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Issue
492 Mary E. Wenzel, born Sept. 1, 1858; married, first, John G. Hultz; second, Augustus Cowdrick.
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493 Anne Wenzel, born Oct. 13, 1864; married Joseph Alvater. 494 Etta Wenzel, born May 6, 1866; married Stephen C. Cook.
413 MARY ANN BOWNE, daughter of John D. Bowne, 306, was born Oct. 30, IS32; died Feb. 20, ISS7; married, Nov. 16, 1850, Benjamin Blakeley, born Dec. 1, 1823; died July 10, 1898, son of Charles Blakeley by his wife, Sarah Biggs.
Issue 495 Lillie May Blakeley, born Oct. 30, 1861; married, John Hampton, Apr. 17, 1882.
414 GEORGE WASHINGTON BOWNE, son of John D. Bowne, 306, was born May 28, 1832; married, first, Amanda Tiger, born Jan. 9, 1832; died July 20, 1896, a daughter of Christopher and Annie (Anderson) Tiger. Geo. W. Bowne married, second, Angie Hoffman.
Issue
496 Stewart L. Bowne, born Dec. 17, 1858; died Oct. 10, 1860.
497 William L. Bowne, born Oct. 17, 1861; married, Mary L. Willever, Mch. 26, 1891; no issue.
49S Elmira Bowne, born Aug. 25, 1864.
415 BARTOLETTE E. BOWNE, son of John D. Bowne, 306, was born June 0, 1836; married, Jan. 12, 1858, Rachel MI. Alward, born Jan. 12, 1839, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Millar) Alward. Mr. Bowne is a wheelwright and plowmaker by trade and is a man of high honor and strict integrity. He is universally respected by all who know him.
Issue
499 Sarah E. Bowne, born Jan. 23, 1859. 500 Mary L. Bowne, born Mch. 27, 1864. 501 John D. Bowne, born Aug. 16, 1876.
475 SOPHIA H. BOWNE, daughter of Charles C. Bowne, 406, was born Nov. 15, 1845; married, Lewis Holcombe, Feb. 7, 1867. He was born May 23, 1841, and is a son of Amos Holcombe by his wife, Maria Brewer.
Issue 502 Stella M. Holcombe, born Apr. 23, 1869; died Sept. 21, 1890. 503 Mary A. Holcombe, born Nov. 28, 1879. 504 Charles B. Holcombe, born Aug. 19, 1882.
476 GEORGE WESLEY BOWNE, son of Charles C. Bowne, 406, was born Apr. II, 1847; married, Eliza Zilla Williver, July 25, 1874. She was born Feb. 27, 1850.
Issue
505 Sadie M. Bowne, born Mch. 20, 1876; died Feb. 10, 1878. 506 Maggie A. Bowne, born June 6, 1879. 507 Jennie G. Bowne, born Dec. 24, 1880.
477 WILLIAM B. BOWNE, son of Charles C. Bowne, 406, was born Oct. 13, 1849; married, Belle Potts, Oct. 27, 1883. She was born Aug. 10, 1864, and is a daughter of Elijah Potts by his wife, Margaret Hawk.
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Issue 508 Edith Bowne, born Nov. 8, 1885.
478 JEREMIAHI E. BOW'NE, son of Charles C. Bowne, 406, was born Apr. 17, 1856; married, Harriet P. Hunt, Dec. 21, 1882. She is a daughter of Wilson Hunt by his wife, Sarah E. Wolverton.
Issue
509 Charles W. Bowne, born Apr. 30, 1886.
479 JOHN H. BOWNE, son of Elias D. Bowne, 407, was born Nov. 16, 1847; married, Barbara Kerr, July 2, 1869. She was born June 2, 1850, and was a daughter of David I. Kerr, born, in Scotland, by his wife Barbara Brown, born in the North of Ireland.
Issue
510 Elizabeth Bowne, born Apr. 11, 1870; married, Ashton Z. Beegle, May 2, 1894. 511 David I. Bowne, born Apr. 27, 1873; married, Annie Brady, Sept. 30, 1896. 512 Mary Frances Bowne, born Mch. 11, 1879.
480 JOSEPH H. BOWNE, son of Elias D. Bowne, 407, was born Nov. 21, 1849; mar- ried, Frances Kitch, Dec. 18, 1895. She was born Apr. 22, 1855, and was a daughter of David Kitch by his wife, Eliza McPherson. No issue.
482 SARAH BOWNE, daughter of Elias D. Bowne, 407, was born Nov. 7, 1854; mar- ried, William Van Zant, Sept. 9, 1884. He was born June 15, 1854.
483 ELLA BOWNE, daughter of Elias D. Bowne, 407, was born July 25, 1861; married, Charles Gingery Nov. 18, 1891. He was born Jan. 10, 1866, and was a son of James M. Gin- gery by his wife, Barbara E. Emerich.
Issue
513 Henry H. Gingery, born May 14, 1894; died May 1, 1895. 514 Roy Gingery, born Mch. 27, 1896.
484 'HENRY G. BOWNE, son of Emanuel Bowne, 408, was born July 20, 1851; mar- ried, Susanna Rockafellow, Nov. 13, 1877. She was born Feb. 22, 1856, and was a daughter of Daniel Rockafellow by his wife, Deborah Bryan, widow of A. Kefler.
Issue
515 Lillie May Bowne, born Sept. 3, 1878; married, Andrew B. Kerr, Jan. 12, 1898. 516 Albert R. Bowne, born Aug. 26, 1880.
517 George M. Bowne, born MIch. 7, 1884.
518 Katie Bowne, born Oct. 7, 1886.
519 Edward S. Bowne, born Nov. 23, 1892.
485 NELSON E. BOWNE, son of John R. Bowne, 409, was born Jan. 5, 1850; died Apr. 19, 1874; married, Mary E. Walling, May 15, 1870.
Issue
520 Mabel H. Bowne, born Feb. 22, 1871.
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486 LEMUEL A. BOWNE, son of John R. Bowne, 409, was born Feb. 4, 1854; mar- ried, Nannie Ament, June 19, 1877. She was born March 10, 1854, and was a daughter of John R. Ament by his wife, Emily Dodson.
Issue
521 Laura May Bowne, born Nov. 3, 1884.
487 GEORGE R. SALTER, son of Margaret Bowne Salter, 410, was born Dec. 24. 1855; married, Anna Holcombe, May 5, 1877. She was born Nov. 26, 1857, and was a daughter of Reading and Eliza (West) Holcombe.
Issue
522 Lillie M. Salter, born June 9, 1879. 523 Clarkson Salter, born Apr. 11, 1881; died Feb. 6, 1882.
524 Raymond Salter, born Dec. 23, 1882.
525 Benjamin Salter, born July 25, 1892.
488 JOHN B. SALTER, son of Margaret Bowne Salter, 410, was born Oct. 7, 1860: married, Jan. 24, 1887, Hannah M. Lee, born May 25, 1866, a daughter of William T. and Anna (Bailey) Lee.
Issue
526 William A. Salter, born May 2, 1892. 527 Mildred L. Salter, born Oct. 16, 1896.
489 WILLIAM L. SALTER, son of Margaret Bowne Salter, 410, was born Nov. 18, 1863; married, Dec. 30, 1891, Caroline C. Goddard, born July 17, 1859, a daughter of Harmer and Margaret (Chambers) Goddard. No issue.
491 WILLIAM R. BOWNE, son of William I. Bowne, 411, was born MIch. 25, 1856: married, Jan. 17, 1878, Anna A. Lair, born July 17, 1857, a daughter of Garret and Ann Eliza (Stire) Lair. No issue.
498 ELMIRA BOWNE, daughter of George Washington Bowne, 414, was born Aug. 25, 1864; married, Sept. 11, 1887, Andrew L. Shampanore, born May 11, 1866, a son of Andrew I. and Sarah (Webster) Shampanore.
Issue
528 Henry B. Shampanore, born June 30, 1888.
529 Dora L. Shampanore, born Sept. 14, 1891.
530 Edith C. Shampanore, born Aug. 4, 1893; died Aug. 9, 1894.
531 Edward R. Shampanore, born June 3, 1895; died Dec. 5, 1896.
532 George F. Shampanore, born July 16, 1898.
499 SARAH EMMA BOWNE, daughter of Bartolette E. Bowne, 415, was born Jan. 23, 1859; married, Sept. 12, 1878, William H. Raineor, born Feb. 27, 1853, a son of Lewis B. and Percilla (Rue) Raineor.
Issue
533 Cora \. Raincor, born Aug. 24, 1879.
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500 MARY LIZZIE BOWNE, daughter of Bartolette E. Bowne, 415, was born Mch. 17, 1864; died, without issue, Apr. 29, 1887; married, John H. Carroll, Oct. 12, 1883.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN BOWNE AND CATHARINE DISBROUGH
JOHN BOWNE married Catherine Disbrough, who may have been a widow, with 1 one son, John, when she married Bowne. In their marriage license, dated May 27, 1752, she is called Catharine Disbery, of Amboy. [John Bowne may be a son of Obadiah, son of James Bowne or a son of Samuel and Esther Bowne.]
Issue
2 Obadiah Bowne; married
3 Daniel Bowne; killed by falling from a tree.
4 Joseph Bowne
5 Henry Bowne
6 Ann Bowne; married Amos Lee.
7 Mary Bowne; married Mr. Coleman.
5 HENRY BOWNE, son of John Bowne, I, was licensed to marry Charity Hoff, of Kingwood, Hunterdon County, N. J., June 30, 1784; both of Hunterdon County, N. J. He married, second, in 1796, Eleanor La Rue. He was a Lieutenant in Col. Maxwell's New Jersey Regiment. He was described as "a large, noble-looking man, dressed in broad brimmed hat, · knee breeches and large shoe buckles." He died, at Charlton, Saratoga County, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1829. He was called Captain from being a sloop captain on the Hudson River.
Issue by first wife
8 Gabriel Hoff Bowne, born Feb. 19, 1786.
9 Mary Bowne, born Dec. 16, 1787; married Epenetus Howe; died without issue.
IO John Bowne, born March 8, 1790.
II Catharine Bowne, born March 12, 1792. Issue by second wife
12 Louisa Bowne, born March 11, 1800.
13 Rebecca Bowne, born March 14, 1802.
14 Harriet Bowne, born Feb. 29, 1808.
8 GABRIEL HOFF BOWNE, son of Henry Bowne, 5, married Margaret Mynders. Issue
15 Christianna Bowne; married Eli Stilson.
16 Amelia Bowne; married Miram Cook.
17 Henry Bowne
18 Mary Bowne; married
10 JOHN BOWNE, son of Henry Bowne, 5, married, Margaret McGlashan, June 10, 1814.
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Issue
19 Matilda Bowne, born Jan. 12, 1815; living in Albany; single, in 1868.
20 Ellenor Bowne, born March 11, 1817.
21 Margaret Bowne, born Nov. 9, 1819.
22 John Henry Bowne, born Aug. 4, 1822.
23 Louisa Bowne, born July 2, 1824.
24 Catharine Ann Bowne, born Feb. 16, 1827.
25 Jane Maria Bowne, born Jan. 11, 1830.
26 Charles Henry Bowne, born July 6, 1832.
27 Maria Louise Bowne, born Jan. 6, 1835.
28 Philip Alexander Bowne, born April 9, 1839.
12 LOUISE BOWNE, daughter of Henry Bowne, 5, married, Sept. 5, 1825, Alexander McGlashan.
Issue
29 Alexander Bowne McGlashan, born Jan. 25, 1829.
30 Daniel McGlashan, born April 8, 1831.
31 Ellen Louise McGlashan, born April 11, 1833.
32 Henry Warren McGlashan, born Nov. 9, 1836.
33 Emeline McGlashan, born 1838.
14 HARRIET BOWNE, daughter of Henry Bowne, 5, married, Aug. 22, 1833, Joseph L. R. Valentine.
Issue 34 Ellen Louise Valentine, born Sept. 5, 1843.
20 ELLENOR BOWNE, daughter of John Bowne, 10, married, John Davis Parsons, Oct. 20, 1841.
Issue
35 Ellenor Amanda Parsons, born Aug. 31, 1842.
36 Mary Ellenor Parsons, born July 12, 1844.
37 John Davis Parsons, born Jan. 2, 1847.
38 Henry Bowne Parsons, born Oct. 1, 1848.
39 Henry Bowne Parsons, born April 30, 1850.
40 Frederick Weed Parsons, born April 23, 1852.
4I Anna Matilda Parsons, born Aug. 21, 1854.
42 Ada Maria Parsons, born June 27, 1856.
43 Effie Thorn Parsons, born May 16, 1859.
44 Ella Davis Parsons, born March 24, 1862.
John D. Parsons is of the firm of Weed, Parsons & Co., State Printers, New York.
21 MARGARET BOWNE, daughter of John Bowne, 10, married, Oct. 2, 1846, Alex- ander Mitchell.
Issue
45 Margaret Bowne Mitchell, born Sept. 18, 1847.
46 Jane Hume Mitchell, born May 4, 1849.
47 Alexander Mitchell, born Nov. 26, 1851.
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22 JOHN H. BOWNE, son of John Bowne, 10, married, Dec. 24, 1846, Maria Pizer. Issue
48 John Bowne, born Oct. 20, 1847.
49 Maria Louisa Bowne, born Oct. 9, 1848.
50 William H. Dewitt Bowne, born Oct. 12, 1850.
51 Mary Server Bowne, born Nov. 15, 1852.
52 Anna Dewitt Bowne, born June 29, 1855.
53 Andrew Heermance Bowne, born Aug. 6, 1856.
54 Margaret Bowne, born Feb. 2, 1861.
29 ALEXANDER BOWNE McGLASHAN, son of Louise Bowne, 12, married Harriet Clark.
Issue
55 Frank McGlashan 56 Horace McGlashan
The issue of Henry Bowne was supplied to J. T. Bowne, Esq., in February, 1869, probably from Miss Matilda Bowne, 19, of Albany, N. Y. J. T. Bowne, Esq., from another source obtained, evidently, from its being written in his hand on the back of this Henry Bowne record, the additional memoranda concerning his parentage and brothers and sisters.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1674, Nov. 25. Jarratt Bourne, of Portsmouth, R. I., sold to Christopher Allmey, of Shrewsbury, N. J., his lands, situated at "Newasinks, Narumsinon and Potapeks." He is not a Bowne, though frequently so called. Freehold Records.
1634, Feb. 17. John Bownd, aged twenty, was transported to the Barbadoes, from Lon- don, in the "Hopewell."
1743, Sept. 7. Rev. Ephraim Bownd was the first minister of the Second Baptist Church, in Boston, Mass. He died June 16 or 18, 1765.
MARRIAGE LICENSES FROM TRENTON, NEW JERSEY
1739, Dec. 21. Catharine Bowne and John McClese, of Monmouth County.
1751, Nov. 28. Samuel Bowne and Mary Layton, of Middletown.
1752, Apr. 20. Easter Bowne and Thomas Morford, of Monmouth County.
1757, June 13. Joseph Bowne and Sarah Schanck, of Monmouth County.
1759, Aug. 20. Catharine Bowne and Peter Buckalew, of Monmouth County and of South Amboy.
1761, Nov. 9. Mary Ann Bowne and Gershom Ballman, of Monmouth County.
1762, June 1. Ann Bound, of Frechold, and John Craig, of Monmouth County.
1791, May Ir. William Bowne and Sarah Newbold, of New York, had a marriage license of this date. She was born 22, 3mo., 1769, and was a daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Haines) Newbold.
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Issue
Edward Bowne Samuel Bowne William Bowne Abigail Bowne
From manuscript record of the Newbold Family, in the possession of W. B. Wills, Esq., Mount Holly, N. J.
FREEHOLD RECORDS
1765, Oct. 13. Andrew Bowne and Mary Barcalow were married. Reformed Church, Freehold, N. J.
1779, Nov. 5. Geames Bound and Hester Morford were married. Reformed Church, Freehold, N. J.
MARRIAGE LICENSES, FREEHOLD RECORDS
1795, May 14. John Bowne and Rebecca Horner, Freehold.
1796, Dec. 13. Peter Bowne and Anna Thomson, Freehold.
FROM RECORDS AT NEW BRUNSWICK, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
1802, Feb. 4. William Bowne to Mary Schuiler.
1826, May 25. William R. Bowne to Mary Bowne.
1827, Mch. 26. John Bowne to Rachel Irwin.
1828, Apr. 24. Susanna Bowne to Andrew Bennet.
FROM RECORDS IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY
1803, Apr. 12. Daniel Bowne, of East Winsor, and Catharine, his wife, deed land, in East Winsor, to Anthony Borden. Lib. 5, p. 204. 1803,. Dec. I. Daniel Bowne and Catherine, his wife, deed land to John Imlay. Lib. 5, P. 345.
1808 (?) Apr. 14. Daniel Bowne and Catherine, his wife, deed land to "Nathan Williams, a black man."
Lib. 5, P. 5IS.
1717/18, Mch. IS. James Bowne, of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, Husbandman, sold land to brothers, Andrew Bowne, Thomas Bowne and William Bowne; also mentioned his honored father, George Bowne.
1726, Dec. 13. Mary Bound married Ebenezer Hutchinson and had two children.
Hutchinson Genealogy-1865.
There was a John Bowne, born between 1730 and 1735, who lived in Middlesex or Monmouth County, N. J.
Issue
Obadiah Bowne, born about 1760; married Alice
John Bowne, born about 1762; married Martha
William Bowne, born about 1763; married Anna
Daniel Bowne, born about 1765.
1737, Mch. 29. Kathran Bowne To I yard of Linen £o- 4-7 To I pound of Raisins 5 To Cash I-2
To James huburd 6
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To Cash £o-12-4
To huck To cash to Robert Jerland 7-6 To Cash
7-10 To a Book
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1737, July II. "Catharan Bowne Began her Years Worck. To have Ten Pounds For Said Year." Then follows advances of money, a pair of gloves, handkerchiefs, rum, ozenbreg, and deductions for lost days. Old Middletown Account Book.
RECORD OF BAPTIST CHURCH, MIDDLETOWN, MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Members March 1731/2 - 1735.
James Bowne John Bowne John Bowne, Jr.
Samuel Bowne William Bowne Lidia Bowne
Dorathy Bowne Members on an undated list, about 1765.
Dorathy Bowne Phoebe Bowne William Bowne Lidia Bowne Dorathy Bowne, widow, died 8 Nov., 1802.
1761. Assessment List. Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Hester Bowne £o-1-4-£o-3-4 Samuel Bowne, Tailor.
John Bowne, Carpt", 0-1-4- 0-3-4 William Bowne
Obadiah Bowne, Jr. 0-3-9- 0-15-0 Andrew Bowne, single man.
Samuel Bowne
Andrew Bowne, Jr., single man.
Samuel Bowne, Jr. Obadiah Bowne, Capt., single man. £o-13-412
Safety Bowne -4-5-6
Daniel Bowne, son of John Bowne, born about 1765; lived in Windsor Township; mar- ried, first, Jane .....; second, Catharine McGalliard. He was deceased in June, IS05, when James McGailliard was appointed guardian of his children.
Surrogate's Office, New Brunswick, N. J.
Issue by first wife Sarah Bowne; married Mr. Bowers.
Issue by second wife
Elizabeth Bowne, born 1794; married James G. Coleman. Their grandson, James G. Lee, Esq., of 260 Jackson Street, Trenton, N. J., was interested in family research in 1900.
Mary Bowne, born 1795; married Caleb Coleman.
Elias Bowne, born 1797; married Deborah Coleman.
Daniel Bowne, born 1798; married Susan Titus. Hannah Bowne, born ISoo; died young. Gitty Ann Bowne, born 1804; married Benjamin Rogers.
Josiah Bowne, an old soldier, was killed during Leisler's Rebellion, in New York. Lamb's History of New York City, Vol. I, p. 385.
1788, Apr. 1. Joseph Bowne was elected one of the trustees of the town of Westchester. Bolton's Westchester, Vol. II.
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Joseph Bowne was an enlisted man in the Second Regiment, Dutchess County, N. Y. Militia, during the Revolution. New York in the Revolution. N. Y. State Documents.
Phillipp Bowne was a Lieutenant, in the Sixth Regiment, Dutchess County, N. Y., Militia during the Revolution.
Rodman Bowne was an enlisted man in the Fourth Regiment, New York Line, during the Revolution.
Benjamin Bowne was a Major, during the Revolution. Lists and Indices. Sundry persons whose service is evidenced by receipts on file in the Comptroller's Office, but whose names are not found on papers of any of the regular organizations.
Lydia, daughter of Richard Mount, (born 1741; died 1825) whose wife was Lydia Day (born 1748; died 1804) married, Jan. 14, 1801, James Bowne. She died probably prior to Oct. 16, 1824, the date of her father's will, in which he speaks of her children, one of whom was Lydia Bowne.
William C. Bowne, former assemblyman, born at Tennent, 1819; died July 30, 1905; married Sarah Ann Vandervere of Marlboro, N. J.
Issue
Elizabeth Bowne; married Charles B. Ellis.
Charles H. Bowne
John Bowne owned a part of the Highlands, in New Jersey. His will is at Trenton. His oldest son was John. John Bowne, I. had also a son, Elisha, who married Abigail Brower, of Swimming River, the last place in Middletown, N. J.
"They were my parents, " wrote Sarah Ann Haynes, sister of Mary Bowne, of Harlem, N. Y., in 1869.
1795, Feb. 2. Elisha Bowne and Abigail Brower were married in First Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold, N. J.
1834, Jan. 4. Will of Thomas Bowne, of Freehold, infirm, etc .; proved Mch. 3, 1834, mentioned :
Wife, Sarah, who received four acres, near Topanemus Brook, etc.
Son, Samuel Bowne
Son, James Bowne
Daughter, Charlotte Bowne
Daughter, Ellen Bowne
Son, John Bowne
William I. Bowne was an executor.
1897, Aug. 19. Rolan C. Bowne, a Republican leader, in Jersey City, was born in Free- hold, N. J. His grandfather, William A. Bowne, was a Justice of the Supreme Court, and his father was one of the best known members of the New Jersey Bar. Rolan C. Bowne is a suc- cessful agent of the Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine Company.
GILBERT BOWNE* married Rachel Pell, of Pelham, N. Y. Bolton's Westchester, Ed. 1848, Vol. I, p. 520.
*It is not unlikely that Gilbert Bowne, I, was the son of Benjamin Bowne, son of Samuel Bowne and Hannah Smith, born 6mo., 1, 1717, and who married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Kodman, bora remo., 1. 1716-17. If this is so, he belongs to the Long Island family of Bowne.
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Issue
2 Gilbert Bowne
3 Elizabeth Bowne; died unmarried.
4 John Bowne: died unmarried.
5 Thomas B. Bowne ; died unmarried. His will is recorded in Brooklyn, N. Y., dated Jan. 8, 1845; proved June 11, IS47.
6 Rodman Bowne; died 1845; "of the village of Brooklyn." His will, dated July 1, 1832; proved 1847, is recorded in Kings County. He married Catharine Place; no issue. He, with John G. Murphy, invented and patented the horse and team boats, which were used to cross the East River, before the introduction of steam.
He was subsequently one of the owners of Catharine Street ferry, in 1811-1820. 7 Samuel Bowne; died Jan. 10, 1853.
8 Sarah Bowne; married James Paul; no issue.
2 GILBERT BOWNE, son of Gilbert Bowne, I, married Mary Robinson, born Feb. 7, 1771; died, Dec. 21, 1863, aged 92.
Issue living at Norwich, Conn., in 1805.
9 Mary Bowne, born June 1, 1804; married William Dugan.
IO Rachel Bowne, born, at Norwich, Conn., June 1, 1805; died June 20, 1871; mar- ried John I. Dawson.
II Gilbert Bowne; married Jane Kellinger.
12 Sarah Bowne, born Oct. 9, 1810; married Samuel W. Raymond, M. D.
7 SAMUEL BOWNE, son of Gilbert Bowne, 1, died Jan. 10, 1853; married Sarah Skinner. He was one of the owners of the Catharine Street ferry, in 1811-1820. His will, dated Nov. 23, 1846; proved Jan. 29, 1853, is recorded in Kings County, and gives to his son, Gilbert, his lands at Rodman's Neck, in Pelham.
Issue
13 Rodman K. Bowne; married Eliza Harman; died, leaving Elizabeth R. Bowne, born Sept. 4, 1845, who married John M. King, of New York City.
14 Gilbert Washington Bowne; married Mary Peters. He died, Nov. 27, 1853, leaving a very large estate.
15 Elizabeth Ann Bowne; married Harmanus B. Duryea; died, Jan. 8, 1848, leaving Issue Cornelius R. Duryea; died Aug. 27, 1853. Samuel B. Duryea, born Mch. 27, 1845; married Kate Flanders.
16 Rachel Bowne; died young.
Province of Pennsylvania
1681, Sept. 13. At the Co" at Upland.
Andreas Bowne, Plaint. , withdrawn Mons Stockett, Deft.
1697, Nov. 10. Mary Bowne made her mark, as a witness to the will of Gabrael Murrow, of Bucks County, Pa .. widow, which was proved this date.
1715, Aug. 10. John Bowne was one of the four witnesses to the will of John Newman, of Philadelphia, saddler, which was proved this date.
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1728, 8, 3 mo. Mary Bown, widow, and Martin, both of Bristol township, Bucks County, Pa., were married at Falls Meeting.
1746, 16, 11 mo. "Spent the day at my plantation with J. Greenleaf, Jemmy Pemberton, Peter Reeve, Geo. and Sally Mitlin, Debby Morris, Jenny Bound, Peggy Newberry and Bekky Owen. Found an agreeable place to slide on the creek. We went & returned in sleighs, all safe and pleased". Journal of John Smith, of Philadelphia, afterwards the husband of Hannah, daughter of James Logan.
1747. Samuel Bowne was a petitioner for a Township in Bucks County, Pa. He signed his name.
1749, Nov. I. Abraham Bowne and Grace Jones, of Bucks County, Pa., had a license to marry. Trenton Records.
RECORDS FROM OLD SWEDES-PROTESTANT ESPISCOPAL-CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
1754, July 16. James Burton and Elizabeth Bound.
Marriages. 1 1757, May 18. John Shortecr and Mary Bowne.
1759, July 8. Charles Bowne and Rachel Heaton.
Burials. 1774, June 12. Mary Bowne.
1768. Mary Bowne appeared on the records of Bucks County, Pa.
1768. Grace Bowne, widow, appeared on the records of Bucks County, Pa.
1770. Anne Bowne, daughter of Abraham, deceased, appeared on the records of Bucks County, Pa.
1771, June 6. Anne Bowne and Jonathan Butcher, of Bucks County, Pa., had a license to marry. Trenton Records.
1888, Apr. 12. The house of Mr. D. H. Bowne, of 2113 North Twenty-first Street, Phila- delphia, was entered by thieves. Philadelphia Record of this date.
1893, Nov. I. At West Philadelphia, T. Newbold Bowne, of Bustleton, N. J., and Carrie E. Gaskill, of West Philadelphia, were married.
BRAY
OF
NEW JERSEY
The emigrant ancestor of the New Jersey Brays was the REVEREND JOHN BRAY. a Baptist minister who was settled in Monmouth County as early as 1684. He was a strenuous supporter of the people against the oppressions of the Proprietary Government, and a liberal benefactor of the Baptist Church.
1686, Aug. 24. "John Bray his Eare marke is a crop one the neare Eare and one half peny one the back side of the same Eare and two cuts in the fore part of the Right Eare and his brande marke is I. B. one the Left shoulder." Middletown Town Book.
1686, May 29. He received fifty acres of land on the Hop River from the Governor and Council.
In 1688, he purchased land, near the present village of Holmdel, where he passed the re- mainder of his life, and where some of his descendants live today.
In 1700, he was one of the signers of the petition to King William, asking for the appoint- ment of a competent governor.
1700, Aug. 22. He and others were presented to the Grand Jury "ffor riotously assembling on the 17th of July and assaulting John Stewart high sheriff & Henry Leonard on the path near to the house of Alx' Adam. Beat and greviously wound the said persons, tok ther swords from them brok them carryd them away and keept them to the value of ffive pounds money of this province."
N. J. Archives, Vol. II, pp. 327 and 332.
In 1701, a number of citizens of Middletown, among whom was John Bray, thinking their rights were infringed "did traytorously seize ye governor and ye Justices ye Kings attorney General & ye undersheriff and ye Clerke of ye court & keept them close prisoners under a guard from tuesday ye 25th March till ye Saturday following being ye 29th of ye same month & then Releast them."
N. J. Archives, Vol. II, pp. 363-4.
In 1704, he with Susannah his wife gave land to the Middletown Baptist Church, upon which was built the Church, called in the records "The Upper Meeting House," where services were held alternately with those in Middletown. The present Baptist Church at Holmdel stands where this old building was erected and is still called "Bray's Meeting House" by some of its oldest members.
1705, Dec. 17. John Bray and Susanna his wife conveyed to Obadiah Bowne and Jarret Wall, land in Middletown. Signed John Bray: fusanna Bray. Witnesses, John Wation, Andrew Bowne, Jr.
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Att a Court of Sefsions held att Shrewsbury for ye County of M. on ye Isth of March 1706: 7.
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