Alexander Bowe^{[1, 2]}

1633 - 1678  (45 years)

• Name	Alexander Bowe
  Birth	1633	, , Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1673	Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Death	6 Nov 1678	Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I44391	Master
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah,   b. 1637, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 16 Apr 1665, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	1659	Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Bowe, Sr,   b. 28 Jan 1659, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 15 Jan 1742, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years)   2. Sarah Bow,   b. 20 Jun 1662, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 5 Jan 1708, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 45 years)   3. Sarah Bow,   b. 20 Jun 1662, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 16 Apr 1665, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 2 years)   4. Mary Bow,   b. 18 Jan 1664, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 16 Mar 1665, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F10187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Hughes,   b. 1657, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 4 Dec 1683, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1673	Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
  Children	+ 1. Anna Bow,   b. 10 Sep 1674, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 1727, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 52 years)   2. Mary Shelley,   b. 5 Dec 1676, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 21 Mar 1738, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 61 years)   3. Mary Bow,   b. 5 Dec 1676, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 21 Mar 1737, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years) + 4. Rebeckah Bow,   b. 19 Apr 1679, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 29 Jan 1715, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F10180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1633 - , , Scotland Marriage - 1659 - Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Residence - 1673 - Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 26 Nov 1673 - Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Death - 6 Nov 1678 - Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Bow http://scottishprisonersofwar.com/alexander-bow-7-on-the-dunbar-prisoners-list/ Alexander Bow, #7 on “The Dunbar Prisoners” List Alexander Bow was born on an unknown date in an unknown location to unknown parents. Between November 11, 1650 and the spring of 1651 he was transported as a prisoner of war (following the Battle of Dunbar and the subsequent Death March to Durham) from Scotland via England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony aboard the ship Unity. On March 01, 1657/8 Alexander was granted 4 acres of woods and 1 acre of commons in Charlestown, MA. Other Unity men were also granted land in Charlestown on this date: Hercules Corser, James Grant, John Hamblton, and Edward Wyer. According to land ownership laws of the time a man must be free in order to own land and as such Alexander must have completed his penal sentence by this time. “Alex Bow” is annotated in Charlestown tax records as owning land next to Scottish compatriot Hercules Corser on 16 Nov 1658. Along with a Mr. Martin, Alexander was admitted as inhabitant of Middletown (now in Middlesex County, CT) on October 24, 1660. On February 18 of the following year “the towne gave to Alaxander bow two acors of swamp before the indian fort hill next to thomas hopewells land for on acer of medow.” Alexander is recorded as an inhabitant of Middletown in 1670 and 1673. On October 30, 1673 a premarital agreement was drafted between Alexander and his second wife, Rebeckah Hughes, in consideration of his “age and her youth” upon which Alexander made his mark (the letter A). Alexander died in Middletown on November 06, 1678. Probate actions began November 12, 1678 with an estate inventory of £144-19-09 taken by Thomas Whetmore, William Harris and Robert Warner and concluded almost 15 years later on February 23, 1693. Children of Alexander Bow by first wife Sarah Unknown are: a. Samuel b. 28 Jan 1659/60; d. 15 Jan 1751/2; m. Mary Turner15 b. Sarah b. 20 Jun 1662; d. 24 Dec 1754; m1. Jonathan Deming; m2. possibly Abraham Waterhouse c. Mary #1 b. 18 Jan 1663/4; d 16 Mar 1665 Children of Alexander Bow by second wife Rebeckah Hughes are: a. Anna b. 10 Sep 1674; d. unknown; m. James Evarts b. Mary b. 05 Dec 1676; d. 21 Mar 1737/8; m1. John Evarts; m2. Shubael Shelley c. Rebeckah b. 19 Apr 1679; d. 29 Jan 1715; m. Thomas Stow Battle of Dunbar and the Purge of "Regicides" are two reasons why the research on these ancestors are so difficult, causing much corruption in family trees, and erroneous data in their documents.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S185] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lorr). [S935] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).