sarah, wife of Andrew Booth, admitted at Unity, June 19, 1743.
BOOTH, THOMAS, from New Haven to Milford, had a lot of one acre granted him in Milford, (by the Gen'l Court held at Milford Sept. 25, 1654,) to build upon. Milford gave him five acres in 1659.
Farmer mentions Robert Booth, Exeter, 1645, representative of Saco, 1659, b. a 1604.
BOOTH has twenty-one coats of arms. One of them viz., Ar. three boar's heads erect and erased sa, langued gu. Crest-A lion pass. ar. Motto ___ Quod ero spero. Bothe has three, and Boothby has one coat of arms.
BOOTH, JOHN, of Shelter Island.
" We whose names are hereunderneath subscribed, Doe freely testify and de- clare, that Y"Kee formerly Sachem yt Munhunsick Aququat unameck now called Shelter Island, did on the three and twentieth of March, 1652, give full pos- session unto Capt. Nathaniel Sylvester, and Ensign John Booth, of ye aforesaid Island, yt Aququatunameck with all that was belonging to the same, and he the said YoKee delivered unto the aforesaid Captain Nathaniel Sylvester and Ensign John Booth * * According to the usual custom of England, after which
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delivery and full possession given, and the said Yo'kee * * formerly leaving the said Island yt Aququatunameck, did freely and willingly depart the afore- said Island, leaving the aforesaid Captain Nathaniel Silvester, and Ensign John Booth in full possession of the same. Unto which we witness our hands the date as above being ye 23d of March, 1652.
JOHN HERBERT, ROBERT SEELY, DANIEL LANE, GILES SYLVESTER."
Record in Southold, Town Records, the 28th Jan'y, 1661, by me.
WM. WELLS, Recorder.
I certify the above to be a true copy from the record, with the ex- ception of two or three words which were mutilated. This certifi- cate is subscribed by the son of Thomas Booth, of the town of Hamptonburgh, (formerly Wallkill,) County of Orange, and State of New York, who was the son of Benjamin Booth of the same place, who was the son of Charles of the same place, (formerly of Southold, L. I.,) who was the son of Charles of the last place, and who was the son of Ensign John Booth, of Shelter Island (L. Island,) who left four sons, viz., John, Wm., Thomas and Charles. Dated Goshen, Or. Co. N. York, June 1, 1849. Jno. B. Booth.
BOOTH, SIMEON, of Hartford, d. Feb. 28, 1702-3 ; children, Wm., Zachariah, Phebe, Bridgett Allyn, Elizabeth Pease, Mary Spencer and Sarah, by his last wife. He gave Zachariah's son Rob- ert, his loom ; probably a weaver. Estate, £57, 4s. 0d.
BOOTH, ROBERT, of Farmington-Ann his widow-distribu- tion, 1752-children, Nathan, Robert, Elisha, Hannah Mather, wife of Joshua Mather ; Ann, wife of Joseph Mather. This was a wealthy family.
BOOTH, WILLIAM, of Colchester, daughter Anna, baptized May 31, 1761; Versalle, baptized Sept. 25, 1762; Wm., 1769. Ruth Booth of Colchester, had a daughter Lucretia Frink, baptized May 12, 1765 ; Ambrose, 1771.
BOOTH, EBENEZER, and Daniel Beardsley of Stratford, pro- pounded for freemen May, 1675. Geo. Booth of Lynn, Mass., daugh- ter Eliz'th, b. March 15, 1674. Jonathan Pease, of Enfield, m. Eliz'th Booth, in 1693. Ab'm Pease m. Jemima Booth, 1719. Rob- ert Booth of Saco, freeman 1653. Lyman Booth of Malden, free 1680. Mr. Edmund Booth of Stratford, was a subscriber for Prince's Chronology (six.)
BOOTH, SERG. DANIEL, was taken prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31, 1775, and enlisted in the King's service. George Booth's daugh- ter Eliz'th, b. at Lynn, March 15, 1674. Jemima, Eliz'th and Sa-
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rah Booth, early m. into the Pease family. Robert Booth, of Saco, sworn a freeman in Mass., 1653. Lyman Booth, freeman at Mal- den, 1680. Booth was an early New England name from the west of England.
BOSTWICK, ARTHUR, (Bostock, Bostick,) was from Cheshire in England, and settled at Stratford, Conn., with his wife and sons John and Zachariah, as early as 1650, where the name is spelled Bostock, Bostick, &c., on the record. In 1659, his wife petitioned the Gen'l Court regarding her husband's lands ; said Arthur agreed that the Court should appoint Mr. Blackman, Goodman Beardsley, Mr. Fairchild and Joseph Judson, of Stratford, to be a committee to settle the question, and in May, 1660, the Gen'l Court confirmed "ye act of the Committee at Stratford, about Arthur Bostock's es- tate." Mr. Bostock had a large landed estate in Stratford. Soon after 1660, Arthur gave most of his estate by contract to his son John, in which John stipulated to support his father, and " find him a horse when he wished to ride forth," &c. His son John of Stratford, was nominated for a freeman, Oct., 1668. Arthur and John were both in the list of freemen at Stratford, in 1669.
ZECHARIAH, probably the 2d son of Arthur, was not made a freeman, though land is found conveyed to him about 1678. From the different deeds I am inclined to believe that Arthur, Sen., had sons John, Zechariah and Arthur, yet have no positive evidence to prove it so, except in the case of the first, John.
JOHN, son of Arthur, Sen., removed to New Milford, in 1707, the 2d settler in the town. He had seven sons b. at Stratford, viz., 2d John, b. 1686 ; Robert, Ebenezer, Joseph, Nath'l, b. 1699, Lem- uel, b. 1704, and Daniel.
BOSTWICK, MAJ. JOHN, son of John, Sen., b. 1686, resided at New Milford ; he m. Mercy Bushnell, of Danbury, daughter of Fran- cis, Jan. 3, 1712, and had issue, Bushnell, b. Nov. 16, 1712, d. Jan. 31, 1793 ; 3d John, b. March 24, 1715, d. Dec. 17, 1806 ; Benajah, b. Feb. 8, 1718, d. Oct. 23, 1776 ; David, b. Jan. 8, 1721, d. Nov. 12, 1763 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 3, 1723, d. Sept. 23, 1789.
BOSTWICK, BUSHNELL, son of John, m. Mariam Skeeles, of Woodbury, Jan. 26, 1737, lived (on Second Hill, ) in New Milford, and was an important man in the town and Colony. He was Justice of the Quorum in Litchfield County from 1762, to 1776-he was thirty sessions a member of the Gen'l Assembly from N. Milford ; the different members of the family had represented the town of N. Milford in the Gen'l Assembly of the Colony and State seventy -six
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sessions before A. D. 1800, except Col. Elisha, was last elected in 1815. The children of Bushnell and Mariam, were Jonathan, b. March 27, 1738, d. March 16, 1812; Shadrack, b. Sept. 25, 1742, d. June 30, 1825; Mabel, b. Sept. 4, 1744, d. April 29, 1818 ; Is- rael, b. Aug. 7, 1749, d. July 11, 1826, and Mercy, b. Aug. 7, 1749, (twins,) d. 1820.
ERASTUS, the 5th child of the first Jonathan Bostwick, m. Sally T., daughter of Rev. Whitman Welch, of Williamstown, Mass., Feb. 10, 1793, and settled in Hinesburgh, Vt., where he was the first Post Master, Justice of Peace, Representative two years in the Gen'l Assembly, and Town Clerk and Treasurer forty years.
SHADRACH, the 2d child of Bushnell Bostwick, never married.
MABEL, the 3d child of Bushnell, m. Dr. Jonathan Downs, of N. Milford, and had an only child who lived to marry.
MERCY, the 4th child of Bushnell, m. Elizur Bostwick, and had children.
ISRAEL, the 5th child of Bushnell Bostwick, m. Eliz'th Mallory of Bethlem, July 12, 1767, and had issue, Eliz'th, b. - d. 1812; Lois, b. 1770, d. March 22, 1846 ; Caleb Noble, b. April 28, 1772, d. July 29, 1849 ; Alanson, b. Feb. 17, 1774 ; Jared, b. 1778; Polly, 1779.
BOSTWICK, JOHN, the 2d son of the 2d John, lived in the north part of N. Milford. He was many years a deacon in the church. He m. Jemima Canfield, of N. Milford; issue, Jesse, Edward, Mat- thew, Gilbert, John and Nathan.
BOSTWICK, BENAJAH, the 3d son of the 2d John, m. Hannah Fiske, Feb. 2, 1742 ; issue, David and John.
BOSTWICK, REV. DAVID, the 4th son of 2d John, b. 1720, m. Mary Hinman, of Southbury, July 30, 1739, and had issue, Andrew, David, Wm., James, Mercy, Polly, Hannah, Amelia, Lucretia, and Nancy. Rev. David Bostwick was a minister of the old Wall street Presbyterian Church in the city of N. York. He was first settled at Jamaica, L. I., and transferred to the Wall Street Church in N. Y., 1756. He d. in charge of the latter church Nov. 12, 1763 ; he was a man of piety, and exalted reputation in his profession.
BOSTWICK, SAMUEL, 5th child of 2d John, m. Anna Fiske, March 28, 1748 ; issue, Col. Elisha, b. Dec. 17, 1748, d. Dec. 11, 1834 ; Jared, b. Aug. 9, 1751, d. April 3, 1778 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1775, d. April 3, 1799. Col. Elisha, son of Sam'l, resided in New Milford, where he was universally respected. He was Lieut. of the first company mustered at N. Milford, to meet the British troops
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at Boston-he was afterward a Col. of militia-he was Town Clerk of N. M., over fifty years-he was fifteen sessions a member of the Gen'l Asembly of Conn., and a Justice of Peace most of his life-he m. Betty Ferris, May 14, 1786, and had three children, Jared, b. May 24, 1787, now living ; Betsey Ann, b. July 11, 1792, (m. Hon. Wm. M. Burrall for his 2d wife, she has since deceased without is- sue ;) Samuel R., d. aged two years.
BOSTWICK, ROBERT, the 2d son of the 1st John, m. Rachel Holmes, of Bedford, N. Y. (See Genealogy of Bostwicks, by Eras- tus Bostwick.)
BOSTWICK, EBENEZER, the 3d son of the 1st John, m. Re- becca Bunnell, of Stratford, resided in Brookfield ; children, Eben- ezer, Robert, Gersham, Edmund, b. Sept. 15, 1732, d. Feb. 20, 1826, and Isaac.
BOSTWICK, JOSEPH, the 4th son of the 1st John, resided in the north part of New Milford, a farmer ; he m. Rebecca Wheeler, of Stratford, July 23, 1724, and had issue, Parnell, b. May 16, 1726 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1728 ; Mercy, b. June 12, 1731 ; Abel, b. Jan. 15, 1734 ; Ichabod, b. Sept. 1, 1737, and Rebecca, b. Sept. 1, 1741. Joseph the father, d. Sept. 27, 1756.
BOSTWICK, NATHANIEL, the 5th son of John, Sen., was b. at Stratford, 1699, but resided at New Milford ; he m. Esther, daughter of Sam'l Hitchcock, of N. Milford, Oct. 7, 1727, and had issue, Ar- thur, b. June 28, 1729, d. Jan. 10, 1802 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1730, d. Oct. 17, 1818 ; Lois, b. March 16, 1732, d. Oct. 24, 1757 ; Reu- ben, b. Sept. 2, 1734; Zadock, b. Feb. 18, 1736 ; Abigail, b. July 20, 1737, d. Aug. 9, 1758; Elijah, b. June 8, 1740; Gideon, b. Sept. 21, 1742, d. June, 1793 ; Eunice, b. Aug. 21, 1744, d. June, 1836 ; Tamer, b. May 31, 1746 ; Ichabod, b. Dec. 13, 1747, d. Oct., 1776. His wife d. Dec., 1747, and Nath'l m. Jerusha Baldwin for his 2d wife, and had a daughter Jehannah. Nath'l the father d. Ju- ly 13, 1756.
BOSTWICK, LEMUEL, the 6th son of John, Sen., b. 1704, and grandson of Arthur, Sen., m. Anna Jackson, of Stratford, Sept. 5, 1729 ; she was b. in 1708, and d. at Hinesburgh, Vt., June 20, 1800, aged 92. Lemuel lived in N. Milford, north of the Great Falls. Issue, Isaac, b. Sept. 30, 1730, d. April 21, 1818; Eunice and An- ner. Lemuel the father d. 1791.
BOSTWICK, DANIEL, the 7th son of the 1st John, was the first white male child b. in N. Milford. He long kept an Inn, in the vil- lage of N. Milford. He m. Hannah Hitchcock, daughter of Samuel,
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Dec. 14, 1736. He d. Dec. 23, 1782, aged 74. Issue, Daniel, Amos, Esther and Annis.
BOSTWICK, ZECHARIAH, of Stratford, supposed the son of Arthur, Sen., and brother of John, Sen., is found by deeds, settled at Stratford ; he had six children, Benjamin, Abraham, and four others. This Benjamin removed to N. Milford, as did his brother Abraham. Benjamin, who is early found at Stratford, was probably the above Benj'n, son of Zechariah, and grandson of Arthur. Cyrus, the 6th child of the 1st Jonathan, m. and removed to Monkton, Vt., and after- ward to Vergennes, Vt. Elizur, the 7th child of Jonathan, Sen., m. at N. Milford ; removed first into the state of N. Y., and after- ward to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Wm., 8th child of Jonathan, Sen., was a physician ; he settled first in Torrington, and thence removed to Burlington, Vt., where he was drowned while crossing the lake ; he m. Philomela, daughter of Dr. James Potter, of Sherman, Ct. Lyman, son of Nathan, m. in Conn., and removed to Essex, Chitten- don County, Vt., and d. in Starksborough, Vt. Charles, 4th child of Benj'n, graduated ať Y. C., in 1796, located at Bridgport, where he was Judge of the City Court, Mayor of the city, a lawyer by pro- fession ; he m. Catherine Peet, and had seven children. Ebenezer, son of Edmond, with his father and brothers removed from N. Mil- ford, to Hinesburgh. Vt., in 1788, thence to Elizabethtown, N. Y., and thence to Rootstown, in Ohio, in 1803, where he d. Andrew, son of Ebenezer, has issue, Oliver and Charles in N. York. Ger- shom, 5th child of Edmond, removed from N. Milford, to Hines- burgh, Vt., when the town was new ; his son Dr. Chas. B., removed to Vt., in 1788, and afterwards to Ohio. Ezbon, 8th child of Ed- mand, also removed first to Vt., and thence to Ohio. Dr. Homer, 4th son of Heman, of Ohio, was b. in Edenburgh, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1806, has been noted in the City of N. Y., as a physician and sur- geon. Andrew, son of Joseph, and brother of Joseph E., removed to Montgomery, N. Y. Arthur, the Ist child of Nath'l, the 5th son of the 1st John, removed from N. Milford, to Manchester, Vt., in 1792, and thence to Jericho, Vt. Nath'l, 2d son of Arthur, the first child of Nath'l, removed to Jericho, Vt., 1788. The New Haven Bostwicks, are of this family from New Milford. It will be noticed by the few cases extracted above, that many of the Bostwicks of New Milford, removed to Vermont, N. York and Ohio, and few of the original Puritan families of Stratford and New Milford, have suc- ceeded better than that of Arthur Bostwicks. (Most of these facts are extracts from a genealogy collected by Erastus Bostwick, and
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Stratford record.) Bostock has three coats of arms. Five of the name have graduated at Y. College, and two by the name of Bostick, at Harvard College.
BOSTOCK, LAUGHTON, shipped for Virginia, in 1635, "im- barqued in ye merch't Bonaventure, James Riecrofte, mr. bound thith- er ;" took the oath of allegiance.
BOSSWELL, JAMES, was not at Wethersfield as early as some others. He owned land there, he purchased of Richard H- Oct. 2, 1654 ; also one lot east of Great River of 130 acres-One lot he purchased of Samuel Smith-One other lot east of great riv- er-He also had other lands in Wethersfield-He died there in 1660-Estate £62, 7s. He was made a freeman in Ct., in 1658.
BUSWELL, (or Boswell,) ROBERT, of Canterbury, husband- man, in 1708, bought 100 acres of land in Canterbury, of Samuel Adams and Obadiah Johnson, of Canterbury, and Peter Leavens of Killingly, except a half acre for a burial ground, now a little north of Canterbury green ; and the old domain is now occupied by Mr. Ensworth, whose wife is a lineal descendant of Robert Boswell, through his son Thomas, who m. Prudence. This Thomas was a principal man, and deacon among the Separatists. There was also a son Moses, who m. Mehitable Baker and had a family. Hannah, wife of Robert Buswell, d. at Canterbury, Nov. 6, 1717, and he m, for his 2d wife Mary, widow of Josiah Cleveland, Jan. 22, 1721-2. (Canterbury Record and Learned.)
BOSWELL, SAMUEL, embarked in the Primrose, Capt. Doug- lass master, for Virginia, July 27, 1635.
Boswell an English Embassador being in the Netherlands with Rev. Hugh Peters, complained to his Government against Peters, for speeches made in Netherlands.
Isaac Buswell of Salisbury, Mass., freeman 1690.
The Boswells of Norwich and Hartford, are supposed to be de- scendants of the same family.
BOSWORTH, DAVID, m. Mary Strong, June 27, 1743, pr. Ja- cob Eliot Pastor of Goshen, in Lebanon.
Jabis Bosworth m. Sarah Bradford.
BOTTOM; this name was not as early as some others at Plain- field. Joshua Bottom of Plainfield, was a Lieut in the war of the Revolution ; appointed in 1777.
BOWE, (BOW,) ALEXANDER, removed early to Middletown, where he d. Nov. 6, 1678, and his will was presented by his relict : the will was imperfect, as some of his children were born after the 26
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date of it, and his wife then enceinte. The court gave his widow her thirds, by a contract made before marriage, dated, Oct. 30, 1673 ; the remainder to the children, born and unborn. Ensign William Cheeny and Sergt. William Ward overseers. His widow died in 1684, and left three young children and several older ones : one was placed with Mr. Collins-one with with Ensign Cheeny-and the youngest with. Tho's Ward, and were ordered by the Court to be bound out until 18 years of age.
Alexander had children by his two wives, viz., Samuel, b. Jan. 28, 1659 ; m. Mary Turner, May 9, 1683; Sarah, b. June, 1662, d. 1665 ; Mary b. Jan. 18, 1663-4 : His wife d. and he m. Rebecca H -- Nov. 26, 1673, and had Anne, b. Sept. 10, 1674; Ma- ry b. Dec. 5, 1676 ; m. Tho's Stow, Jr., Feb. 28, 1700-1; Rebec- ca, b. April 19, 1679 : Alexander Bow d. Nov. 6, 1678, before the birth of Rebecca.
BOW, SAMUEL, son of Alexander, m. Mary Turner in 1683, and had children, Sarah, b. March 27, 1683-4; Samuel, Jr., b. June 15, 1685; m. Abigail Rowley, of Windsor, April 14, 1710; Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1687-8 ; Alexander, b. Oct. 25, 1692 ; d. Jan. 29, 1692-3; Edward, b. Oct. 25, 1692, m. Anne Pryer April 4, 1717; Sarah, b. Oct. 1695; 2d Alexander, b. Jan. 2. 1701 ; Thankful, b. Oct. 23, 1698 ; Jerusha, b. March 31, 1705-6 : Samuel Bow, the father, d. June 15, 1741 ; his widow Mary, d. April 25, 1747.
BOW, EDWARD, son of Samuel, m. Anna Pryer, 1717, and had Martha, b. Aug 23, 1717; Edward, Jr., b. April 11, 1720; Ma- ry, b. Dec. 11, 1723 ; Daniel, b. Feb. 8, 1725-6 ; Edward the fa- ther, d. Sept. 17, 1725.
BOW, SAMUEL, JR., m. Abigail Rowley, of Windsor, 1710; children, Annah, b. April 30, 1712 : his wife d. Oct. 7, 1713 ; and he m. Hannah West for his 2d wife, Oct. 7, 1714 ; daughter of Ben- jamin and Hannah West ; children, Amos, b. Aug. 18, 1715; Phebe, b. Aug. 25, 1717 ; Samuel, b. July 25, 1719 ; Eleazer, b. April 1, 1721 ; Elisha, b. April 1, 1729 ; d. Jan. 25, 1756. Han- nah, wife of Sam'l Bow Jr., d. Jan. 5, 1756. Mr. Samuel Bow, Jr., d. Dec. 21, 1775. (Stearns and Records.)
Jo Bowes, Jo Bowton, &c., embarked for Virginia in the Assur. ance de London, Isaac Bromwell and George Peauise Master, 1635.
Bows has two coats of arms.
BOWERS, MORGAN, and Wm. Hyde, both testified before Gen'l John Mason in May, 1673, that they remembered Obid the In-
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dian ; that he was four years a servant to Mr. Fenwick at Saybrook ; and that Mr. Fenwick engaged to give him a parcel of land not less than four acres ; and that Obid's father possessed the land before his time was out. Obid's rock, so called in Saybrook, received its name from Obid's offering a deer on this rock to the great spirit. The Dept. Governor in May, 1666, was requested to give the freeman's oath to Morgan Bowers, "of Norridge."
BOWERS, MORGAN, Norwich, 1660. He is said by Miss Caulk- ins, to have been illiterate and thriftless, and was the first case of penury in Norwich ; and in 1700 was one of the few surviving pro- prietors of Norwich.
BOWERS, RUTH, m. John Frisbie, of Branford, Dec. 2, 1674. BOWERS, JOHN, of Branford was proposed for a freeman, 1669.
BOWER, AZEL, and Susannah his wife, of East Windsor, deed- ed land to Moses Mills, of New Hartford, situated in West Hartford, April 9, 1777.
BOWERS, REV. JOHN, from Cambridge, Mass., (if found at Guil- ford, Ct., owning a house and lot there ; ) from thence he went to N. Haven, and was afterwards ordained at Derby, before 1680 ; he had occasionally preached at Guilford after the removal of Mr. Higgin- son-He was the first settled minister at Derby, where he remained a few years. Rev. Joseph Moss succeeded him, and was ordained there about 1706. Mr. Bowers left Derby and went to Rye, about 1688. A John Bowers was a land holder at Greenwich, in 1672.
BOWERS, REV. BENJAMIN, b. at Roxbury, Mass., graduated at Harvard College in 1733, and settled in the ministry at Middle Haddam, Conn., Sept 14, or 24, 1740, and d. May, 1761, aged 45. His descendants are now in that part of Conn.
BOWERS, REV. NATHANIEL, succeeded Mr. Wakeman, about 1716, previous to Rev. Mr. Whittlesey at Newark, N. Jersey. In Aug., 1716, it was voted by the town of Newark, to choose a committee, " to see out some way to procure a minister for the Town, to supply the place of Mr. Nath'l Bowers, deceased." (Cong.)
Bowre has one coat of arms. Bower has ten. Bowers has three coats of arms.
BOWERS, EBENEZER, aged 19 years, of Windsor, 1726, chose Mathew Grant for his guardian. The name is yet at Wind'r.
BOWMAN, NATHANIEL, ( Inn-holder at Wethersfield in 1706-7.) He died unmarried without issue, in 1707, and gave his small estate to Samuel Buck, of Wethersfield.
This name was Bowman, and not Boreman or Boardman ; he was
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a single man and lived in the family of Samuel Buck. John Bow. man was taxed in the Plymouth Colony as early as 1633. Solomon Bowman was a Lieut. in Capt. Lock's Company, Col. Gardner's Regiment of Cambridge, in July 1775. Nath'l Bowman, freeman in Mass., 1630. Wm. Boman, an Indian of Naticke, in Mass., 1656. Francis Bowman took the oath of fidelity in Mass., 1652. Only one of this name ever resided in Wethersfield.
BOWTON, BOUTON, BOUGHTON, JOHN, appears in the list of early settlers at Norwalk, in Conn., as early as 1655, where he is found in the Table "of Estates of lands and accommodations ;" he probably came from Mass. to Conn. Rev. Mr. Hall states in his Genealogical Register of Norwalk, that Mr. Bowton was a French Protestant, and that the name is yet in France and Germany ; it is also in England. The name of Boughton has eleven coats of arms. Bowden has five, and Bowton has one, in Burk's Heraldry, and some of them are quite ancient. He was at Norwalk several years pre- vious to the Edict of Nantz, and the time of the general escape of the Huguenots to this country to avoid the persecution of the French Government. Mr. Bowton proved a highly respectable settler, and represented Norwalk in the Gen'l Court of Conn., Oct., 1671-Oct., 1673-May, 1674-May, 1675. John Bowden and Mark Sension, Oct., 1676. John Boughton, May and Oct. 1677, &c.
BOWTON, JOHN, had his certificate and was examined by the minister of Gravesend, in England, of his " conformitie in o' Reli- gion," and took his oath of allegiance to be transported to Virginia in the ship Assurance, in 1635.
BOWTON, JO, embarked for Virginia in the Alice, Richard Orchard master, July, 1635. One of these men was probably the John Bowton found at Norwalk, Conn, in 1655.
MR. BOWTON, probably was twice married. His daughter Bridgett, m. Daniel Kellogg, of Norwalk, in 1665, who must have been born before her father came to Norwalk. John Bowton mar- ried Abigail Marvin, daughter of Mathew, Sen., (for his 2d wife,) January 1, 1656, and had issue, John, b. Sept. 30, 1659; Mathew, b. Dec. 24, 1661; Rachel, b. Dec. 6, 1664; Abigail, b 1670; Ma- ry, b. May 26, 1671.
BOWTON, DEACON JOHN, son of John, married and had two sons, Jakin and Joseph.
BOWTON, JAKIN, grandson of John, Sen., m.
and had by his first wife, viz., Joseph and Sarah ; and by his 2d wife, Esaias and Moses, and several daughters.
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BOWTON, JOSEPH, son of Jakin, m. Susannah, daughter of Joshua Raymond, Aug.,25, 1748, and had sons William, Joshua, Joseph, Jr., Seth, Ira and Aaron ; and daughters Rebecca, Betty, Nancy, Susannah and Deborah. Joseph was an officer against the French Provinces, in 1758-9.
BOWTON, WILLIAM, son of Joseph, m. Sarah Benedict, in 1769, and had issue ; Isaac, d. in infancy ; 2d Isaac, Wm., Jr., Bet- ty, Esther, Sally, Clara, Seth, Joseph, Susannah, John, Mary, Ann and Nathaniel.
Joseph, son of Joseph, was killed at Red Hook, N. Y., during the war of the Revolution. Seth was killed by falling from a tree. Joshua went into the army as drummer ; was taken prisoner and placed on board a ship of war, and so continued until peace was de- clared, and afterwards became a Sea Captain. (See Hall's Record of Norwalk.) This family have been connected by marriage with several of the best early families in Connecticut.
BOYD, JOHN, of Kenilworth, m. Judith Bartlet, March 28, 1676, and the name is yet found in that part of Conn. Francis Boyed de- ceased of Woodbury, was b. in Killingworth, and d. quite aged at Woodbury, several years since. This name has been an old and respectable family at Winsted. Dorothy Boyd, of Killingworth, m. Richard Carr, Feb. 10, 1684. Peter Boyd of Hartford, d. 1780. . The name is found in Rhode Island and Maine. The name of Boyd has ten coats of arms, and Boyde has one.
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