COWEN/COWING ANNEX
Dorothy Elizabeth (Cowen) Drake Pedigree
Margaret Katherine (Cowen) Smith Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 16 September 2023
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Origin of
the surname "Cowen:"
Cowen/Cowan is from the Gaelic word, Gobhainn, which means a smith. The Scottish word, Gowan, means wild flower.
Generation
11
10 John Cowen
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1636 in Scotland (perhaps Edinboro) (also seen: b. 10 Jul 1662 in Scituate Twp, Plymouth Co., MA). Died between 1697 and 1703 in Scituate Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (also seen: d. 18 Dec 1729 in Scituate Twp, Plymouth Co., MA). Probably arrived at Boston, Massachusetts in February 1652 aboard the sailing ship “John & Sara,” which contained 261 Scots held prisoner by the British following the 3 September 1651 Battle of Worcester, including John Coehon/Colquhoun, who perhaps was the John Cowen who later appeared in Scituate records. If so, John would have been an indentured servant in some capacity in Massachusetts for a number of years before marriage. After marriage was employed farming the property his wife inherited from her deceased husband. Became a Freeman in 1657. In 1670 John developed land he purchased in Connihassett.
2. Wife: Rebecca (Short) Mann
Born about 1616 in Staplehurst, Kent County, England; daughter of William and Jone (Dyer) Short. Died about 1690 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; interred Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Richard Mann (b. 29 Jun 1611 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, d. 16 Feb 1655 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America), a farmer, with whom she had several children. Following Richard’s death (abt March 1655), married (2nd) John Cowen on 31 March 1656 in Scituate Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
3. Children:
a. Joseph Cowen: Born 3 December 1657 in Scituate Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 26 March 1676 at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (battling Indians in “Pierce’s Fight” at Pawtucket Falls, a small but bloody part of “King Philip War”).
b. Mary Cowen: Born 14 May 1659 in Scituate Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Benjamin Pierce, Jr.
c. John Cowen, Jr.: See generation 9,
below.
d. Israel Cowen/Cowing: Born 10 December 1664 in Scituate Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 15 January 1716/17, age 32; interred First Parish Cemetery, Prospect Street, Scituate Harbor. Birth record surname was "Cowen," but he appears to have spelled his name "Cowing." Married Hannah Litchfield (b. 24 Dec 1672 at Scituate, Bapt. 5 Sep 1680 at Scituate, d. there 1747-49), daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Baker) Litchfield, on 30 June 1690 at Scituate and had the following children:
(1. Mary Cowing: Born 28 December 1691 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 20 August 1713 at Scituate. Died there 10 February 1723/24. Married Benjamin Pierce, Jr. (b. 11 Mar 1683/84 at Scituate) on 5 February 1711/12 at Scituate and had the following daughter:
(a. Martha Pierce: Born 5 January 1712/13 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 31 January 1795. Married John Fobes on 19 October 1738 at Scituate.
(2. Israel Cowing, Jr. #1: Born 21 January 1692/93 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 4 April 1697, age 4.
(3. Hannah Cowing: Born 21 August 1694 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Henry Merritt, Jr. (b. 1 Jan 1688/89 at Scituate), son of Henry and Deborah (Buck) Merritt, on 6 January 1711/12 at Scituate and had the following children:
(a. Hannah Merritt: Born 21 October 1713 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(b. Henry Merritt, III #1: Born 13 November 1715 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 9 February 1716/17.
(c. Mary Merritt: Born 18 October 1717 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(d. Penelope Merritt: Born 1 March 1718/19 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(e. Deborah Merritt: Born 3 May 1721 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 28 March 1731.
(f. Sarah Merritt #1: Born 3 May 1721 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 3 May 1721.
(g. Sarah Merritt #2: Born 21 February 1723/24 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 21 July 1725.
(h. Martha Merritt: Born 18 March 1725/26 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 1 October 1727.
(i. Henry Merritt, III #2: Born 19 August 1728 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 27 October 1730.
(j. Ruth Merritt: Born 18 March 1729/30 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 16 May 1731.
(4. Elizabeth Cowing: Born 13 March 1696/97 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 18 April 1778 at Hanover, Massachusetts. Married John Bailey, Jr. (b. 23 May 1703 at Scituate, d. 28 Sep 1778 at Hanover), son of John and Abigail (Clapp) Bailey, on 11 April 1724 at Scituate and had the following children:
(a. Elizabeth Bailey: Born 15 August 1727. Married Dr. Jere Hall.
(b. John Bailey, III: Born 30 October 1730. Died 27 October 1810. Married Ruth Randall on 18 October 1810.
(c. Jane Bailey: Born 20 June 1732. Married (?) Hobart.
(d. Seth Bailey: Born 5 July 1739.
(5. Israel Cowing, Jr. #2: Born 23 October 1699 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 5 May 1728 at the First Parish Congregational Church, Scituate. Died there 3 October 1733; interred Groveland Cemetery. Married Lydia Balch (b. 7 Apr 1707), daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Hart) Balch (who also had the following children: Benjamin Balch; Elizabeth Balch, who married (?) Thorpe; and Sarah Balch, who married (?) Cole), on 23 January 1722/23 at Scituate and had the following children:
(a. Israel Cowing, III: Born 29 September 1724 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 5 May 1728 at the First Parish Congregational Church, Scituate. Died 15 December 1802, age 74, at Brunswick, Maine; interred New Meadows Cemetery, Brunswick. Married Deborah Turner (b. 20 Jun 1731 at Pembroke/Kingston, MA, d. 16 May 1804, age 69, at Brunswick, ME; interred New Meadows Cem., Brunswick), a descendant of Humphrey Turner, who immigrated to Scituate, MA from Kent, England) before 1749. Deborah was also a descendant of two Mayflower passengers, Edward Doty and William Brewster. Israel and Deborah had the following children:
(1) Charles Cowen: Born abut 1751. Died 20 December 1839. Veteran of the Revolutionary War. Employed as a master ship builder. Married Martha Holbrook (b. 25 Aug 1756, d. 7 Jan 1848), daughter of Abiezer and Hannah (Treat) Holbrook of Truro or Wellfleet, Massachusetts, after 22 April 1774 at Georgetown, Maine and had the following children:
(a) Elisha Cowing: Born 17 October 1775 at Brunswick, Maine.
(b) Deborah Cowing: Born 6 November 1777 at Brunswick, Maine. Died there 28 May 1866.
(c) John Cowing: Born 24 February 1780 at Brunswick, Maine. Died 18 January 1804.
(d) Captain Charles Cowing: Born 8 May 1782 at Brunswick, Maine. Died 7 April 1827.
(e) Israel Cowing: Born 31 December 1785 at Brunswick, Maine. Died 31 October 1815 at Brunswick, Maine.
(f) Lucy Cowing: Born 25 June 1788 at Brunswick, Maine. Died 26 January 1853.
(g) Elizabeth Cowing: Born 2 February 1790 at Brunswick, Maine. Married William Hunt on 15 September 1804 at Brunswick.
(h) Samuel Cowing: Born 4 November 1792 at Brunswick, Maine. Married Mary Story on 17 January 1818 at Brunswick.
(i) Martha Cowing: Born 4 March 1795 at Brunswick, Maine.
(j) David Cowing: Born 12 April 1797 at Brunswick, Maine.
(k) Captain James Cowing: Born 12 April 1797 at Brunswick, Maine. Died 29 May 1875 at Bath, Maine.
(2) Calvin Cowing: Born about 1752 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 15 February 1844 at Lisbon, Maine. Veteran of the Revolutionary War. Married (1st) Mehitable Coombs (b. 8 Jan 1755 at Brunswick, ME, d. there 16 Aug 1778), daughter of Peter and Thankful (Strout) Coombs, on 20 October 1775 at Brunswick, Maine and had the following son:
(a) Joseph Cowing: Born 7 August 1776 at Brunswick, Maine. Died 1 December 1834 at Lisbon, Maine.
Calvin Cowing married (2nd) Elizabeth "Betsey" Coombs (b. 25 Mar 1757 at New Meadows, Brunswick, ME, d. 6 Nov 1813 at Lisbon, ME), daughter of George and Abigail (Berry) Coombs, on 12 July 1780 at Brunswick, Maine and had the following children:
(b) Mehitable Cowing: Born 27 April 1781.
(c) Calvin Cowing: Born about 1782 in Maine. Died 18 October 1865 at Glenburn, Maine.
(d) Abigail Cowing: Born 12 August 1784. Died 30 June 1859 at Litchfield, Maine.
(e) Thomas A. Cowing: Born 30 September 1788 at Lisbon, Maine. Died 14 January 1877 at Dedham, Maine.
(f) Christiana Cowing: Born about 1790 at Lisbon, Maine. Died 15 January 1815 at Bowdoin, Maine.
(g) Deborah Cowing: Born about March 1794 at Lisbon, Maine. Died 11 September 1873 at Litchfield, Maine.
(h) Daniel Cowing: Born 8 October 1796 at Lisbon, Maine. Died 13 February 1861 at Rockland, Maine.
(i) Elizabeth "Betsy" Cowing: Born about 1799 at Lisbon, Maine. Died 19 May 1880 at Lewiston, Maine.
Married (3rd) Tamara/Taminy Dyer of Durham on 22 October 1815 at Bowdoin, Maine (intent recorded 30 Sep 1815). Married (4th) Dolly (?) (b. 1780) on 16 January 1820 at Lisbon, Maine. Following Calvin’s death, Dolly (?) Cowing married Joseph Woodward.
(3) Turner Cowing: Born about 1762. Probably died before 1790. Married Betsy (?) and had the following son:
(a) Charles Cowing: Born 8 February 1783 at Brunswick, Maine.
(4) Captain John Cowing: Born 1764. Died 1804.
(5) Christiana Cowing: Born about 1770. Married David Coombs (b. 27 May 1764, d. 3 Jun 1803 at West Bath, Maine), son of Stephen and Mindwell (Dow) Coombs, on 29 November 1792 at Brunswick, Maine and had the following children:
(a) Peter Coombs.
(b) Israel Coombs: Born about 1802. Died between 1826 and 1829.
(b. Lydia Cowing: Born 12 March 1725/26 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died before 1758. Baptized there 5 May 1728 at the First Parish Congregational Church. Married Isaac Litchfield (b. 1719 at Scituate), son of Nicholas and Bathsheba (Clark) Litchfield, on 8 September 1743 at Scituate and had the following children:
(1) Barnabas Litchfield.
(2) Isaac Litchfield.
(3) Hannah Litchfield.
(4) Lydia Litchfield.
(c. Balch Cowing I: Born before 28 July 1728 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there on 28 July 1728. Died before 14 October 1803 at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Was given his mother's maiden name. Married Sarah Howland (b. 14 Nov 1727, d. 14 Oct 1803 at Braintree), daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Green) Howland, on 18 December 1751 at Pembroke, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) Ruth Cowing.
(2) Rachel Cowing: Born 31 October 1752 at Pembroke, Massachusetts. Baptized there on 16 November 1755 in the First Unitarian Church. Married Captain Moses Nash (b. 24 Apr 1744 at Weymouth, MA, d. there Aug 1826) on 11 December 1777 at Braintree, Massachusetts.
(3) Prince Cowing: Born 5 April 1754 at Pembroke, Massachusetts. Baptized there on 16 November 1755 in the First Unitarian Church. Died 17 January 1834.
(4) Huldah Cowing: Born 27 July 1757. Married Barnabas Hollis.
(5) Howland Cowing: Born 25 July 1759 at Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died 26 April 1839 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Veteran of the American Revolutionary War.
1790 US Census: Howland Cowing was heading a household at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts which included 1 male over age 16 (Howland, 31), 1 male under age 16 (Balch, 10), and 4 females.
1810 US Census: Howland Cowing was heading a household at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts which included 1 male over age 45, 2 females age 10 to 15, 1 female age 26 to 45, and 1 female over age 45.
1820 US Census: Howland Cowing was heading a household at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts which included 1 male age 10 to 15, 1 male over age 45, and 1 female over age 45.
Howland Cowing married Rachel Hollis (b. 1759, d. ) on 5 March 1779 at Braintree and had the following children:
(a) Balch Cowing II: (more info)
Born about 1788 in Scituate Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (also
seen: b. 1780 in Braintree Twp, Norfolk Co., MA and b. 1787 at Weymouth,
Norfolk Co., MA). Died
1832. Captain
of the sloop "Volante."
1850 US Census: Balch
Cowing, age 62 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $2,800. The household also included Cyntha Cowing,
age 63 (b. MA); Henry B. Cowing, age 38 (b. MA) and in the boot business;
Lucretia A. Cowing, age 33 (b. MA); Sarah Cowing, age 31 (b. MA); Susan Cowing,
age 26 (b. MA); Maria Cowing, age 24 (b. MA); William Cowing, age 22 (b. MA)
and employed as a boot maker; Henry B. Cowing, age 8 (b. MA) [very legible;
should be Henry V.]; and Elethea Peaks (female), age 72 (b. MA).
1860 US Census: Balch
Cowing, age 74 (b. MA), whose occupation was listed as "gentleman,"
was heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Sintha
Cowing, age 72 (b. MA); daughter, Sarah Cowing, age 36 (b. MA); daughter, Susan
Cowing, age 32 (b. MA); daughter, Maria Cowing, age (perhaps 33) (b. MA); and
son, Francis Cowing, age 24 (b. MA).
1870 US Census: Balch
Cowing, age 82 (b. MA) and a retired sea captain, was heading a household in
Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $4,000 and his
personal property was valued at $34,000.
The household also included his daughter, Sarah H. Cowing, age 45 (b.
MA); daughter, Susan H. Cowing, age 43 (b. MA); son, Frances H. Cowing, age 34
(b. MA) and employed as a railroad depot agent; son, Henry V. Cowing, age 28
(b. MA) and employed in a boot factory; daughter, Lucinda M. Cowing, age 23 (b.
MA); William U. Cowing, age 4 months (b. MA); Maria T. Willey, age 41 (b. MA);
Theodore P. Willey, age 4 (b. MA); and Bridget Killian, age 49 (b. Ireland).
Balch Cowen married
Cynthia "Cyntha" Bates (b. 11 Nov 1786 in Weymouth Twp, Norfolk Co.,
MA, d. 4 May 1866 at Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA), daughter of Joshua and Tirzah
(Pratt) Bates, on 20 August 1809 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1. Joshua Bates
Cowing: Born 21 November 1809 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died there 6 February 1888.
1850 US Census: Joshua
B. Cowing, age 39 (b. MA) and employed as a shoe maker, was heading a household
in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Deborah
C. Cowing, age 34 (b. MA); son, Francis H. Cowing, 2nd, age 14 (b. MA);
daughter, Mary C. Cowing, age 12 (b. MA); Helen M. Cowing, age 10 (b. MA); son,
George C. Cowing, age 9 (b. MA); son, Charles G. Cowing, age 7 (b. MA); and
son, Edward G. Cowing, age 1 (b. MA). Of
interest, Joshua's next door neighbor was his brother, Francis H. Cowing, age
36.
1870 US Census: Joshua
B. Cowing, age 59 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Weymouth Township (S. Braintree Post Office), Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Deborah Cowing, age 56 (b. MA); Edward A. French, age 31 (b.
MA) and employed in a boot factory; Mary C. French, age 33 (b. MA); Willie E.
French, age 5 (b. MA); Chas. W. Hayward, age 22 (b. MA) and employed as a
carpenter; and Elizabeth Hayward, age 19 (b. MA). Of interest, Joshua's next door neighbor was
his brother, Francis H. Cowing, age 56 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer.
Joshua Cowing married
Deborah Cushing (b. 23 Jul 1814 at Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, d. there 27 Jan 1892), daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Hunt)
Cushing, on 11 February 1832 in Norfolk County, Massachusetts and had the
following children:
[a.
Francis Howland Cowing, II: Born 17 December 1834 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 10 January 1919. In 1880
resided with his single aunt, Susan H. Cowing, and others in Weymouth Township,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1880 US Census:
Francis H. Cowing, age 46 (b. MA) resided with his aunt, Susan H. Cowing, age
57, in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1910 US Census:
Francis H. Cowing, age 75 (b. MA), single, and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household at 17 Commercial Street in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his aunt, Maria T. Willey, age 86 (b. MA) and a widow, who had had 1
child, no longer alive.
[b.
Mary Cushing Cowing: Born 18 December 1836 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 21 October 1919. Married
Edward Augustus French (b. 25 Apr 1839 at Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, d. there 2 Jul 1918) on 5 May 1864 at Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts and had the following son:
[1] Willie Edward
French: Born 2 December 1866 (also seen: b. 18 Aug 1864) at Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts. Married Farilla
Gertrude Bates (b. 26 Jun 1866 at Weymouth, MA, d. 1951; interred Weymouth, MA)
and had children.
[c.
Helen Maria Cowing: Born 14 February 1839 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Married Ezra Wilder, Jr.
(b. Nov 1843 at Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA) on 24 June 1866 at Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts and had a son.
[d.
George Clinton Cowing: Born 1841 at Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts. Died 4 October
1899 at Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; interred there. Married Lydia Helen French (b. 13 Jul 1841 at
Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 15 May 1919 at Norwell, Plymouth Co., MA),
daughter of Freeman T. and Joanna (Whiting) French, on 1 May 1863 at Norwell,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1] Mary
E. Cowing: Born 1863. Died
1906.
[2] Helen
J. Cowing: Born 1865. Died
1914.
[3] George
F. Cowing: Born 8 April 1868 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 1939.
1900 US Census: George
G. Cowing, age 32 (b. Apr 1868 in MA; parents b. MA) and was employed in the
shoe industry, was heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also included
his wife of 7 years, Cora F. Cowing, age 30 (b. Nov 1869 in MA; parents b. MA),
who had had no children.
George F. Cowing
married Cora Francis Brown (b. 2 Nov 1869, d. 19 Jan 1933 at Brockton, Plymouth
Co., MA), daughter of Elwyn M. and Emily Francis (Damon) Brown, on 19 May 1893
and had the following children:
[a]
Dorothy Cowing: Born 16 July 1901 at Weymouth, Saint Michael County,
Barbados. Died 18 July 1901 at Weymouth,
Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[b] Ronald Cowing:
Born 23 April 1904 at Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 28 March 1957. Married Ada Minnie Richards
(b. 25 Sep 1898 in MA, d. 30 Mar 1996 in MA).
[4] Percy
Wells Cowing: Born 1880.
[e. Charles G. Cowing:
Born 15 May 1843 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died there 2 January 1900; interred there.
1870 US Census:
Charles G. Cowing, age 27 (b. MA) and employed in a boot factory, resided in
the household headed by Edmund L. Nickerson, age 45 (b. MA) and employed in a
boot factory in Weymouth Township (S. Braintree PO), Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included Ella G. Cowing, age 20 (b. MA); Lydia A. Nickerson, age 38 (b. MA); E.
Lewis Nickerson, age 17 (b. MA) and employed in a boot factory; Arthur W.
Nickerson, age 11 (b. MA); Etta H. Nickerson, age 5 (b. MA); and Nellie M.
Nickerson, age 1 (b. MA).
1910 US Census: Ella
G. Cowing, age 59, was heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts. The household
also included her son, Willard B. Cowing, age 37; grandson, Charles B. Cowing,
age 4; Calvin C. Dyer, age 46; and Etta H. Dyer, age 44.
Charles G. Cowing
married Ellen "Ella" G. Nickerson (b. 25 Aug 1850 at Weymouth, MA, d.
there 6 Apr 1912), daughter of Edmund Long and Lydia Ann (Bicknell) Nickerson,
on 13 April 1870 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and had the
following son:
[1] Willard Bertram
Cowing: Born 13 December 1871 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died 1935 in Norfolk County, Massachusetts;
interred there in Fairmount Cemetery.
1910 US Census:
Willard V. Cowing, age 35 (b. MA) and employed as a teamster, was heading a
household on Putnam Street in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also included
his wife of 4 years, Lizzie M. Cowing, age 23 (b. MA); son, Charles B. Cowing,
age 3 (b. MA); daughter, Isabelle F. Cowing, age 2 (b. MA); and daughter,
Alberta L. Cowing, age 1 (b. MA).
1920 US Census:
Willard B. Cowing, age 47 (b. MA) and employed as a coal passer for a cool
company, was heading a household at 24 Washburne Street in Weymouth Township,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The
household also included his wife, Lizzie M. Cowing, age 32 (b. MA); son, Charles
B. Cowing, age 13 (b. MA); daughter, Isabel Cowing, age 12 (b. MA); daughter,
Alberta Cowing, age 11 (b. MA); daughter, Elizabeth Cowing, age 10 (b. MA);
son, William Cowing, age 5 (b. MA); and daughter, Grace Cowing, age 4 years and
5 months (b. MA).
1940 US Census: Elizabeth M. Cowing, age 52
(b. MA) and widowed, was heading a household at 67 Lake Street in Weymouth
Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
She had completed 1 year of high school.
The household also included her son, William Cowing, age 25 (b. MA),
single, and employed as a coater of art leather, who had completed 4 years of
high school; daughter, Mary Cowing, age 19 (b. MA), single, and employed as a
WPA [Works Progress Administration] seamstress, who had completed 8th grade;
and son, Allan Cowing, age 18 (b. MA), single, and characterized as a "new
worker," who had completed 8th grade.
They all resided in the same township on 1 April 1935.
Willard B. Cowing
married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mable Carlton (more info) (b. 12 May 1887 at Weymouth, MA, d. 15 Jun 1941;
interred Weymouth), daughter of William Henry and Isabella Sprague (Pratt)
Carlton, and had the following children:
[a]
Charles Bertram Cowing: Born 4 June 1906 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Died 7
July 1990 at Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Lillian Harriet Damon (b. 6 Jun 1906
at Weymouth, MA) and had children.
[b]
Isabelle Frances Cowing: Born 16 October 1907 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Married John Paul Cox (b.
1905 in MA) and had children.
[c] Alberta L. Cowing:
Born 26 December 1908 at Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died February 1987 at
Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Married William Thibodeau (b. 21 Jan 1907 at Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA,
d. May 1976 at Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA) on 28 November
1928 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and had a daughter.
[d]
Elizabeth Hayward Cowing: Born 11 May 1910 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
[e] Edward L. Cowing:
Born 12 June 1913 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[f] William Cowing:
Born 27 August 1914 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[g]
Grace Winifred Cowing: Born 26 September 1916 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Died 30
March 1989 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married John H. Winslow (b.
1912 in MA).
[h]
Frederick Wilson Cowing: Born 7 November 1916 at Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Died 8
September 1917 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
[i] Arthur B. Cowing:
Born 1919. Died 16
July 1919 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
[j] Mary Cowing: Born
30 October 1920 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Married Francis Ellis
Hodgdon (b. 1922).
[k] Allen Cowing: Born
4 December 1921 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[2] Walter Bradford
Cowing: Born 8 October 1874 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died there 8 July 1877.
[g. Edward G. Cowing:
Born 3 June 1848 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died 26 July 1911 at
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Married Abby Josephine Cain (b. 11 Aug 1844 at Hingham, Plymouth Co.,
MA) on 7 October 1868 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and had the
following son:
[1] Edward Burton
Cowing: Born 19 February 1869 at Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 5 April 1869.
[f.
Elizabeth H. Cowing: Born 2 June 1851 (also seen: b. 1845) at Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts. Died 30 August 1920 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Married Charles W. Hayward (b. 1847 at
Weymouth, MA), who was employed as a carpenter, on 11 June 1869 at Weymouth,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts and had children.
[2. Henry Balch
Cowing: Born 27 January 1812 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
1860 US Census: H. B.
Cowing, age 40 (b. MA) and employed as a hotel keeper, was heading a household
in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Martha
Cowing, age 30 (b. MA); son, Henry V. Cowing, age 18 (b. MA); Elijah F. Hall,
age 38 (b. ME) and employed as a lawyer; George H. Reed, age 27 (b. MA) and
employed as a clerk; and Catherine Reed, age 25 (b. Ireland) and employed as a
servant.
Henry B. Cowing
married (1st) Elizabeth Emeline Vinton (b. 1811, d. 1842) and had the following
son:
[a.
Henry Vinton Cowing: Born 1842. Employed in a boot factory.
1870 US Census: Henry
V. Cowing, age 28, resided with his parents in Weymouth Township, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts.
1880 US Census: Henry
V. Cowing, age 38 (b. MA) and employed in a boot factory, was heading a
household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Lucinda
M. Cowing, age 33 (b. MA); son, William H. Cowing, age 10 (b. MA); and
daughter, Susan Bates Cowing, age 3 (b. MA).
1900 US Census:
Lucinda M. Cowing, age 53 (b. Sep 1846 in MA) and widowed, was heading a
household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She had had 2 children, both still
alive. The household also included her
son, William H. Cowing, age 30 (b. Jan 1870 in MA) and employed as a drug
clerk; and daughter, Cynthia L. Cowing, age 15 (b. Nov 1884 in MA) and at
school.
Henry V. Cowing
married Lucinda M. (?) (more
info) (b. Sep 1846 in MA) and had the following children:
[1] William H. Cowing:
(more info) Born
about January 1870 in Massachusetts. In
1900 employed as a drug clerk.
1870 US Census:
William U. Cowing, age 4 months (when enumerated on 18 July 1870), resided with
his parents in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1910 US Census:
William H. Cowing, age 40 (b. MA), was heading a household in Braintree
Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his sister, Louisa Cowing, age 25 (b. ME);
mother, Lucinda M. Cowing, age 62 (b. MA); and nephew, George C. Glover, age 7
(b. NYS).
1920 US Census:
William H. Cowing, age 49 (b. MA), single, and employed as druggist in a drug
store, was heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his brother-in-law, Cyril D. Bond, age 33 (b. ME; father b. ME; mother
b. English Canada) and employed as an electrical salesman; sister, Cynthia L.
Bond, age 35 (b. MA); niece, Cynthia Cowan Niece, age 5 (b. MA); and servant,
Mary Kelley, age 58 (b. Ireland; immigrated to the US in 1891).
[2] Susan Bates
Cowing: Born about 1877 in Massachusetts.
[3] Cynthia Louisa
Cowing "Louisa": Born November 1884 in Massachusetts. Married Cyril D. Bond (b. abt 1887 in ME) and
had the following daughter:
[a]
Cynthia Cowan Bond: Born about 1915 in Massachusetts.
Henry B. Cowing
married (2nd) Martha (?).
1870 US Census: Martha
H. Cowing, age 40 (b. Nova Scotia, Canada; parents of foreign birth), was
heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included Agusta Trask, age
17 (b. Nova Scotia, Canada).
1880 US Census: Martha
Cowing, age 50 (b. Canada; father b. Canada; mother b. NYS) and widowed,
resided in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[3. Lucretia Ann
Cowing: Born 30 March 1817 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[4. Sarah Hollis
Cowing: Born 4 November 1819 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 19 September 1873.
[5. Susan H. Cowing:
Born 1809 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died there 16 April 1889.
1880 US Census: Susan
H. Cowing, age 57 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and single, was heading a household in
Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included her nephew,
Francis H. Cowing, age 46 (b. MA); sister, Maria T. Willey, age 56 (b. MA);
nephew, Theodore Parker Willey, age 15 (b. MA); Bridgett Killion, age 56 (b.
Ireland); and brother, William H. Cowing, age 53 (b. MA).
[6. Maria T. Cowing:
Born 1824.
1880 US Census: Maria
T. Willey, age 56 (b. MA) resided with her sister, Susan H. Cowing, age 57, in
Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Maria
C. Willey, age 75 (b. Oct 1825 in MA) was heading a household in Weymouth
Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
She had been married 38 years and had had 1 child who was still alive;
nephew, Francis H. Cowing, age 65 (b. Oct 1834 in MA), who was employed as Town
Assessor; and Theodore P. Willey, age 36 (b. Jun 1863 in MA; father b. NYS;
mother b. MA), who had no recorded occupation.
Maria Cowing married
Henry Willey (b. NYS) and had the following son:
[a.
Theodore Parker Willey: Born June 1863 in Massachusetts.
1880 US Census:
Theodore Parker Willey, age 15, resided with his aunt, Susan H. Cowing, age 57,
in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[7. William H./B. Cowing: Born about 1827 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts. In 1880 was
single and resided with his single sister, Susan H. Cowing, in Weymouth
Township.
[8. Francis Howland
Cowing I: Born 20 March 1814 in Weymouth Township,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1850 US Census:
Francis H. Cowing, age 36 (b. MA) and employed as a boot maker, was heading a
household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Sabrina
B. Cowing, age 29 (b. MA); and daughter, Anna G. Cowing, age 7 (b. MA).
1870 US Census:
Francis H. Cowing, age 56 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Sabrina
B. Cowing, age 51 (b. MA); and son, Francis W. Cowing, age 15 (b. MA) and in
school.
Francis H. Cowing
married Sabrina B. Nash and had the following children:
[a. Francis
"Frank" Williams Cowing: Born about 1854/55 in Massachusetts. Worked in a boot factory.
1880 US Census:
Francis W. Cowing, age 26 (b. MA), was heading a household in Weymouth
Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Cora E. Cowing, age 23 (b. MA);
son, Willie F. Cowing, age 4 (b. MA); and daughter, Fannie E. Cowing, age 2 (b.
MA).
1900 US Census: Frank
W. Cowing, age 45 (b. Nov 1854 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer,
was heading a household on Commercial Street in Weymouth Township, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife of 25 years, Cora E. Cowing, age 43 (b. May 1857 in MA;
father b. MA; mother b. ME), who had had 12 children, 7 of whom were still
alive; son, Wallace Cowing, age 19 (b. Jan 1881 in MA), single, and employed
driving a milk wagon; daughter, Jennie Cowing, age 18 (b. Feb 1882 in MA) and
single; daughter, Blanche Cowing, age 12 (b. Apr 1882? in MA); daughter, Annie
Cowing, age 11 (b. Dec 1888 in MA); daughter, Helen Cowing, age 9 (b. Jan 1891
in MA); Bates Cowing, age 5 (b. Nov 1894 in MA); and father, Francis H. Cowing,
age 86 (b. Mar 1814 in MA) and a widower.
1910 US Census: Frank
W. Cowing, age 54 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed doing odd jobs, was
heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 35
years, Cora E. Cowing, age 53 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. ME), who had had
8 children, all still alive; daughter, Blanche W. Cowing, age 22 (b. MA),
single, and employed as a "gold layer" in a shoe factory; daughter,
Helen W. Cowing, age 19 (b. MA) and single; son, Bates J. Cowing, age 15 (b.
MA); daughter, Cora F. Cowing, age 9 (b. MA); and boarder, James Means, age 41
(b. USA), single, and employed "working out." Frank's next door neighbor was his son,
Wallace.
1920 US Census: Frank
W. Cowing, age 65 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at
695 Commercial Street in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Cora E.
Cowing, age 62 (b. MA); daughter, Helen W. Cowing, age 28 (b. MA) and single;
daughter, Cora F. Cowing, age 18 (b. MA) and single; son, Joshua B. Cowing, age
25 (b. MA) and single; and grand-daughter, Helen Cowing, age 10 (b. MA). Of interest, Frank resided close to the
household headed by Wallace D. Cowing.
Francis W. Cowing
married Cora E. (?) (b. May 1857 in ME) and had the following children: (13
total)
[1] William F. Cowing:
Born about 1876 in Massachusetts.
1910 US Census:
William F. Cowing, age 33 (b. MA), was boarding in the household headed by Fred
E. Belcher, age 34 (b. MA) in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included Fred's wife, Sadie M. Belcher, age 33 (b. MA); son, Norman E. Belcher,
age 10 (b. MA); son, Edgar E. Belcher, age 8 (b. MA); daughter, Marjorie L.
Belcher, age 3 (b. MA); daughter, Cora I. Belcher, less than 1 year old (b.
MA); boarder, Benjamin N. Ells, age 41 (b. MA); boarder, Annie E. F. Ells, age
35 (b. MA); boarder, Roderick Ells, age 13 (b. MA); and boarder, Edwin
Carlinder, age 21 (b. MA).
1920 US Census:
William F. Cowing, age 43 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. NH) and employed as
manager of a milk farm, was heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts. The household
also included his wife, Sarah M. (?) (b. abt 1877 in
MA); step-son, Edgar E. Belcher, age 18 (b. MA) and single; step-daughter,
Marjorie L. Belcher, age 13 (b. MA); and step-daughter, Lora I. Belcher, age 9
(b. MA).
1930 US Census:
William F. Cowing, age 53 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. NH) and employed as a
milk dealer, was heading a household at 118 High Street in Weymouth Township,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was
married 1st at age 25 and his residence was valued at $5,000. The household also included his wife, Sarah
M. Cowing, age 53 (b. MA), who was married 1st at age 22; step-daughter,
Marjorie L. Belcher, age 23 (b. MA) and single; step-daughter, Lora I. Belcher,
age 20 (b. MA) and single; boarder, George S. Medigan/Madigan, age 25 (b. MA;
parents b. Irish Free State) and single; and boarder, Herbert Roberts, age 25
(b. MA).
William F. Cowing
married, as her 2nd husband, Sarah M. (?), who had the following children from
her 1st marriage to (?) Belcher:
[a]
Edgar E. Belcher: Born about 1902 in Massachusetts.
[b] Marjorie L.
Belcher: Born about 1907 in Massachusetts.
[c] Lora I. Belcher:
Born about 1911 in Massachusetts.
[2] Fannie E. Cowing:
Born about 1878 in Massachusetts.
[3] Wallace D. Cowing:
Born January 1881 in Massachusetts.
1910 US Census:
Wallace D. Cowing, age 29 (b. MA) and employed as foreman in a woolen mill, was
heading a household in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 4
years, Mabel F. Cowing, age 28 (b. MA), who had had 1 child, still alive; son,
Russell F. Cowing, age 3 (b. MA); and boarder, Celia J. Cummings, age 55 (b.
English Canada) and a widower, who had immigrated to the US in 1883.
1920 US Census:
Wallace D. Cowing, age 38 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. ME) and employed as
Assistant Superintendant of a wool carbonizing factory, was heading a household
at 709 Commercial Street in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Mabel F. Cowing, age 38 [could be 30] (b. MA; parents b.
MA); and son, Russell F. Cowing, age 12 (b. MA).
Wallace Cowing married
Mabel F. (?) (b. abt 1882 in MA) and had the following son:
[a]
Russell F. Cowing: Born about 1907 in Massachusetts.
[4] Jennie B. Cowing:
Born February 1882 in Massachusetts.
1930 US Census: Joseph
Guertin, age 52 (b. MA; parents b. French Canada) and employed at a shoe shop,
was heading a household at 17 Foye Avenue, Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. He had married 1st at age
45. The household also included his
wife, Jennie M. Guertin, age 47 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had married 1st at
age 40; and Jennie's brother, Joshua B. Cowing, age 35 (b. MA) and single
(apparently never married).
Jennie B. Cowing
married Joseph Guertin (b. abt 1878 in MA; parents b.
French Canada). In 1930 they resided at
17 Foye Avenue, Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[5] Blanche W. Cowing:
Born April 1887? in Massachusetts.
[6] Annie Cowing: Born
December 1888 in Massachusetts.
[7] Helen W. Cowing:
Born January 1891 in Massachusetts.
Perhaps had the following daughter:
[a]
Helen Cowing: Born about 1910 in Massachusetts.
(Mentioned in 1920 census for her grandparents, Frank
and Cora Cowing.)
[8] Bates Joshua
Cowing "Joshua B.": Born November 1894 in Massachusetts.
1920 US Census: Joshua
B. Cowing, age 25 (b. MA), resided with his parents in Weymouth Township,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts. (Of interest, enumerated
beside Helen Cowing (b. abt 1910 in MA), an unidentified granddaughter of Frank
and Cora Cowing.)
1930 US Census: Joshua
B. Cowing, age 35 (b. MA) and single, resided with his sister, Jennie, and her
husband, Joseph Guertin, at 17 Foye Avenue in Weymouth Township, Norfolk
County, Massachusetts.
[9] Cora F. Cowing:
Born about 1901 in Massachusetts.
Perhaps had the following daughter:
[a]
Helen Cowing: Born about 1910 in Massachusetts. (Mentioned in
1920 census for her grandparents, Frank and Cora Cowing.)
[b.
Anna Gordon Cowing: Born 1842. Died 1889.
(b) Sarah Cowing: Born
1784 in Massachusetts. Died 26 July 1870 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Married Peleg
Jordan, Jr. (b. 1784 in Scituate Twp, MA, d. 26 Jul 1863 in Braintree Twp, MA),
son of Peleg and Rispah (Silvester) Jordan, and had the following children:
[1. Thomas Jordan: Born
1806. Died 1878 in
Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Married Jerusha Seymour (b. 1814, d. 1876),
daughter of John and Jerusha (Burges) Seymour, and had the following children:
[a.
Frank F. Jordan: Born 1847.
[b.
James H. Jordan: Born 1851.
[c.
Abbie F. Jordan: Born 1853.
[d.
Calvin C. Jordan: Born 1857.
[2. Sarah Jordan: Born
15 November 1808 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[3. Cornelius C. Jordan:
Born 6 January 1811 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Married Deliah Sprague (b. 25 Jan 1808 in
Marshfield Twp, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 9 Nov 1845 in Weymouth Twp, Norfolk Co.,
MA), daughter of Charles and Lydia (Peterson) Sprague, and had the following
children:
[a.
Ellen Osgood Jordan: Born 1830. Died 28 October 1845 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
[b.
Sarah A. Jordan: Born 4 August 1833 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
[c.
Caroline J. Jordan: Born 5 November 1835 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
[d.
Amanda G. Jordan: Born 11 August 1838 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
[e. Abby Frances Jordan:
Born 4 August 1843 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died there 4 September
1843.
[f.
Charles Henry Jordan: Born 7 April 1845 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 18 September 1845.
[4. Mary Jordan: Born 3
December 1812 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[5. Lydia Jordan: Born
23 December 1815 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[6. Elizabeth Colby
Jordan: Born 1 December 1818 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
[7. Calvin Colby Jordan:
Born 8 October 1819 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[8. John Jordan: Born 3
May 1822 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[9. Susan Piper Jordan:
Born 16 October 1826 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
[10. James H. Jordan: Born 1830 in
Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
(c) Howland Cowing: Born
1792 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
(d) Cornelius Cowing:
Born 1795 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died 1877 in Roxbury
Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Employed as a farmer.
1850 US Census: Cornelius Cowing,
age 55 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Roxbury Township,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts. His real
estate was valued at $5,000. The
household also included Sarah Cowing, age 37 (b. MA); Walter H. Cowing, age 20
(b. MA) and employed as a shoe maker; Anna Cowing, age 26 (b. MA); and
Elizabeth Mccurdy, age 23 (b. Ireland).
1860 US Census: Cornelius Cowing,
age 64 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in West
Roxbury Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $16,000 and his
personal property was valued at $3,000.
The household also included Sarah Cowing, age 46 (b. MA); Ann G. Cowing,
age 39 (b. MA); and Walter H. Cowing, age 30 (b. MA) and employed as a merchant
[no property ownership mentioned]. Of
interest, Walter, along with his wife and child, were enumerated separately
(see below) in Roxbury Township.
1870 US Census: Cornelius Cowing,
age 75 (b. MA) and a retired merchant, was heading a household in West Roxbury
Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
His real estate was valued at $21,000 and his personal property was
valued at $2,500. The household also
included Sarah Cowing, age 57 (b. MA) and keeping house, and Anna G. Cowing,
age 48 (b. MA; no occupation).
Cornelius Cowing married (1st) Ann
Gordon and (perhaps) had the following children:
[1. Anna Cowing: Born
about 1824 in Massachusetts.
[2. Walter H. Cowing:
Born about 1830/32 in Massachusetts. Employed as a shoe maker.
1860 US Census: Walter H. Cowing,
age 28 (b. MA) and employed as a merchant, was heading a household in West
Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
His real estate was valued at $3,000 and his person property was valued
at $3,000. The household also included
Martha W. Cowing, age 25 (b. MA); Grace G. Cowing, age 6 months (b. MA); and
Louisa S. Smith, age 19 (b. England) and employed as a servant.
Walter H. Cowing married Martha W.
(?) (b. abt 1825 in MA) and had the following
daughter:
[a. Grace G. Cowing:
Born about December 1849 in Massachusetts.
Cornelius Cowing married (2nd)
married Sarah Stranger.
(e) Barnabas Cowing:
Born 1799 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Died there 25 November
1801.
(6) Molley Cowing: Born 18 July 1761. Married Micah Wild, Jr. on 25 December 1779 at Braintree, Massachusetts.
(7) Sarah Cowing: Born 7 November 1763 in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Married Peleg Jordan, Jr. on 26 November 1805 in Weymouth Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1850 US Census: Of interest, Peleg Jordan, age 66 (b. MA) and employed as a shipwright, was heading a household in Braintree Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included Sarah Jordan, age 66 (b. MA); James H. Jordan, age 20 (b. MA) and employed as a boot maker; and Rachel Cowing, age 91 (b. MA).
(8) Matilda Cowing: Born 1768. Baptized 1768 at Braintree, Massachusetts. Died 4 February 1854. Married Increase Bates (Bapt. 15 Apr 1759 at Weymouth, MA, d. 28 May 1815) after 10 December 1785 at Weymouth, Massachusetts.
(6. Josiah Cowing: Born 19 May 1704 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 5 May 1728 at the First Parish Congregational Church, Scituate.
(7. Rachel Cowing: Born about 1706 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 19 July 1719 at Scituate. Married William Southworth on 6 February 1726/27 at Scituate.
(8. Gathelus Cowing: Born 4 February 1708/09 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 19 July 1719 at the First Parish Church, Scituate. Intent to marry Mary Gill (b. Hingham, MA) of Hingham recorded on 1 June 1735 at Scituate.
(9. Captain Job Cowing: Born 8 March 1713 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 19 July 1719 at Scituate. Died there after 1765. Married Deborah Gannett (b. 13 Dec 1712 at Scituate, baptized 8 Nov 1713 at Scituate, d. there Nov 1799), daughter of Matthew and Mary (Bacon) Gannett, on 24 May 1733 at Scituate and had the following children:
(a. Deborah Cowing: Born 22 December 1733 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 16 January 1808 at Hingham, Massachusetts. Married Adam Stowell (b. 15 Aug 1722 at Hingham, d. there 6 Dec 1807), son of Samuel and Susannah (Lambert) Stowell, on 22 January 1751/52 at Hingham, Massachusetts and resided there on Fort Hill Street. Adam, who was employed as a blacksmith, was probably a descendant of Samuel and Mary (Farrow) Stowell of Hingham, generation 9 of the Stowell Annex. Deborah and Adam had the following children:
(1) Eliakim Stowell: Born 1753 at Hingham, Massachusetts.
(2) Issacher Stowell: Born 1755 at Hingham, Massachusetts.
(3) Seth Stowell: Born 1756 at Hingham, Massachusetts.
(4) Rachel Stowell: Born 23 September 1758 at Hingham, Massachusetts. Died 29 November 1819. Married Peter Hersey.
(5) Hannah Stowell: Born 1761 at Hingham, Massachusetts.
(6) Adam Stowell: Born 1763 at Hingham, Massachusetts.
(7) Job Stowell: Born 1765.
(8) Deborah Stowell: Born 6 May 1767 at Hingham, Massachusetts. Died 18 February 1846. Married Israel Hersey.
(9) Jesse Stowell: Born 1769.
(10) Lydia Stowell: Born 31 July 1771 at Hingham, Massachusetts. Died 17 March 1854. Married Abijah Hersey.
(11) William Stowell: Born 1776 at Hingham, Massachusetts.
(b. Mary Cowing: Born 19 February 1734/35 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 30 May 1736. Married Jonathan Brown, Jr. on 1 November 1759 at Scituate and had the following son:
(1) Charles Brown: Married Martha Giddings Lufkin.
(c. Hannah Cowing: Born 19 March 1736/37 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 23 April 1738.
(d. Elizabeth Deborow Cowing: Born 14 April 1740 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 1 November 1831 at Phippsburg, Maine; interred there in the Bowker Cemetery. Married Joseph Bowker (b. 5 Mar 1737/38 at Scituate, Bapt. there 18 May 1740 in the Second Church, d. 4 Mar 1802 at Phippsburg; interred there in the Bowker Cem.) on 26 May 1760 at Scituate and had the following children:
(1) Deborow Bowker: Born 20 August 1762 at Georgetown, Maine. Died 20 April 1855 at Augusta, Maine. Married John Soule (b. 9 Jan 1757 at Duxbury) on 18 August 1783 at Georgetown.
(2) Major Levi B. Bowker: Born 25 July 1763. Died 28 July 1850.
(3) Desiah Bowker: Born 8 April 1764 at Georgetown, Maine. Married Joseph Hall, Jr. on 23 September 1788 at Georgetown.
(4) Joseph Bowker: Born 5 March 1766 at Georgetown, Maine. Baptized 18 May 1766 at Phippsburg, Maine. Died 5 April 1817 at Phippsburg; interred Bowker Cemetery, Phippsburg. Married Elizabeth Hall (b. before 8 Sep 1765 at Phippsburg, ME, Bapt. there 8 Sep 1765, d. there 31 Jul 1853) on 11 December 1787 at Georgetown, Maine.
(5) John Bowker: Born 25 June 1768.
(6) Nancy Bowker: Born 18 June 1770.
(7) Rachel Bowker: Born 25 July 1772. Died 9 September 1856.
(8) Hannah Bowker: Born 8 January 1775.
(9) Lazarus Bowker: Born 13 October 1776 at Phippsburg, Maine. Died 7 January 1858.
(10) James Bowker: Born 3 March 1779. Died 13 October 1852.
(11) Washington Bowker: Born 15 May 1781. Died 9 August 1858.
(12) Rebacher Bowker: Born 4 October 1783. Died 8 October 1858.
(e. Job Cowing, Jr.: Born 18 September 1742 at Scituate, Massachusetts. Died there 2 June 1834. Served in the Revolutionary War. Married (1st) Zillah Perry (d. abt 1809 at Scituate) on 20 May 1761 at Scituate. Married (2nd) Deborah (?) (b. abt 1760, d. 3 Jul 1834 at Scituate) on 4 February 1810 at Scituate.
(f. Gathelus Cornelius Cowing: Born 4 September 1745 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 20 March 1834 at West Hampton, Massachusetts. Veteran of the Revolutionary War. On 5 July 1820 was age 74 (wife was age 55) and resided in a son’s household at Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Lucy Hatch (b. 29 Mar 1746 at Scituate, d. 15 Apr 1819 at Worthington, MA), daughter of David and Elizabeth (Chittenden) Hatch, on 11 July 1768 at Scituate and had the following children:
(1) David Cowing: Born 16 August 1768 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Mary Keen (b. abt 1768 in MA) after 13 July 1789 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a)
Ebenezer Cowing: Born 3 August 1791 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County,
Massachusetts.
(b) Ruth
Cowing: Born 10 September 1793 at Plymouth, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. Died 30
August 1869. Married Simeon
Hopson (b. 1786, d. 1855) on 29 December 1813 at New Lebanon, New Lebanon
Township, Columbia County, New York.
(c)
Elizabeth Cowing: Born 5 February 1795 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County,
Massachusetts.
(d) Desiah
Cowing: Born 5 February 1795 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
(e)
Deborah Cowing: Born 19 June 1800 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 25 June 1800.
(f)
Sophira/Sophina Cowing: Born 18 September 1801 at Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Massachusetts.
(g) George
Cowing: Born 14 February 1804 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
(2) Desire/Desiah Cowing: Born 11 March 1771 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 29 September 1844 at Worthington, Massachusetts. Married Thomas Patch (b. 24 May 1753 at Pomfret, CT, d. 14 Mar 1814 at Chesterfield, MA) on 11 October 1792 at Chesterfield, Massachusetts.
(3) Luther Cowing: Born 26 October 1773 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Susanna Howard (b. Worthington, MA) on 27 November 1794.
(4) Gathelus Cornelius Cowing, Jr.: Born 5 January 1776 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 26 July 1840 at Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Intent to married (1st) Mary Dana (b. 17 Apr 1775 at Amherst, MA, d. 24 Nov 1815 at Norwich, MA), daughter of Amariah and Dorothy (May) Dana, was recorded 5 August 1798 at Chesterfield. Married (2nd) widow Mary (?) Hill (b. abt 1775, d. 28 Feb 1863) of Cummington after 24 November 1815 at Chesterfield and with both wives had at least 7 children.
1850 US Census: Mary (?) (Hill) Cowing resided in the household headed by her son, Job, at Worthington, Massachusetts.
(5) Thomas Cowing: Born 28 December 1777 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 9 February 1848. Employed as a weaver. Married Patience Butts (b. 11 Mar 1792, d. 14 Mar 1848), daughter of Richard and Martha (Cole) Butts, after 19 December 1817.
(a) William L. Cowen: Born 17 June 1820 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Died 30 September 1863. Married Electa Leonard (b. 21 Apr 1827 at Worthington, Hampshire Co., MA, d. 27 Jan 1883 at Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., MA), daughter of Lonson and Flavia (Patch) Leonard, on 22 March 1849 at Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1. Charles D. Cowing: Born 20 January 1850 at Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Died 7 May 1851 at Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
[2. Irving Golet Cowing: Born 21 May 1852 at Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Died 3 October 1904 at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married Elizabeth Amelia Tucker (b. 4 Feb 1849 at Williamsburg, Norfolk Co., MA, d. 5 Feb 1920 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA) on 23 December 1873 at Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and had children.
[3. Herbert Dexter Cowing: Born 26 February 1859 at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Died after 1930. At age 24 married Margaret Graves (b. 1862) on 29 September 1883 at Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and had children.
(6) Job Cowing: Born 28 January 1780 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Rachel Coleman (d. 29 Nov 1805) on 26 June 1803. Married (2nd) Sybil King (b. 9 Jul 1782 at Chesterfield, MA, d. 3 Apr 1858) after March 1807.
(7) Rachel Cowing: Born 9 May 1782 at Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Married Piam Tower.
(8) Elizabeth Cowing: Born 16 September 1784 at Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Died there 29 November 1794.
(9) Sarah Cowing: Born 12 November 1786. Married Elkanah Ring.
(10) Electa Cowing: Born 21 March 1792 at Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Died there 17 November 1794.
(11) Elizabeth Cowing: Born 29 November 1794.
Gathelus Cowing married (2nd) Irena Litchfield (b. abt 1765, d. 3 Sep 1834 at Westhampton) after 10 July 1819.
(g. Rachel Cowing: Born 2 May 1748 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 26 June 1748. Died there 5 March 1748/49; interred Groveland Cemetery, North Scituate.
(h. Israel Cowing: Born 10 September 1750 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Mrs. Intent to marry Desire (?) Mott recorded 4 February 1769 at Scituate. Israel and Desire had the following children:
(1) Israel Cowing, Jr.: Born 27 October 1770 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died Oct/Nov 1832, age 62, at Hingham, Massachusetts. Married Rebecca Wade on 25 November 1788 in the East Parish of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
(2) Charles Cowing: Born 14 July 1773 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 13 April 1823.
(i. Hannah Cowing: Born 12 July 1752 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Abner Pincin on 22 April 1770 at Scituate and had the following daughter:
(1) Hannah Pincin: Born 23 September 1770 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 10 April 1856 at Cohasset, Massachusetts. Married Ephraim Marble (b. 29 Oct 1767 at Hingham, MA, d. 5 Jul 1811 at Cohasset) on 4 January 1790 at Cohasset.
(10. Joseph Cowing: Born 1 March 1714/15 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized 19 July 1719 at Scituate. Died 27 December 1780 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts (per gravestone: “Dropt Down Dead;” interred Scotland Graveyard, Bridgewater. Married Jane Keith (b. 4 Dec 1720 at Bridgewater, d. there 22 Jan 1794; interred with Joseph), daughter of Samuel and Bethiah (Fobes) Keith, on 24 November 1744 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Joseph Cowing, Jr.: Born 22 July 1745 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Baptized there 28 July 1745. Died 14 June 1828 at Titicut, Massachusetts. Married Abigail “Bethia” Fobes (b. 3 May 1747, d. 9 Aug 1823, age 76, at Bridgewater), daughter of Joshua and Esther (Porter) Fobes, on 13 February 1772 at Bridgewater and had the following children:
(1) Betsy Cowing: Married Silas Andrews on 28 August 1803 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
(2) Abigail Cowing: Born about 1773 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Died 3 October 1823 at Titicut, Massachusetts.
(3) Lucy Cowing: Born 19 April 1775. Died 28 August 1858. Married Martin Copeland (b. 1 Jan 1774, d. 15 Oct 1830) on 3 April 1802 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
(4) Bethiah Cowing: Born about 1780 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Died 30 June 1824 at Titicut, Massachusetts.
(5) Hannah Cowing: Born about 1783. Died 30 October 1828 at Titicot.
(6) Asenath Cowing: Born about 1791 at Bridewater, Massachusetts. Died 6 March 1826 at Titicut, Massachusetts.
(b. Hannah Cowing: Born 22 May 1747 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Died there 2 September 1782. Married John Hooper, Jr. (b. 1747), son of John and Sarah (Cowing) Hooper, on 5 June 1777 at Bridgewater and had the following children:
(1) John Hooper, III: Born 1779.
(2) Joseph Hooper: Born 1780.
(3) Hannah Hooper: Born 1782.
(c. Infant: Twin. Born 25 March 1750 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Died there 13 June 1749.
(d. Infant: Twin. Born 25 March 1750 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Died there 10 April 1750.
(e. Ward Cowing: Born 10 May 1755 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Died 13 April 1832 at Providence, Rhode Island; interred there in Swan Point Cemetery. Married Mary Peckham (b. abt 1760, d. 24 Jul 1829 at Providence), daughter of Philip Peckham, on 6 December 1778 at Providence and had the following children:
(1) Henry Cowing: Born 29 September 1779. Died 2 March 1845 at Charleston, South Carolina. Married Ann Wagner on 3 March 1813 in South Carolina.
(2) Mary Cowing: Born 30 September 1781 in Rhode Island. Married Pardon T. Hurlburt on 19 June 1806 at Providence, Rhode Island.
(3) Frances “Fanny” Cowing: Born 1784. Died 20 February 1799 at Providence, Rhode Island; interred Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.
(4) Joseph Cowing: Born 24 March 1786 in Rhode Island. Died 11 September 1846 at Providence, Rhode Island; interred there in Swan Point Cemetery. In 1836/37 resided on Richmond Street in Providence. Married Mary Weeden (b. 16 Jan 1789 at Providence, d. there 25 Mar 1835; interred with Joseph) on 24 January 1811 at Providence.
(5) Seth Lothrop Cowing: Born 24 October 1788 in Rhode Island. Died 30 October 1826 in New York; interred Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island.
(6) Ward Cowing, Jr.: Born 21 June 1791 in Rhode Island. Died there 22 March 1864. Resided at Chirow, South Carolina when he married Mary Atwood (b. abt 1801, d. 12 Dec 1878 at Providence, RI; interred there in Swan Point Cem.) on 2 November 1825 at Dighton, Massachusetts. In 1836/37 resided on Richmond Street in Providence, Rhode Island.
(7) Jane Cowing: Born 2 April 1793 in Rhode Island. Died 8 April 1866 at Providence, Rhode Island.
(8) William Taggart Cowing: Born 9 February 1795 in Rhode Island. Died 21 March 1828 in New York.
(9) Samuel Keith Cowing: Born 8 March 1802 in Rhode Island.
(11. Sarah Cowing: Born 21 December 1717 at Scituate (apparently 11 or more months after her father’s death). Died there 5 January 1717/18.
e. Rebecca/Rebekah Cowen: Born 10 May 1666 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died before 10 November 1728 at Dorchester (now part of Boston), Massachusetts. Married Obadiah Hawes (b. 20 Aug 1663 at Dorchester, d. there 16 Mar 1718/19; interred there) on 19 December 1693 at Boston, Massachusetts and had the following son:
(1. Eleazer Hawes: Born June 1707 at Dorchester, Massachusetts. Married Mary Belcher (b. 22 Nov 1713 at Lynn, MA) on 9 October 1729 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
9 John Cowen, Jr. (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 10 July 1662 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Died there 18 December 1729.
2. Wife #1: Deborah/Deliverance Litchfield
a. Biographical notes:
Born about 1660/66 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. Died about 1716. Married John Cowen, Jr. about 1687 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
b. Children:
(1. Sarah Cowen: Born 9 July 1688 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(2. Joseph Cowen: Born 18 April 1690 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 3 March 1717/18 at Rochester, Plymouth County.
(3. John Cowen, III: Born 9 October 1692 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 1754. Married Sarah Mitchell (b. 9 May 1690 at Duxbury, MA), daughter of John and Mary (Prior) Mitchell, on 25 March 1718 in Providence County, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(a. Mary Cowen: Born 28 February 1719/20 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 5 October 1756 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married James Hayes on 10 February 1784 in Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had at least one daughter.
(b. Sarah Cowen: Born 22 May 1721 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died there 26 August 1757. Married, as his 1st wife, Obadiah Sprague (b. abt 1717 at Providence, Providence Co., RI, d. there 12 Jun 1800), son of Richard and Mary (Whipple) Sprague, about 26 June 1748 in Smithfield Township, Providence County, Rhode Island. Obadiah Sprague married (2nd) Mary (?) about 1 August 1770 in Rhode Island.
(c. James Cowen: Born 19 February 1722/23 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 25 February 1815 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Katie Waite Mathewson, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Sheldon) Mathewson, on 2 March 1748/49 and perhaps had the following children:
(1) John Cowen: Born 3 October 1754 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 1845 at Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York; interred Seager Hill Cemetery, Conewango.
1830 US Census: John Cowen was heading a household that included 1 male age 70-80 (John), 1 female age 20-30, 2 females age 30-40, and 1 female age 60-70 (Olive).
John Cowen married Olive Smith (b. 13 Nov 1763 in RI, d. 29 Jan 1832 at Tolland, CT. Served in the Revolutionary War.
(2) Lydia Cowen: Born about 1759. Died about 9 September 1825. Married Elijah Armstrong (b. 17 Jul 1755 at Glocester, Providence Co., RI, d. 28 Feb 1829), son of Job and Julia (?) Armstrong, on 28 March 1779 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(d. John Cowen, IV: Born 26 January 1724/25 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 22 July 1826 at Warren, Rhode Island. Married (1st) Mary Ballou (b. 22 May 1728 at Glocester, Providence Co., RI, d. 1813 in NYS), daughter of Nehemiah and Mary (Hall) Ballou, on 4 April 1751 at Glocester, Rhode Island and had the following children (per DAR records):
(1) Amey Cowen: Died 13 April 1824 in Pamelia Township, Jefferson County, New York; interred Old Evans Mills Cemetery, Evans Mills, LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Amey Cowen married her 1st cousin, Jonathan Cowen (b. 12 Jul 1760 in Glocester Twp, Providence Co., RI, d. 27 Nov 1840 in Pamelia Twp, Jefferson Co., NY), son of Joseph and Sarah (Blanding) Cowen, on 5 February 1797 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(a) Lyman Cowan: Born 6 December 1798 in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
(b) Elzada Cowan: (female) Born 11 March 1800 in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
(2) Peter Cowen: Born about 1753.
(3) Stephen Cowen: Born about 1756.
(4) Eliza Cowen: Born about 1760
(5) David Cowan: Born 1767 (1851 death minus 83 (84th yr) = abt 1768) at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island (per gravestone shared with his son John in Greenwood Cem., LaGrange Co., IN; though this is at odds with a gravestone in Eagley Cem. which says b. 22 Mar 1757; also seen: b. 1762 on another gravestone in Eagley Cem.). Died 24 July 1851 at La Grange, LaGrange County, Indiana; apparently interred Eagley Cemetery, Scott, Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, which contains three adjacent gravestones (2 horizontal, 1 vertical) and 1 DAR memorial for him, though he and his wife are also recorded with their son, John Cowan, on a gravestone in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana.
David Cowan was a Veteran of the American Revolutionary War; application for pension indicates David 1st served as a substitute for his father, then as a substitute for his brother, Peter Cowen. He moved his family from Rhode Island to mid-western New York (Wayne County area), and then in 1832/35 to LaGrange County, Indiana.
1820 US Census: Of possible interest, a David Cowen was heading a household in Junius Township, Seneca County, New York. The household included 1 male under age 10; 1 male age 26 to 45; 1 female age 26 to 45; 1 slave under age 14; and 1 slave age 14 to 26. Of interest, a James Cowen (with a larger family) was enumerated after David on the same census page.
1830 US Census: Of possible interest, the household headed by John Cowan (perhaps David's son) in Marion Township, Wayne County, New York (NW of Syracuse) included 1 male, age 60 to 70; and 1 female age 60 to 70, which could be David and Esther. (see David's son, John, below)
1830 US Census: Of possible interest, a David Cowan was heading a household in Mexico Township, Oswego County, New York (east of Wayne Co.). The household included 1 male age 60 to 70; and 1 female age 60 to 70.
1840 US Census: David Cowan was heading a household in Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The household included 1 male age 70 to 80; and 1 female age 70 to 80. Of interest, the household headed by his son, David Cowan, was enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
1850 US Census: No record found.
David Cowan married Esther Smith (b. 1767 at Smithfield, Providence Co., RI, d. 22 Mar 1848 at LaGrange, LaGrange Co., IN; interred with David) about 1790 and had 10 children, including the following: (order uncertain)
(a) Smith Cowen: Born June 1787 in Rhode Island. Died before 1825 in Wayne/Yates County, New York.
1820 US Census: Smith Cowen was heading a household in Williamson Township, Ontario County, New York. The household included 1 male under age 10; 1 male age 26 to 44; 2 females under age 10; and 1 female age 16 to 25.
Smith Cowen married Sarah Tefft (b. 19 Mar 1796 in Providence, Providence Co., RI, d. 17 Aug 1872 at Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO; interred there), daughter of Obediah and Elizabeth (Card) Tefft, on 9 October 1813 in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island and had the following children: (order uncertain)
[1. Lucy Cowen: Born 30 September 1814 in Ontario County, New York. Died 24 February 1846 in Indiana. Married Archibald Wick (b. 22 Nov 1807 per Lutheran Trinity Church in Stone Arabia, Palatine Twp, Montgomery Co., NY) before 1834 and had the following children:
[a. Mary Louisa Wick: Born 5 March 1834 in Indiana. Died 12 November 1857; interred Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri.
[b. Selden Sylvanus Wick: Born 15 August 1838 in Indiana. Died before 1850.
[c. Ellen Caroline Wick: Born 1 June 1844 in Indiana.
[2. William Cowan: Born 17 January 1817. Died August 1846.
[3. Mary Ann Cowen: Born about 1819 at Bath, Somerset County, England. Died 23 March 1861 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Married George Earl Cook (b. 4 Jul 1808 at Providence, Providence Co., RI, d. after 1889, perhaps in CA) in 1838 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[a. Sarah Ann Cook: Born and died 1839.
[b. George Earl Cook, Jr.: Born 12 May 1840 in New Hartford Township, Oneida County, New York. Died 4 August 1904 in Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas. Married Ellen Vieux (b. Jun 1838 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA, d. 26 Jan 1901 in Tecumseh Twp, Shawnee Co., KS).
[c. Mary Ann Cook: Born 1842. Died about 1842.
[d. Albert B. Cook: Born 1844 in Waukegan Township, Lake County, Illinois. Died 18 April 1864 in Tyler County, Texas; interred Pineville, Rapides County, Louisiana.
[e. John H. Cook: Born 30 April 1845. Died about 1865.
[f. Mary Belle Cook: Born 1847 in Illinois. Married William Hull Coleman (b. Apr 1844 in PA, d. 10 Mar 1909 in Bernalillo Co., NM; interred Mount Calvary Cem., Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., NM) about 1867 and had children.
[g. Eliza Ann Cook: Born 21 January 1850 in Illinois. Died 9 June 1908; interred Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado. Married Alson Howard Egleston (b. 30 Aug 1844 in Aurora Twp, Portage Co., OH, d. 12 Apr 1911 at Franktown, Douglas Co., CO) on 24 August 1865 in Franktown Township, Douglas County, Colorado and had children.
[h. William Sprague Cook: Born 25 March 1852 in Benton County, Missouri. Died 16 February 1930 in Clackamas County, Oregon; interred Simmons Cemetery, Mount Angel, Marion County, Oregon. Married Ida Ann Jones (b. 3 Oct 1862 at Franktown, Douglas Co., CO, d. 5 Aug 1942 in El Monte Twp, Los Angeles Co., CA; interred with William) on 20 November 1879 at Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado. Married Ida Ann Jones (b. 1862, d. 1942) on 20 November 1879 at Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado.
[i. Isadora L. Cook: Born July 1854 in Missouri. Died 20 January 1912 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York; interred there in Mount Hope Cemetery. Married George Robinson (b. abt 1855 in NY, d. abt 1885 in KS) in 1877 in Kansas and had children.
[j. Charlotte Catherine Cook: Born 25 January 1859 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Died 17 October 1940 in Portland, Washington County, Oregon. Married John Wells Ferguson (b. 31 Aug 1848 in Trumbull Co., OH, d. 12 Apr 1906 at Pueblo, Pueblo Co., CO; interred there) on 8 March 1876 at Platte City, Platte County, Missouri and had children.
[k. Carrie Louisa (Cook) Crawford: Born 23 March 1861 at Louisville, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Died 22 July 1941 at Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas; interred there in Wamego City Cemetery. Married Henry Clay Shehi (b. 11 Mar 1859 in Henderson Co., IL, d. 25 Apr 1942 at Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS; interred with Carrie) on 11 September 1879 and had children.
[4. Eliza Cowen: (female) Born 21 January 1822 (also seen: Elisha Cowan (male)).
(b) Esther Cowan: Married (?) Aldrich.
(c) Celinda/Salinda/Celindia Cowan: Born 12 March 1797 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 27 October 1869 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island; interred there in Sanders Lot. (also seen: d. 27 Nov 1869).
1860 US Census: Hugh Pray, age 66 (b. RI) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Glocester Township, Providence County, Rhode Island. The household also included his wife, Salinda Pray, age 69 (b. RI); son, Hugh Pray, Jr., age 28 (b. RI) and employed as a farm laborer; daughter, Amey Pray, age 25 (b. RI); and daughter, Salinda Pray, age 21 (b. RI). Of interest, the households headed by Jeremiah Pray, age 53, and William Pray, age 59, were enumerated before and after him, respectively, on the same census page.
Celinda Cowan married Hugh Pray, IV (b. 29 Dec 1794, d. 29 Mar 1863; interred with Celindia) and had the following children:
[1. James Pray: Born 28 May 1815 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 9 November 1842; interred Sanders Lot, Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
[2. Esther Pray: Born 27 June 1817/16 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 18 June 1906; interred Sanders Lot, Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Never married.
[3. William Pray: Born 17 December 1818 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died about 1860 at Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. Married Sarah R. Wood (b. 1815 at Johnston, Providence Co., RI, d. 21 Jan 1882 at Putnam, Windham Co., CT) on 9 October 1836 at Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut and had children.
[4. Othanial Sanders Pray: Born 20 October 1818/21 in Rhode Island. Died 30 July 1891; interred Greenville Cemetery, Smithfield Township Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Mary Cowan (b. 1834/35 in England, d. 1 Sep 1902 in RI; interred with Othenial) and had children.
[5. Smith J. Pray: Born 17 October 1823 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 6 July 1910 at Waterville, Sangerfield Township, Oneida County, New York; interred there in Waterville Cemetery. Married Louisa Sweet (b. Jan 1827 in NYS) and had children.
[6. Phebe Pray: Born 1827 in Rhode Island. Married Otis B. Wood (b. 28 Jul 1816 at Burrillville, Providence Co., RI) and had children.
[7. Mary W. Pray: Born 8 April 1827 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 20 January 1894. Married William S./T. Himes (b. Jan 1834 in RI, d. 10 Mar 1916 in CT; interred Putnam, Windham Co., CT) on 17 July 1854 at Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island and had children.
[8. Lucy Pray: Born 10 March 1828 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 3 May 1828; interred Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
[9. Hugh Pray, V: Born 1826 (per gravestone; also seen: b. 8 Nov 1830 at Glocester, Providence Co., RI). Died 1919; interred Greenville Cemetery, Smithfield Township, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Emeline "Emma" Paine (b. 1837/43 in RI, d. 25 Jan 1929; interred with Hugh) and had a son.
[10. Stephen H. Pray: Born 6 August 1833 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 25 February 1854.
[11. Amey Pray: Born about 1835 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
[12. Celindia A. Pray: Born 3 May 1838 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died there 13 September 1916; interred Sanders Lot, Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
1900 US Census: Celindia Thurber, age 59 (b. May 1841 in CT; parents b. RI) and married for 33 years, with no record of employment, was heading a household in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. She had had 1 child, still alive. The household also included her daughter, Mary E. Thurber, age 30 (b. Sep 1869 in RI; father b. RI; mother b. CT) and single, with no record of employment; uncle, Jeremiah Pray, age 94 (b. Dec 1805 in RI; parents b. RI) and single; and sister, Esther Pray, age 83 (b. Jun 1816 in RI; parents b. RI) and single.
Celindia Pray married William Henry Thurber on 30 April 1866 at Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island and had a daughter.
(d) Elisha Cowan: Born . Died 7 September 1825; interred Upper Corners Cemetery, 4202 N. Main Street, Marion, Wayne County, New York. Perhaps married, as her 1st husband, Elmira Tucker (b. abt 1800 in MA, d. 25 Jun 1887 in IN) and had the following son:
[1. Elisha F. Cowan: (perhaps) Born 1826 in New York. Died 1881 in Indiana; interred Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, La Grange County, Indiana.
1850 US Census: No record found. Of interest, there was an Elisha Cowan (b. 1827, d. 1890), son of Samuel Cowan (b. 1790, d. 1865) residing in Chautauqua County, New York.
1860 US Census: Elisha Cowen, age 34 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in the Village of Lagrange, Lagrange County, Indiana. His real estate was valued at $300, and his personal property was valued at $150. The household also included his wife, Margaret Cowen, age 28 (b. NYS); daughter, Frances Cowen, age 8 (b. NYS); and midwife, Elmira Green, age 58 (b. MA).
1870 US Census: Elisha Cowan, age 44 (b. NYS) and employed as a shingle manufacturer, was heading a household in the Village of La Grange, LaGrange County, Indiana. His real estate was valued at $2,800 and his personal property was valued at $800. The household also included his wife, Margaret Cowan, age 38 (b. NYS); daughter, Francis Cowan, age 18 (b. NYS); son, Charles Cowan, age 7 (b. IN); mother, Elmira Green, age 66 (b. MA); and Albert Krine?, age 24 (b. OH) and employed sawing shingles.
1880 US Census: Elisha Cowen, age 53 (b. NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. MA) and employed as a pump manufacturer, was heading a household at LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Margaret Cowen, age 47 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); son, Charles Cowen, age 17 (b. IN; parents b. NYS) and single; and mother, Elmira Green, age 80 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and widowed.
1900 US Census: Margaret Cowan, age 67 (b. Sep 1832 in NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. Scotland) and widowed, with no record of employment, was heading a household in Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. She had had 2 children, both still alive. The household also included her son, Charles Cowan, age 38 (b. Feb 1862 in IN; parents b. NYS), divorced, and employed as a liveryman; grandson, Walter Cowan, age 14 (b. Aug 1885 in IN; parents b. IN); boarder, Jay Ecker, age 25 (b. Mar 1875 in IN; father b. OH; mother b. IN), single, and employed as a dry goods salesman; and servant, Lizzie Deter, age 25 (b. Jul 1874 in IN; father b. OH; mother b. English-speaking Canada) and single.
Elisha F. Cowan married Margaret M. Hicks (b. 7/9 Sep 1832 in NYS, d. 12 Apr 1920, age 89 yrs, 7 mos, and 3 days, from complications of chronic hepatitis, at LaGrange, Bloomfield Twp, La Grange Co., IN; interred with Elisha), daughter of John (b. NYS) and Jeanette (Houston) Hicks (b. Scotland), about 1888 (license issued 21 Apr 1888) and had the following children:
[a. Mary Frances "Frank/Frankie" Cowan: Born 15 June 1852 at Marion, Wayne County, New York. Died 8 January 1938 at LaGrange, Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana; interred there in Greenwood Cemetery. Married (1st) (?) Edmunds. Married (2nd), as his 3rd wife, Aaron Celadon Bush (b. 23 Sep 1839 in Jefferson Twp, Hillsdale Co., MI, d. 5 Jan 1918 in LaGrange Co., IN; interred East Hill Cem., Osseo, Hillsdale Co., MI), son of Lewis Riggs and Rosamond Dudley (Gates) Bush, on 21 April 1888 in Indiana. Aaron Bush had married (perhaps 1st) Helen M. Buck (b. 1846, d. 1882), daughter of George and Harriet C. (Smith) Buck, and had a daughter, who died about 1868 as an infant. Aaron Bush had married 2nd Emily Babcock (b. 1840, d. 1874), daughter of Russell E. and Susan Ann (Ouderkirk) Babcock, on 29 October 1869 and had 2 sons born 1870 and 1873).
[b. Charles Croswell Cowan: Born 1863 in LaGrange County, Indiana. Died 7 April 1918 at Springfield, Allen County, Indiana; interred Brushy Chapel Cemetery, LaGrange County, Indiana.
1900 US Census: Charles Cowan, age 38 (b. Feb 1862) resided in the household headed by his mother, Margaret Cowan, age 67 (b. Sep 1832) in Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
1910 US Census: Charles C. Cowan, age 47 (b. IN; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Springfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 6 years, Ellen Cowan, age 42 (b. IN; parents b. IN), who had been married twice and had had 1 child, still alive; step-daughter, Hilda Hughes, age 22 (b. IN; parents b. IN), single, and not employed.
Charles C. Cowan married (1st) Kate Higbee (b. Brushy Prairie [became a ghost town by 1848], IN) and had the following son:
[1] Walter Lisle Cowan: Born 29 August 1886 in Clay Township, Lagrange County, Indiana. Died 1929; interred Albion, Noble County, Indiana. Employed as a dentist. While a residence of Albion, Noble County, Indiana, married Zoe Minette Clapp (b. 13 June 1890 at Albion, Noble Co., IN, d. 1982; interred with Walter), age 20 and also of Albion, daughter of William Frank and Alice Adaline (Smith) Clapp, on 15 June 1910 (license issued 11 Jun 1910) in Noble County, Indiana and had the following children:
[a] Alice Virginia Cowan: Born 8 April 1912 in Noble County, Indiana. Died 1 May 1999 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Married Myron J. Obrien (b. 16 Jul 1910 in IN, d. 1983; interred Albion, Noble Co., IN) on 12 September 1931 in Steuben County, Indiana.
[b] Robert Clapp Cowan: Born 1916. Died 1976; interred Albion, Noble County, Indiana. Married Virginia Louise Goodwin (b. 1918 in TN, d. 2 Sep 2002 in Clark Co., NV) on 6 September 1939 in Los Angeles County, California.
Kate (Higbee) Cowan later resided at Columbus, Ohio. Charles C. Cowen married (3rd), as her 2nd husband, Ellen W. (Wallace) Hughes (b. 1868, d. 1938; interred with Charles) on 22 September 1903 (license issued same day) in LaGrange County, Indiana.
Widow Elmira (Tucker) Cowan married (2nd) (?) Green (b. abt 1800 in MA; parents b. MA) and resided last in Indiana with her son, Elisha Cowan, Jr.
(e) John McBride Cowan: Born 1796 in Rhode Island. Died 1841 at Lagrange, LaGrange County, Indiana; interred Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana (shares gravestone with his parents; also seen: interred Eagle Cem., Van Buren Twp, LaGrange Co., IN). In 1921 resided at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. In 1833 resided in Ohio. In 1837 resided in Indiana.
1830 US Census: John Cowan was heading a household in Marion Township, Wayne County, New York. The household included 1 male age 5 to 10; 1 male age 20 to 30; 1 male age 60 to 70; 1 female age 30 to 40; and 1 female age 60 to 70.
1840 US Census: John Cowan was heading a household in Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The household included 2 males age 5 to 10; 1 male age 15 to 20; 1 male age 40 to 50; and 1 female age 40 to 50. Of interest, the household headed by his father, David Cowan, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
1850 US Census: Sarah Cowen, age 56 (b. PA), with no record of employment, was heading a household in East Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The household also included her son, Oliver Cowen, age 26 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, whose real estate was valued at $2040; son, Movinus Cowen, age 18 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; son, David Cowen, age 16 (b. IN); Sarah Rice, age 44 (b. NYS); Sarah J. Williams, age 18 (b. MI); and Oliver D. Williams, age 24 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer.
1860 US Census: Sarah Cowen, age 66 (b. PA), whose personal property was valued at $1,000, resided in the household headed by her son, David Cowen, age 25 (b. IN) and employed as a farmer in Bloomfield Township (La Grange Post Office), LaGrange County, Indiana.
John Cowan married Sarah Harding (b. about 1794 in PA, d. 28 Sep 1869 in Sherman Twp, St. Joseph Co., MI; interred with John), daughter of William and Mary "Polly" (Curtis) Harding, and perhaps had the following children:
[1. Oliver Cowan: Born 20 January 1820 in New York (1850 US Census indicates b. abt 1824). Died 3 February 1897 at Sonora, Tuolumne County, California.
[2. James S. Cowan: Born 10 July 1821 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Died 19 January 1899 in LaPorte County, Indiana; interred Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana.
1850 US Census: James S. Cowen,
age 27 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Springfield Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
His real estate was valued at $140.
The household also included his wife, Sarah Cowen, age 24 (b. OH); son,
Isaac Cowen, age 3 (b. IN); David Cowen, age 17 (b. OH) and employed as a
farmer; and Aaron Cowen, age 13 (b. IN).
Of interest, the household headed by Josiah Reading [Sarah's maiden
name; perhaps her brother], age 26 (b. OH) and employed as a farmer, was
enumerated directly before him on the same census page. And the household headed by Isaac Hager, age
30 (b. NJ) was enumerated directly before Josiah on the same census page [Isaac
Hager married James' granddaughter, Ida Cowan, daughter of Isaac Cowan].
1860 US Census: No record found.
1870 US Census: James Cowan, age
50 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Center
Township (LaPorte Post Office), LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Sarah
Cowan, age 46 (b. OH); daughter, Elva Cowan, age 16 (b. IN); daughter, Eda
Cowan, age 14 (b. IN); daughter, Libbie [could be confused with Sephie} Cowan,
age 7 (b. IN).
1880 US Census: James S. [very
legible] Cowin, age 57 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Sarah
Cowin, age 54 (b. OH; parents b. OH); daughter, Libbie Cowin, age 16 (b. IN);
and Dwite? Garner, age 27 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farm
laborer.
James Cowan of Springfield, LaPorte County, Indiana married Sarah Ann Redding/Reading (b. 2 Jun 1826 in Preble Co., OH (also seen: b. Cleveland, OH), d. 26 Nov 1896 at Kensington, Chicago, Cook Co., IL; interred with James) of Springfield, LaPorte County, Indiana, daughter of John and Nancy (Pagin) Redding, on 1 February 1842 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Note: In 1943 Sarah was referred to as "Levina" Redding in the death record of Sarah's daughter, Edith; understandable, since death records are often impromptu recollections by a member of the deceased's family, in this case some 47 years after Sarah's death.
James S. and Sarah Ann (Redding) Cowan had the following children:
[a. Isaac "Ike" P. Cowan: Born 9 August 1846 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 3 March 1922, age 75 years, 6 months, and 24 days, at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; interred Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana.
1860 US Census: No record found.
1870 US Census: Isaac Cowan, age 23 (b. IN) and employed as farm laborer, was heading a household in Center Township (LaPorte Post Office), LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Maggie Cowan, age 25 (b. OH).
1880 US Census: No record found.
1900 US Census: Isac Cowin, age 53 (b. Aug 1846 in IN; father b. NYS; mother b. OH) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. He had been married 30 years. The household also included his wife, Maggie Cowin, age 55 (b. Jan 1845 in OH; parents b. OH), who had been married 20 years and had had 2 children, both still alive. Of interest, the household headed by his son-in-law, George Hager, age 34 (b. Sep 1865 in IN; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was enumerated before him on the same census page.
1910 US Census: Isaac P. Cowan, age 64 (b. IN; father b. NYS; mother b. OH) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 40 years, Maggie Cowan, age 65 (b. OH; father b. MD; mother b. PA), who had been married once and had had 4 children, 2 of whom were still alive. Of interest, the household headed by his son-in-law, George Hager, ge 44 (b. IN; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a carpenter, was enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
1920 US Census: Isaac P. Cowan, age 73 (b. IN; father b. NYS; mother b. IN) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Magdalen Cowan, age 74 (b. OH; father b. MD; mother b. OH). Of interest, the household headed by his son-in-law, George Hager, age 54 (b. IN; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was enumerated directly after Isaac Cowan on the same census page.
Isaac Cowan married Magdalena "Maggie" Pepple (b. 6 Jan 1845 in Canton Twp, Stark Co., OH, d. 8 May 1928 in LaPorte Co., IN) on 2 January 1870 (license issued 1 Jan 1870 in St. Joseph Co., IN) in Porter County, Indiana (also seen: m. 2 Jan 1869) and had the following children:
[1] Susie L. Cowan: Born 18 September 1871 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 29 December 1942 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
1900 US Census: Andrew Watkins, age 32 (b. Nov 1867 in IN; father b. OH; mother b. PA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household in Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The household also included his wife of 9 years, Susie Watkins, age 28 (b. Sep 1871 in IN; father b. IN; mother b. OH), who had had 2 children, both still alive; son, Earl Watkins, age 8 (b. May 1892 in IN); and daughter, Edith Watkins, age 6 (b. Feb 1894 in IN).
1910 US Census: Andrew J. Watkins, age 43 (b. IN; father b. OH; mother b. PA) and employed as a house carpenter, was heading a household at 414 West Lawrence Street in Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 19 years, Susie L. Watkins, age 38 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. OH), who had been married once and had had 3 children, all still alive; son, Earl C. Watkins, age 17 (b. IN) and single; daughter, Edith E. Watkins, age 16 (b. IN); and son, Isaac D. Watkins, age 3 (b. IN).
1920 US Census: Andrew J. Watkins, age 53 (b. IN; father b. IA; mother b. PA) and employed as a carpenter for a contracting firm, was heading a household in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The household also included his wife, Susie L. Watkins, age 48 (b. IN; parents b. IN); son/head, Earl C. Watkins, age 28 (b. IN) and employed as a machine repairman in an auto factory; daughter-in-law, Grace Watkins, age 26 (b. MI; father b. DE; mother b. MI); son, Dale Watkins, age 13 (b. IN); grandson, James Andrew Watkins, age 4 (b. IN); grandson, Paul Earl Watkins, age 2 years and 8 months (b. IN); and granddaughter, Marjorie G. Watkins, age 11 months (b. IN).
1930 US Census: Andrew Watkins, age 64 (b. IN; father b. OH; mother b. PA) and not employed, was heading a household at 3820 Pennsylvania Avenue in the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He married 1st at age 24, and his residence was valued at $4,000. The household also included his wife, Susie Watkins, age 58 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. OH) and not employed, who married 1st at age 19; and son, Dale Watkins, age 23 (b. IN), single, and not employed.
1940 US Census: Andrew Watkins, age 73 (b. IN), with no record of employment, was heading a household at 3820 Pennsylvania Avenue in the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He had completed 6th grade. The household also included his wife, Susie Watkins, age 65 (b. IN), who had completed 6th grade. On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same house.
Susie Cowan married Andrew J. Watkins (b. 1 Nov 1866 in LaPorte Co., IN, d. 22 May 1941 at Detroit, Wayne Co., MI), son of Stephen and Susan (Baker) Watkins, on 24 March 1891 in LaPorte County, Indiana and had the following children:
[a] Earl C. Watkins: Born May 1892 in Indiana. Died November 1978 at Hazel Park, Oakland County, Michigan. Married Grace Brown (b. Nov 1893 in MI, d. 19 Jul 1978 at Madison Heights, Oakland Co., MI) on 26 August 1913 in St. Joseph Township, Berrien County, Michigan and had children.
[b] Edith E. Watkins: Born February 1894 in Indiana. Married Merl Bernley Sager (b. 7 Mar 1893 in Bronson Twp, Branch Co., MI, d. 1971; interred Hartung Cem., Washington Co., NE) on 29 April 1911 in St. Joseph Township, Berrien County, Michigan and had a daughter.
[c] Dale Isaac Watkins "Isaac": Born 31 October 1906 in Indiana. Died 19 February 2001; interred Lynn Haven Township, Bay County, Florida. Married Hazel I. (b. abt 1913 in TN).
[2] Ida Ora Cowan: Born 27 July 1873 in Indiana. Died 7 February 1950 at Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana; interred there in Greenwood Cemetery.
1880 US Census: George Hager, age 15 (b. IN; no record of parents' births) and in school, resided with his parents, Isaac and Mary A. Hager, in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
1900 US Census: George Hager, age 34 (b. Sep 1865 in IN; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife of 5 years, Ida Hager, age 26 (b. Jul 1873 in IN; father b. IN; mother b. OH), who had had 1 child, still alive; son, Loid Hager, age 4 (b. Apr 1896 in IN); and mother, Mary Hager, age 74 (b. Mar 1826 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 9 children, all still alive. Of interest, the household headed by his father-in-law, Isac Cowin, age 53 (b. Aug 1846 in IN; father b. NYS; mother b. OH) and employed as a farmer, was enumerated after him on the same census page.
1910 US Census: George Hager, age 44 (b. IN; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a house carpenter, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 15 years, Ida Hager, age 37 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. IN), who had been married once and had had 2 children, both still alive; son, Loyd Hager, age 14 (b. IN); son, Elmer Hager, age 2 (b. IN); and mother, Mary Hager, age 84 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and widowed, who had had 10 children, 8 of whom were still alive. Of interest, the household headed by George's father-in-law, Isaac P. Cowan, age 64, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
1920 US Census: George Hager, age 54 (b. IN; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Ida Hager, age 46 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. OH); son, Elmer Hager, age 12 (b. IN); son, Roland Hager, age 8 (b. IN); and daughter, Florence Hager, age 6 (b. IN). Of interest, George's father-in-law, Isaac P. Cowan, age 73 (b. IN; father b. NYS; mother b. IN) and employed as a farmer, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
1930 US Census: George Hager, age 65 (b. IN; father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Pennsylvania. He married 1st at age 30. The household also included his wife, Ida Hager, age 56 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. OH), who married 1st at age 21; son, Elmer Hager, age 22 (b. IN), single, and employed as a carpenter doing odd jobs; son, Roland Hager, age 18 (b. IN), single, and employed as a farm laborer; and daughter, Florence Hager, age 16 (b. IN) and single. Of interest, the household headed by his son, Lloyd Hager, age 34 (b. IN) and employed as a carpenter doing odd jobs, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
1940 US Census: George Hager, age 74 (b. IN) and employed as a carpenter in the building industry, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. He had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife, Ida O. Hager, age 66 (b. IN), who had completed 8th grade; son, Elmer H. Hager, age 31 (b. IN), single, and employed as a carpenter in the building industry, who had completed 8th grade. On 1 April 1935 they resided I rural LaPorte County, Indiana. Of interest, the households headed by his sons, Lloyd Hager and Roland Hager, were enumerated on the same census page.
Ida Cowan married George Hager (b. 12 Sep 1865 in Indiana, d. 16 Aug 1949 at Michigan City, LaPorte Co., IN; interred with Ida), son of Isaac and Mary Ann (Glime) Hager, in LaPorte County, Indiana and had at least the following son:
[a] Lloyd Cowan Hager: Born 3 April 1896 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died there 21 June 1976; interred there in Pine Lake Cemetery. Veteran of World War I.
1920 US Census: No record found.
1930 US Census: Lloyd Hager, age 34 (b. IN; parents b. IN) and employed as a carpenter doing odd jobs, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. He married 1st at age 22, and his residence was valued at $2,000. The household also include his wife, Geneva Hager, age 31 (b. IN; father b. PA; mother b. OH), who married 1st at age 19; daughter, Marcia Hager, age 9 (b. IN); daughter, Virginia Hager, age 7 (b. IN); daughter, Joanne Hager, age 6 (b. IN); daughter, Georganna Hager, age 4 (b. IN); and son, Lloyd Hager, age 2 (b. IN). Of interest, the household headed by his father, George Hager, age 65, was enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
1940 US Census: Lloyd C. Hager, age 43 (b. IN) and employed as a builder in the building industry, was heading a household in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. He had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife, Geneva Hager, age 41 (b. IN), who had completed 2 years of high school; daughter, Joanne Hager, age 16 (b. IN); daughter, Georgiana Hager, age 14 (b. IN); son, Lloyd Hager, Jr., age 12 (b. IN); daughter, Barbara Hager, age 9 (b. IN); son, Clyde Hager, age 7 (b. IN); son, William Hager, age 4 (b. IN); and daughter, Sharon Hager, age 2 (b. IN). On 1 April 1935 they resided in rural LaPorte County, Indiana. Of interest, the households headed by his father, George Hager, and brother, Roland Hager, were enumerated after him on the same census page.
1950 US Census: Lloyd C. Hager, age 54 (b. IN) and employed as a carpenter in the building construction industry, was heading a household on Center Springfield Township Line Road in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Geneva B. Hager, age 51 (b. IN); son, Clyde P. Hager, age 17 (b. IN); son, William B. Hager, age 14 (b. IN); daughter, Sharon R. Hager, age 12 (b. IN); and daughter, Judy Kay Hager, age 9 (b. IN).
Lloyd Hager married Geneva Grace Bowman (b. 28 Nov 1899 in LaPorte Co., IN, d. 6 Jun 1933 in LaPorte Co., IN; interred with Lloyd), daughter of Abraham/Abram Robert and Catharine Ann (Seiple) Bowman, on 14 January 1919 at LaPorte, Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana and had at least the following children: (order uncertain)
{1. Son: Still born 28 November 1919 in the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; interred Pine Lake Cemetery, LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana.
{2. Marcia Marian Hager: Born 28 November 1920 in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 29 March 1997 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Married Harold Berdette Sigle (b. 12 Apr 1917 at Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., IN, d. 10 Mar 1996 at La Porte, LaPorte Co., IN) on 25 July 1941 in LaPorte County, Indiana.
{3. Virginia Eileen/Ilene Hager: Born 23 June 1922 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 13 February 1994 in LaPorte County, Indiana; interred Mill Creek Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. Married Lawrence Murriel Freese, Jr. (b. 24 Mar 1922 in La Porte, LaPorte Co., IN, d. 15 Mar 1999 at El Cajon, San Diego Co., CA; interred Oak Grove Cem., Mill Creek Twp, San Diego Co., CA) on 13 July 1940 in LaPorte County, Indiana.
{4. Joann/Jo Ann/Joan Bowman Hager: Born 31 March 1924 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 1 October 2004 at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana (also seen: d. Rolling Prairie, LaPorte Co., IN).
1950 US Census: Stephan Owen, age 27 (b. OK) and employed as an assembler in the farm machine industry, was heading a household in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his wife, Joan Owen, age 26 (b. IN) and employed as a presser in the laundry industry; daughter, Carol Anne Owen, age 3 (b. IN); and sister-in-law, [Barbara] Hager, age 19 (b. IN) and employed as a driller in the plastic industry;
Joan Hager married (1st), as his 1st wife, Eugene Harry Kalk "Chip" (also seen: Marvin Eugene Kalk) (b. 17 Aug 1923 at Michigan City, IN (also seen: b. 13 Sep 1922 in Lake Co., IN), d. 9 Dec/2 Mar 1978 in LaPorte Co., IN; interred Greenwood Cem., Michigan City, LaPorte Co., IN), son of Harry Earnest and Ella Anna (Lewine) Kalk, on 28 March 1942 in LaPorte County, Indiana (subsequently divorced). Eugene Kalk married (2nd) Doris Rausch (b. 26 Apr 1929 at Michigan City, IN), daughter of Charles and Anna (Brandt) Rausch, on 27 June 1947 in LaPorte County, Indiana.
Joan (Hager) Kalk married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Stephan/Stephen Linlie Owen (b. 24 Sep 1922 at Drumright, Creek Co., OK, d. 6/23/27 Feb 1957, age 33, in La Porte, LaPorte Co., IN; interred Pine Lake Cem.), son of Charles Andrew and Mary Elsie (Hopkins) Owen, on 10 August 1946 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Stephan Owen had married (1st) Marian L. Snyder (b. 28 Jun 1919 at Indianapolis, IN), daughter of George M. and Blanche R. (Feigel/Feazel) Snyder, on 27 June 1942 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Stephen and Joan (Hager)(Kalk) Owen had the following daughter:
{a. Carol Anne Owen: (a.k.a. Carol Owen-Manzuk) Born 1947 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Married William "Wink" Leslie Manzuk (b. 17 Aug 1951 in LaPorte Co., IN, d. 9 Mar 2007 at home in Rolling Prairie, IN), son of Charles U. and Dianna June (Harrington) Manzuk "June", in LaPorte County, Indiana and resided last at Rolling Prairie, Indiana. William and Carol raised the following children: (order uncertain)
{1}
Joshua Tegan Owen.
{2} Karen Manzuk: Has
an interest in her family's history.
Married Scott Gardner.
{3} Chandra Manzuk:
Married Gregg Trok.
{4} Kimberly Manzuk:
Married Mark Kleinheksel.
{5. Georgiana Hager: Born 12 September 1925 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died there 7 July 2015; interred Mill Creek Monthly Meeting Cemetery, Hendricks County, Indiana. Married Lloyd A. Haverstock (b. 1 Apr 1926 in La Porte, LaPorte Co., IN, d. 26 Mar 2004 at Rolling Prairie, Kankakee Twp, LaPorte Co., IN; interred Oak Grove Cem., Mill Creek Twp, LaPorte Co., IN) on 18 November 1946 per Mill Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends records, Hendricks County, Indiana.
{6. Lloyd George Hager: (a.k.a. Lloyd, Jr.) Born 26 December 1927 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 20 March 1992 in Dowagiac Township, Cass County, Michigan.
{7. Barbara Jean Hager: Born 12 October 1930 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 7 August 2015 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Married (1st) Robert Kenneth Scudder (b. 20 June 1920 in Dearborn, IN, d. 15 Mar 1997 in Lawrenceburg Twp, Dearborn Co., IN; interred Calvary Crematory, Portage Twp, Porter Co., IN). In 2007 was married to (?) Makina.
{8. Clyde Paul Hager: Born 24 November 1932 in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died there 15 December 1988; interred Oak Grove Cemetery, Mill Creek Twp, LaPorte County, Indiana.
{9. William "Bill" B. Hager: Born 12 September 1935 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died there 19 January 2020; interred Oak Grove Cemetery, Mill Creek Township, LaPorte Co., IN.
{10. Sharon Ruth Hager: Born 23 January 1938 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died there 30 March 2007.
{11. Judith "Judy" Kay Hager: Born 21 March 1941 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died there 4 June 2015. In 2007 was married to (?) Beerwart.
[b] Elmer Howard Hager: Born 27 October 1907 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died there 13 June 1974; interred Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana.
[c] Roland George Hager: Born 13 August 1911 in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 19 March 1970 in La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana.
1940 US Census: Roland G. Hager, age 28 (b. IN) and employed as a carpenter in the building industry. He had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife, Dorothy E. Hager, age 33 (b. IN), who had completed 4 years of high school. On 1 April 1935 they resided in rural LaPorte County, Indiana. Of interest, the households headed by his father, George Hager, and brother, Lloyd Hager, were enumerated before him on the same census page.
Roland Hager married Dorothy E. Buchanan (b. 7 Dec 1916 in LaPorte Co., IN, d. there 18 May 2011; interred Door Village Cem., Door Village, LaPorte Co., IN), daughter of Oscar W. and Gladys (Pearce) Buchanan, on 10 September 1936 at Knox, Center Township, Starke County, Indiana and had children.
[d] Florence Hager: Born 30 October 1913 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 17 July 1994 at Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana. Married Earl C. Ross (b. abt 1913) and resided in LaPorte County, Indiana.
[3] Sarah Cowan: Born 11 May 1882 in Cleon Township,
Manistee County, Michigan. Died there 24 May 1882, age 13 days.
[b. Alice L. Cowan: Born 14 November 1850 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 23 July 1916 in Benzie County, Michigan; interred Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzonia Township, Benzie County, Michigan. Married George W. Burroughs (b. 25 Sept 1849 in Cook Co., IL, d. there 14 Dec 1933 in Harvey Twp, Cook Co., IL; interred Mount Greenwood Cem., Chicago, Cook Co., IL), son of David W. and Lydia (Hart) Burroughs, on 31 December 1867 in LaPorte County, Indiana and had children.
[c. Elva/Ella Harriett Cowan: Born 29/30 May 1853 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 7 June 1884 in Eden Township, Marshall County, Iowa; interred Day Cemetery, Rhodes Township, Marshall County, Iowa. Married, as his 1st wife, Reverend Lorenzo Dow Minear (b. 8 Aug 1848 in Clay Twp, Kosciusko Co., IN, d. 22 Dec 1907 at Jacksonville, Jackson Co., OR; interred Talent Cem., Talent Twp, Jackson Co., OR), son of Samuel E. and Caroline Elizabeth (Elliott) Minear, on 21 February 1871 in LaPorte County, Indiana and had children. Lorenzo Minear married (2nd) Louisa Isabella Pike "Luly Bell" (b. 4 Dec 1863 in Polo Twp, Ogle Co., IL, d. 31 Jan 1959 in Jackson Co., OR; interred Talent Cem., Talent Twp, Jackson Co., OR), daughter of Francis and Sarah Ann (Nalley) Pike, and had children.
[d. Edith "Eda" M. Cowan: Born 15 July 1855 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 15 November 1943, age 88 years and 4 months, at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; interred Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, Cook County, Illinois. Married (1st) Frank G. Johnson (b. abt 1848, d. 1 May 1878 at Michigan City, LaPorte Co., IN) on 3 March 1875 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Married (2nd) Howard A. Flowers (b. Feb 1862 in MD; d. Cook Co., IL), son of James T. and Charlotte (Kelly) Flowers.
[e. Elizabeth "Libbie" Cowan: Born 1 July 1863 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Died 15 July 1939 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; interred Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, Cook County, Illinois. Married Frank F. Davidson (b. Nov 1857 at Michigan City, LaPorte Co., IN), on 30 March 1881 in LaPorte County, Indiana and resided at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. They had the following son:
[1] Ira Frank Davidson: Born 7 January 1891 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Died February 1973 at Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky. Married Verna Mary Hannum (b. 28 Feb 1890 at Spring Valley, Bureau Co., IL, d. 11 Dec 1989 at Chicago Heights, Cook Co., IL) on 23 February 1911 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and had children.
[3. Movinus/Morinus Cowen: Born about 1832 in New York (was age 18 in 1850).
[4. David S. Cowan: Born December 1833 Indiana (also seen b. OH). Died 14 August 1918 at Everett, Snohomish County, Washington; interred there in Evergreen Cemetery.
1850 US Census: David Cowen, age 17 (b. OH) and employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by his presumed brother, James S. Cowen, age 27 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, in Springfield Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his presumed brother, Aaron Cowen.
1860 US Census: David Cowen, age 25 (b. IN) and employed as a farmer, in Bloomfield Township (La Grange Post Office), LaGrange County, Indiana. His real estate was valued at $1,800, and his personal property was valued at $430. The household also included his wife, Sarah Cowen, age 26 (b. NYS); daughter, Emily Cowen, age 1 (b. IN); and mother, Sarah Cowen, age 66 (b. PA), whose personal property was valued at $1,000.
1870 US Census: David Cowen, age 37 (b. IN) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household in the City of Washington, Washington County, Iowa. His real estate was valued at $700, and his personal property was valued at $100. The household also included his wife, Sarah L. Cowen, age 37 (b. NYS); daughter, Emely E. Cowen, age 11 (b. IN); son, Oliver E. Cowen, age 8 (b. IN); son, Archibald B. Cowen, age 6 (b. IN); daughter, Fannie Cowen, age 4 (b. IN); son, John D. Cowen, age 2 (b. IN); father-in-law, David Elmore, age 71 (b. NYS) and employed as a gardener; mother-in-law, Sarah Elmore, age 76 (b. NJ); and William Harding, age 38 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer [likely William Gardner Harding, David's 1st cousin; son of William Harding, Jr., who was the brother of David's mother, Sarah (Harding) Cowen].
1880 US Census: David Cowan, age 47 (b. IN; father b. RI; mother b. PA) and employed as Street Commissioner, was heading a household in the City of Washington, Washington County, Iowa. The household also included his wife, Sarah L. Cowan, age 47 (b. NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. NJ), who had a general disability; daughter, Emily E. Cowan, age 21 (b. IN), single, and employed as a dress maker; son, Oliver E. Cowan, age 18 (b. IN), single, and employed on railroad; son, Archie Cowan, age 15 (b. IN); daughter, Fannie M. Cowan, age 14 (b. IN); and son, John B.? Cowan, age 12 (b. IN).
1900 US Census: David S. Cowan, age 66 (b. Dec 1833 in IN; father b. RI; mother b. NYS), with illegible employment, was heading a household in the City of Washington, Washington Township, Washington County, Iowa. The household also included his wife of 42 years, Sarah L. Cowan, age 67 (b. Nov 1832 in NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 5 children, all still alive; and daughter, Fannie Cowan, age 32 (b. Oct 1867 in IN), single, and employed as a school teacher.
1910 US Census: David Colwen, age 77 (b. IN; parents b. RI), widowed, and not employed, resided in the household headed by his son-in-law, Jesse B. Myers, age 52 (b. OH; father b. PA; mother b. Germany) and employed as a photographer with his own studio, at 3420 Federal Avenue in the City of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.
David S. Cowan married Sarah Lavina Elmore (b. Nov 1832 in NYS, d. 29 Jan 1907 at Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; interred with David), daughter of David and Sarah (?) Elmore, on 4 April 1858 in Clayton County, Iowa and had the following children:
[a. Emma Emily Cowan "Emily": Born 4 January 1858 in Indiana. Died 12 September 1937, age 79 years, 8 months, and 8 days, from complications of bronchial pneumonia, in Arlington Township, Snohomish County, Washington.
1880 US Census: Jesse Mayers, age 22 (b. OH; no record of parents' birth) and employed as a photographer, resided as a boarder in the household headed Rachel Morris, age 41 (b. OH) and divorced, in the City of Washington, Washington County, Iowa.
1900 US Census: Jesse B. Myers, age 43 (b. Nov 1857 in OH; father b. PA; mother b. Germany) and employed as a photographer, was heading a household on Howard Avenue in Bead No. 1, Harrison County, Mississippi. The household also included his wife of 16 years, Emily Myers, age 42 (b. Jan 1858 in IN; father b. IN; mother b. NJ), who had had 2 children, 1 of whom was still alive; and son, John Myers, age 12 (b. Jul 1887 in IL; father b. OH; mother b. IN).
1910 US Census: Jesse B. Myers, age 52 (b. OH; father b. PA; mother b. Germany) and employed as a photographer with his own studio, was heading a household at 3420 Federal Avenue in the City of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 25 years, Emily C. Myers, age 52 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. NYS), who had been married once and had had 3 children, 2 of whom were still alive; son, Theodore Myers, age 9 (b. WA); father-in-law, David Colwen, age 77 (b. IN; parents b. RI) and widowed; and lodger, Walter Hamilton, age 24 (b. AL; parents b. AL), single, and employed as a clerk for a freight house.
1920 US Census: Jesse B. Myers, age 62 (b. OH; father b. PA; mother b. Germany) and employed as a photographer for a studio, was heading a household at 3420 Federal Avenue in the City of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington. The household also included his wife, Emily C. Myers, age 61 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. NYS); and son, Theodore Myers, age 18 (b. WA), single, and employed as a packer in a cannery.
1930 US Census: Jesse B. Myers, age 72 (b. OH; father b. PA; mother b. Germany), married, and employed as a horticulturalist for the public schools, was heading a single-person household at 4710 8th Avenue South in the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. He married 1st at age 28.
1930 US Census: Emily C. Myers, age 72 (b. IN; father b. IN; mother b. NYS) and married, who married 1st at age 25, resided in the household headed by her son, Theodore A. Myers, age 28, at 3203 Nassau Street in the City of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.
1940 US Census: Jesse B. Myers, age 82 (b. OH), widowed, and employed as gardener and janitor for a public school, was heading a single-person household at 4710 8th Avenue South in the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. His residence was valued at $1,000, and he had completed 6th grade. On 1 April 1935 he resided in the same city.
1950 US Census: Jesse B. Myers, age 92 (b. OH) and widowed, resided as a patient in a rest home at 3635 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.
At age 24 Emma E. Cowan married Jesse B. Myers (b. Nov 1857 in OH), age 26, on 14 October 1884 in Washington County, Iowa and had the following children:
(1) Child: Died young.
[2] John David Myers "David": Born 31 July 1887 in Peoria County, Illinois. Died 8 January 1981 at Everett, Snohomish County, Washington; interred there in Evergreen Cemetery.
1918 WWI Draft Registration: John David Myers, age 29 (b. 31 Jul 1887 in Peoria, IL) and employed as a chauffeur, resided with his wife and 2 children at 3115 Hoyt Street in the City of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.
John Myers married Edna Louise Mescher (b. 12 Jun 1889 at new Carlisle, Clark Co., OH, d. 30 Sep 1961 at Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; interred with John), daughter of William Henry and Mary Teresa Jessie (Carmon) Mescher, in 1907 and had children.
[3] Theodore Albert Myers: Born 18 October 1901 at Everett, Snohomish County, Washington. Died there 21 January 1995. Married Helen Hill (b. abt 1903 in English-speaking Canada and immigrated to the US in 1916) on 31 August 1923 (license issued same day) in Snohomish County, Washington and had at least the following son:
[a] Theodore Albert Myers, Jr.: Born about 1927 in Washington.
[b. Oliver Elmer Cowan: Born about 1861 in Indiana. Died 31 August 1937 at Everett, Snohomish County, Washington; interred there in Evergreen Cemetery. Married Martha Isabell Hamilton (b. abt 1880 at Grand Bay, Mobile Co., AL, d. 16 Sep 1945 at Everett, Snohomish Co., WA) on 26 December 1899 at Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.
[c. Archibald "Archie" Burgess Cowan: Born August 1863 in Indiana. Died 3 November 1929 in Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; interred there in Saint Mary's Cemetery. Married Kathryn Ellen Wren (b. 6 Jun 1876 in Pella Twp, Marion Co., IA, d. 4 May 1965 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL; interred Saint Mary's Cem., Oskaloosa Twp, Mahaska Co., IA) on 25 October 1890 in Marion County, Iowa and had the following children:
[1] Hazel Marie Cowan: Born 14 February 1893 in Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. Died 31 December 1972 at Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; interred Saint Mary's Cemetery, Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. Married Charles Albert Spratt (b. 1 Dec 1891 at Farmer City, DeWitt Co., IL, d. 13 Jun 1950 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL; interred Des Moines, Polk Co., IA) on 1 May 1911 in Mahaska County, Iowa and had children.
[2] John David Cowan: Born 27 October 1905 in Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. Died 4 March 1965 at Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; interred Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. Married Maxine Louise Amsberry (b. 11 Aug 1912 in Oskaloosa Twp, Mahaska Co., IA, d. 6 May 2003 at Canon City, Fremont Co., CO; interred with John) on 6 July 1936 at Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado and had the following daughter:
[a] Judith Ann Cowan: Born 18 April 1937 in Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. Died 1 October 2008 in Loveland Township, Larimer County, Colorado; interred Resthaven Memory Gardens, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Married Ray L. Hanson on 5 October 1957 in Denver County, Colorado.
[d. Frances "Fannie" M. Cowan: Born 1 October 1867 in LaGrange County, Indiana. Died 28 August 1944 at Everett, Snohomish County, Washington; interred there in Evergreen Cemetery. Married Francis Oscar Coe (b. Jan 1852 in Morrow Co., OH, d. 20 Jan 1923 at Arlington, Snohomish Co., WA; interred Wright Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, King Co., WA).
[e. John David Cowan: Born 24 January 1868 in LaGrange, Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. Died 23 February 1941 at Seattle, King County, Washington; interred there in Washelli Memorial Park. Married Sarah Mae Strain (b. 13 Oct 1868 at Crawfordsville, Washington Co., IA, d. 28 Aug 1955 at Seattle, King Co., WA; interred there with John) on 7 April 1894 in Winfield Township, Henry County, Iowa and had the following children:
[1] James David Cowan: Born 5 October 1897 in Washington Township, Washington County, Iowa. Died 2 November 1978 at Des Moines, King County, Washington; interred Evergreen Memorial Park, Seattle, King County, Washington. Married Josephine Euphemia Shields (b. 23 Nov 1902 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, d. 23 Jun 1988 at Des Moines, King Co., WA; interred with James).
[2] Frances Elizabeth Cowan: Born 25 November 1899 in Washington Township, Washington County, Iowa. Died 28 February 1988 at Federal Way, King County, Washington; interred Evergreen Memorial Park, Seattle, King County, Washington. Married George Herbert Riley (b. 20 May 1891 in Muskegon Co., MI, d. 30 Sep 1968 at Seattle, King Co., WA; interred with Frances) on 27 May 1932 in Olympia Township, Thurston County, Washington.
[3] Martha Lydia Cowan: Born 6 April 1905 at Seattle, King County, Washington. Died 28 November 1993 at Des Moines, King County, Washington; interred Evergreen Memorial Park, Seattle, King County, Washington. Married William Armstrong Hutsinpiller (b. 14 Jan 1910 in Rice Co., MN, d. 15 Dec 1980 at Des Moines, King Co., WA; interred with Martha) on 12 August 1936 in King County, Washington and had a son.
[4] David John Cowan: Born 20 August 1906 at Seattle, King County, Washington. Died there 27 July 1979; interred there in Evergreen Memorial Park. Married Gertrude A. Pinney (b. 10 Mar 1909, perhaps at Seattle, King Co., WA, d. 27 Apr 1986 at Seattle, King Co., WA; interred with David).
[5. Aaron C. Cowan: (perhaps) Born about 1837 in Indiana.
1850 US Census: Aaron Cowen, age 13 (b. IN) resided in the household headed by his presumed brother, James S. Cowen, age 27 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, in Springfield Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The household also included his presumed brother, David Cowen.
(f) Jonathan Cowan.
(g) Phoebe Cowan: Born 29 October 1799 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 1 November 1859 in Lima Township, La Grange County, Indiana; interred Eagle Cemetery, Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
1850 US Census: Enoch Leighton, age 52 (b. ME) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household West Lima Township, La Grange County, Indiana. His real estate was valued at $2,195. The household also included his wife, Phoebe Leighton, age 50 (b. RI); son, David Leighton, age 23 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; son, Mevinus Leighton, age 21 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; son, Nelson Leighton, age 18 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; son, Elisha Leighton, age 16 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; son, Wm W. Leighton, age 14 (b. IN); daughter, Nancy Leighton, age 10 (b. IN); and son, John C. Leighton, age 8 (b. IN).
Phoebe Cowan married Enoch Leighton (b. 6 Nov 1797 at Mt. Vernon, Kennebec Co., ME, d. Nov 1856 at Lima, La Grange Co., IN) and had children.
(h) Lucy Cowan.
(i) Amy Angel Cowan: Born 30 April 1804 in Foster Township, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 9 November 1897, age 93 years, 6 months, and 9 days, at Lagrange, LaGrange County, Indiana; interred there. Married Curtis Thomas Harding (b. 1796, d. 5 Feb 1864) and had the following children:
[1. Thomas Curtis Harding: Born 1823. Died 1863.
[2. Esther Harding: Born 1827. Died 1879.
[3. Johnathan Harding: Born 1829. Died 1850.
[4. William Harding: Born 1832. Died 1911.
[5. Bishop Harding: Born 1833. Died 1907.
[6. Daniel Harding: Born 1840. Died 1916.
[7. Eliza Harding: Born 1848. Died 1945. Married Fredrick M. Dragoo in 1870.
(j) Marcenus Cowan.
John Cowen married (2nd) Mary Miller (b. abt 1744, d. 14 Dec 1830 at Warren, RI; interred North Burial Ground, Providence, RI) on 6 August 1769 at Warren, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(2) Nancy Cowing: Born 20 November 1769.
(3) Betsey Cowing: Born 2 June 1772.
(4) Captain John Cowing, V: Born 13 June 1774 at Warren, Rhode Island. Died there 21/22 July 1826 in bed; interred North Burial Ground, Warren. Married Elizabeth Kelley (b. 13 Mar 1772, d. 26 Oct 1842) on 22 July 1798 at Warren, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(a) John K. Cowing.
(b) Martin Cowing.
In 1836/37 widow Elizabeth (Kelley) Cowing resided with sons John K. and Martin on Mill Street, Providence, Rhode Island.
(e. Joseph Cowen: Born 1 May 1727 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Sarah Blanding (b. 5 May 1734, d. 20 Aug 1813 at Hartford, Washington Co., NY) on 7 August 1746 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(1) Alice Cowen: Born 5 February 1746/47 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Benjamin Thornton (b. abt 1740 at Glocester, Providence Co., RI, d. there 19 Jun 1788) on 11 October 1767 at Glocester.
(2) Benjamin Cowen: Born 28 July 1749 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died before 1835.
1790 US Census: Benjamin was heading a household at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island which consisted of 1 male under age 16, 1 male age 16 and above, and 4 females.
Benjamin Cowen married Abigail Perry (d. abt 1835 at Glocester, Providence Co., RI) on 21 April 1771 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(3) Anne Cowen: Born 23 April 1751 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 2 September 1831 at Hartford, New York.
(4) Sarah Cowen: Born 20 February 1753 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Esek Sayles of Smithfield on 30 December 1776 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(5) Mary Cowen: Born 3 October 1756 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died there 5 October 1756.
(6) Joseph Cowen, Jr.: Born 28 September 1758 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 22 February 1843 at Hartford, New York. In 1782 moved to Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York. In 1794 moved to Hartford, Washington County, New York.
1800 US Census: Joseph Cowen was heading a household at Hartford, Washington County, New York. The household included 2 males under age 10 (sons Solomon & Benjamin), 1 male age 10 to 16 (son Esek), 1 male age 26 to 45 (Joseph), and 1 female age 26 to 45 (Phebe).
1810 US Census: Joseph Cowen was heading a household at Hartford, Washington County, New York. The household included 2 males age 16 to 26 (sons Solomon & Benjamin), 1 male over age 45 (Joseph), and 1 female age 26 to 45 (Phebe).
1820 US Census: Joseph was heading a household at Hartford, Washington County, New York.
1830 US Census: Joseph and Phebe Cowen were probably the male and female, both age 70 to 80, who resided in the household of Solomon Cowen at Hartford, Washington County, New York.
Joseph Cowen, Jr. married Phebe Sprague (b. 5 Sep 1763 at Johnston, RI, d. 9 Jun 1826 at Hartford, NY) on 8 January 1786 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(a) Esek Cowen.
(b) Solomon Cowen.
(c) Benjamin Cowen.
(7) Jonathan Cowen: Born 12 July 1760 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died after 1833 at Pamelia, Jefferson County, New York, when he received at Revolutionary War pension there. Married his 1st cousin, Amey Cowen (d. 13 Apr 1824 at Pamelia, NY), daughter of John, IV and Mary (Ballou) Cowen, on 5 February 1797 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(8) Thankful Cowen: Born 3 November 1762 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 22 August 1844 at Pamelia, Jefferson County, New York.
(9) James Cowen: Born 4 March 1764 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. In October 1832 resided at Goshen, Addison County, Vermont. Married (1st) Henrietta Williams on 17 July 1785 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married (2nd) Lydia Cook on 5 March 1797 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(f. Alice Cowen: Born 26 February 1728/29 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(g. Hannah Cowen: Born 25 April 1732 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 1824. Married Seth Ballou (b. 4 Jun 1734 at Glocester, Providence Co., RI, d. 1806), daughter of Nehemiah and Mary (Hall) Ballou, on 19 June 1754 and had the following children:
(1) Nehemiah Ballou: Born 12 April 1755 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died there 22 September 1761.
(2) Joseph Ballou: Born 26 August 1756 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died there 15 September 1761.
(3) John Ballou: Born 21 July 1758 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died there 17 Sep 1761.
(4) Asa Ballou: Born 31 August 1762 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 1839. Married Rhonda Williams (b. 1762, d. 1840) on 3 December 1780.
(5) Sarah Ballou: Born 12 December 1764 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died about 1770.
(6) Susanna Ballou: Born 13 July 1767 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 1851. Married William Lapham on 5 January 1786.
(7) Mary Ballou: Born 5 June 1775 at Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 7 October 1832. Never married.
(h. Benjamin Cowen: Born 14 December 1734 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Abigail Perry on 21 April 1771.
(4. Joshua Cowen: See generation 8, below.
(5. Mary Cowing: Born 1 April 1695/1705 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 20 September 1771 at Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (also seen: d. 1777 at Berkley, Bristol Co., MA). Married, as his 1st wife, Jacob Berkeley French (b. 16 May 1712 at Berkley, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 11 Feb 1800) of Taunton on 9 April 1734 at Rochester, Plymouth County and had the following children:
(a. Mehitable French: Born 16 April 1735 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died in Massachusetts. Married Phineas Hathaway (b. 11 Feb 1732 at Freetown, Bristol Co., MA, d. before 1785 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA) on 11 October 1752 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(b. Jacob French, II: Born 16 December 1738 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died June 1783 at Warwick, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married Welthy Richmond (b. 28 Mar 1738 at Berkeley, Bristol Co., MA, d. May 1797 in Hampshire Co., MA) on 27 November 1760 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(c. Levi French: Born 12 January 1738/39 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 25 January 1824 at Warwick, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married his 1st cousin, Charity French (b. 7 Jun 1745 at Berkeley, Bristol Co., MA), daughter of Ebenezer, Jr. and Keziah (Phillips) French, on 26 May 1772 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(d. Marcy French: Born 21 April 1743 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(e. Chloe French: Born 21 March 1746 at Berkeley, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Caleb Briggs (b. 27 Feb 1743 at Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1 Jun 1826 at Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH) on 13 October 1785 at Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Jacob Berkeley French married (2nd) Content Dray (b. abt 1716 at Berkeley, Bristol Co., MA).
(6. Caleb Cowen: Born 4/9 July 1696 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died after 10 June 1777. Married Anna Richmond (b. 14 Oct 1704 at Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA; baptized there, d. after 10 Feb 1783 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA; interred there), daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Sprout) Richmond, on 3 May/16 March 1734 at Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Araadna/Ariadne Cowing: Born 18 October 1735 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there on 2 August 1741.
(b. David Cowing: Born 6 April 1738 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there on 12 July 1741.
(c. Corporal James Cowing, I: Born 16 May 1740 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 22 August 1742. Died 8 April 1829 at Seneca Falls, Ontario County, New York. Veteran of the Revolutionary War.
1800 US Census: James Cowen was heading a household at Ballston, New York which included 1 male under age 10, 1 male age 10 to 16, 1 male age 16 to 26, 1 male age over age 45, 2 females under age 10, 2 females age 10 to 16, 3 females age 16 to 26, and 1 female age 26 to 45.
1810 US Census: James Cowen was heading a household at Seneca, New York which included 2 males under age 10, 2 males age 10 to 16, 1 male age 10 to 16, 1 male over age 45, 1 female age 10 to 16, 1 female age 16 to 26, and 1 female age 26 to 45.
1820 US Census: James Cowin was heading a household at Paris, Oneida County, New York which included 1 male under age 10, 2 males age 10 to 16, 1 male age 16 to 26, 1 male over 45, 1 female under age 10, 3 females age 10 to 16, 1 female age 16 to 26, and 1 female over age 45.
James Cowing, I married (1st) Mary Cottle (b. 7 Jun 1741 at Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA, d. before 31 Dec 1780 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA), daughter of Sylvanus and Martha (Hatch) Cottle, on 29 December 1763 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) David Cowing: Born 21 August 1764 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 18 July 1773.
1830 US Census: David Cowan was heading a household at Mexico, New York which included 1 male age 60 to 70 and 1 female age 60 to 70.
David Cowing married Polly Schuler (b. 1777) in New York State.
(2) Olive Cowing: Born 23 November 1766 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 18 July 1773. Married Joseph Northrop.
(3) James Cowing, Jr.: Born 3 October 1768 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 18 July 1773. Died 7 September 1840 at Branchport, Yates County, New York. Veteran of the Revolutionary War.
1800 US Census: James Cowen was heading a household at Ballston, New York that included 1 male under age 10, 1 male age 10 to 16, 1 male age 16 to 26, 1 male over age 45, 2 females under age 10, 2 females age 10 to 16, 3 females age 16 to 26, and 1 female age 26 to 45.
1810 US Census: James Cowen was heading a household at Ballston, New York which included 2 males under age 10, 2 males age 10 to 16, 1 male over age 45, 1 female age 10 to 16, 1 female age 16 to 26, and 1 female age 26 to 45.
1850 US Census: Rebecca Cowen, age 74, resided in the household headed by her son, James Cowen, Jr., at Lenox, New York.
James Cowen, Jr. married Rebecca Putnam (b. 3 Oct 1775, d. 7 Oct 1858 at Marshall, NY) on 22 December 1794.
(4) Hannah Cowing: Born 20 March 1770 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 18 July 1773. Died 12 January 1840 at Seneca, Ontario County, New York. Married John Davis on 24 February 1793; no children.
(5) Mary “Polly” Cowing: Born 4 January 1773 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married John Ayres of Phelps on 16 February 1815 at Seneca Falls, New York; no children. John was employed as a farmer. The marriage became unhappy, and John willed his property to the Catholic Church of Geneva. Mary became a pioneer for women’s rights.
(6) Eunice Cowing: Born 17 April 1775 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 11 December 1832 in Washington County, New York. Married Caleb Brown (d. 10 Mar 1832).
(7) Warren Cowing: Born about 1778 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died as an infant.
James Cowing, I married (2nd) Sarah Randall (b. 23 Dec 1763 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA; baptized there 26 Feb 1766, d. 19 Aug 1808 at Seneca, Ontario Co., NY; interred there), daughter of Samuel and Phebe (Hathaway) Randall, on 31 December 1780 at Rochester and had the following children:
(8) Phebe Cowing: Born 25 February 1782 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 22 January 1862 at Pittsfield, Michigan. Married Luke Whitmore.
(9) Celinda Cowing: Born 17 March 1783 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 12 June 1860 at Niagara Falls, New York. Married Parkhurst Whitney on 10 October 1805.
(10) Caleb Cowing: Born 3 March 1785 at Ballston Springs, New York. Veteran of the War of 1812. Married Rhoda Royce (b. 5 Jun 1783 in NYS) on 8 August 1808; no children.
1820 US Census: Caleb Cowen was heading a household at Seneca, New York which included 1 male under age 10, 1 male age 16 to 18, 2 males age 16 to 26, 1 male age 26 to 45, 2 females age 10 to 16, and 1 female age 16 to 26.
1830 US Census: Caleb Cowan was heading a household at Seneca, New York which included 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 10 to 15, 2 males age 15 to 20, 1 male age 40 to 50, 1 female age 15 to 20, 1 female age 20 to 30, and 1 female age 40 to 50.
1850 US Census: Caleb, age 62 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Starkey, New York. The household also included his wife, Rhoda, age 57 (b. NYS); son, Caleb, Jr., age 22 (b. NYS); daughter-in-law, Silva, age 23 (b. NYS); and grand daughter, Mary, age 1 (b. NYS).
1860 US Census: Caleb, age 73 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Starkey, New York. His real estate was valued at $11,000 and his personal property was valued at $4,050. The household also included his wife, Rhoda, age 76, and 6 other persons.
1870 US Census: Caleb, age 85, was heading a household at Starkey, New York. The household also included his wife, Rhoda, age 87; James Henderson; and Caroline Henderson.
(11) Asenath Cowing: Born 8 August 1786 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died 6 July 1858 at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Married Isaac Beecher (b. 22 Nov 1783 at Kent, CT, d. 24 Feb 1856) on 24 November 1805.
(12) Sarah Cowing: Born 14 May 1788 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died 20 May 1832 at Niagara Falls, New York. Married Jacob Harvey.
(13) Ruby Cowing: Born 9 May 1790 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died there 6 September 1859. Married Spencer Field.
(14) Betsy Cowing: Born 3 May 1792 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died 22 April 1832 at Niagara Falls, New York. Married Dr. Ambrose Thomas (b. 9 Aug 1790, d. 30 Apr 1862) on 28 December 1823.
(15) Sophia Cowing: Born 3 February 1794 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died there 12 July 1795.
(16) Cynthia Cowing: Born 13 March 1796 at Ballston Springs. Died 12 October 1855 at Lockport, New York. Married Ascher Torrance (b. 16 Aug 1798, d. 16 Dec 1869), brother of Sarah “Sally” A. Torrance (who married Cynthia’s younger brother, Albert Randall Cowing), in 1819.
(17) Permelia Cowing: Born 26 March 1798 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died there 10 August 1799.
(18) Marshall Joshua Cowing: Born 18 March 1800 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died 11 December 1863 at Henrietta, Michigan.
1830 US Census: Marshall J. Cowan was heading a household at Seneca, New York which included 1 male age 10 to 15, 1 male age 30 to 40, and 1 female age 15 to 20.
1840 US Census: Marshus J. Cowing was heading a household at Seneca, New York.
1850 US Census: Marshal J. Cowing, age 50, was heading a household at Starkey, New York. The household also included his wife, Susan, age 43; son, James H., age 18; daughter, Cyntha, age 15, daughter, Elizabeth R., age 11, and daughter, Celinda J., age 5.
1860 US Census: M. J. Cowing, age 60 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Henrietta, Michigan. The household also included his wife, Susan, age 53; son, James, age 27 and employed as a farmer; daughter, Jennie, age 15; and William Gardner, age 30 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer.
Marshall Joshua Cowing married Susan Henderson (b. 9 Dec 1806, d. 9 Oct 1899) on 5 September 1831.
(19) Sophronia Cowing: Born 22 June 1802 at Ballston Springs, New York. Died 1 November 1842 in Michigan. Married Enos Clark (d. 9 Jan 1843).
(20) Albert Randall Cowing: Born 5 June 1804 at Seneca, Ontario County, New York. Died 5 June 1884 at Italy Hill, Yates County, New York. Employed as a farmer.
1850 US Census: Albert R. Cowing, age 46 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Jerusalem, New York. The household also included his wife, Sally, age 44; daughter, Sarah, age 19; daughter, Eliza, age 17; daughter, Caroline, age 16; daughter, Mary, age 12; daughter, Helen, age 7; son, Albert, age 7; and daughter, Calista, age 4. All were born in New York State.
1860 US Census: Albert, age 56 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Jerusalem, New York. The household also included his wife, Sarah, age 54; son, Albert, age 20; daughter, Maria, age 34; daughter Caroline, age 24 and employed as a teacher; daughter, Mary, age 22; daughter, Hellen, age 16; and daughter, Celinda, age 14.
1870 US Census: Albert R., age 66 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Jerusalem, New York. The household also included his wife, Sally, age 64; daughter, Celinda, age 24; and daughter, Maria Baldwin, age 44.
1880 US Census: Albert R., age 75 (b. NYS, father b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Jerusalem, New York. The household also included his wife, Sally, age 74 (b. NYS, parents b. VT); daughter, Carrie H., age 44; daughter, Linda, age 34 and employed as a census enumerator; daughter, Maria Baldwin, age 54; and adopted daughter, Minnie Stoddard, age 19 and employed as a teacher.
Albert Cowing married Sarah “Sally” A. Torrance (b. 4 Mar 1806, d. Oct 1882), sister of Ascher Torrance (who married Albert’s older sister, Cynthia), on 4 March 1824 and had the following children:
(a) Sarah Cowing: Born about 1831 in New York.
(b) Eliza Cowing: Born about 1833 in New York.
(c) Caroline "Carrie" H. Cowing: Born about 1834 in New York. Employed as a teacher.
(a) Mary Cowing: Born about 1838 in New York. Married (?) Frey.
(e) Helen Cowing: Born about 1843 in New York.
(f) Albert Cowing: Born about 1843 in New York. Perhaps married Maria (?).
(g) Celinda "Linda" Cowing: Born about 1846 in New York.
(h) Minnie Stoddard: Adopted.
(21) John Philo Cowing: Born 26 February 1807 at Seneca, Ontario County, New York. Died 13 May 1879 at Seneca Falls, New York. Employed as a pump manufacturer.
1850 US Census: John P. Cowing, age 43 (b. NYS) and employed as a pump manufacturer, was heading a household at Seneca Falls, New York. His real estate was valued at $9,500. The household also included his wife, Elizabeth, age 35 (b. CT); son, Philo, age 16; son, George, age 14; son, Marshall, age 9; daughter, Harriet, age 7; and daughter, Elizabeth, age 5. All children born in New York State.
1860 US Census: John P. Cowing, age 53 (b. NYS) and employed as a manufacturer. His real estate was valued at $50,000 and personal property at $25,000. The household also included his wife, Elizabeth, age 45 (b. CT); son, George, age 24 (b. NYS) and employed in manufacturing, having real estate valued at $4,000 and personal property valued at $25,000; son, Marshall, age 18; daughter, Harriet, age 17; daughter, Elizabeth, age 15; daughter, Florence, age 9; and daughter, Janet, age 7.
1870 US Census: John P. Cowing, age 63 and employed as a pump manufacturer, was heading a household at Seneca Falls, New York. His real estate was valued at $100,000 and his person property was valued at $700. The household also included his wife, Elizabeth, age 56, who owned real estate valued at $1,000 and personal property valued at $1,500; daughter, Harriet, age 27; daughter, Elizabeth, age 25; daughter, Florence, age 19; and daughter, Jennie, age 17.
1880 US Census: Elizabeth Cowing, age 65 (b. CT, father b. Ireland, mother b. CT) was heading a household at Seneca Falls, New York. The household also included her daughter, Harriet, age 37; Elizabeth, age 35; daughter, Janet, age 27; son-in-law, Charles Zackerie, age 34; and Charles’ children: daughter, Florence Zackerie, age 5; daughter, Marian Zackerie, age 3; and son, Louis E. Zackerie, age 9 months.
John Philo Cowing married Elizabeth Malay (b. 15 Sep 1814 at Warehouse Point, East Windsor, CT, d. 5 Oct 1889 at Seneca Falls, NY) on 1 January 1833 and had the following children:
(a) Philo Cowing: Born about 1834.
(b) George Cowing: Born about 1836.
(c) Marshall Cowing: Born about 1841.
(d) Harriet Cowing: Born about 1843.
(e) Elizabeth Cowing: Born about 1845.
(f) Florence Cowing: Born about 1851.
(g) Janet "Jennie" Cowing: Born about 1853. Married Charles Zackerie (b. abt 1846) and had the following children:
[1. Florence Zackerie: Born about 1875.
[2. Marian Zackerie: Born about 1877.
[3. Louis E. Zackerie: Born about 1879.
James Cowing, I married (3rd) Mrs. Margaret (?) Clark (b. abt 1760, perhaps in NYS, d. before 18 Jul 1821) on 13 November 1812 in New York. He married (4th) Mrs. Edith (?) Fullington (b. abt 1800, perhaps in NYS) on 18 July 1821 in New York.
(d. Samuel Cowing: Born about 1742 in Massachusetts.
(7. Israel Cowen, I: Born 7 September 1701 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (also seen: b. Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA). Died before 1786. Married (1st) Experience Phillips (b. 8/1 Apr 1702 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA; interred Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA) of Taunton after 15 December 1733 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Seth Cowing: Born 30 January 1733/34 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 27 December 1809; interred Old Cemetery in field, Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1790 US Census: Seth Cowing was heading a household at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts which included 3 males age 16 and over (Seth (56), Jonathan (20), and Israel 22) and 6 females (wife Penelope (51), Wealthy (10), Penelope (12), Ruth (14), Experience (16), and Patience (18).
Israel Cowen married Penelope Crapo (b. 7 May/27 Dec 1739 at Rochester, Plymouth Co.; baptized there 6 Mar 1774, MA, d. there 19 Jan 1832), daughter of Francis and Patience (Spooner) Crapo, after 3 February 1765 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) Mary Cowing: Born 7 September 1766 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 10 July 1774. Died about 1820. Married (1st) William Briggs (b. abt 1762 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA) on 10 March 1782 at Rochester. Married (2nd) Philip Briggs (b. 17 Dec 1764 at Rochester, MA, d. there 1 Aug 1792; interred there in First Parish Cem.) on 1 December 1788 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(2) Israel Cowing, II: Born 11 July 1768 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 10 July 1774. Died there 22 December 1854.
1850 US Census: Israel Cowing, age 82 (b. Rochester) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The household also included his son, Israel, Jr. and Junior's family.
Israel Cowing married Priscilla Dexter (b. 14 Jan 1770 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 6 Apr 1838; interred there in Union Cemetery), daughter of Benjamin and Priscillah (Benson) Dexter (also seen: Benjamin & Ruth (Delano) Dexter), on 29 December 1831 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a) Israel Cowing, III: Born 25 March 1796 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; baptized there October 1807. Died there 21 July 1859. Married Mary Edwards (b. 21 Mar 1802 at Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; baptized there, d. 2 Oct 1884 at Salem, Essex Co., MA) and had the following children:
[1. John M. Cowing: Born about 1829 in Massachusetts.
[2. Louisa M. Cowing: Born about 1831 in Massachusetts.
(b) Priscilla Benson Cowing: Born 15 July 1797 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; baptized there October 1797. Died 3 November 1857 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; interred Pocasset, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Married James Swift (b. 7 Sep 1793 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA, d. there 8 Oct 1873) on 26 March 1826 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1. Ezra Dexter Swift: Born 23 November 1827 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 1910 at San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Married Mary R. Burns (b. 18 Oct 1843 at Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA, d. perhaps 1900) on 20 January 1863 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had children.
[2. Abby D. Swift: Born 18 February 1829 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 16 June 1919 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
[3. Priscilla C. Swift: Born 7 September 1830 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 21 July 1913 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married William D. Allen (b. abt 1825, perhaps at Sandwich, MA, d. 1850 at Bidwell Bar, Butte Co., CA) on 19 January 1849 at Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
[4. Moses Swift: Born 9 June 1832 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died there 27 November 1880. Married Justina M. Baker (b. 1840 at Brighton, City of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, d. 20 Feb 1871 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA; interred Pocasset, Barnstable Co., MA) on 16 July 1864 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had a daughter.
[5. Stephen Nye Swift: Born 13 May 1834 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 23 March 1900 at Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
[6. Louisa Matilda Swift: Born 15 May 1836 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 22 February 1905 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married James B. Smith (b. 1826 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 8 Jun 1899) on 26 February 1856 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had children:
[7. Lorenzo Richmond Swift: Born 18 April 1838 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 31 October 1874 at Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Mercy W. King (b. 25 Sep 1837 at Sandwich, MA, d. there 17 Jun 1881) on 11 December 1862 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
(c) Seth Cowen: Born 22 December 1798 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; baptized there in October 1805. Died there 1890; interred there in Center Cemetery. Married, as her 2nd husband, his 1st cousin, Rhoda Cowen (b. 19 Sep 1805 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 20 Jan 1896; interred with Seth), daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Luce) Cowing on 23 April 1852 at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Rhoda had married (1st) David Mendall, Jr. on 26 March 1827 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had a son. Seth and Rhoda (Cowen)(Mendenhall) Cowen had the following children:
[1. Charles Emerson Cowen: Born 14 March 1833 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 3 June 1923; interred Center Cemetery, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Maria Louisa Mendall (b. 30 Nov 1842 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 5 Aug 1911; interred with Charles) on 28 February 1867 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
[2. Jonathan F. Cowen: Born about 1837 in Massachusetts.
[3. Joseph Henry Cowen: Born 15 October 1838 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 12 September 1911; interred there.
1930 US
Census: Rebecca Cowen, age 88 (b. MA, as were her parents) and widowed, was
boarding in the household headed by Antone Brown, age 47 (b. Azores, as were
his parents; married 1st age 23), who spoke Portuguese, was
employed, and immigrated to the US in 1909, at 1298 Main Street, Acushnet
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Joseph H. Cowen married Rebecca F. Clark (b. 29 Aug 1844 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 1931; interred Rochester, MA), daughter of Charles Henry and Rebecca H. (Crandon) Clark, on 12 December 1875 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(d) Polly Cowing: Born 30 November 1800 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 18 December 1851.
(e) Jonathan Cowing Cowen:
(more
info) Born 4 January 1803 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. Died there 18 September
1847, age 44 years, 8 months, from complications of consumption; interred there
in Union Cemetery. Employed
as a carpenter. Perhaps married
(1st) Sophronia (?) and had the following children:
[1. John Marshall
Cowing: Born 11 August 1828 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. Died 15
January 1911 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Married Nancy Simonds Harrington and had the
following son:
[a.
John Marshall Cowen, Jr.: Born 26 March 1874 in the Roxbury neighborhood
of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Died 1932.
Employed as a carpenter.
1900 US Census: John M. Cowen, age
26 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household
at 7 Chilton Street in the City of Cambridge, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts. The household also included
his wife of 5 years, Frances M. Cowen, age 27 (b. English-speaking Canada;
parents b. English-speaking Canada), who immigrated to the US in 1887 and had 2
children, both still alive; son, Marshall F. Cowen, age 2 (b. Oct 1897 in MA);
and daughter, Mildred E. Cowen, age 1 (b. Oct 1898 in MA).
1910 US Census: John M. Cowen,
Jr., age 34 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a
household at 32 Humboldt Avenue in the City of Boston, Suffolk County,
Massachusetts. He had been married once. The household also included his wife, Mary F.
Cowen, age 37 (b. English-speaking Canada; parents b. English-speaking Canada),
who had immigrated to the US in 1887, had been married once, and had had 4
children, 3 of whom were still alive; son, Marshal F. Cowen, age 12 (b. MA);
daughter, Mildred E. Cowen, age 10 (b. MA); and daughter, Alice Cowen, age 1
month (b. MA).
1920 US Census: John Cowen, age 43
(b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a poultry farmer, was heading a
household on Maple Street in Franklin Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Mary F. Cowen, age 47 (b. English-speaking Canada; parents
b. English-speaking Canada), who immigrated to the US in 1884 and became a
naturalized citizen in 1896; son, Marshal F. Cowen, age 22 (b. MA), single, and
employed as a machinist in a machine shop; daughter, Alice P. Cowen, age 9 (b.
MA); boarder, Bertha Intershaw, age 3 (b. RI; father b. Bohemia; mother b. RI);
and boarder, Ruth Intershaw, age 2 (b. RI; father b. Bohemia; mother b. RI).
John M. Cowen, Jr. married Mary
Francis McInnis "Frances" (b. Aug 1872 in Nova Scotia, Canada),
daughter of James and Mary (?) McInnis, about 1895 and had the following son:
[1] Marshall Francis
Cowen: (more info) Born 17 November/October 1897 at 15 Edgewood Street
in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died 3 December 1994, age 97, at Hopedale,
Worcester County, Massachusetts (also seen: d. Bellingham Twp, Norfolk Co.,
MA); interred Evergreen Cemetery, Medway Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
1940 US Census: Marshall F. Cowen,
age 42 (b. MA) and employed as a plumber for a
heating and plumbing company, was heading a household on Pearl Street in
Caryville, Bellingham Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He had completed 1 year of college and in
April 1935 he and his family resided in Medway Township, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Gladys M. Cowen, age 37 (b. England), who had completed 1
year of high school; daughter, Francis E. Cowen, age 16 (b. MA), who had
completed 3 years of high school; daughter, Doris M. Cowen, age 14 (b. MA), who
had completed 1 year of high school; daughter, Mildred E. Cowen, age 12 (b.
MA), who had completed 7th grade; son, Marshall F. Cowen, Jr., age 10 (b. MA),
who had completed 6th grade; daughter, Marilyn N. Cowen, age 9 (b. MA), who had
completed 5th grade; daughter, Shirley A. Cowen, age 8 (b. MA), who had
completed 4th grade; son, John M. Cowen, age 7 (b. MA), who had completed 2nd
grade; son, William J. Cowen, age 6 (b. MA); son, Robert H. Cowen, age 4 (b.
MA); son, Ronald A. Cowen, age 2 (b. MA); and lodger, Mary F. Cowen, age 67 (b.
Nova Scotia) and widowed, who was a naturalized citizen and resided with this
family in April 1935.
Marshall F. Cowen married Gladys
Mae Whitehouse (b. England), daughter of Joseph Whitehouse, and had the
following children:
[a]
Francis E. Cowen: Born about 1924 in Massachusetts. Married (?) Ferigno.
[b]
Doris M. Cowen: Born about 1926 in Massachusetts. Married (?) Cugini.
[c] Mildred E. Cowen:
Born about 1928 in Massachusetts. Perhaps married (?) O'Toole.
[d] Marshall Francis Cowen,
Jr.: Born about 1930 in Massachusetts.
Married Margaret (?); subsequently divorced.
[e]
Marilyn Nancy Cowen: Born about 1931 in Massachusetts. Married William Henry
Grosser, son of Frank Robert and Ida Amelia (Wright?) Grosser, and had
the following daughter:
{1. Kristen Lee Grosser:
Married John Stephen Watson, Jr., son of John Stephen and (?) (Ball) Watson.
[f] Shirley A. Cowen:
Born about 1932 in Massachusetts. Perhaps married (?) O'Toole.
[g] Jhon (John?) M.
Cowen: Born about 1933 in Massachusetts.
[h] William J. Cowen:
Born about 1934 in Massachusetts.
[i] Robert H. Cowen:
Born about 1936 in Massachusetts.
[j] Ronald A. Cowen:
Born about 1938 in Massachusetts.
[2] Mildred E. Cowen:
Born October 1898. Married
Albert Anderson.
[3] Child: Died young.
[4] Alice Priscilla
Cowen: Born 1910 in Massachusetts.
[2. Susan/Louisa
Malintha Cowing: (more
info) Born 3 April 1831 in
Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married, as his 2nd wife,
Daniel Allen (b. abt 1825 at Sandwich, MA), son of Alden and Hannah (?)
Allen and employed as a mariner, on 22 September 1855 in Fairhaven Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Cowing perhaps married
(2nd) Rachel (?) and had the following son:
[1. Sophrona Sears
Cowing: Born 20 May 1837 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
[2. Sarah Jane Cowing:
Born 18 August 1839 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
[3. Pricilla Dexter
Cowing: Born 16 October 1841.
[4. Son: Born 12
September 1843 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(f) Alpheus Cowing: Born about 1805 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; baptized there 1807. Died 21 October 1852. Married Ester Hewins (b. 19 Jun 1799 at Sharon, Norfolk Co., MA, d. 15 Aug 1896) on 12 November 1832 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1. Simon Hewins Cowen: Born 3 August 1834 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 20 March 1919 at Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; interred there in North Falmouth. Married Rhoda Burgess Wing (b. abt 1839 at Pocasset, Barnstable Co., MA, d. 15 May 1863 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA; interred with Simon) on 5 December 1861 and had a son.
[2. Child: Born and died December 1837 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
(g) Parmelia Cowing: Born 20 May 1807 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 24 June 1861 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Married Nathan Barlow Swift (b. 7 Oct 1802 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA, d. there 25 Apr 1875; interred Cataumet, Barnstable Co., MA) on 16 October 1828 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1. Aaron Cornish Swift: Born 25 October 1829 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 20 November 1917 at Cataumet, Bourne Township, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; interred there. Married Lucy Handy Howard (b. 22 Feb 1829 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA, d. 16 Oct 1917 at Bourne, Barnstable Co., MA; interred Pocasset) on 6 July 1851 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had a son.
[2. Israel Augustus Swift: Born 28 September 1831 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 13 May 1906 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Nancy S. Jenney (b. Dec 1831 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 27 Aug 1907; interred there in Oak Grove Cem.) on 4 October 1854 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island and had a daughter.
[3. Hiram Ellis Swift: Born 14 February 1836 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died 20 February 1904 at Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; interred Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Abbie Frances Clark (b. 29 Jan 1843 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 8 Jul 1918 at Whitman, Whitman Township, Plymouth Co., MA) in 1865 in Massachusetts and had children.
[4. Joseph L. Swift: Born 14 September 1838 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died there 12 June 1863.
[5. Francis Howard Swift: Born 1 March 1843 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Died May 1927 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in Rural Cemetery. Married Amanda F. Hathaway (b. 21 Sep 1845 at Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA, d. 11 Aug 1892 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA; interred with Francis) on 24 November 1864 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had children.
(h) Louisa M. Cowing: Born 10 August 1812 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 22 April 1831; interred there.
(3) Jonathan Cowing, I: (more info) Born 13 May 1770 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 15 February 1842, age 65, from complications of a fever; interred Quaker Church Cemetery (Friends Cem.), Marion Road, Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Employed as a farmer.
1850 US Census: Elizabeth Cowing, age 68 and owner of real estate valued at $2,000, resided in the household headed by her son-in-law, Andrew Sisson, age 33. The household also included Andrew’s wife, Ruth (Cowing) Sisson, age 32; a female age 1 month; Elisabith Luce, age 88 (Elizabeth’s mother); Andrew’s sister-in-law, Hannah (Cowing) Macomber, age 42; and Hannah’s son, Joshua Macomber, age 21 and employed as a sailor.
Jonathan Cowing married (perhaps 1st) (?). Jonathan Cowing married (perhaps 2nd) Elizabeth "Betsy" Luce (b. 29 Aug 1782 at Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA, d. 7 Sep 1860 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA; interred with Jonathan), daughter of Josiah and Lucy (Norton) Luce, on 21 November 1799 at Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts (also seen: m. Rochester, MA) and had the following children:
(a) Eliza Cowing: Born 9 September 1803 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 7 March 1867 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; interred there in the Friends Cemetery. Married Isaac Hiller (b. 1 Oct 1793 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 20 Mar 1868; interred with Eliza) on 22 July 1824 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(b) Rhoda Cowing: Born 19 September 1805 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 20 January 1896; interred there in Center Cemetery. Married (1st) David Mendenhall, Jr. Married (2nd) her 1st cousin, Seth Cowen (b. 22 Dec 1798 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 1890; interred with Rhoda), son of Israel, II and Priscilla (Dexter) Cowen and had children.
(c) Hannah D. Cowing: Born 22 September 1807 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 6 April 1895; interred Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Joshua L. Macomber (b. 25 May 1807 at Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 23 Mar 1841 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA) on 9 November 1828 and had a son. Married (2nd) Henry Francis Bumpus (b. 2 Jun 1809 at Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA), son of Eliphelet and Hannah D. (Macomber) Bumpus and employed as a sailor, on 15/16 October 1851 at Wareham/Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(d) Caroline Cowing: Born 19 August 1809 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 11 July 1878 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Benjamin Skinner Briggs (b. 11 May 1805 at Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA, d. 11 Dec 1881 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA) on 1 June 1831 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(e) Jonathan/Joshua Cowing, II: Born 6 May 1811 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts (also seen: b. Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA). Died 7 March 1884 at
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1855 MA Census: Jonathan Cowen,
age 44 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in East
Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Louisa
R. Cowen, age 42 (b. MA); son, Jonathan Cowen, Jr., age 17 (b. MA) and employed
as a farmer; son, Edward Cowen, age 13 (b. MA); and daughter, Louisa R. Cowen,
age 10 (b. MA).
1860 US Census: Johnathan Cowan,
age 49 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Fairhaven
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
His real estate was valued at $3,500, and his personal property was
valued at $1,000. The household also
included his wife, Louisa B. Cowen, age 47 (b. MA); son, Edward P. Cowen, age
18 (b. MA) and employed as a mariner; and daughter, Louisa R. Cowen, age 16 (b.
MA).
1880 US Census: Joshua Cowen, age 69 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Louisa R. Cowen, age 67 (b. MA; parents b. MA); son-in-law, Ira H. Gerrish, age 39 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a house painter; and daughter, Louisa Gerrish, age 33 (b. MA).
Jonathan Cowing, II married (1st)
Sophronia Sears (b. 25 Feb 1808 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 5 Oct 1835) on 14 January 1827 at Rochester,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1. John Marshall Cowen:
Born 11 August 1828 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Nancy S. Harrington (b. 15 Nov 1834
at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 20 Jan 1915 at
Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA) on 1 January 1863 at Rochester, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts and had the following children:
[a.
Edward Harrington Cowen: Born 8 October 1863 in the Roxbury community of
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died 12 May 1874 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
[b. John Marshall Cowen,
Jr.: Born 26 March 1876 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Married Mary Frances McInnes (b. 16 Aug 1870
at West Bore, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, d. 13 Apr 1971 at Boca Raton,
Palm Beach Co., FL) on 25 December 1896 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
and had children.
[2. Susan Malintha
Cowing: Born 3 April 1831 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
[3. Louisa Matilda
Cowen: Born about 1831 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 7 February 1878 at
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Married Daniel Allen (b. 10 May 1824 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA, d. 15 Mar 1892 at Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA) on 20
September 1855 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts and had children.
Jonathan Cowing, II married (2nd)
Louisa R. Briggs (b. 1813, d. 1891) and had the following children:
[4. Jonathan Cowen, III:
Born about 1838 in Massachusetts.
[5. Edward P. Cowen:
Born about 1842 in Massachusetts.
[6. Louisa Rhoda Cowen:
Born 15 July 1845 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 10 April 1913 at Fairhaven, Bristol
County, Massachusetts; interred Mattapoisett, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. Married (1st) Ira H.
Gerrish, Jr. (b. 1841 at Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 25 Nov 1898) on
29 December 1868 at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Widow Louisa R.
Cowen married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, her 1st cousin, widower George Dunham
Cowen, son of Isaac L. and Charlotte (Dunham) Cowen, on 1 July 1905 at
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts. George D. Cowen had married (1st) Lydia Bliss
Walker (b. 3 Mar 1840 at Dighton, Bristol Co., MA, d. 26 Mar 1903 at Taunton,
Bristol Co., MA) on 3 January 1871 at Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
and had a daughter.
Jonathan Cowing, Jr. married (perhaps 3rd)
Rachel (?) (b. abt 1803) on 1 July 1905 at Fairhaven,
Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(f) Seth Cowing: Born 6/8 February 1813 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts (also seen: b. Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA). Died 24 June 1877 at Mattapoisett,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Married Christiana R. Dexter (b. 27 Mar 1815 at Rochester, Plymouth Co.,
MA, d. 8 Feb 1900 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA)
on 29 December 1833 and had children.
(g)
Isaac Luce Cowing: Born 30 October 1815 in New Bedford Township, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. Died after 1897;
interred Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts.
1855 MA Census: Isaac L. Cowen,
age 40 (b. MA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household in
Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife,
Charlotte Cowen, age 34 (b. MA); son, George D. Cowen, age 13 (b. MA); son,
Edward F. A. Cowen, age 6 (b. MA); daughter, Isabella L. Cowen, age 2 (b. MA);
and William Hersell?, age 21 (b. MA) and employed as a
boat builder.
Isaac Cowing married Charlotte
Dunham (b. 10 Dec 1820 at Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA, d. 22 Jan 1898 at Fairhaven,
Bristol Co., MA; interred Friends Burying Ground, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA)
on 26 November 1840 at Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts and had the
following children:
[1. Charles Cowen: Born
1838.
[2. George Dunham Cowen: Born 14 November 1841 at Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts. Died 6 June 1931 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in Mayflower Hill Cemetery.
1880 US
Census: Geo D. Cowen, age 39 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a solderer,
was heading a household in Taunton Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Lydia B. Cowen, age 39 (b. MA); and daughter, Lillian D.
Cowen, age 4 (b. MA).
1900 US
Census: George D. Cowen, age 58 (b. Nov 1841 in MA; parent b. MA) and employed
as a "soderer," was heading a household at 87 School Street in
Taunton Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 29
years, Lydia B. Cowen, age 60 (b. Mar 1840 in MA; parents b. MA), who had had 1
child, still alive; and daughter, Lilian B. Cowen, age 24 (b. Jan 1876 in MA) and
employed as a school teacher.
1910 US
Census: George Cowen, age 68 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had his own income and
had been married twice, was heading a household at 102 Main Street, Fairhaven
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife of 4 years, Louise R. Cowen, age 64
(b. MA; parents b. MA), who had been married twice and had had no children.
1930 US
Census: George D. Cowen, age 88 (b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MD) and widowed
(m. 1st age 22), was heading at 102 Main Street, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. The household
also included Petrowne I. Hast, age 60 (b. Nova Scotia, as were her parents;
married 1st age 34) and widowed, who was employed as a servant.
George D.
Cowen married (1st) Lydia Bliss Walker (b. 3 Mar 1840 at Dighton, Bristol Co.,
MA, d. 26 Mar 1903 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA; interred there in Mayflower
Hill Cem.), daughter of Peleg Francis and Mary Ann (Pierce) Walker, on 3
January 1871 at Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following
daughter:
[a. Lillian Dunham Cowen: Born 2 January 1876 at Taunton,
Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died
there in 1942; interred there in Mayflower Hill Cemetery.
1930 US Census: Lillian Cowan, age 54 (b. MA, as were her parents), single, and employed as a public school teacher, was heading a household at 87 School Street in the City of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Lillian Cowen married William Chicken (b. 1875 at Murton, Collier, Durham Co., England, d. 1960 in Durham Co., England) on 28 December 1899 at South Hetton, Durham County, England.
George
Durham Cowen married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, his 1st cousin, Louise Rhoda
Cowen (b. 15 Jul 1845 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 10 Apr 1913 at
Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA; interred Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA), daughter
of Jonathan and Louisa B. (Briggs) Cowen, on 1 July 1905 at Fairhaven, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, who had had no children.
[3. Mary Eliza Cowing:
Born 1843. Died 1947.
[4. Samuel Dunham
Cowing: Born 1844. Died
1847.
[5. Jonathan Cowing:
Born 1845. Died 1847.
[6. Deborah Cowen: Born
1846. Died 1847.
[7. Edward F. A. Cowing: Born May 1850/19 July 1949 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 1934; interred Friends Burying Ground, New Bedford Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1880 US
Census: Edward F. Cowin, age 31 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a hack
driver, was heading a household in New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Virginia F. Cowin, age 23 (b. MA; parents
b. MA).
1900 US
Census: Edward F. A. Cowen, age 50 (b. May 1850 in MA; parents b. MA) and
employed as a fireman in a fire department, was heading a household at 53
Merrimack Street in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife,
Virginia Cowen, age 43 (b. Apr 1857 in MA; parents b. MA), who had had 5
children, 2 of whom were still alive; daughter, Alice M. Cowen, age 26 (b. Feb
1874 in MA), single, and employed as a clerk; and son, William L. Cowen, age 19
(b. Fan 1881), single, and employed as a drug clerk.
1920 US
Census: Edward Cowen, age 70 (b. MA, as were his parents), was heading a
household at 1196 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. He owned his residence
free and clear. The household also
included his wife, Virginia W. Cowen, age 63 (b. VA; parents b. MD);
son-in-law, Herbert Sherman, age 40 (b. MA, as were his parents) and employed
as a claims agent for an express company; daughter, Alice Sherman, age 45 (b.
MA); and granddaughter, Phyllis Sherman, age 12 (b. MA).
Edward F.
A. Cowen married Virginia F. Cripps (b. 1856, d. 1937), daughter of William W.
L. and Matilda (Forsythe) Cripps, and had the following children:
[a. Oscar F. Cowen: Born 1870. Died 1877.
[b. Alice M. Cowen: Born 28 February 1874/75 at Taunton,
Bristol County, Massachusetts (also seen: b. 27 Sep 1877 at New Bedford,
MA). Died 1960. Married Herbert H. Sherman (b. 2 Nov 1878 at
New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1958 in Bristol Co., MA) on 28 November 1906
at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following daughter:
[1]
Phyllis Sherman: Born 28 November 1907 at New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 18 January 2004. Married Raymond Ulric Hatfield (b. 19 Apr 1906 in CT, d. 11 Nov
1972 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA).
[c. Willie Cowen: (perhaps) Born 1876.
[d. William L. Cowen: Born January 1881 in Massachusetts. Died 21 June 1902 at Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine; interred Friends Burying Ground, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
[e. Son: (perhaps) Born about 1881.
[f. Lucie F. Cowen: Born 2 April 1885/7 September 1886 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 18 March 1887.
[8. Minnie Cowing: Born
1851.
[9. Isabella Linwood
Cowing: Born 1853.
[10. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' E. Cowen: Born 1860. Died 1950.
(h) Ruth Cowing: Born 13 February 1818 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Died 7
November 1863 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Andrew Fales Sisson (b. 22 Oct 1817
at Little Compton, Newport Co., RI, d. 3 Feb 1893 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth
Co., MA; interred there) and had children.
(i)
Lovina Luce Cowing: Born 10 May/June 1820 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 18 October 1858. Married
Charles Richmond Sisson (b. 29 Mary 1815 at Westport, Bristol Co., MA, d. 12 May 1899 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA) on 15
December 1839 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(j) William Warren
Cowing: (more info) Born 10
February/May 1822 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (also
seen: b. Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA). Died 28 February 1848, age 26 years and 3 months, in Rochester
Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts from complications of consumption. Employed as a stage/coach
driver.
1855 MA Census: Nathan D. Manter,
age 34 (b. MA) and employed as a railroad conductor, was heading a household in
South Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Mary D. Manter, age 27 (b. MA);
step-son, William W. Cowen, age 6
(b. MA); perhaps niece, Ann M. Bumbus, age 6 (b. MA); Frank Wilder, age 18 (b.
MA); and William McFarlin, age 25 (b. MA).
At age 23 William W. Cowing
married, as her 1st husband, Mary D. Edson (more
info), age 21, on 9 November 1846 (license issued 17 Oct 1846 at
Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA) and had the following son:
[1. William Warren
Cowen, Jr.: Born June 1849 in Massachusetts.
Employed as a traveling salesman.
1855 MA Census: William H. Cowen, age 6 (b. MA) resided in the household
headed by Nathan M. D. Mantes, age 34 (b. MA) and employed as a railroad
conductor, in South Fairfield Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included Nathan's wife,
Mary D. Mantes, age 27 (b. MA); Ann M. Bumbus?, age 6
(b. MA); Frank Wilder, age 18 (b. MA); and William McFarlin, age 25 (b. MA).
1900 US Census: Catherine
H. Sawin, age 81 (b. Mar 1819 in MA; parents b. MA) and widowed, was heading a
household on Middle Street in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. She had had 6 children, 4
of whom were still alive. The household
also included her son [quite legible, and gender box was marked "M"],
Elizabeth T. Sawin, age 43 (b. Nov 1856 in MA), divorced (no children), with no
occupation recorded; son, Francis R. Sawin, age 44 (b. Mar 1856 in MA) and
employed as a book keeper, who had been married 19 years; daughter, Catherine
H. Cowen, age 50 (b. Jun 1849 in MA), who had been married 27 years and had had
1 child, still alive; and grandson, Edson S. Cowen, age 14 (b. Nov 1885 in MA)
and in school.
1920 US Census:
William W. Cowen, age 70 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a traveling
soap salesman, resided in the household headed by his sister-in-law, Sarah M.
Stoddard, age 72 (b. MA; parents b. MA) at 28 Middle Street in Fairhaven
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Apparently, Sarah was still married.
The household also included William's wife (Sarah's sister), Katharine
H. Cowen, age 70 (b. MA; parents b. MA); William's son, Edson S. Cowen, age 35
(b. MA) and married; and (presumably) William's daughter-in-law (recorded as
Sarah's niece), Anne H. Cowen, age 34 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. ME).
William Warren Cowen, Jr. married Catherine H. Sawin II, daughter of (?) and Catherine
H. (?) Sawin of Fairhaven, MA and had the following son:
[a.
Edson S. Cowen: Born November 1885 in Massachusetts.
1910 US Census: Edson
Cowen, age 24 (b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a book keeper in
a tack factory, resided in the household headed by his widowed aunt, Sarah M.
Stoddard, age 63 (b. MA; parents b. MA) at 28 Middle Street in Fairhaven
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Sarah had her own income, and she had been married for 25 years; no
children. The household also included
Sarah's widowed brother (Edson's uncle), Francis E. Sawin, age 55 (b. MA), who
had been married 26 years.
1920 US Census: Edson
S. Cowen, age 35 (b. MA), with no employment recorded, resided with his parents
in the household headed by his aunt, Sarah M. Stoddard, age 72 (b. MA; parents
b. MA) on Middle Street in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included Edson's wife,
Anne H. Cowen, age 34 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. ME).
1930 US Census: Edson
I. Cowen, age 44 (b. MA, as were his parents; married 1st age 26)
and employed as an insurance man, was heading a household at 28 Middle Street,
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Annie H. Cowen, age 43 (b. MA,
father b. MA, mother b. ME), who married 1st age 24; and mother,
Catherine H. Cowen, age 80 (b. MA, as were her parents) and widowed.
Mary (Edson) Cowing married (2nd)
Nathan D. Manter (b. 1820, d. 1899), son of Abizer and Caroline (Bumpus) Edson,
on 4 October 1851 at Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(k)
Abner Pease Cowing: Born 22 October 1824 in New Bedford Township, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. Died 5 January
1885 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; interred there in Pine
Island Cemetery. Employed
as a farmer.
1860 US Census: Abner P. Cowen,
age 35 (b. MA) and employed as a master farmer, was heading a household in
Mattapoisett Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $1,500, and his
personal property was valued at $150.
The household also included his wife, Lydia D. Cowen, age 32 (b. MA);
daughter, Rebecca Cowen, age 6 (b. MA); and son, James H. Cowen, age 3 (b. MA).
Abner Cowing married Lydia Dexter
Konkeal (b. 13 May 1826 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 13 Mar 1861 at
Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA; interred with Abner), daughter of Christian and
Rebecca S. (Nye) Kankial, on 21 May 1846 in Rochester Township, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
[1. Emily Cowen: Born
1849. Died 1851.
[2. Son: Born 1853.
[3. Rebecca E. Cowen:
Born about 1854 in Massachusetts. Died 8 May 1927 at Coronado, San Diego County, California.
[4. James H. Cowen: Born July 1856 in Mattapoisett Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Of possible interest, there was a James H. Cowen, age 43 (b. Jul 1856 in MA) and employed as a tool maker, was heading a household on Cook Street in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 16 years, Emily H. Cowen, age 43 (b. May 1857 in RI; parents b. RI), who had had 3 children, all still alive; son, Everett R. Cowen, age 14 (b. Feb 1886 in MA); son, Percy E. Cowen, age 12 (b. Mar 1888 in MA); and daughter, Carolin S. Cowen, age 7 (b. Aug 1890 in MA).
1910 US Census: James H. Cowen, age 53 (b. MA) and employed as a tool maker in an eyelet factory, was heading a household at 11 Cooke Street in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 25 years, Emily H. Cowen, age 52 (b. RI; parents b. RI), who had had 3 children, all still alive; son, Percy E. Cowen, age 22 (b. MA), single, and employed as an illustrator; daughter, Carolyn S. Cowen, age 19 (b. MA), single, and employed as a manicurist; and father-in-law, William H. Bowen, age 81 (b. RI; parents b. RI), who had his own income.
James H. Cowen married Emily H. Bowen (b. May 1857 at Barrington, Bristol Co., RI), daughter of William Haile and Caroline Arnold (Smith) Bowen, and had the following children:
[a. Everett R. Cowen: Born 5 February 1886 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
[b. Percy Elton Cowen: Born 13 March 1888 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 10 October 1923, age 35 years, 6 months, and 27 days, from complications of long term sarcoma of the back, at West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts; interred there in the West Tisbury Village Cemetery. Employed as an artist. Married Jane Smith Look (b. 17 Dec 1892, d. 24 Dec 1977), daughter of Daniel Cleveland and Evelina Wyman (Smith) Look, on 22 June 1918 at West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts and had the following daughter:
[1] Jane Mayhew Cowen: Born 29 August 1922 at Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts. Died 3 February 1970 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Married Everett Davis Whiting (b. 19 Sep 1914 at West Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA, d. 21 Feb 1981 at Oak Bluffs, Dukes Co., MA) on 16 May 1942 at Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts.
[c. Carolyn S. Cowen: Born 15 August 1890 at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(4) Patience Cowing: Born 13 March 1772 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 10 July 1774. Died 25/26 August 1860 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Isaac Hiller (b. 7/13 Jan 1762 at Rochester, MA, d. there 18 Oct 1803) on 7 January 1795 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a) Levi Hiller: Born 12 October 1795 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(b) Caleb Hiller: Born 13 January 1798 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 8 September 1870 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Priscilla Allen (b. 25 Sep 1801 on Martha's Vinyard, West Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA; baptized there 18 Mar 1802, d. 7 Jan 1891 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA) on 9 April 1826 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(c) Seth C. Hiller: Born 4 January 1800 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 26 October 1844. Married Betsey Briggs (b. 9 Jan 1809 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 14 Dec 1878 in Plymouth Co., MA) on 2 January 1834 and had children.
(d) Charles Hiller: Born 26 January 1802 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 7 October 1803.
(5) Experience Cowing: Born 30 April 1774 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 22 March 1855; interred there in Union Cemetery. Married Joseph Hathaway (b. 25 Jan 1771 at Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 1815) in 1801 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a) Stephen Hathaway: Born about 1802 in Massachusetts. Died 28 September 1828 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(b) Priscilla Hathaway: Born about 1802 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 18 April 1855; interred Union Cemetery, Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(c) Ruth Ann Hathaway: Born about 1807 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 22 May 1863; interred Union Cemetery, Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(d) Wealthy Cowing Hathaway: Born about 1810 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 11 April 1863; interred there in Sherman Cemetery. Married Harvey Bradford (b. abt 1796 in Plymouth Co., MA, d. 6 Oct 1841 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA; interred there) on 20 November 1831 at Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(e) Lucy Hathaway: Born 1816 at West Wareham, Wareham Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 6 March 1851 (b. 21 Jul 1812 at Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 4 Sep 1893 at Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA; interred there. Married Sylvester Franklin Cobb (b. 1812, d. 1893) on 15 January 1835 at Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(6) Ruth Cowing: Born 15 April 1776 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 19 August 1830. Married (1st) Asa Nash (b. abt 1777) on 26 April 1795 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Ebenezer Bolles (b. 1750, d. 1825) on 28 March 1819 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(7) Penelope Cowing: Born 7 November 1778 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; baptized there in April 1779. Died there 14 April 1814/20 January 1851. Married Jonathan Nye (b. 20/30 Nov 1782 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 25 Sep 1864 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA) after 15 September 1808 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(8) Wealthy Cowing: Born 29 August 1780 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; baptized there about July 1782. Died there 14 April 1814.
(b. Sarah Cowen: Baptized 14 October 1734 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(c. Ruth Cowing: Baptized 15 May 1737 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(d. Lot Cowing: Born 23 September 1738 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 4 October 1814; interred Barlow Cemetery, Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1790 US Census: Lot Cowing was heading a household at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, which included 1 male over age 16 and 1 female.
Lot Cowing married Mary Jane Courley/Courby (b. 19 Jul 1736 at Rochester, MA) on 18 June 1777 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(e. Rhoda Cowing: Baptized 27 July 1740 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(f. Paul Cowing: Baptized 22 August 1742 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(g. Sarah Cowing: Baptized 14 October 1744 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Samuel Brown (b. abt 1740 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA) on/after 7 February 1768 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Perhaps Israel Cowen married (2nd) Jemimah Lawrence (b. 9 Feb 1708 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA) on/after 19 April 1761 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (intent to marry recorded 19 Apr 1761 at Rochester). Israel Cowen married (3rd) Sarah Elizabeth Cudworth (b. 1708) on 5 January 1762 at Rochester.
3. Wife #2: Desire/Desiar (Hawes) Hatch
a. Biographical notes:
Born 28 February 1681/82 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (of interest, there is also a birth record for Desiar Howes on 22 May 1696 at Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA). Died 8 February 1723/24 at Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony; interred Winthrop Street Cemetery, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Josiah Hatch on 24 February 1701/02 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with Justice of the Peace John Thacher officiating, and had at least the following children:
(1. Desiar Hatch: Born 3 February 1703 at Rochester, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
(2. Edmond Hatch: Born 10 July 1705 at Rochester, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
(3. Suraiah Hatch: Born 10 September 1707 at Rochester, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
(4. Jabiz Hatch: Born 21 May 1709 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(5. Ebenezer Hatch: Born 8 March 1710 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Desire (Hawes) Hatch married (2nd) John Cowen, Jr. on 19 June 1719 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
8 Joshua Cowen/Cowing (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 9 July 1694 in Scituate Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2. Wife: Sarah Petty
Born 22 September 1699 in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, daughter of James Canning and Mercy Mary (Lawton) Petty. Died about 1735 in Bridgewater Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Joshua Cowen on 11 February 1719/20 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
3. Children:
a. Jabez Pitis Cowing: Born about 1719 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died about 1808 at Augusta, Kennebec County, Massachusetts. In 1763 moved from Bridgewater to Hallowell, Maine.
1790 US Census: Jabez was heading a household at Hallowell, Maine. The household included 2 males under age 16, 2 males over age 16, and 2 females.
1800 US Census: Jabez, Sr. was heading a household at Augusta, Maine. The household included 1 male age 16 to 26, 1 male over age 45, and 1 female over age 45.
Jabez Cowen married Susanna Bolton (b. 12 Jan 1710/11 at Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 21 Oct 1767), daughter of John and Ruth (Hooper) Bolton, on 23 March 1739/40 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1. Sarah Cowing: Born about 1741 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(2. Jabez Cowen, Jr.: Born 26 April 1742 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1800 US Census: Jabez Cowen, Jr. was heading a household at Augusta, Maine. The household included 1 male under age 10, 1 male age 16 to 26, 1 male over age 45, 1 female age 10 to 16, 1 female age 16 to 26, and 1 female over age 45.
1810 US Census: There were 2 Jabez Cowens heading households at Augusta, Maine. One included 1 male age 26 to 45, 1 male over age 45, 1 female age 16 to 26, 2 females age 26 to 45, and 1 female over age 45. The 2nd included 1 male age 16 to 26, 1 male over age 45, 2 females age 16 to 26, 1 female age 26 to 45, and 1 female over age 45.
Jabez Cowen, Jr. married Sybil/Sibbel (?) (also seen: m. Sarah Borden (b. abt 1746 at Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA)) and resided at Augusta, Maine. Jabez, Jr. and his wife had several children.
(3. Abisha Cowen: Born 22 January 1743/44 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died about 1810 at Augusta, Kennebec County, Massachusetts. Married Elizabeth Terry (b. 2 Jun 1748 at Southold, Suffolk Co., NY, d. 1810 in Kennebec Co., MA) and had several children.
(4. Reuben Cowen: Born 19 January 1748/49 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Perhaps died young.
(5. Benjamin Cowen: Born 12 July 1754 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Perhaps died young.
b. Midian/Midean Cowing: Born 3 April 1721 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Sarah "Sary" Howard (b. 21 Feb 1727/28 at Rochester, MA) on 21 February 1749/50 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1. John Cowing: Born 23 November 1753 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(2. William Cowing: Baptized 9 May 1756 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. At age 21 was 5’ 8” tall, had a light complexion, and brown hair. Veteran of the Revolutionary War. Employed as a blacksmith.
c. Anne Cowen #1: Born 11 June 1721 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died young.
d. Abisha Cowing: Born 15 January 1723/24 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
e. Lydia Cowing: Born 7 March 1725/26 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 12 May 1800 at Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Peter Tomson/Thomsom (b. 30 Jun 1701, d. 28 Nov 1791 at Halifax) on 6 January 1756 at Rochester.
f. Anne Cowing #2: Born 15 January 1727/28 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Thomas Bolles (b. 11 Jun 1721 at Rochester, MA, d. there 1 Oct 1790) on 17 October 1751 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1. Sarah Bolles #1: Born before 25 March 1753 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(2. Thankful Bolles: Born 10 February 1755 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(3. Asa Bolles: Born 17 May 1756 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died about 1796. Married Keziah Waldron (b. 1754) on 2 April 1778 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had children.
(4. Sarah Bolles #2: Born 22 February 1759 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(5. Paul Bolles: Born 12/17 July 1761 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(6. Rhoda Bolles: Born 30 May 1763 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(7. Reuben Bowles: Born 22 December 1765 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Sarah Howard (b. abt 1767, perhaps at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA) on 3 November 1793 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
g. Zenas/Zenus Cowen: See generation 7,
below.
h. Elhanan Cowing: Born 17 March 1731/32 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Elizabeth Atwood on 18 February 1762 at Halifax, Plymouth County.
i. Mary Cowing: Born 21 July 1734 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
j. Zeba/Zebah/Zebouth Cowing: Born 4 December 1736 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1790 US Census: Zeba was the head of a household in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, next door to Ebenezer and Joshua Cowen. The household included 2 males over 16 years old and 2 females.
1800 US Census: Head of a household in Dartmouth which included 1 male age 26 to 45; 1 male over 45; 1 female age 16 to 26; and 1 female over 45.
1820 US Census: Susannah Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 female over age 45.
Zebah Cowing of Rochester, Massachusetts married Susannah Howard (b. 1742 in Dartmouth Twp, Bristol Co., MA) of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts on 6 November 1763 (intent recorded 29 Oct 1763) at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(1. Anne Cowing: Died 7 October 1823 at Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(2. Lydia Cowing: Born 9 February 1765 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 22 December 1852 at Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Married Isaiah Peckham on 7 April 1788 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(3. Samuel Cowing: Born 18 February 1767 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 20 April 1769.
(4. Jesse Cowing: Born 19 July 1769 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(5. Abishai/Abishar/Abisha "Abish" Cowing: (more info) Born about August 1770 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 31 May 1857 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in the Hixville Christian Church Burial Ground. Resided at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1850 US Census: Abishar Cowing, age 79 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $2,000. The household also included his wife, Hope Cowing, age 80 (b. MA); and John Hathaway, age 44 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer.
1855 MA Census: Abishai Cowing, age 84 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by his son-in-law, Stephen Cowing, age 53 (b. MA) and employed as a carriage maker, in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Abishai Cowing married (1st) Jemima Baker of Dartmouth on 4 September 1796 (intent recorded 10 Apr 1796) at Dartmouth. While a resident of Dartmouth married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, Hope (Chase) Wilson (b. abt 1770 at Swansea, MA, d. 31 Dec 1857 at Dartmouth) of Troy, Bristol County, Massachusetts (name changed back to Fall River on 12 Feb 1834) on 4 June 1805 (intent to marry recorded 16 May 1805) at Fall River, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Weltha/Wealthy Wilson Cowing: Born 28 February 1806.
1850 US Census: Stephen Cowen, age 47 (b. MA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Wealthy W. Cowen, age 44 (b. MA); and son, Charles A. Cowen, age 18 (b. MA) and employed as a laborer.
1855 MA Census: Stephen Cowen, age 53 (b. MA) and employed as a carriage maker, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Weltha W. Cowing, age 49 (b. MA); son, Charles A. Cowing, age 24 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer; father-in-law, Abishai Cowing, age 84 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer; and John Hathaway, age 51 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer.
1880 US Census: Wealthy Cowen, age 74 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and a widow, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included her son, Charles Cowen, age 48 (b. MA), widowed, and employed as a laborer.
While a resident of Dartmouth, Weltha Cowing married her 2nd cousin, once removed, Stephen Cowing (more info) (b. abt 1802 in MA), also of Dartmouth, on 24 May 1827 (intent recorded 24 May 1827) at Dartmouth and had the following children:
(1) Charles A. Cowing: Born about 1832 in Massachusetts. Employed as a laborer.
(2) Harriet Cowing: (more info) Born 30 April 1828. Died 17 February 1913, age 84 years, 9 months, 16 days, probably from complications of apoplexy; interred Oak Grove, New Bedford Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Dewitt C. Wilber (more info) (b. 1817), son of Thomas and Ruth (?) Wilbur, on 15 June 1845 (recorded 1 Jul 1845). Dewitt was employed as a house wright.
(b. Philadelphia “Phila”/“Phebe” Gray Cowing/Cowen: Born 21 January 1810 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married David Weaver of Dartmouth on 10 November 1833 (intent recorded 3 Oct 1833). Perhaps also the Philender/Philinda Cowen who married George W. Sampson on 23 September 1838 (intent recorded 26 Aug 1838).
(c. Polly H. Cowing/Cowen: (perhaps Philadelphia, above) Born 1810 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 21 August 1887 at New Bedford, Bristol County. While a resident of Dartmouth married James D. Butts (b. 1801 in MA, d. 17 Oct 1891 at New Bedford, MA), son of William and Polly (?) Butts of Dartmouth, 29 November 1829 (intent recorded 2 Nov 1829) and had the following children:
(1) Martha Butts: Born 1837.
(2) Amanda Butts: Born 1841.
(3) Charles H. Butts: Born 22 July 1845.
(4) Calvin Butts: Born 31 July 1848 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 7 May 1922. Married (1st) Harriet M. Remington (b. 11 May 1851 in PA, d. 1923), daughter of Aratus Sweetland and Susan B. (Browning) Remington, who also had a son, William Henry Remington (b. 1828, d. 1910), and had the following children:
(a) Nora Butts: Born 1872 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 10 May 1941 at Dighton, Massachusetts. Married Edward Jennings (b. 1869 at Westport, MA), son of William Alonzo (b. 1845, d. 1911) and Adelaide H. (Burding) Jennings (b. 1854, d. 1920), and had the following children:
[1. George W. Jennings.
[2. Milton Jennings.
[3. Marlitt Fiske Jennings.
(b) Blanche Butts:
Calvin Butts married (2nd) Ella (?) and had the following son:
(c) Earl Butts: Born 1889. Married Mabel L. Butts (b. abt 1885) and had the following son:
[1. Frank C. Butts: Born about 1910.
(5) Thomas D. Butts: Born 1851.
(6) James D. Butts: Born 1858 in Massachusetts. Married Cora L. (?) and had the following children:
(a) Mabel H. Butts: Born 1888 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b) Walter C. Butts: Born about 1895 in Massachusetts.
(c) Rosetta M. Butts: Born about 1906 in Massachusetts.
(6. Beatrice "Betsey" Cowing: Born about 1777 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (also seen: b. Dartmouth Twp, Bristol Co., MA). Died 4 January 1852/53 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. While a resident of Dartmouth, intent to marry John/Jonathan Andrews/Andros, Jr. (b. 19 Dec 1756 in Ipswich Twp, Essex Co., MA, d. 1 Nov 1825) of Dartmouth, son of John and Mary Abigail (Burnham) Andrews, recorded 22 April 1797 at Dartmouth and had the following children:
(a. Samuel Andrews: Born 4 August 1798 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b. Vertue Andrews: Born 14 July 1800 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 3 June 1878 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(c. Lydia Andrews: Born 16 October 1802 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married William Butts (b. Dartmouth, MA) on 1 November 1823 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following daughter:
(1) Adeline Butts: Born about 1830 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Samuel F. Gifford (b. abt 1830 in Bristol Co., MA) on 26 September 1847 at Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(d. Joseph Andrews: Born 28 March 1804 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 5 November 1894 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Joseph Andrews married Almira M. Sampson (b. 1807 in MA, d. 15 Dec 1863; interred Dartmouth, MA) on 3 September 1827 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) Jane Gray Andrews: See generation 4, below. Born 22 March 1827 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 20 January 1916 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married her 3rd cousins, Leonard Miller Cowen (b. 1824, d. 1884) on 5 April 1846 at Dartmouth, Massachusetts and had children.
(2) Elisa Ann Andrews: Born 21 July 1830 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(3) Abbie B. Andrews: Born 1832 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 5 January 1893 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(4) Angeline Wilbur Andrews: Born 9 November 1834 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 21 December 1901 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(5) Edward C. Andrews: Born 1835 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(6) Charles M. Andrews: Born 26 February 1841 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 23 February 1912 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(7) Elbridge L. Andrews: Born 1843 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(8) Elisabeth Andrews: Born June 1843 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(d. Mary E. E. Sargent: Born 1808. Died 1867.
(e. John W. Roberts: Born 1815. Died 1900.
(f. Judith D. Andrews: Born 1819. Died 1901.
(7. John Cowing: Born about 1781 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1855 MA Census: John Cowen, age 76 (b. MA), with no record of employment, was heading a household in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Betsey Cowen, age 76 (b. MA).
While a
resident of Dartmouth, John Cowing married (1st) Anna Horton (b.
Rehoboth, MA, d. 7 Oct 1823 at Freetown) of Freetown, Bristol County,
Massachusetts (intent recorded 4 Dec 1802) at Freetown and had the following children:
(a. Jeremiah Horton Cowing:
Born 17 November 1803 at Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1850 in Panama; interred Mattapoisett,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married
(1st) Elisabeth Hathaway (b. 10 Mar 1803 at Freetown, Bristol Co., MA, d. 6 Mar 1826 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA) on 10 July 1823
and had the following daughter:
(1) Elizabeth Ann Cowen:
Born 27 October 1824 at Rochester, Canterbury County, England. Died 8 June 1892 at
Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Married Stephen Wing Bowles (b. 25 Nov 1812
at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 25 Apr 1879 at
Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA) and had children.
Jeremiah H. Cowing married (2nd)
his sister-in-law, Lydia Hathaway (b. 25 Feb 1808 at Freetown, Bristol Co., MA,
d. 26 Aug 1868 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA) and had several children.
(b. Jesse H. Cowing: (more info) Born 1 July 1809 at
Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Died 11 October 1863 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. Employed
as a laborer. Married Ann F.
Boles (b. 4 Jul 1825 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d.
28 Mar 1895 at Sturbridge, Worcester Co., MA) on 5 April 1852 in Rochester
Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following son:
(1) Isaac B. Cowen, MD:
Born 16 March 1853 in Canandaigua Township, Ontario County, New York. Died 23 March 1886 at Little Compton, Newport
County, Rhode Island. Married Anna
Kempton Simmons (b. 16 Sep 1845 at Little Compton, Newport Co., RI, d. 15 May
1917 at Providence, Providence Co., RI) on 25 December 1875 at Little Compton,
Newport County, Rhode Island and had children.
(c. Perry Cowing: Born 13 March 1813 in Freetown
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Died 5 May 1873, age 61 years, 1 month, 22 days, from
complications of typhoid fever, in Swansey Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Employed
as a farmer.
1855 MA Census: Perry Cowin, age
44 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, and his son, William H. Cowin, age 18 (b.
MA), with no record of employment, resided in the household apparently headed
by Leonard G. Sherman, age 26 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, but also under
the same roof as the household headed by John Sherman, age 54 (b. MA), in
Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Perry Cowing married Matilda Wood
(b. abt 1800, d. 28 Apr 1845) on 21 January 1837 in Rehoboth Township, Bristol
County, Massachusetts and had the following son:
(1) William Henry Cowing: (more info) Born August 1837 in Rehoboth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 19 December 1908 in Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Mount Hope Cemetery. Employed as a blacksmith.
1870
US Census: William H. Cowing, age 31 (b. MA) and employed as a blacksmith, was
heading a household in Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Harriet
Cowing, age 28 (b. MA); and daughter, Minnie Cowing, age 5.
1880
US Census: William H. Cowing, age 42 (b. MA), was heading a household in
Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Harriet
M. Cowing, age 38 (b. MA); daughter, Minnie E. Cowing, age 16 (b. MA); and son,
Edgar Cowing, age 9 (b. MA).
1900
US Census: William H. Cowing, age 63 (b. Aug 1837 in MA), was heading a
household in Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 40
years, Harriet M. Cowing, age 58 (b. Dec 1842 in MA), who had had 2 children,
both still alive.
William H. Cowing married Harriet
"Hattie" Maria Fales (b. Dec 1841/42 in MA, d. 1 Nov 1912 at
Providence, Providence Co., RI) on 12 November 1860 in Swansea Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts and the following children:
(a)
Minnie E. Cowing: Born about 1865 in Massachusetts. At age 24 married William S. Green, age 25
and son of George S. and Harriet (?) Green, on 9 October 1888
in Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b)
Edgar F. Cowing: Born about 1870 in Massachusetts. At age 28 married Hannah M. Simcock, age 25
and daughter of William and Margaret (Johnson) Simcock, on 9 November 1898 in
Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
John Cowing married (2nd) Polly Terry (d. 29 Feb 1844 at Freetown) on 27 March 1825 at Freetown. At age 64 widower John Cowing married (3rd) widow Mary Gifford (b. 1789 at Taunton, MA), age 56, on 21 January 1845 at Freetown. Married (4th) Betsey Hathaway (b. abt 1799 at Freetown) on 13 April 1848 at Freetown.
(8. William Cowen: (more info) Died 1 March 1865, age 81 years, 10 months, 18 days at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts from complications of a putrid sore.
1820 US Census: Wm Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 2 males under age 10; 1 male age 10 to 16; 1 male age 26 to 45; 1 female age 16 to 26; and 1 slave.
k. Zadock Cowing: Born 26 February 1737/38 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 19 February 1829.
1820 US Census: Zadock Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 male over age 45, 1 female over age 45, and 2 slaves.
Zadock married Deborah Stuart (b. abt 1745, d. 30 Jun 1822 at Rochester) on 29 March 1772 at Rochester.
l. Asahel/Asabael Cowing: Born 17 March 1741/42 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 9 January 1814; interred First Parish Cemetery, New Bedford Road, Rochester. Veteran of the Revolutionary War. Married Bethiah Sherman (b. abt 1741, d. 8 Oct 1814 at Rochester; interred with Asahel) after 21 June 1772 at Rochester and had the following children:
(1. Samuel Cowing: Born 10 August 1777 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 9 December 1835; interred Old Cemetery, Rochester.
Samuel Cowing married Jane “Jennie” Stuart (b. 11 Mar 1779 at Middlebury, MA, d. 5 Mar 1866 at Rochester) about July 1801 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Zadock Cowing: Born 15 November 1802 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(b. Deborah S. Cowing: Born 20 July 1804 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 23 December 1891 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Center Cemetery, Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(c. Bethiah Sherman Cowing: Born 19 August 1805 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 21 June 1825 at Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; interred there.
(d. Elizabeth Willis Cowing: Born 5 July 1807 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 23 May 1889; interred there.
(e. Lydia H. Cowing: Born 15 February 1809 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 8 June 1868 at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(f. Henry Cowing: Born 19 October 1812 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 19 December 1854; interred there.
(g. Samuel H. Cowing: Born 19 May 1815 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 24 February 1889; interred there.
1850 US Census: Samuel Cowing, Jr. was heading a household at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The household included his mother, Jane.
1860 US Census: Samuel Cowing, Jr. was heading a household at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The household included his mother, Jane.
1880 US Census: Samuel A. Cowen, age 65 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Martha J. Cowen, age 38 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. VT) and disabled; and son, Henry L. Cowen, age 7 (b. MA). Of interest, the single-person household headed by Elizabeth S. Cowen, age 64 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and married, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
1920 US Census: Martha J. Cowen, age 77 (b. VT), was heading a household in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The household also included her son, Henry L. Cowen, age 47 (b. MA).
Samuel
A./H. Cowen married Martha J. Clapp (b. abt 1843 in VT), daughter of Nathaniel
and Jane Marilla (Deming) Clapp, on 15 January 1870 at Mattapoisett Center,
Mattapoisett Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following
children:
(1) Henry
Leonard Cowen: Born 12 December 1873 in Massachusetts. At Age 45, while
residing in Mattapoisett Township (RFD), Bristol County, Massachusetts and
employed as a farmer, Henry registered for the selective service draft (draft
board # 42; FHL roll # 1684757) at Fairhaven, Bristol County and subsequently
served in the US Army during World War I.
(2) Jane "Jennie" Louise Frances Cowen: Born about 1881 in Massachusetts. Married Lucien Walter Atwood (b. 1864, d. 1940), son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Atwood) Atwood, on 18 March 1916 at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(h. Reuben Bolles Cowing: Born 18 September 1817 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 21 February 1886; interred there.
1900 US Census: Elizabeth Cowen, age 84 (b. Aug 1815 in MA; parents b. MA),
who had been married 58 years and had had no children, resided in the household
headed by her nephew, Henry J. Peirce, age 58 (b. May 1842 in MA; parents b.
MA) and employed as a stable man, at 304 Kimpton Street, New Bedford, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. The household
also included Henry's wife of 33 years, Cynthia M. Peirce, age 54 (b. Jun 1845
in MA; parents b. MA), who had had 6 children, 4 of whom were still alive; son,
Walter H. Peirce, age 24 (b. Aug 1875 in MA) and employed as a laborer in a
stable, who had been married 4 years; son, Lewis F. Peirce, age 22 (b. Sep 1877
in MA); daughter, Essie B. Peirce, age
20 (b. Sep 1879 in MA); and boarder, Mary A. Rook, age 31 (b. Mar 1869 in MA;
father b. MA; and mother b. ME) and employed as a book binder.
Reuben B. Cowing married Elizabeth S. Pierce (b. Aug 1815 at Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA) on 11 September 1842 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; no children.
(i. William Bradford Cowing: Born 8 June 1820 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 9 September 1835; interred Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(2. Hannah Cowing: Born 6 January 1781 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 1 October 1875. Married Reuben Bolles (b. 1 May 1774 at Rochester, d. NYS) after 17 March 1804 at Rochester.
(3. Richard Cowing: Born 28 October 1783 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died there 15 November 1851.
1850 US Census: Richard Cowing, age 66 and employed as a laborer, was heading a household at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The household also included his son, Leander (age 21, employed as a mason), Sarah Waterman (age 30), and Sarah’s daughter, Betsy Waterman (age 8).
Richard Cowing married Sarah “Sally” E. Bradford (b. abt 1785 at Kingston, MA, d. 30 Mar 1834 at Rochester; interred Little Neck Cemetery, Marion, MA) of Kingston, Massachusetts on 4 July 1817 at Rochester.
m. Hannah Cowing: Born 20 February 1744/45 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
7 Zenas/Zenus Cowen (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 29 December 1729 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 1792-94 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Moved from Rochester to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where he married (1st) Mary Pettey of Dartmouth.
1790 US Census: Zenas Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 2 free, white males over age 16, and 2 free, white females.
1810 US Census: Zenus Cowen was heading a household in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 male age 45 or more; 1 female age 45 or more; and 2 slaves.
1820 US Census: Zenus Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 male age 16 to 18; 1 male age 16 to 26; 1 male age 26 to 45; 4 females under age 10; 2 females age 10 to 16; 1 male age 26 to 45; and 2 slaves.
2. Wife Mary Pettey/Petty
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1 May 1732 at Dartmouth/Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Chase) Petty of Dartmouth. Died there 18 September 1843 (age 60); interred First Church of Hixville Cemetery, Dartmouth. Intent to marry Zenas Cowen of Rochester, Massachusetts recorded 9 April 1756 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; about 1 May 1756 at Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
b. Children:
(1. Ebenezer Cowing: See generation 6,
below.
(2. Zadock Cowen: Born about 1761.
(3. Patience Cowen: Born about 1763. Married Isaac Hiller, Jr. (b. 13 Jan 1762 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, d. there 18 Oct 1803), son of Isaac and Sarah (Summers) Hiller.
(4. Joshua Andrew Cowen: Born 1759 at Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1790 US Census: Joshua Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 free, white male over age 16 and 2 free, white females.
While a resident of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Joshua Cowen married Mary Andros/Andrews (b. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) of Dartmouth on 22 April 1789 (intent recorded 1 Apr 1789) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Phebe Cowen: Born about 1794 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 29 April 1865. Married John Barret (intent recorded 4 Nov 1808) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b. Annie Cowan Born 12 December 1794 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 12 April 1871 at Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in the Rufus E. Wordell Burial Ground. Married Deacon Joshua Wordell (b. 21 Mar 1793 at Tiverton, Newport Co., RI, d. 24 Feb 1874 at Acushnet, Bristol Co., MA; interred with Annie) on 19 January 1817 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(c. Joshua Cowen, Jr.: Born about 1797 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 31 August 1871; interred Linden Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1870 US Census: Joshua Cowen, age 73 (b. MA) and employed working on farm, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $700, and his personal property was valued at $1,500. The household also included his wife, Ruth Cowen, age 71 (b. MA). Of interest, the household headed by his brother, Philip Cowin, age 66, was enumerated after him on the same census page.
Joshua Cowen, Jr. married Mary Murray (b. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) before 1820 and had the following son:
(1) William Murray Cowing: Born 11 August 1820 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 30 October 1894; interred there. Married Harriet Ann Sanford (b. 11 May 1830 at Tiverton, Newport Co., RI, d. 29 Oct 1881 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA; interred with William) on 18 April 1847 at Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(a) Mary E. Cowing: Born 1848 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 19 May 1872 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there.
(b) Charles Henry Cowing: Born 24 September 1849 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Anna A. Cooley (b. 7 Jun 1851 at Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, d. 1894) on 24 October 1871 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following son:
[1. William H. Cowing: Born 3 September 1872 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 2 November 1916 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Married Gertrude Mary Beasley Cuzner (b. 13 Jun 1873 at Chester, Cheshire Co., England, d. 11 Feb 1957 at Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT; interred there) on 8 December 1896 at Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont and had children:
[a. Charles Leslie Joseph Cowing: Born 10 January 1898 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died 20 February 1975 at Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont; interred there in Saint Joseph Cemetery. Married Nora Irene Free (b. 7 Jul 1896 at Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada, d. 24 Jul 1972; interred Saint Joseph Cem., Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT) on 17 November 1925 at Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont and had at least one son.
[b. Louise Mabel Cowing: Born 20 August 1899 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died 16 May 1991 at Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont; interred Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. Married Herbert Earl Ravlin (b. 11 May 1897 at South Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT, d. 14 Sep 1955 at Hartford, Windsor Co., VT; interred Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT) on 2 April 1918 at Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont and had children.
[c. Emma M. Cowing: Born 20 August 1899 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
(c) William Thomas Cowing: Born 24 March 1851 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 17 February 1889 at Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Ida C. Talbot (b. 1855 at North Dighton, Dighton Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. 26 Feb 1906 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA) on 13 April 1882 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following daughter:
[1. Edith Bowers Cowing: Born 12 November 1885 at Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Henry Edwin Hatch (b. 31 May 1884 at Rockland, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 7 Oct 1965) on 30 April 1905 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and had children.
(d) Frank H. Cowing: Born 17 June 1852 in Massachusetts. Died 25 February 1898 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there. Married Emma A. Harrub (b. 1854 in MA, d. 11 Nov 1919 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA) on 7 January 1873 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following son:
[1. Edward G. Cowing: Born 23 July 1873 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 31 August 1874.
(e) Clara Etta Cowing: Born 24 June 1855 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 26 July 1936 at Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; interred there in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Married John Weaver Hathaway (b. 16 Apr 1847 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 12 Apr 1906) on 24 November 1881 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(f) Hattie A. Cowing: Baptized 29 September 1858 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Frederick William Hayes (b. 26 Dec 1856 at Portland, Cumberland Co., ME) on 28 April 1885 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and had a daughter.
(d. Elizabeth Cowen: Born 16 March 1801 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 26 September 1884; interred Linden Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Job Tripp (b. 26 Aug 1791 at Westport, Bristol Co., MA, d. 23 Jan 1871) (intent recorded 25 Feb 1819) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(e. Philip Cowen: Born 29 April 1803 at North Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 26 November 1877 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in Rural Cemetery.
1855 MA Census: Philip
Cowen, age 52 (b. MA) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household at
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Margaret Cowen, age 50 (b. MA);
daughter, Susannah Cowen, age 14 (b. MA); daughter, Eliza A. Cowen, age 11 (b.
MA); and son, Benjamin F. Cowen, age 10 (b. MA).
1865 MA Census: Philip
Cowen, age 62 (b. MA) and employed a laborer, was heading a household in
Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife,
Margaret Cowen, age 60 (b. MA); daughter, Susan Cowen, age 23 (b. MA), with no
record of employment; and grandson, Benjamin Cowen, age 8 months (b. MA).
1870 US Census: Philip
Cowin, age 66 (b. MA) and employed as a common laborer, was heading a household
in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $450; no
personal property valuation. The
household also included his wife, Margaret Cowin, age 63 (b. MA); daughter,
Susan B. Cowin, age 25 (b. MA); and grandson, Benjamin F. Cowin, age 5 (b.
MA). Of interest, the household headed
by his brother, Joshua Cowen, age 73, was enumerated before him on the same
census page.
1880 US Census:
Margaret Cowen, age 75 (b. MA) and widowed, was heading a household in
Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included her grandson,
George P. Cowen, age 5 (b. MA); George Tripp, age 18 (b. MA); and Hannah Tripp,
age 17 (b. MA).
While a resident of Dartmouth, Philip Cowen married Margaret Butts (b. 27 Jul 1805 at Fall River/North Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 20 Apr 1882 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) of Dartmouth on 14 September 1823 (intent recorded 24 Aug 1823) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) Sarah A. Cowen: Born 11 December 1829 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 18 August 1896 at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; interred Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. At age 18 married John Luce Crosby, Jr. (b. 25 Dec 1824 at Little Compton, Newport Co., RI, d. 13 Mar 1917 at Fall River, Bristol Co., MA), age 22, son of Jonathan and Eliza (?) Crosby, on 6 December 1846 at Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(2) Susannah B. Cowen: Born 1 October 1840 at Fall River (death record says b. Fairhaven), Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 20 October 1903, age 62, from complications of heart disease, at New Bedford (dropped dead on Rotch Avenue), Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in Rural Cemetery.
1855 MA Census: Susannah Cowen, age 14, resided with her parents and siblings at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1860 US Census: Of possible interest, George Cowin, age 31 (b. New Brunswick, Canada), with no record of employment, was heading a household in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included Ellen A. Cowin, age 59 (b. Ireland); and William P. Cowin, age 20 (b. New Brunswick, Canada). This family group still together in 1870.
1870 US Census: Susan B. Cowin, age 25 (b. MA), with no occupation, and her son, Benjamin F. Cowin, age 5 (b. MA), whose personal property was valued at $150, resided with her parents in Dartmouth Township (N. Dartmouth Post Office), Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Susan B. Cowen had the following son (records say the father was Philip Cowen; if not Susan's father, it isn't clear who this Philip was):
(a) Benjamin F. Cowen: Born 26 July 1864 at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 5 October 1924, age 60 years, 2 months, and 9 days, from chronic endocarditis (infection of heart's inner lining, usually near heart valves); interred Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.. Employed as a carpenter.
1900 US Census: Benjamin F. Cowen, age 36 (b. Jul 1863 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a teamster, was heading a household at 83 Spring Street in the City of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 15 years, Catherine B. Cowen, age 37 (b. Nov 1862 in MA; parents b. MA), who had had 3 children, 1 of whom was still alive; daughter, Caroline Cowen, age 4 (b. Dec 1895 in MA); and mother-in-law, Caroline Crapo, age 83 (b. Jun 1816 in MA; parents b. MA) and widowed, who had had 11 children, 4 of whom were still alive.
1910 US Census: Benjamin F. Cowen, age 46 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household at 68 Adams Street in Fairhaven, Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 24 years, Katharine B. Cowen, age 47 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had been married once and had had 3 children, 1 of whom was still alive; and daughter, Caroline H. Cowen, age 14 (b. MA).
1920 US Census: Benjamin F. Cowen, age 55 (b. MA) and employed as a house carpenter, was heading a household at 121 Main Street in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Catherine B. Cowen, age 56 (b. MA).
1930 US Census: Catherine B. Cowen, age 65 (b. MA, as were her parents; married 1st age 23) and widowed, was heading a household at 75 Hill Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
At age 21, while employed as a farmer, Benjamin F. Cowen married Katharine B. Crapo (b. 1862 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1949), age 22, daughter of Squire G. and Caroline F. (?) Crapo, on 5 May 1885 (intent recorded 1 May 1885) at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had three children, including the following daughter:
[1. Caroline Cowen: Born December 1895 in Massachusetts.
At age 28, while a resident of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Susan B. Cowen married (her 1st, per marriage record), as his 3rd wife, Daniel H. Davis (b. 1836 at Fall River, Bristol Co., MA), age 54, also a resident of Dartmouth, and employed as a carpenter, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Butts) Davis, on 12 July 1869 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. (note: Susan's death record says her husband was William Davis)
While a resident of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Susan B. Cowen had the following "illegitimate" son (per pg 87 of Dartmouth birth record):
(b) George Philip Cowen:
Born 3 January 1876 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (note:
Dartmouth birth record refers to George as "illegitimate" and only
provides his mother's name - Susan B. Cowen).
Died 1938; interred Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: George
P. Cowen, age 24 (b. Jan 1876 in MA), single, and employed as a farm laborer,
resided as a servant in the household headed by William H. Mosher, age 47 (b.
Jun 1852 in MA; father b. RI; mother b. MA) and employed as a blacksmith in the
south part of Westport Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included William's wife of
27 years, Emma L. Mosher, age 50 (b. Dec 1849 in MA), who had had 4 children, 1
still alive; and Lizzie Astle, age 18 (b. Jan 1882 in French Canada) and
single, who had immigrated to the US in 1885.
1910 US Census: George
P. Cowen, age 34 (b. MA; parents b. unknown) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household on "Old Road to Harbor" in Westport Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts. The
household also included his wife, Mary A. Cowen, age 32 (b. TX; father b. MA;
mother b. England), who had had no children.
They both had married once.
1920 US Census: George
P. Cowen, age 43 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farm laborer, was
heading a household on Old Harbor Road in Westport Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Mary A. Cowen, age 41 (b. TX; father b. TX; mother b.
England); son, Wallace M. Cowen, age 7 (b. MA); and son, Benjamin F. Cowen, age
5 (b. RI).
1930 US Census: George
P. Cowen, age 53 (b. MA, as were her parents; married 1st age 33)
and employed as a laborer, was heading a household on Old Harbor Road,
Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Mary A. Cowen, age 51 (b. Texas,
parents b. CT) and married 1st age 31; son, Benjamin F. Cowen, age
15 (b. RI, father b. MA, mother b. TX) and single, and boarder, William E.
Powers, age 48 (b. Texas, parents b. CT; married 1st age 21)
(perhaps Mary's brother) and employed as a laborer.
George Philip Cowen
married Mary A. Powers (b. 1879 in Gonzales Co., TX, d. 1955 at Fall River,
Bristol Co., MA), daughter of Thomas H. and Sarah J. (Wood) Powers, and had the
following children:
[1. Wallace Macomber
Cowen: Born 1912 at Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 1929; interred
there.
[2. Benjamin Franklin
Cowen: Born 5 October 1914 at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode
Island. Died December
1983. Married Evelyn Ola
Wilkinson (b. 15 Jan 1926 at Anna, Collin Co., TX, d. 31 Aug 1993 at Waterford,
New London Co., CT; interred there in Saint Mary's Cem.).
(3) Eliza Ann Cowen: Born 21 November 1843 at Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 27 December 1905 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in Rural Cemetery. Married Charles R. Neagus (b. Jan 1840 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 25 Mar 1907; interred with Eliza) on 15 April 1863 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(4) Benjamin F. Cowen: Born 30 September 1845 at Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Died 7 December 1862 at Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
6 Ebenezer Cowen/Cowing (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 7 July 1757 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 20 July 1853.
1790 US Census: Ebenezer Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 2 free, white males over age 16; 2 free white males under age 16; and 2 free white females.
Note: The 1790 Census also included a Joshua Cowen at Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He was head of a household that contained 2 females and himself, and he lived next door to Ebenezer and Zeba Cowen. (ref 35) By 1800 this Joshua Cowen, perhaps the son of Ebenezer or Zeba, was head of a household in Dartmouth. The household included 3 males under 10; 1 male age 10 to 16; 1 male age 26 to 45; 2 females under 10; 1 female age 10 to 16; and 1 female age 26 to 45.
1800 US Census: Ebenezer was the head of a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 2 males age 16 to 26; 1 male over 45; 1 female age 10 to 16; and 1 female age 26 to 45.
1820 US Census: Ebenezer Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 male over age 45, 1 female over age 45, and 2 slaves.
2. Wife: Lydia Knapp/Knap/Nap:
Born 7 July 1757 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Died 20 July 1863/53 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Resided at Dartmouth when she married Ebenezer Cowing of Dartmouth on 25 August 1778 (intent recorded 21 Jul 1778) in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1790 U.S. Census: There were 17 Cowen, 3 Cowin, and 1 Cowing households in Massachusetts. In addition, there were 9 Cowen and 1 Cowens households in Rhode Island and 1 Cowing household in Connecticut. Dartmouth, Massachusetts had two Knap households: the Ebenezer Knap household included 2 females; the Asel Knap household also included 2 females. Because of the nature of the 1790 census record, no more is known about these families.
1850 U.S. Census: Lydia was 93 years old and living in the household of her son-in-law, Stephen Andrews (farmer, age 69, real estate valued at $700) in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Other members of the household included Stephen's sister, Sarah (age 61); Stephen's daughter, Virtue (Andrews) Gifford (age 49); and Virtue's husband, William S. Gifford (farmer, age 49).
3. Children:
a. Zenas Bradford Cowen/Cowing, I: (more info) Born 17 November 1779 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 6 June 1853, age 73 years and 7 months, from unknown cause. Employed as a carpenter and wheelwright. Resided at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1820 US Census: Zenus Cowen was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 male age 16 to 18; 1 male age 16 to 26; 1 male age 26 to 45; 4 females less than age 10; 2 females age 10 to 16; 1 female age 26 to 45. Two members of the household were employed in manufacturing.
1830 US Census: Zenas Cowin was heading a household in Westport Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 male age 5 to 10; 1 males age 50 to 60; 2 females age 10 to 15; 1 female age 20 to 30; and 1 female age 40 to 50.
1850 US Census: Zenas Cowin, age 70 (b. MA) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his 2nd wife, Rebecca Cowin, age 42 (b. MA); son, Abraham M. Cowin, age 5 (b. MA); and Hannah Peckham, age 40 (b. MA). [Rebecca (Peckham) Cowin's sister (b. 1810, d. 1888)]
1860 US Census: No record found.
1865 MA Census: Rebecca Cowen, age 58 (b. Westport, Bristol Co., MA) and widowed, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included her son, Abraham M. Cowen, age 21 (b. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) and employed as a laborer; and daughter-in-law, Mary J. Cowen, age 18 (b. Dartmouth, MA). Of interest, the household headed by Alden C. Cowen, age 37, was enumerated after them on the same census page.
At about age 22, while a resident of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Zenas B. Cowen married (1st) Mary Francis (more info) (b. abt 1783 at Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 18 Sep 1843 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; interred there in the First Church of Hixville Cem.), about age 17, and also of Dartmouth, on 16 August 1801 (intent recorded 13/15 May 1801) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (perhaps subsequently divorced, since Mary's death appears to follow Zenas's 2nd marriage) and had the following children:
(1. Stephen Cowen: Born 21 April 1803 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 24 October 1875; interred there. While a resident of Dartmouth married his 2nd cousin (once removed) Wealtha/Wealthy Willson Cowen (b. 28 Feb 1806 at Dartmouth, MA, d. there 20 May 1892; interred there in the Wilber Family Cem.), also of Dartmouth, daughter of Abish and Hope (Wilson) Cowen, on 24 May 1827 (intent recorded 10 May 1827) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Charles A. Cowing: Born about 1832 in Massachusetts. Employed as a laborer.
(b. Harriet Cowing: (more info) Born 30 April 1828. Died 17 February 1913, age 84 years, 9 months, 16 days, probably from complications of apoplexy; interred Oak Grove, New Bedford Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Dewitt C. Wilber (more info) (b. 1817), son of Thomas and Ruth (?) Wilbur, on 15 June 1845 (recorded 1 Jul 1845). Dewitt was employed as a house wright.
(2. Lydia Cowen: Born about 1806 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 10 February 1882. Married William Peckham (b. 4 Aug 1808 at Westport, Bristol Co., MA, d. 25 Oct 1911) on 24 April 1827 (intent recorded 6 Apr 1827) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(3. Abigail "Abbie" Cowen: Born about 15 May 1807 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 29 April 1890 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Araba Sampson Sherman (b. abt 1796 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) on 21 May 1831 in Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(4. Nancy F. Cowen: Born 21 April 1813 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died after 1855. Married Warren Taber (b. abt 1801 in Bristol Co., MA) on 29 May 1834 in Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(5. Polly H. Cowen: Born about 1814 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 21 August 1887. Married James Dennison Butts (b. 15 Jan 1802 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 15 Oct 1891 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA) on 29 November 1829 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(6. Mary Frances Cowen: Born 30 September 1819 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 31 December 1889 at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there. While a resident of Dartmouth, married (1st) Royal Reed (b. abt 1818 in MA), also of Dartmouth (intent recorded 7 Mar 1839) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children. Married (2nd) (?) Gilett (Mary's widowed surname at death).
(7. Zadock Cowen: Born about 1821 in Massachusetts.
(8. Zenas Bradford Cowen, II: (perhaps) Born February 1822 in Massachusetts.
1855 MA Census: Zenas Cowen, age 33 (b. MA)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in New Bedford Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household
also included his wife, Rebecca A. Cowen, age 31 (b. MA). Of interest, Amanda A. Tripp, age 15 (b. MA)
and Anna L. Tripp (b. MA) were enumerated directly before Zenas on the same
census page.
1865 MA Census: Zenas
B. Cowen, age 43 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Rebecca A. Cowen, age 40 (b. MA);
Sarah E. Tripp, age 20 (b. MA) and single, with no record of employment; George
A. Austin, age 5 (b. MA); and Asinath A. Tripp (female), age 2 (b. MA).
1870 US Census: No
record found.
1880 US Census: Zenas
B. Cowen, age 57 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Rebecca
A. Cowen, age 55 (b. MA; parents b. MA); and boarder, George A. Austin, age 20
(b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a carver.
1900 US Census: George
A. Austin, age 40 (b. Mar 1860 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a milk
man, was heading a household in Mattapoisett Township, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife of 17 years, Mary E. Austin, age 37 (b. Apr 1863 in MA;
parents b. MA), who had had 1 child, still alive; son, Charles A. Cowen, age 15
(b. Aug 1884 in MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a milk man; uncle,
Zenas B. Cowen, age 78 (b. Feb 1822 in MA; parents b. MA), widowed, and
employed as a milk man; hired man, John F. Damos, age 25 (b. Oct 1874 in the
Azores; parents b. in the Azores), single, and employed as a farm laborer, who
immigrated to the US in 1896 and was still an alien.
At about age 20, while
a resident of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Zenas B. Cowen, II
married Rebecca A. Tripp (b. abt 1825 at Westport, Bristol Co., MA, d. 24 Jan
1896, age 71 years and 5 months from complications of valve-related heart
disease, in Mattapoisett Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred New
Bedford) of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, about age 17, daughter
of Joseph and Priscilla (Sanford) Tripp, on 7 November 1842 (intent recorded
same day) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following
son:
(9. Patience Cowen: Born about 1823 in Massachusetts.
(10. Joshua Cowen: Born about 1825 in Massachusetts.
At about age 65 Zenas B. Cowing, I married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, Mrs. Rebecca (Peckham) Russell (b. 25 Oct 1807 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 10 Nov 1868, age 60, from complications of consumption), about age 37, daughter of Samuel and Rebekah (?) Peckham, on 28 January 1844 (intent recorded 10 Jan 1844) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Zenas and Rebecca (Peckham)(Russell) Cowen had the following son:
(11. Abraham "Abram" M. Cowen: Born 12/17 December 1844 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died after 1930.
1850 US Census: Abraham M. Cowin, age 5 (b. MA)
resided with his parents in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1860 US Census: Abram Cowen, age 15 (b. MA), resided
in the household headed by Abram Wilber, age 38 (b. MA) and employed as a
farmer in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $1,500 and his
personal property was valued at $500.
The household also included Abram Wilber's wife, Abby A. Wilber, age 29
(b. MA); daughter, Anna D. Wilber, age 4 (b. MA); and female Dighton W. Terry,
age 31 (b. MA).
1865 MA Census: Abraham M. Cowen, age 21 (b.
Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) and employed as a laborer, and his wife, Mary J.
Cowen, age 18 (b. Dartmouth, MA), resided in the household headed by his
widowed mother, Rebecca Cowen, age 58 (b. Westport, Bristol Co., MA), in
Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Of interest, the household headed by Alden C.
Cowen, age 37, was enumerated after them on the same census page.
1870 US Census: Abram M. Cowen, age 24 (b. MA) and
employed as a "common laborer," resided in the household headed by
his eventual mother-in-law, Betsey Crocker, age 61 (b. MA) and employed keeping
a boarding house, in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Betsey's personal property was valued at
$500. The household also included
Abram's wife, Mary J. Cowen, age 23 (b. MA); Betsy's daughter, and Abram's
eventual (2nd) wife, Priscilla Crocker, age 33 (b. MA) and employed in a cotton
mill; Mary E. Crocker, age 26 (b. MA); Charles A. Crocker, age 24 (b. MA) and
employed keeping a wood yard, whose personal property was valued at $1,000;
Sophromie C. Crocker, age 19 (b. MA); Harriet A. Crocker, age 14 (b. MA); Emma
L. Crocker, age 5 (b. MA); Jared P. Sherman, age 20 (b. MA) and employed in a
cotton mill; and James L. Holmes, age 19 (b. MA) and employed in a cotton mill.
1880 US Census: No record found.
1900 US Census: Abram M. Cowen, age 55 (b. Dec 1844 in
MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Old
Westport Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 23
years, Pricilla Cowen, age 62 (b. Jun 1837 MA; parents b. MA), who had had no
children; and son, Zinas B. Cowen, age 27 (b. Aug 1872 in MA; parents b. MA),
single, and employed as a farm salesman.
1910 US Census: Abram M. Cowen, age 66 (b. MA) and
employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household on Tucker Road in Dartmouth
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his 2nd wife, who he had been married to 39
years, Priscilla Cowen, age 74 (b. MA), who had been married once and had had
no children; and son, Zenous B. Cowen, age 37 (b. MA), single, and employed as
a farm laborer.
1920 US Census: Abram M. Cowen, age 75 (b. MA; parents
b. MA) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household on Bakerville
Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife,
Pricilla Cowen, age 83 (b. MA; parents b. MA); and son, Zenus B. Cowen, age 47
(b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a farm laborer.
1930 US Census: Priscilla Cowen, age 94 (b. MA, father
b. MA, mother b. MD), was lodging in the household headed by Thomas Barnes, age
54 (b. MA, parents b. England; married 1st age 19) on Slocum Road in
Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. There were several other boarders in the
household.
At age 18 Abraham Cowen married (1st) Mary Jane
Sherman (b. 8 Jul 1847 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 14 Mar 1875),
age 18, daughter of Benjamin H. and Hannah T. (Peckham) Sherman, on 7 August
1865 (intent recorded 12 Nov 1864) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
and had the following children:
(a. Priscilla Cowen: Born 2 September 1865, about 13
months after her parents' marriage, at Dartmouth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Died
there 28 August 1868, not quite 3 years old.
(b. Zenas Bradford Cowen, III: Born 9 August 1873 at
Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Died after 1930. Perhaps never married.
1900 US Census: Zinas B. Cowen, age 27 (b. Aug 1872 in
MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a farm salesman, resided with his
parents in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1910 US Census: Zenous B. Cowen, age 37 (b. MA),
single, and employed as a farm laborer, resided with his parents in Dartmouth
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Zenas Bradford Cowen, age
45 (b. 9 Aug 1873) and self-employed as a farmer, resided on Bakerville Road in
South Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He designated his nearest relative as Abram
M. Cowen of the same address. He signed
with an "X", so likely could not read or write.
1920 US Census: Zenus B. Cowen, age 47 (b. MA; parents
b. MA), single and employed as a farm laborer, resided with his parents in Dartmouth
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1930 US Census: Zenus B. Cowen, age 50 (b. MA, as were
his parents), single, and employed as a private laborer, was heading a
household on Bakerville Road, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
At age 32 Abraham Cowen married (2nd)
Miss Priscilla Crocker (b. abt 1836 in MA), age 38, daughter of David and
Betsey (Lucas) Crocker, on 23/24 September 1876 at Dartmouth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts; apparently no children.
b. William Cowing: See generation 7, below.
c. Sarah "Sally" Cowing: Born 4 February 1789 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 13 November 1874; interred there in the Wilbur Family Cemetery.
1790 Census: Stephen Andrews was the head of a household in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The household included himself and 3 free, white females.
While a resident of Dartmouth, Sarah Cowing married Stephen Andrews/Andros (b. abt 1780 in MA, d. 16 May 1852 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) of Dartmouth on 22 May 1808 (intent recorded 9 Apr 1808) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1. Rachel Andrews: Born 10 September 1815 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 10 June 1872; interred there in the Wilbur Family Cemetery. Married Stephen Macomber (b. abt 1816 in MA, d. 18 Dec 1854 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) on 1 July 1838 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(2. Ebenezer C. Andrews: Born 18 September 1818 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 5 September 1893. Married Hannah Sherman (b. 13 Dec 1823 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 7 Nov 1893 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) on 24 November 1842 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
d. Joshua Cowing: Born 1797 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 31 August 1871; interred Linden Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. While a resident of Dartmouth, married (1st) Sally Mary Murray (b. Sweden; also seen: b. Dartmouth, MA) of Dartmouth (intent recorded 19 Apr 1819) and had the following son:
(1.
William Murray Cowing: (more info)
Born 16 August 1820 in Dartmouth/Taunton Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Died 30 October 1894, age
77 years and 2 months in New Bedford Township; interred Mayflower Hill Cemetery
in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Employed as a conductor.
1860 US
Census: William M. Cowing, age 28 (b. MA) and employed as a conductor, was
heading a household in New Bedford Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Harriet A. Cowing, age 30 (b. MA); daughter, Mary E. Cowing,
age 12 (b. MA); son, Charles H. Cowing, age 10 (b. MA); son, William T. Cowing,
age 9 (b. MA); son, Frank H. Cowing, age 8 (b. MA); daughter, Clara E. Cowing,
age 5 (b. MA); and daughter, Hattie A. Cowing, age 2 (b. MA).
1880 US
Census: Wm M. Cowing, age 49 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a railroad
conductor, was heading a household in New Bedford Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Harriet A. Cowing, age 50 (b. MA); daughter, Clara E.
Cowing, age 25 (b. MA); and daughter, Harriet A. Cowing, age 21 (b. MA).
William
Murrey Cowing married Harriet Ann Sanford (b. 11 May 1830 at Tiverton, Newport
Co., RI, d. 29 Oct 1881 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA; interred with William)
on 18 April 1847 at Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island and had the
following children:
(a. Mary
E. Cowing: Born about 1848 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 19 May 1872 at Taunton, Bristol County,
Massachusetts; interred there.
(b. Charles Henry Cowing: (more
info) Born 24 September 1849 at Taunton, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Employed
as a jeweler. Also
employed as a traveling salesman.
1880 US
Census: Charles H. Cowan, age 32 (b. MA; parents b. MA), and employed as a
commercial traveler, resided in the household headed by Henry C. Cooley, age 52
(b. CT; parents b. MA) and employed as a Britannia Worker, in Taunton Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts. The
household also included Henry's wife, Frances A. Cooley, age 50 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS); Henry's daughter and Charles' wife, Anna Cowan, age 28 (b.
CT); and Charles' son, William H. Cowan, age 7 (b. MA).
1900 US Census: Charles H. Cowing, age 50 (b. Sep 1849 in MA;
parents b. MA) and employed as a traveling salesman, was heading a household in
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife of 28 years, Anna A. Cowing, age 48
(b. Jun 1851 in CT; father b. CT; mother b. NYS), who had had 1 child, still
alive.
Charles H. Cowing Married Anna "Annie" A. Cooley (b. 7 Jun 1851 at
Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, d. 1894) on 24 October
1871 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following son:
(1)
William H. Cowing: (more info)
Born 3 September 1872 in Taunton City, Taunton Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Died 2
November 1916 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Employed as a traveling
salesman. Resided
at 12 Woodbine Street, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: William H. Cowing, age 27 (b. Sep 1872 in MA;
father b. MA; mother b. CT), and employed as a traveling salesman, was heading
a household in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife,
Gertrude M. Cowing, age 26 (b. Jun 1873 in England; parents b. England), who
immigrated to the US in 1882 and had had 2 children, both still alive; son,
Charles L. Cowing, age 2 (b. Jan 1898 in MA); and daughter, Anna M. Cowing, age
9 months (b. Aug 1899 in MA).
William H.
Cowing married Gertrude Mary Beasley Cozenea/Cuzner (b. 13 Jun 1873 at Chester,
Cheshire County, England, d. 11 Feb 1957 at Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT;
interred there) on 8 December 1896 at Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
and had the following children:
(1.
Charles Leslie Joseph Cowing: Born 10 January 1898 at Boston, Suffolk County,
Massachusetts. Died 20 February 1975 at
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont; interred there in Saint Joseph
Cemetery. Married Nora Irene Free (b. 7
Jul 1896 at Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada, d. 24 Jul 1972 at
Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT; interred with Charles) on 17 November 1925 at
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont and had at least the following son:
(a. John Leslie Cowing: Born and died 10 September 1928 at
Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont.
(2. Louise
Mabel Cowing: Born 1899. Died 1991. Married Herbert
Earl Ravlin (b. 11 May 1897 at South Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT, d. 14 Sep 1955 at Hartford, Windsor Co., VT) on 2 April 1918
at Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont and had children.
(3.
Emma/Anna M. Cowing: (more info) Born 20
August 1899 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
(c. William Thomas Cowing: Born 24 March 1851 in Taunton
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Died 17 February 1889, age 37, in Norton Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts from complications of apoplexy; interred Mayflower Hill Cemetery,
Taunton Township. Employed
as a machinist.
1880 US
Census: William Cowing, age 28 (b. MA; parents b. RI), single, and employed as
a machinist, resided in the household headed by Gideon C. Kelley, age 39 (b.
MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a hotel keeper in Taunton Township, Bristol
County, Massachusetts.
1900 US
Census: Ida C. Cowing, age 46 (b. Dec 1854 in MA; parents b. MA), a widow, and
employed as a housekeeper, resided in the household headed by Clifford I.
Manter, age 41 (b. Sep 1859 in MA; parents b. MA), divorced, and employed as a
carpenter, at 279 Winthrop Street in the City of Taunton, Taunton Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts. Ida had
had 1 child, still alive. The household
also included Ida's daughter, Edith B. Cowing, age 14 (b. Nov 1885 in MA),
single, and in school.
William T.
Cowing married Ida C. Talbot (b. 1855 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, d. 26 Feb
1906 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA), daughter of Elijah W. and Elizabeth F.
(Alwood) Talbot, on 13 April 1882 at Taunton/Norton, Bristol County and had the
following daughter:
(1) Edith
Bowers Cowing: (more info)
Born 12 November 1885 in Norton Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Henry Edwin Hatch (b. 31 May 1884 at
Rockland, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 7 Oct 1965), age 20,
son of John H. and Josephine (Tilton) Hatch, on 30 April 1905 at Boston,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts and had children.
(d. Frank H. Cowing: (more info) Born 17 June 1852 in Taunton Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 25 February 1898, age 45 years, 8 months, 7 days, at 32 Laurel Street in the City of Boston, Massachusetts from complications of heart disease (also seen: d. Taunton, Bristol Co., MA). Employed as an agent. Married Emma A. Harrub (b. abt 1854 in MA, d. 11 Nov 1919 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA) on 7 January 1873 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had at least the following son:
(1) Edward G. Cowing: Born 23 July 1873 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 31 August 1874.
(e. Clara Etta Cowing: Born 24 June 1855 in Taunton/New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 26 July 1936, age 81, at Springfield, Capital Township, Sangamon County, Illinois; interred there in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Resided at Springfield, Illinois. Married John Weaver (b. 16 Apr 1847 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 12 Apr 1906) on 24 November 1881 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(f. Hattie A. Cowing: Born 29 September 1858 at New Bedford County, Massachusetts. Married Frederick William Hayes (b. 26 Dec 1856 at Portland, Cumberland Co., ME) on 28 April 1885 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and had a daughter.
While a resident of Dartmouth, Joshua Cowing married (2nd) Ruth Gifford (b. 1 Feb 1798 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1 Feb 1882 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA), daughter of Josiah and Nancy (Devoll) Gifford, of Dartmouth on 24 January 1822 (intent recorded 25 Dec 1821) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(2. Charles G. Cowing: Born 16 November 1822 at
Dartmouth/Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 4 December 1904 at Taunton, Bristol
County, Massachusetts; interred there in Mayflower Hill Cemetery.
1880 US Census:
Charles G. Cowen, age 57 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a blacksmith,
was heading a household in Taunton Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Amanda M. Cowen, age 45 (b. RI); daughter, Lillian Cowen,
age 16 (b. MA); son, Charles S. Cowen, age 9 (b. MA); and mother, Ruth Cowen,
age 82 (b. MA).
Charles G. Cowing
married Amanda H. Sanford (b. 5 Feb 1835 at Tiverton, Newport Co., RI, d. 5 Dec
1895 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA; interred with Charles) on 22 December 1850 at
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(3. Abraham Russell Cowing: Born 15 November 1826 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 25 February 1919; interred Linden Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Employed as a wheelwright.
1855 MA Census: (enumerated 10 Jul 1855) Abraham Cowen, age 30 (b. MA) and employed as a mechanic, was heading a household in Taunton Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Sarah Cowen, age 29 (b. MA); daughter, Emma Cowen, age 4 (b. MA); and son, Henry Cowen, age 2 months (b. MA).
1860 US Census: Abraham R. Cowen, age 33 (b. MA) and employed as a wheelwright, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His personal property was valued at $300. The household also included his wife, Sarah J. Cowen, age 28 (b. MA); daughter, Emma E. Cowen, age 9 (b. MA); son, Charles D. Cowen, age 5 (b. MA); and son, Andrew Cowen, age 3 (b. MA).
1910 US Census: A. R. Cowens, age 83 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and widowed, was heading a household on Hicksville Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; he had his own income. The household also included his cousin, N. Russell, age 71 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and widowed; no children.
Abraham R. Cowen married Sarah Jane Gifford (b. Jul 1832 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 24 Dec 1891 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA; interred with Abraham) on 8 September 1850 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Elisabeth Emma Cowen "Emma": Born 20 March 1851 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married George H. Taber (b. 2 Aug 1848 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA) on 4 August 1875 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had a daughter.
(b. Charles Davenport Cowen (in 1855 he appears to be Henry Cowen, age 2 months): Born 21 May 1855 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1920 US Census:
Charles D. Cowan, age 63 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Amanda
M. Cowan, age 65 (b. MA; parents b. MA).
Charles D. Cowen
married Amanda M. Pease (b. Dec 1849 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA) on 25
December 1877 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(c. Andrew Jackson Cowen: Born 24 July 1857 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Emily Valentine Evans (b. 11 Jan 1853 at Freetown, Bristol Co., MA, d. 17 May 1906 at East Providence, Providence Co., RI; interred Freetown, Bristol Co., MA) on 14 October 1877 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(d. Annie Gifford Cowen: Born 25 August 1862 at Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 19 April 1923 at Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; interred Linden Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Charles Stanley Heath (b. 20 Apr 1854 at North Attleborough, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 18 Mar 1914; interred there in Mount Hope Cem.) on 12 July 1881 at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had children.
(e. Arthur Sherman Cowen: Born 4 July 1870 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 14 April 1948. Married Elizabeth Luther Pearce (b. 1 Feb 1865 at Pawtucket, Providence Co., RI) on 19 August 1892 at Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island and had children.
(4. Isaac H. Cowin: Born about 1831 in Massachusetts.
(5. William Cowen: Born about 1834 in Massachusetts.
5 William Cowing (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 10 April 1783 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (also seen: b. Rochester Twp, Plymouth Co., MA). Died 1 March 1865, age 81 years, 10 months, and 18 days, from complications of a putrid sore in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (also seen: d. Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA). Employed as a wheelwright.
1840 US Census: William Cowing was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included 1 male age 10 to 15; 1 male age 50 to 60; 1 female age 10 to 15; and 1 female age 50 to 60.
1850 US Census: William
Cowing, age 67 (b. MA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household in
Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $1,000. The household also included his wife,
Elisabeth Cowing, age 70 (b. MA); and son, Alden C. Cowing, age 22 (b. MA) and
employed as a farmer. Of interest, his
next door neighbors were his sons, Leonard M. Cowing, age 26, and Samuel H.
Cowing, age 34.
1855 MA Census: William
Cowing, age 72 (b. MA) and employed as a carriage maker, was heading a
household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife,
Elizabeth Cowing, age 75 (b. MA); and son, Alden C. Cowing, age 28 (b. MA) and
employed as a farmer.
1860 US Census: No record
found.
2. Wife #1: Hannah Reid/Reed
Hannah Reid of Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts married William Cowing, about age 26, of Dartmouth on 19 February 1809 in Dartmouth (intent to marry recorded there on 7 Dec 1808).
3. Wife #2: Olive Horton Grinnell
a. Biographical notes:
Born 3 December 1790 at Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts; daughter of Oliver and Ann (Horton) Grinnell. Died after 1818. Married (1st) (?) Grinnell. At about age 22, while a resident of Freetown, Olive married William Cowing of Dartmouth, about age 29, Bristol County, Massachusetts on 4 October 1812 (intent recorded 12 Aug 1812) in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
b. Children:
(1. Samuel H. Cowing: (more info) Born 4 December 1815 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 16 February 1887 at Dartmouth from complications of diarrhea; interred Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1846 was employed as a farmer. In June 1949 was employed as a laborer.
1840 US Census: Age 20 to 30.
1850 US Census: Samuel H. Cowing, age 34 (b. MA) and employed as a stone cutter, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $2,000. The household also included his wife, Mary J. Cowing, age 25 (b. RI); daughter, Mary C. Cowing, age 3 (b. MA); and daughter, Adeline W. Cowing, age 11 months (b. MA). Of interest, Samuel's close neighbors included his father, and brother, Leonard, in addition to John and Joseph H. Andrews, all of whom were enumerated on the same census page.
1855 MA Census: Samuel H. Cowing, age 40 (b. MA) and employed as a stone cutter, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Mary J. Cowing, age 30 (b. RI); daughter, Mary C. Cowing, age 9 (b. MA); daughter, Adaline W. Cowing, age 6 (b. MA); daughter, Ella O. Cowing, age 4 (b. MA); son, Susan P. Cowing, age 1 (b. MA); and sister-in-law, Prisilla A. Fish, age 31 (b. RI).
1860 US Census: Head of household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Employed as a stone cutter.
1870 US Census: Samuel H. Cowen, age 54 (b. MA) and employed as a stone cutter, was heading a household in North Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $1,500, and his personal property was valued at $800. The household also included his wife, Mary J. Cowen, age 44 (b. RI); daughter, Mary O. Cowen, age 23 (b. MA) and employed as a dress maker; daughter, Ella O. Cowen, age 19 (b. MA) and employed as a dress maker; daughter, Susan P. Cowen, age 16 (b. MA); and daughter, Josephine E. Cowen, age 9 (b. MA).
1880 US Census: Samuel H. Cowen, age 64 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Mary J. Cowen, age 55 (b. MA; parents b. MA); daughter, Ella O. Cowen, age 28 (b. MA); daughter, Josephine Cowen, age 19 (b. MA); granddaughter, Lillian Snow, age 4 (b. MA); and Myra B. Howland, age 18 (b. MA).
Samuel H. Cowing and Mary Jane Fish (b. 1826) of Tiverton, Rhode Island recorded their intent to marry on 14 July 1844 at Dartmouth. Samuel and Mary had the following children:
(a. Mary O. Cowing: Born 10/11 December 1846 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 17 January 1917, age 70 years, 1 month, and 6 days, from complications of apoplexy (incapacity caused by stroke or cerebral hemorrhage), at home, 450 Cottage Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred there in Rural Cemetery. Married Benjamin F. Barnes.
(b. Adeline "Adele" White Cowing: Born 8 June 1849 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(c. Ella Osena Cowing: Born 2 August 1851 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Andrew L. Estes (b. November 1851 at Tiverton, Massachusetts on 10 April 1881, who was subsequently employed as a laborer. In 1900 they resided in Ward 2, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
(d. Susan Parker Cowing: Born 19 May 1854 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Die 3 April 1880 at Dartmouth. Married Silas Wright Snow (b. abt 1845 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA) on 7 March 1872 at Mattapoisett, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1880 was a widower and employed as a publisher.
(e. Josephine Estella Cowing: Born 21 April 1860 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1870 & 80 resided at Dartmouth. In 1900, 1910, and 1920 resided at Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married David B. Evans (b. 4 Sep 1854 at Freetown) on 17 April 1882 at New Bedford, Bristol County. David was employed as a farmer. Josephine was employed as a school teacher.
(2. William Horton Cowing: (more info) (note: marriage record to Rebecca refers to him as "William Jr.") Born 9 September 1818 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (also seen: b. Tiverton, RI). Died 17 March 1900, age 81 years, 6 months, 8 days at 9 at home (Jenney Street) in New Bedford Township, Bristol County from complications of pneumonia; interred there in Oak Grove Cemetery. Employed as a stone cutter.
1850 US Census: Resided in Newport County, Rhode Island.
1860 US Census: Resided at New Bedford (Ward 4), Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1870 US Census: Resided at New Bedford (Ward 5), Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1880 US Census: William H. Cowen, age 61 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a stone cutter, was heading a household in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Eliza A. Cowen, age 68 (b. RI; parents b. RI); son, William J. Cowen, age 23 (b. MA); son, Clarence Cowen, age 21 (b. MA); son, Obed S. Cowen, age 16 (b. MA); and grandson, Charles S. Snell, age 9 (b. RI).
Intent to marry (1st) Rebecca Simmons of Fall River recorded 27 October 1838 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married (2nd) Eliza Ann Fish (b. abt 1823 at Tiverton, Newport Co., RI, d. 17 Feb 1901), daughter of John Fish of Fall River, on 13 October 1842 (intent recorded 26 Sep 1842 in Dartmouth, MA) at Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. William and Eliza had the following children:
(a. Thomas B. Cowing: Born 16 July 1844 in Rhode Island (also seen: b. New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co., MA). Resided at Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1850; 1860 at New Bedford (Ward 4), Bristol County, Massachusetts; 1870 at New Bedford (Ward 5); and in 1880 still at New Bedford (Ward 5).
1880 US Census: Thomas Cowen, age 36 (b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by Julia A. Weston in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b. Edwin R. Cowing: Born 12 July 1846 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(c. Charles E. Cowing: Born 6 March 1848 in Rhode Island. Resided at Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1850, and in 1860 at New Bedford (Ward 4), Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(d. Emma L. Cowing: Born about 1851 in Rhode Island. In 1860 resided at New Bedford (Ward 4), Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married George F. Snell (b. abt 1850 in RI) and in 1870 resided at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. Emma and George had the following son:
(1) Charles E./S. Snell: Born 17 March 1871 at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. In 1880 resided at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1900 resided at Cranston Town, Providence County, Rhode Island, and in 1910 resided at Providence (Ward 7). Married Gertrude H. Cook (b. Sep 1876 in RI).
(e. Frank N. Cowing: Born 26 March 1854 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1860 resided at New Bedford (Ward 4), Bristol County, and in 1870 resided at New Bedford (Ward 5).
(f. William James Cowing: (more info) Born 31 May 1856 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 13 November 1913, age 57 years, 5 months, 11 days in Taunton Township, Bristol County from complications of a general paralysis with convulsions. In 1887 was employed as a frame maker; subsequently employed as a police officer. At some point resided at 50 North Street, New Bedford.
1860 US Census: Resided in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1870 US Census: Resided in Ward 5 of New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1880 US Census: Resided in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1910 US Census: William J. Cowing, age 54 (b. MA; father b. RI; mother b. MA) and employed as a policeman, was heading a household at 55 Foster Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 28 years, Mary E. F. Cowing, age 44 (b. MA; father b. RI; mother b. Ireland) and employed as a dressmaker, who had had 1 child, not alive.
1920 US Census: Mary Cowing, age 54 (b. MA; father b. RI; mother b. Ireland), widowed, and employed in her home as a dress maker, was heading a household at 76 Maxfield Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included her mother, Katherine Hicks, age 82 (b. Ireland; parents b. Ireland) and widowed, who immigrated to the US in 1844 (naturalized in 1864).
William J. Cowing, age 24, married Mary E. F. Hicks (b. 1864 in New Bedford Twp, RI), age 17, daughter of Samuel and Caroline (?) Hicks, on 25 October 1881 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) William "Willie" S. Cowing: (more info) Born 23 October 1886. Died 2 November 1886 in New Bedford; age 10 days.
(2) Everett M. Cowing: (more info) Born 15 December 1887 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1 June 1908 in Taunton Township, Bristol County.
(3) William J. Cowing: (more info) Died 25 May 1899 (still born) in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(4) Lester Cowing: (more info) Born 25 May 1899 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(g. Clarence E. Cowing: (more info) Born 4 February 1859/12 November 1861 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Employed as a teamster.
1860 US Census: Resided in Ward 4 of New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1870 US Census: Resided in Ward 5 of New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1880 US Census: Resided in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1910 US Census: Clarence Cowing, age 51 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a teamster for a coal company, was heading a household at 180 Mill Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 28 years, Aseneth Cowing, age 47 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had been married once and had had 8 children, 5 of whom were still alive; daughter, Emma Purrington, age 24 (b. MA), who was divorced and had had 1 child, still alive; son, Clarence Cowing, Jr., age 23 (b. MA), single, and employed as a teamster in a sales stable; son, Charles Cowing, age 21 (b. MA), single, and employed as operator of a moving picture machine; son, Freddie Cowing, age 14 (b. MA) and single; and daughter, Sadie Cowing, age 8 (b. MA) and single.
1920 US Census: Clarence E. Cowing, age 62 (b. MA; parents b. MA), widowed, and employed as a "teamer" for a coal concern, was heading a household at 269 Cedar Street, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his daughter, Emma H. Purrington, age 35 (b. MA) and divorced; and daughter, Sarah M. Purington, age 18 (b. MA) and employed as an inspector for a wood? screw? Company.
Clarence, age 24, married Cyrena Annette Ryder, daughter of Holder M. and Sarah (?) Ryder of New Bedford Township (also seen: m. Aseueth Ryder (b. Dartmouth, MA); and m. Asenath E. Tripp/Gripp (b. Dartmouth), on 12 March 1862 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County and had the following children:
(1) Emma Cowing: Born about 1886 in Massachusetts. Married (?) Purrington; subsequently divorced. Emma and her husband had a child.
(2) Clarence Cowing, Jr.: Born about 1887 in Massachusetts.
(3) Charles Cowing: Born about 1889 in Massachusetts.
(4) William H./J. Cowing: Born 6 February 1893 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 8 March 1903, age 11, from complications of pneumonia and acute intestinal obstruction.
(5) Frederick H. Cowing: (more info) Born 25 January 1896 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(6) Robert A. Cowing: (more info) Died 13 September 1898, age 10 months and 13 days, in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts from complications of acute meningitis.
(7) Sadie Cowing: Born about 1902 in Massachusetts.
(h. Mary Louisa Cowing: (more info) Born 7 August 1860 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Baptized there 7 August 1861. Died 11 October 1882 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(i. Obed S. Cowing: Born 24 November 1863 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Obed Cowing, age 37 (b. Jan 1863 in MA; parents birth place unknown) and employed as a steam basket beater, was heading a household at 278 Mill Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 16 years, Emma A. Cowing, age 37 (b. Feb 1863 in MA; father b. PA; mother b. MA), who had had 1 child, no longer alive.
1910 US Census: Obed S. Cowing, age 47 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a carpet and rug installer, was heading a household at 559 Kempton Street, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 26 years, Emma A. D. Cowing, age 47 (b. MA; father b. NYS; mother b. MA), who had had 1 child, not alive. They had both been married once.
1920 US Census: Obed S. Cowing, age 56 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as an upholsterer in an upholstery shop, was heading a household at 559 Kempton Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Emma A. D. Cowing, age 68 (b. MA; parents b. Germany).
Obed Cowing married Emma A. Dautsizue (b. Feb 1863 in New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co., MA) and had 1 child, who died before 1900.
3. Wife
#3: Elizabeth (West) Simmons
a. Biographical notes:
Born about 1780 in Rehoboth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (also seen: b. there 1 Sep 1804, which is not supported by census records), daughter of Ephraim (b. abt 1755) and Susan (?) West (b. abt 1753). Died 12 December 1862 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts from complications of lung fever. At about age 20 married (1st)(?) Simmons (b. abt 1780) about 1800. At about age 40, while a resident of Dartmouth, Elizabeth married (2nd) William Cowing, also of Dartmouth, about age 37, on 23 August 1820 (intent to marry recorded 7 Apr 1820) at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
b. Children:
(1. Leonard Miller Cowen/Cowing: See generation 4, below. (note: Dartmouth Town Clerk birth records indicate Leonard's parents were William and Olive (William's 2nd wife), but if William married 3rd, Elizabeth (West) Simmons, in 1820, and if Leonard was born in 1824, then Leonard must be the son of Elizabeth; both dates are well documented.)
(2. Alden C. Cowing: (more info) Born 22 September 1827 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 2 November 1901. Employed as a farmer. Resided in Dartmouth Township in 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900.
1855 MA Census: Alden C. Cowen, age 28 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by his father, William Cowing, age 72 (b. MA) and employed as a carriage maker, in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his mother, Elizabeth Cowing, age 57 (b. MA).
1860 US Census: No record found.
1865 MA Census: Alden C. Cowen, age 37 (b. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Louisa M. Cowen, age 20 (b. Fall River, Bristol Co., MA); and daughter, Cynthia E. Cowen, age 1 (b. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA). Of interest, the household headed by Charles H. Tripp, age 36, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page, and the household headed by Rebecca Cowen, age 58 (b. Westport, Bristol Co., MA) and widowed, was also enumerated before him on the same census page.
1870 US Census: Alden C. Cowen, age 42 (b. MA) and employed working on a farm, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township (North Dartmouth Post Office), Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $800, and his personal property was valued at $500. The household also included his wife, Lois M. Cowen, age 24 (b. MA); daughter, Nellie H. Cowen, age 4 (b. MA); and daughter, Elizabeth Cowen, age 1 (b. MA).
1880 US Census: Alden C. Cowen, age 52 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Lois Cowen, age 34 (b. MA); daughter, Nellie H. Cowen (b. MA); daughter, Lizzie C. Cowen, age 11 (b. MA); son, Ephraim Cowen, age 9 (b. MA); daughter, Edith Cowen, age 6 (b. MA); daughter, Rosabel Cowen, age 3 (b. MA); and an unnamed male baby, age 1 month (b. MA).
1900 US Census: Alden C. Cowen, age 72 (b. Sep 1827 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Hixville Road West in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Lois M. Cowen, age 54 (b. Nov 1845 in MA; parents b. MA); son, William B. Cowen, age 20 (b. Apr 1880 in MA), single, and employed as a farm laborer; son, John F. Cowen, age 17 (b. Sep 1882 in MA), single, and employed as a farm laborer; son, Ernest H. Cowen, age 15 (b. Jul 1884 in MA; and daughter, Alice M. Cowen, age 13 (b. May 1887 in MA).
1910 US Census: Loise Cowen, age 64 (b. MA; parents b. MA), widowed, and the mother of 11 children, 9 of whom were still alive. Of interest, Lois resided next door to her son, Ephraim Cowen and his family.
1920 US Census: Lois M. Cowen, age 74 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and widowed, was heading a household on Hixville Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Alden C. Cowen married Lois M. Collins (b. 14 Nov 1845 at Fall River/Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 17 Apr 1925 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; interred there in Evergreen Cemetery) on 6 December 1863 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Cynthia Elizabeth Cowen: Born 5 October 1864 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died before 1868.
(b. Nellie Hunter Cowen: Born 14 December 1865 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died after 1920 in Massachusetts. In 1870 and 1880 resided at Dartmouth. In 1900 resided at Fall River (Ward 7), Bristol County, and in 1920 Nellie resided at Falls River (Ward 1). Married Alvin Peckham (b. 1876 at Fall River, Bristol Co., MA) on 19 November 1900 at Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1917 Alvin resided at the Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1920 he resided at Fall River, Bristol County. In 1930 he was a widower and employed as a tea man in a cotton mill.
(c. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cynthia Cowen: Born 30 October 1868 at Dartmouth.
(d. Ephraim West Cowen: Born 27 October 1870 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there in 1948; interred Pine Island Cemetery, Dartmouth. Resided at Dartmouth his entire life. In 1895 was employed as a farmer. In 1910 was employed doing odd jobs. In 1920 was employed as a teamster.
1900 US Census: Ephraim W. Cowen, age 29 (b. Oct 1870 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Hixville Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 6 years, Cynthia M. Cowen, age 22 (b. Oct 1877 in MA; parents b. MA), who had had 5 children, 4 of whom were still alive; son, Benjamin E. Cowen, age 5 (b. Jul 1894 in MA); daughter, Minnie S. Cowen, age 4 (b. Mar 1896 in MA); son, James F. Cowen, age 1 (b. Aug 1898 in MA; and unnamed daughter, age 2 months (b. Apr 1900 in MA). Of interest, Ephraim's next door neighbor was his father, Alden C. Cowen, age 72.
1910 US Census: Ephraim Cowen, age 39 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a laborer doing odd jobs, was heading a household on Prospect Hill Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 16 years, Cynthia Cowen, age 33 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had been married once and had had 8 children, 7 still alive; son, Ben Cowen, age 15 (b. MA), single, and employed doing odd jobs; daughter, Minnie Cowen, age 14 (b. MA); son, James Cowen, age 11 (b. MA); daughter, Jessie Cowen, age 10 (b. MA); daughter, Mildred Cowen, age 7 (b. MA); son, Alden Cowen, age 4 (b. MA); and son, Leonard Cowen, age 1 years and 1 month. Of interest, Ephraim resided next door to his mother, Lois Cowen, age 64.
1920 US Census: Ephraim W. Cowen, age 49 (b. MA), was heading a household on Cross Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Cynthia L., age 42 (b. MA) and employed as a laundress in her home; son, Jessie C. Cowen, age 19 (b. MA) and employed as a spinner in a cotton mill; daughter, Mildred M. Cowen, age 16 (b. MA); son, Alden B. Cowen, age 13 (b. MA); and son, Leonard N. Cowen, age 11 (b. MA).
1940 US Census: Ephraim Cowen, age 69 (b. MA) and widowed, with no occupation recorded, was heading a single-person household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had completed 6th grade, and on 1 April 1935 he resided in the same township.
At age 23 Ephraim W. Cowen married Miss Cynthia L. Phillips (b. 15 Oct 1877 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. there in 1939; interred Pine Island Cem.), age 17, daughter of Bradford Durfee and Maria M. (Collins) Phillips (as well as sister of Herman Phillips, who married Ephraim’s younger sister, Alice), on 25 February 1894 at Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) Benjamin "Ben" Ephraim Cowen: Born 7 July 1894 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1954; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
1920 US
Census: Benjamin Cowen, age 25 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a
chauffeur in the lumber truck business, was heading a household at 131 Tallman
Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also includes his wife, Lillian
Cowen, age 20 (b. MA; father b. French Canada; mother b. MA); son, George
Cowen, age 3 years and 11 months (b. MA); daughter, Mabel Cowen, 2 years and 5
months; son, Alden Cowen, age 1 year and 8 months (b. MA); and son, Joseph
Cowen, age 6 months (b. MA).
1930 US
Census: Benjamin E. Cowen, age 35 (b. MA, as were her parents; married 1st
age 22) and employed in a lumber yard, was heading a household in Boulder Park,
Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife,
Georgeana Cowen, age 23 (b. MA, as were her parents) and married 1st
age 22; and daughter, Dorothy Cowen, age 9 (b. MA, as were her parents).
Benjamin
E. Cowen married (1st) Lillian Vigeant about 1917 and had the
following children:
(a) George Washington Cowen: Born 22 February 1916 at
Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Died 19 May 1976; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. Married Eleanor
Botelho (b. 1919 in MA, d. 1999) and had the following son:
[1. George
Washington Cowen, Jr.: Born 30 April 1937 at Acushnet, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 23 November 2003 at Fall River, Bristol
County, Massachusetts; interred there.
Married Mary Isabel Miranda (b. 6 Apr 1938 at Swansea, Bristol Co., MA,
d. 16 Jun 2013; interred with George, Jr.) in 1956.
(b) Mabel
Cowen: Born about 1917 in Massachusetts.
(c) Alden
Cowen: Born about 1918 in Massachusetts.
(d) Joseph
Cowen: Born about 1919 in Massachusetts.
(e)
Dorothy Cowen: Born about 1921 in Massachusetts.
Benjamin
E. Cowen married (2nd) Georgianna (?) (b.
abt 1907) about 1929.
(2) Minnie Loraine Cowen: Born 23 March 1896 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(3) James Franklin Cowen: Born 28 August 1898 in Massachusetts.
(4) Jessie C. Cowen: (photos) Born April 1900 in Massachusetts. Died 1947. Married Norman E. Pittsley (b. 1897, d. 1981) and had the following children:
(a) Norman E. Pittsley, Jr.: Born 1922. Died 1938.
(b) Jessie L. Pittsley: Born 1925. Died 1950.
(c) Kenneth W. Pittsley: Born 1931.
(d) Wilfred Pittsley: Born 1932.
(5) Mildred H./M. Cowen: Born 1904 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died April 1966 at Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
1930 US Census:
Fredric A. Hambly, age 31 (b. MA, as were his parents; married 1st age
26) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at 54 Old Fall River
Road, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Mildred H. Hambly, age 26 (b. MA,
as were her parents) and married 1st age 21; and niece, Ruthann
Cowen, age 4 (b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. England).
Mildred Cowen married Frederick Alfred Hambly (b. 22 Feb 1898 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1955; interred Wilber Family Cem., Dartmouth, MA), son of Charles Everett and Eugenia (Sherman) Hambly, and had the following children:
(a) Frederick Alfred Hambly, Jr.: Born 31 October 1930 at Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 13 November 2009 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Pauline Iveson (b. 20 Jan 1931 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1 Feb 2006 at N. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; interred Maple Grove Cem., Westport, Bristol Co., MA)
(b) Marilyn Lucille Hambly: Born 6 January 1933 at Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 24 April 2001 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(6) Alden Bradford Cowen: Born 15 March 1906 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died July 1968.
1950 US Census: Alden Cowen, age 44 (b. MA) and employed as an auto mechanic for a garage, was heading a household in Somerset Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Hermina Cowen, age 39 (b. Azores); son, Alden Cowen, Jr., age 12 (b. MA); son, David B. Cowen, age 11 (b. MA); daughter, Cynthia L. Cowen, age 9 (b. MA); daughter, Eileen Cowen, age 8 (b. MA); son, Edward J. Cowen, age 7 (b. MA); son, Leonard N. Cowen, age 5 (b. MA); son, Thomas Cowen, age 3 (b. MA); and daughter, Geradine Cowen, age 1 (b. MA).
Alden B. Cowen married Hermina Viera Anselmo (b. 20 Jan 1910 in Portugal (the Azores), d. 13 Oct 1994 at Somerset, Bristol Co., MA) and had the following children:
(a) Alden Bradford Cowen, Jr.: Born 9 September 1937 at Somerset Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 18 June 2004 at Fall River, Bristol County.
(b) David B. Cowen: Born about 1939 in Massachusetts.
(c) Cynthia L. Cowen: Born about 1941 in Massachusetts.
(d) Eileen Cowen: Born about 1942 in Massachusetts.
(e) Edward J. Cowen: Born about 1943 in Massachusetts.
(f) Leonard N. Cowen: Born about 1945 in Massachusetts.
(g) Thomas Cowen: Born about 1947 in Massachusetts.
(h) Geradine Cowen: Born about 1949 in Massachusetts.
(7) Leonard Nelson Cowen: Born 24 May 1908 at North Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; SSN: 033-05-2791. Died 31 October 1977, age 69, at Westport, Bristol County 02790; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1930 US Census: Leonard N. Cowen, age 21 (b. MA, as were his parents; married 1st age 21) and employed as a laborer for the State Highway Department, was heading a household at 114 Covel Street in the City of Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He married 1st at age 21. The household also included his wife, Hazel W. Cowen, age 19 (b. MA, as were her parents), who was married 1st at age 19.
1940 US Census: Leonard Cowen, age 31 (b. MA) and employed as a machinist for a WPA canning project, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had completed 7th grade. The household also included his wife, Hazel Cowen, age 30 (b. MA), who had completed 1 year of high school; son, Donald Cowen, age 9 (b. MA); daughter, Eunice Cowen, age 8 (b. MA); son, Carl Cowen, age 6 (b. MA); and son, John Cowen, age 0 (b. MA). They resided in the same house on 1 April 1935.
1950 US Census: Leonard Cowan, age 41 (b. MA) and employed as a carpenter's helper for a contractor, was heading a household at 157 Smith Street in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Hazel Cowan, age 39 (b. MA) and employed as a presser for a laundry; son, Donald Cowan, age 19 (b. MA) and employed as a spinner in an electric plant; daughter, Eunice Cowan, age 18 (b. MA); son, Carl Cowan, age 16 (b. MA); and son, John Cowan, age 10 (b. MA).
Perhaps married (1st) Martha Jane (?). Married (perhaps 2nd) Hazel Winona Reed (b. 11 Apr 1910 at Fall River, Bristol Co., MA, d. 18 May 1990), daughter of Walter Clark Reed (b. 6 Jul 1878 at Fall River, d. 1946) and Lucy Mary (Chase) Reed (b. 1 Jul 1888 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1955) on 1 June 1929 and had the following children:
(a) Donald Cowen: Born about 1931 in Massachusetts.
(b) Eunice Cowen: Born about 1932 in Massachusetts.
(c) Carl Leonard Cowen: Born 15 January 1934 at North Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 3 July 1993 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married (?) Griffin and had a son.
(d) John Cowen: Born about 1940 in Massachusetts.
(e. William Cowen: Born 23 March 1872 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 16 July 1872.
(f. Edith James Cowen: Born 25 August 1873 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Charles G. Poole (b. Oct 1857 at Dartmouth) on 6 January 1897.
(g. Rosabel Cowen: Born 30 November 1876 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Stephen Franklin Chace (b. 23 Nov 1880 at Fall River, Bristol Co., MA) on 28 March 1900 at New Bedford, Bristol County and had the following children:
(1) Male.
(2) Myrtle M. Chace: Born 7 September 1901 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 21 February 1995 at New Bedford, Bristol County.
(3) Clarinda G. Chace: Born 30 May 1903 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(4) Hilma P. Chace: Born 20 December 1904 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(5) Emerson Roy Holton Chace: Born 31 July 1907 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died January 1978 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Married Eva L. Chace and had the following children:
(a) Female.
(b) Guy F. Chace: Born 1928 in Massachusetts. Died 26 November 1990 at Fitchburg.
(6) Edna Myra Chace: Born 12 March 1910 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(7) Stephen E. Chace: Born 19 May 1911 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 14 November 1991.
(8) Roxy LaVerne Chace: Born 24 February 1916 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 8 June 2005 at East Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (also seen: d. Barnstable Co., MA); interred Bourne, Barnstable Co., MA.
1940 US Census: Rosabell Chase,
age 63 (b. MA), widowed, and employed as a seamstress for a sewing project, was
heading a household in Westport Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She had completed 8th grade. The household also included her son-in-law,
Francis Fisher, age 23 (b. MA) and employed as a fisherman on a boat, who had
completed 1 year of high school; [daughter &] Francis's wife, Roxy Fisher,
age 23 (b. MA), who had completed 4 years of high school; and [grandson]
Francis's son, George Fisher, age 2 (b. MA).
On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same house.
1940 US Census: Frederick O.
Fischer, age 26 (b. MA), single, and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in Vinyard Haven, Tisbury Township, Dukes County, Massachusetts. He had completed 2 years of college. The household also included lodger, Elmer C.
Smith, age 22 (b. MA), single, and employed as a farmer, who had completed 2
years of college. On 1 April 1935
Frederick had resided in the same township; Elmer had resided in Waltham
Township, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
1950 US Census: Frederick O.
Fischer, age 36 (b. MA) and a member of the armed forces, was heading a
household at 185 Gerrish Avenue in Dracut, Dracut Township, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts. The household also included
his wife, Roxy L. Fischer, age 34 (b. MA); daughter, Jeanette G. Fischer, age 3
(b. US Panama); daughter, Ethel A. Fischer, age 2 (b. US Panama); [step] son,
George Fisher, age 11 (b. MA); and [step] daughter, Joyce R. Fischer, age 9 (b.
MA).
Roxy Chace married (1st) Francis Fisher (b. abt 1917 in MA), who was employed as a fisherman, and had the following children:
(a) George Fisher: Born
about 1939 in Massachusetts.
(b) Joyce R. Fisher:
Born about 1941 in Massachusetts.
Roxy (Chace) Fisher married (2nd) Frederick Oswald Fischer (b. 17 Sep 1913 in MA, d. 12 Oct 2000), son of Albert Oswald Fischer (b. 1876, d. 1964) and Ethel Morton (Luce) Fischer (b. 30 Mar 1883 at Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA, d. Jan 1976), and had the following children:
(c) Jeanette G. Fischer:
Born about 1947 in US Panama Canal Zone. Married Edmund Sharron and had the
following children:
[1. Edmund Sharron, Jr.
[2.
Regina Sharron.
[3. Sophia Sharron.
(d)
Ethel Alberta Fischer: Born about 1948 in US Panama Canal Zone. Married Larry Anderson and had the following
children:
[1. Kelly Anderson.
[2. Nicholas Anderson.
(e) Male.
(h. William Barker Cowen: Born 29 April 1880 at North Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Employed as a farm laborer.
1920 US Census: William B. Cowen, age 39 (b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household on Old Fall River Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Of interest, William's brother, Ernest resided next door.
(i. John Franklin Cowen: Born 2 September 1882 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Harriet Gertrude Chamberlain (b. abt 1884 at Dartmouth). At age 40 married Lillis Tennant, age 33, daughter of Lawrence and Prudence (Crooks) Tennant, on 30 December 1922 in Orange County, California.
(j. Ernest “Ern” Herbert/Hubert Cowen: Born 17 July 1884 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 14 July 1972 at New Bedford. Employed as a carpenter.
1920 US Census: Ernest H. Cowen, age 35 (b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a carpenter and home builder, was heading a household on Old Fall River Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Of interest, Ernest's brother, William resided next door.
1930 US Census: There was an Ernest Cowen, age 45 (b. MA, parents b. England), single, and employed as a carpenter, heading a household on Old Fall River Road, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. (The parents of the Ernest Cowen in question were both born in Massachusetts, so this might be another.)
(k. Alice Mabel Cowen: Born 8 May 1887 at North Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
At age 18, while a resident of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Alice M. Cowen married, as his 1st wife, Herman "Herm" Phillips (photos) (b. 5 Oct 1881 at Freetown/North Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA), age 25, employed as a teamster, and also a resident of New Bedford, son of Bradford Durfee and Maria M. (Collins) Phillips, on 29 October 1905 at Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Herman married (2nd) Ida (?) (b. 1908, d. 1976).
(3. Philinda Cowen: (perhaps) Mother unknown.
(4. Elizabeth Cowen: (perhaps) Mother unknown.
(5. Daughter: Mother unknown.
4 Leonard Miller Cowen/Cowing (more info)
1. Biographical Notes: (note: Dartmouth Town Clerk birth records indicate Leonard's parents were William and Olive (William's 2nd wife), but if William married 3rd, Elizabeth (West) Simmons, in 1820, and if Leonard was born in 1824, then Leonard must be the son of Elizabeth; both dates are well documented.)
Born 22 January 1824 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 22 January 1884, age 60, in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts from complications of heart disease; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (also known as the Russell Family Burying Ground; Old Fall River Road, 1.7 miles west of Faunce Corner). Married at age 22. Employed as a farmer in 1846. Employed as a machinist in 1850, but was employed as a blacksmith by 1860 and after. Moved from Dartmouth, to New Bedford (Perry Neck Road), where he resided in 1857, and then to Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1859 changed his surname from Cowing to Cowen; perhaps a wide spread extended family decision (see bottom right comment on 5 Mar 1859 deed).
According to Bristol Land Record Book number 39, page 467: On 5 Mar 1859 Leonard M. Cowing of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts purchased for $30 from William S. Gifford and his wife, Virtue Gifford, a parcel of land in New Bedford.
According to land record book number 48, pages 67 and 68, dated 13 May 1862: On 1 October 1860 (recorded 28 May 1861) Leonard M. Cowing of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts purchased from his brother, Alden C. Cowing, for $75 a 4.5 acre parcel of land situated in Dartmouth. It appears Leonard had previously sold the property to Alden on 30 October 1852, a transaction recorded in the Southern District of Bristol County, land record book number 24, pages 86 and 87.
According to land record book number 24, pages 86 and 87, of the southern district of Bristol County, Massachusetts, dated 24 November 1852: On 30 October 1852 Leonard M. Cowing, Yeoman, and his wife, Jane G. Cowing, of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Leonard sold for $70 to his brother, Alden C. Cowing of Dartmouth County, a wood lot in Dartmouth containing 4 acres and 33 rods which was bounded on the North, West, and South by William Cowing's land and on the east by John Millard's land.
1850 US Census: Leonard M. Cowing, age 26 (b. MA) and employed as a machinist, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $500. The household also included his wife, Jane G. Cowing, age 22 (b. MA); and daughter, Ann M. Cowing, age 3 (b. MA). Of interest, the households of Leonard's close neighbors, John Andrews and his son, Joseph H. Andrews (Jane's father), were enumerated on the same census page.
1855 MA Census: Lenoard M. Cowen, age 32 (b. MA) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household New Bedford Township, Bristol County, New York. The household also included his wife, Jane G. Cowen, age 28 (b. MA); daughter, Ann M. Cowen, age 9 (b. MA); daughter, Emily H. Cowen, age 4 (b. MA); and William H. Read, age 5 (b. MA).
1860 US Census: No record found.
1865 MA Census: Leonard M. Cowen, age 40 (b. MA) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Jane G. Cowen, age 37 (b. MA); daughter, Annie Cowen, age 18 (b. MA); daughter, Emma Cowen, age 14 (b. MA); son, Edward Cowen, age 8 (b. MA); son, Marshall L. Cowen, age 4 (b. MA); and son, Joseph Cowen, age 7 months (b. MA).
1870 US Census: Leonard M. Cowen, age 45 (b. MA) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in Ward 1 of New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $650. The household also included his wife, Jane G. Cowen, age 43 (b. MA); son, Edward K. Cowen, age 13 (b. MA) and employed as a farm laborer; son, Marshall, age 9 (b. MA); son, William J. Cowen, age 5 (b. MA), and daughter, Ada C. Cowen, age 3 (b. MA).
1880 US Census: Leonard Cowen, age 55 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Jane G. Cowen, age 52 (b. MA; parents b. MA); son, William J. Cowen, age 16 (b. MA) and works on farm; and daughter, Ada A. Cowen, age 13 (b. MA).
2. Wife: Jane Gray Andrews
(photos)
Mayflower
Descendant
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Born 29/22 March 1827 in
Dartmouth Township (also seen: b. Fall River), Bristol County, Massachusetts,
daughter of Joseph Harrison Andrews (b. Dartmouth) and Almira Maria
(Sampson) Andrews "Maria"
(b. Dartmouth) of Dartmouth, who also had two sons. Died 20 January 1916, age 88 years, 9 months,
and 20 days, at home on River Road in Mattapoisett Township, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, from complications of edema (fluid accumulation) of the lungs;
interred Evergreen Cemetery on Old Fall River Road in the Shingle Island area
of Dartmouth Township, Bristol County.
At age 18 Jane Andrews married her 3rd cousin, Leonard Miller Cowen, age
22 and employed as a machinist, on 5 March 1846 (recorded 5 Apr 1846) in
Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
3. Children:
a. Anna "Ann"/"Annie" M. Cowen: Born 26 September 1846 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 19 August 1933; interred there in Evergreen Cemetery.
1850 US Census: Ann M. Cowing, age 3, resided with her parents in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1860 US Census: Henry Macomber, age 36 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by his father, Gardner Macomber, age 82 (b. MA) in the City of Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included Henry's mother, Elisabeth Macomber, age 79 (b. MA).
1865 MA Census: Henry J. Macomber, age 41 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Anna Macomber, age 19 (b. MA); daughter, Almira Macomber, age 1 (b. MA); father, Gardner Macomber, age 89 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer; mother, Elizabeth Macomber, age 85 (b. MA); and Philip T. Macomber, age 51 (b. MA) and employed as a laborer. Of interest, the household headed by Caleb W. Macomber, age 60 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
1870 US Census: Henry J. Macomber, age 46 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in the City of Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $1,600, and his personal property was valued at $576. The household also included his wife, Anna M. Macomber, age 23 (b. MA); daughter, Almira A. Macomber, age 6 (b. MA); and Philip L. Macomber, age 56 (b. MA) and employed as a farm laborer.
1880 US Census: Henry J. Macomber, age 56 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Anna M. Macomber, age 33 (b. MA; parents b. MA); and daughter, Almira A. Macomber, age 16 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and single.
1900 US Census: Annie Macomber, age 54 (b. Jun 1845 in MA; parents b. MA) and widowed, with no record of employment, resided as a lodger in the household headed by Jacob Veith, age 69, in the City of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Annie had been married 20 years and had had 1 child, still alive.
1910 US Census: Ann F. Macomber, age 63 (b. MA; parents b. MA), widowed, and not employed, was heading a household on Copicut Road in the City of Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She had had 1 child, still alive. The household also included her daughter, Almira Macomber, age 46 (b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and not employed.
1920 US Census: Ann Macomber, age 73 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed keeping house for a private family, resided in the household headed by Ann M. Davis, age 36 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a stenographer for a garage, on Hixville Road in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1930 US Census: Ann M. Macomber, age 83 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and widowed, resided in the household headed by Henry T. Howard, age 43, in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
At age 17, while a resident of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Miss Anna M. Cowen married Henry Jones Macomber (b. 20 May 1824 in Fall River Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1 Mar 1891, age 66 yrs, 9 mos, 8 days, from complications of diabetes, in Dartmouth Twp, Bristol Co., MA), age 39, a farmer, and a resident of Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, son of Gardner and Elizabeth (?) Macomber, on 10 January 1864 (license issued 7 Jan 1864 in New Bedford) in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following daughter:
(1. Almira A. Macomber: Born 7 May 1864 at/near Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 12 July 1919 in Fall River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, age 55 years, 2 months, and 5 days, from complications of cirrhosis of the liver; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died single; perhaps never married.
1900 US Census: No record found.
b. Son: Not named, so perhaps still born 13 February 1847 on Perry Neck Road in the City of New Bedford, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
c. Emily “Emma” H. Cowen: (more info) Born 3 October 1851 on Perry Neck Road in the City of New Bedford, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (also seen: b. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA). Died 7 December 1918, age 67 years, 2 months, and 4 days from complications of bronchial pneumonia from influenza in Isolation Hospital No. 1, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1880 US Census: Thomas Russell, age 33 (b. MA; parents b. MA), married, and employed as a farm laborer, resided in the household headed by his father, Jeremiah Russell, age 78, in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his mother, Maria Russell, age 75 (b. MA; parents b. MA); wife, Emma Russell, age 28 (b. MA; parents b. MA); daughter, Emma J. Russell, age 9 (b. MA); and daughter, Izola Russell, age 7 (b. MA).
1900 US Census: Thomas Russell, age 54 (b. May 1846 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 31 years, Emma H. Russell, age 48 (b. Oct 1851 in MA; parents b. MA), who had had 3 children, all still alive; and son, Melvin T. Russell, age 18 (b. May 1872 in MA), single, and employed as a horse trader. Of interest, the household headed by Nancy R.? Russell, age 61 (b. Dec 1838 in MA; parents b. MA), who had had no children, was enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
1910 US Census: Thomas A. Russell, age 63 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a laborer doing odd jobs, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 42 years, Emma H. Russell, age 58 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had been married once and had had 3 children, all still alive. Of interest, the household headed by his son, Melvin T. Russell, age 27, and the household headed by his brother, William H. Russell, age 69 (b. MA) and widowed, were enumerated before and after him, respectively, on the same census page.
At age 17, while a resident of New Bedford, Miss Emily Cowen married Thomas A. Russell (b. 2 May 1846 in North Dartmouth Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. (drowned accidentally) 25 Sep 1911, age 65 yrs, 4 mos, and 23 days, in New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co., MA; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth), age 22, farmer, and resident of Dartmouth, son of Jeremiah and Maria (Sampson) Russell, on 9 December 1868 (license issued 5 Dec 1868) at New Bedford/Dartmouth. Thomas was employed as a farmer and dealer of horses. They had the following children:
(1. Emma Jane Russell: Born 1 June 1871 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 2010. Married (1st) Stephen Wood Cummings (b. 8 Mar 1867 in Westport Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. there 1927) on 11 March 1888 in Westport Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(a. Elsie Mabel Cummings: Born 6 August 1888 in Westport Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b. Florence Luella Russell: Born August 1890 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Lewis Stephen Tripp (b. 1893, d. 1952) on 20 October 1915 on Manhattan, New York City, New York and had the following children:
(1) Clara Mae Tripp: Born 13 April 1917 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 17 April 1917.
(2) Elmer Russell Tripp: Born 17 March 1920 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1934.
(3) Grace Frances Tripp: Born 1 November 1927 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 12 July 2000 at Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California. Married John Francis Riley (b. 1 Nov 1927 in New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. 12 Jul 1927 at Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., CA). Died 2008.
(c. Ethel F. Cummings: Born 20 March 1892 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1969; interred Middletown Cemetery, Middletown Township, Newport County, Rhode Island. Married Harold Vernon Peckham (b. 27 Sep 1893 in Middletown Twp, Newport Co., RH, d. 15 Jan 1958 in Newport Co., RI) on 15 December 1915 in Middletown Township, Newport County, Rhode Island and had the following daughter:
(1) Helen Louise Peckham: Born 29 August 1916 in Middletown Township, Newport County, Rhode Island. Died 16 February 1979 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Married William Arthur Adamson (b. 1909, d. 1952) about 1937 in Newport County, Rhode Island and had the following children:
(a) Kaye Frances Adamson: Born 1935 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Died 1985 in Warren Township, Bristol County, Rhode Island. Married, as his 1st wife, Harry Oscar Dannelley, Jr. (b. 27 Sep 1930 at Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA, d. 28 Jul 2001 at Riverside, Riverside Co., CA) about 1950 in Rhode Island and had at least the following children:
[1. Elizabeth Dannelley: Born about 1953 in Rhode Township, County Offaly, Ireland. Died 2007 in Rhode Island.
[2. Helen Dannelley: Born about 1955 in Rhode Island. Died there 2016.
[3. Roy Lee Dannelley: Born 1960 in Newport County, Rhode Island. Died 1963 in Middletown Township, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Harry Dannelley, Jr. married (2nd) Elise Louise Thompson (b. 25 Dec 1926 in Rockville Twp, Orange Co., NY, d. 13 Dec 2007 in Garden Grove Twp, Orange Co., CA).
(b) Harold Roy Adamson: Born 28 May 1948 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Died 6 December 2014 in Camden County, North Carolina.
Emma (Russell) Cummings married (2nd) Eugene Gifford Crapo (b. 15 Feb 1871 in New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1947).
(2. Isola Annie Russell: (per Dartmouth birth record; also seen: Izola) Born 6 March 1873 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1927 in Easton Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
At age 18 Isola Russell married (1st), as his 2nd wife, widower Job C. W. DeMoranville (b. 24 Jan 1864 in Freetown Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1930), age 24 and employed as a blacksmith, son of Job B. and Zilpha (?) DeMoranville, on 7 January 1889 in the City of New Bedford, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
At age 21, while a resident of Freetown, Massachusetts and employed as a farmer, Job DeMoranville had married (1st) Mary Allen (b. 29 Mar 1869 in Dartmouth Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. abt 1886 in New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co., MA), age 18, while a resident of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and employed as a domestic servant, daughter of Warren and Sarah (?) Allen, on 14 December 1884 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Job and Isola (Russell) DeMoranville had the following children:
(a. James Henry DeMoranville: Born 24 April 1893 in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
James DeMoranville married Matilda Elizabeth Hart (b. 9 Nov 1894 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, d. 13 Apr 1921 in Middleboro Twp, Plymouth Co., MA) on 11 October 1913 in Middleboro Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(b. Thomas Job DeMoranville: Born 30 August 1895 in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(c. Millie Russell DeMoranville: Born September 1896 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. At age 18 married George Potter Smith (b. 28 Dec 1891 in Norton Twp, Bristol Co., MA), age 23, son of George L. and Agnes E. (Thurber) Smith, on 28 December 1915 in Middleborough Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1) Russell E. Smith: Born 1917 in Massachusetts.
(2) Carl V. Smith: Born 27 June 1918 in Abington Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(3) Helen Smith: 1 July 1920 in Abington Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(4) Albert R. Smith: Born 1924 in Massachusetts.
Isola (Russell) DeMoranville married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, her brother-in-law and uncle, Luther Kidder DeMoranville (b. 6 Oct 1864 in Westport Twp, Bristol Co., MA), son of Samuel Braley and Mary Crapo (Reynolds) DeMoranville. At age 22, while employed as an electrician, Luther had married (1st) Isola's aunt, Ada A. Cowen (b. 26/27 Jun 1867, d. 4 Apr 1917), age 19 and employed as a mill hand, daughter of Leonard M. and Jane G. (Andrews) Cowen, on 9 November 1886 in the City of New Bedford, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (see below).
(3. Melvin Thomas Russell: Born 13 May 1882 in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1931; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth.
1910 US Census: Melvin T. Russell, age 27 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a horse salesman, was heading a household in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 8 years, Amy C. Russell, age 27 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had had no children. Of interest, the households headed by his father, Thomas A. Russell, age 63, and uncle, William H. Russell, age 69, were enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
At age 20 Melvin Russell married (1st), Miss Cynthia Amy Boomer (b. 25 Mar 1883 in Dartmouth Twp, Bristol Co., MA), age 19, daughter of Walter M. and Cynthia (Andrews) Boomer, on 10 September 1902 in Westport Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; subsequently divorced.
Melvin Russell married (2nd) Mabel Frances Harding (b. 20 Feb 1901 in Acushnet Twp, Bristol Co., MA) on 28 November 1920 and had the following children: (order uncertain)
(a. Melvin Thomas Russell, Jr.
(b. Lydia
Jeanette Russell: Born 21 November 1924. Married (?)
Charbonneau and had the following children:
(1) Jeffrey "Jeff"
Charbonneau.
(2) Robert “Bob”
Wilfred Charbonneau.
(c. Emma Cowen Russell: Died 2010. Married (?) Breault.
(d. Child: Died at birth; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
(e. Son: Died from complications of a wood cutting accident; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
d. Edward Kilton Cowen: See generation 3, below.
e. Marshall L. Cowen: Born 13 November 1860 in the City of New Bedford, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts (official New Bedford birth record: born to Leonard M. and Irene (Andrews) Cowen; death certificate says b. Acushnet Twp, Bristol Co., MA). Died about 1927 at New Bedford. Employed as a teamster.
1880 US Census: Marshall L. Cowen, age 19 (b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a laborer, resided in the household headed by Paul S. Hathaway, age 49 (b. MA), in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Marshall L. Cowen, age 39 (b. Nov 1860 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a household at 451 Chaning Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 18 years, Elizabeth S. Cowen, age 47 (b. Aug 1852 in England; parents b. England), who had had 2 children, both still alive; son, James L. Cowen, age 16 (b. Nov 1883 in MA) and employed as a farm hand; and daughter, Florence E. Cowen, age 15 (b. May 1885 in MA) and in school.
1910 US Census: Marshall F. Cowen, age 49 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and eployed as a house carpenter, was heading a household in the City of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 27 years, Eliza S. Cowen, age 57 (b. England; parents b. England), who immigrated to the US in 1873, had been married once, and had had 2 children, both still alive.
1920 US Census: Marshall L. Cowen, age 59 (b. MA, as were his parents) and employed as a house carpenter, was heading a household at 465 Chancery Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Eliza S. Cowen, age 67 (b. England, as were her parents; immigrated to America in 1872; naturalized 1880); and daughter, Florence E. Newsham, age 34 (b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. England) and employed as a dress maker specializing in women's suits. Of interest, Marshall's close neighbor was the household headed by Clifton Cowen, age 32.
1930 US Census: Eliza (Matthews) Cowen was age 78 and a widow.
At age 21, while a resident of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Marshall L. Cowen married Eliza Susannah Matthews (b. 8 Aug 1852 at Clifton, Gloucestershire/Bristol Co., England, d. 1949 in New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co., MA; immigrated to the US in 1872; naturalized 1880), age 28 and also a resident of New Bedford, who was employed as a seamstress, daughter of William and Rebecca (Hodges) Matthews, on 23 July 1882 (intent recorded 19 Jul 1882) at New Bedford, Massachusetts and had the following children:
(1. James Leonard Cowen: Born 11/28 November 1883 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 21 February 1920, age 36 years, 3 months, and 10 days, from complications of kidney inflamation. In 1900 (age 17) was employed as a farm hand. Later employed as a fireman. Right arm was amputated on 15 November 1907. Resided at Providence, Rhode Island when he registered for the World War I draft.
1930 US
Census: James L. Cowen, age 19 (b. MA, as were his parents), single, and
employed as an extractor in a laundry, was boarding in the household headed by
Ovila Limages, age 45 (b. French Canada) at 178 State Street, New Bedford,
Bristol County, Massachusetts.
At age 21 James L. Cowen married, as her 1st husband, Ellen "Nellie" Newsham (b. Jul 1883 in MA, d. 1944), age 21, daughter of James and Sarah (Hammond) Newsham of New Bedford, on 1 March 1905 at New Bedford and had the following children:
(a. James Leonard Cowen, Jr.: Born 29 May 1911 in
Massachusetts.
(b. Marshall Miller Cowen: Born 23 June 1914 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died there 23 December 1987. Married Mabel I. Gagnon (b. 16 Jul 1921 in RI, d. 6 Jan 2008 at Cranston, Providence Co., RI) and had at least the following daughter:
(1) Mabel Irene Cowen: Born 11 March 1943 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Died 11 December 1990 at Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(2. Florence Elizabeth Cowen: Born 3 May 1885 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 20 January 1970. In 1920 resided with her parents at New Bedford (Ward 3).
At age 20 Florence Cowen married, as his 1st wife, Charles Joseph Newsham (b. 21 Feb 1885 at Taunton, Bristol Co., MA), age 21, son of James and Sarah (Hammond) Newsham, on 6 June 1905 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (subsequently divorced) and had the following son:
(a. Harold J. Newsham: Born 16 March 1906 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 27 February 1990.
At age 35 Charles J. Newsham married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, widow Elizabeth (Nicholson) Smith (b. Jul 1886 in England, d. ), age 34, daughter of John and Elizabeth A. (Jackson) Nicholson, on 21 February 1921 in the City of New Bedford, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
f. William “Will” Joseph Cowen: Born 7 October 1864 on Plainville Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 19 October 1924, age 60 years and 12 days (found dead from complications of apoplexy (cerebral hemorrhage or stroke)), in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred St. Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford. In 1880 resided at Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1900 was age 53, employed as a stone cutter, and resided at New Bedford City. In 1920 resided at New Bedford (Ward 3) and was employed by the electric light company.
1900 US Census: William J. Cowen, age 37 (b. Oct 1862 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a stone cutter, was heading a household at 128 Locust Street in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 9 years, Mary A. Cowen, age 32 (b. Aug 1867 in Ireland; parents b. Ireland), who had had 2 children, 1 of whom was still alive; and daughter, Celia Cowen, age 1 (b. Dec 1898 in MA).
1910 US Census: Cowen, William J., age 86 [very legible; should be abt 46] (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a laborer in a granite quarry, was heading a household in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 18 years, Mary A. Cowen, age 46 (b. Ireland; parents b. Ireland), who had been married once; daughter, Cecila E. Cowen, age 11 (b. MA); and uncle, James Carney, age 30 (b. Ireland; parents b. Ireland) and single, who immigrated to the United States in 1907.
1920 US Census: William Cowen, age 54 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a lineman for the electrical light company, was heading a household on Shaunuit Avenue in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Mary Cowen, age 53 (b. Ireland; parents b. Ireland), who had immigrated to the US in 1880; and daughter, Cecelia E. Cowen, age 21 (b. MA), single, and employed as a public school teacher.
1930 US Census: Mary E. Cowen, age 63 (b. Ireland, as were her parents; married 1st age 25; immigrated to the US in 1881 and subsequently naturalized), resided in the household headed by her son-in-law, Joseph W. Cotter, age 32 (b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. Ireland) in a multi-family dwelling at 140 Shawnut Avenue, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Joseph was employed as a police officer. The household also included Joseph's wife, Cecelia E. Cotter, age 31 (b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. Ireland) and married 1st age 26; Joseph's son, William J. Cotter, age 3 (b. MA); and Joseph's son, Leonard D. Cotter, age 1 year 5 months.
At age 27, while a resident of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, married Mary A./E. Healey (b. Aug 1867 in Ireland), age 28 and also a resident of New Bedford, daughter of James and Bridget (?) Healey, on 17 November 1891 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and had at least the following children:
(1. William J. Cowen: Born 15 October 1895 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 19 January 1897.
(2. Cecilia "Celia" L./E. Cowen: Born about 1899 in Massachusetts. Married (?) Towen? Married Joseph Cotter (b. abt 1898) and had the following children:
(a. William J. Cotter: Born about 1927 in Massachusetts.
(b. Leonard D. Cotter: Born about December 1928.
g. Ada A. Cowen: Born 26 June 1867 in Plainville Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (death certificate says b. 27 Jul 1867; marriage record says b. New Bedford, MA). Died 4 April 1917, age 49 years, 9 months, and 8 days (per death certificate) from complications of heart disease, diabetes, and associated kidney inflammation, in Middleboro Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
At age 19 Ada Cowen married, as his 1st wife, Luther Kidder DeMoranville (b. 6 Oct 1864 at Westport, Bristol Co., MA, d. ), age 22, son of Samuel Braley and Mary Crapo (Reynolds) DeMoranville, on 9 November 1886 at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts and resided at Middleboro, Massachusetts. Luther and Ada (Cowen) DeMoranville had the following children:
(1. Maurice Andrew DeMoranville: Born 5 January 1888 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 1953 in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. At age 24 married (1st) Margaret Theresa Sullivan (b. 20 Nov 1885 at Fall River/New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, d. 19 Oct 1918 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA), age 24, daughter of Dennis and Katherine (Harrington) Sullivan, on 10 December 1912 at New Bedford (license issued Fairhaven, MA) and had the following children:
(a. Son: Born 12 February 1913 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b. Maurice Luther DeMoranville: Born 25 December 1915 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 27 September 1916 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
(c. Margarette DeMoranville: Born 8 October 1918 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Widower Maurice DeMoranville married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, widow Sadie Crocker (Parlow) Hegarty (b. 23 Sep 1871 in Dighton Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. 1951), age 47, daughter of Sylvestus B. and Sarah A. (Spencer) Parlow on 7 August 1919 in the City of New Bedford, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(2. Mabel Luther DeMoranville: Born 20 July 1898 at Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 8 October 1982 at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Roy Allen Holmes, Jr. (b. 10 Jun 1898 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 8 Feb 1920 at Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA) on 6 September 1917 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married (2nd) Joseph E. Charetier (b. 14 Feb 1896 at Saint-Octave-de-Metis, La Mitis Co., Quebec, Canada, d. Jan 1974 at Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA).
Luther DeMoranville married (2nd), his sister-in-law, Isola (Russell) DeMoranville (see above).
3 Edward Kilton
Cowen (photos)
Mayflower Descendant
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1. Biographical Notes:
Born 9 March 1857 in New Bedford Township (also seen:
Dartmouth), Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Died 12 March 1929 (age 72) at the home of his daughter, Grace, in
Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts;
interred Rounseville Cemetery, East Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
In 1898 Edward Kilton
Cowen and his family resided on Pleasant Street in New Bedford,
Massachusetts. He was a diabetic and an
alcoholic. He was born in New Bedford,
but by the time of Leonard's
birth, Edward was employed as a
blacksmith in East Freetown, Massachusetts.
In the early 1920s Edward’s son, Leonard, was convinced he could
help provide the discipline his father needed to conquer his alcoholism. Leonard was intimately aware of the problem,
having suffered (with other members of his family) the shame and deprivations
that his father’s disease had inflicted on them all. (In fact, it was the ever-lingering memories
of his father’s drinking problem that made Leonard a fervent “teetotaler” his
entire adult life.) So, optimistically,
Leonard invited Edward to live with him and his family in Adams, Jefferson
County, New York. Sadly, Leonard’s
efforts were a failure. Apparently, Edward
would not stay out of the local pubs in Adams, and on one occasion was caught
stealing silverware to help fund his addiction.
With that incident, Leonard got so angry at his father for jeopardizing
his good name in Adams, that he physically beat Edward. Shortly thereafter Edward returned to
Massachusetts, where he resided the remainder of his life with his daughter,
Grace, and her family in Fairhaven.
Leonard did attend his father's funeral, dropping his wife, Mabel and
daughters off at the farm residence of Mabel's uncle, Ernest Froome near
Mahopac, Putnam County, New York before proceeding to Fairhaven.
1860
US Census: Age 3 and residing with his parents at New Bedford (Ward 1), Bristol
County, Massachusetts.
1865
MA Census: Edward Cowen, age 8 (b. MA) resided in the household headed by his
father, Leonard M. Cowen, age 40, in the City of New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts.
1870
US Census: Edward K. Cowen, age 13 (b. MA) and employed as a farm laborer, resided
in the household headed by his father, Leonard M. Cowen, age 45 (b. MA) and
employed as a blacksmith, at New Bedford (Ward 1), Bristol County,
Massachusetts.
1880
US Census: Edward K. Cowan, age 23 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a
hotel clerk, resided in the household headed by John Scott, age 30 (b. MA;
father b. Ireland; mother b. MA) in Falls River Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Edw K. Cowen, age 43 (b. Mar 1857 in MA; parents b. MA) and employed as manager of a club stable, was heading a household on State Street in New Bedford City, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included wife of 5 years, Lizzie M. Cowen, age 43 (b. Dec 1856 in MA; parents b. MA) who had had no children; daughter, Grace H. Cowen, age 14, (b. Jun 1885 in MA); and son, Leonard T. Thomas, age 9 (b. Sep 1890 in MA); and boarder Adelbert C. Ashley, age 23 (b. Oct 1876 in MA), single and employed as a drug store apprentice.
1910 US Census: Edward K. Cowen, age 53 (b. MA; parent b. MA) and employed as foreman in a stable, was heading a household at 197 Middle Street, Ward 4 of New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife of 15 years (his 1st marriage), Lizzie M. Cowen, age 53 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had been married once; daughter, Grace H. Cowen, age 26 (b. MA), single, and employed as a milliner; and son, Leonard T. Cowen, age 20 (b. MA) and single with no record of employment. It appears a Lucy E. Taber, age 86 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and widowed, who had had 6 children, 5 of whom were still alive, was heading a single-person household under the same roof with Edward Cowen.
1920 US Census: No record found.
2. Wife #1: Mary Jane Thomas: (photos)
"Jennie M."
a. Biographical notes:
Born 8 February 1860 in East Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died 30 April 1893 (age 33; from complications of child birth) at East Freetown/Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles H. and Mary E. (Harper) Thomas. Jennie, age 21, a school teacher, and resident of Freetown, married Edward Kilton Cowen, age 24, a blacksmith, and resident of Freetown, on 18 March 1881 (license issued 15 Mar 1881) in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts with clergyman George Tyler officiating. First marriage for both.
b. Children:
(1. Grace H. Cowen: (photos)
Born 20 June 1884 in East Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died Monday, 2 July 1956 in Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred 5 July 1956 in Naskatucket Cemetery, Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In September 1953 Grace resided at 267 New Boston Road, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Was a regular correspondent with her sister-in-law, Mabel (Froome) Cowen after her brother, Leonard died in 1952.
1900 US Census: Grace H. Howard, age 14 (b. Jun 1885) resided with her parents in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Henry T. Howard, Jr., age 13 (b. Jan 1887 in MA) resided in the household headed by his father, Henry T. Howard, age 64 (b. Jan 1836) on New Boston Road in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1910 US Census: Henry T. Howard, age 23 (b. MA; parents b. MA), single, and employed as a laborer in a cotton mill, was a lodger in the household headed by Octave Susina, age 36, at 149 Middle Street, New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1917 WWI Draft Registration: Henry T. Howard, age 30 (b. 18 Jan 1887 in Fairhaven Twp, Bristol Co., MA) and employed as a farmer, resided with his wife and 1 child on New Boston Road in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had blue eyes and brown hair.
1920 US Census: No record found for Henry and Grace.
Of interest, Ann Macomber, age 73 (b. MA; parents b. MA), widowed, and employed as a housekeeper for a private family, resided in the household headed by Ann M. Davis, age 36 (b. MA; parents b. MA), widowed, and employed as a stenographer in a garage in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included Ann Davis's daughter, Mary A. Davis, age 7 (b. MA); son, Fermen Davis, age 5 (b. MA); sister, Mary Chace, age 29 (b. MA), single, and employed as a public school teacher; and brother, Henry Chace, age 20 (b. MA), single, and employed as a machinist in a milk factory.
1930 US Census: Henry T. Howard, age 43 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a truck farmer, was heading a household at Box 61, New Boston Road, Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He was married at age 25, and his real estate was valued at $2,000. The household also included his wife, Grace H. Howard, age 45 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who was married at age 27; daughter, Eleanor J. Howard, age 15 (b. MA) and single; and boarder, Ann M. Macomber, age 83 (b. MA) and widowed [this is Anna M. (Cowen) Macomber, daughter of Leonard M. Cowen, gen 4, above, and Grace's aunt].
1940 US Census: Henry T. Howard, age 53 (b. MA) and employed as Superintendant in the street department, was heading a household at 267 New Boston Road, Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He had completed 4 years of high school and had resided at the same location on 1 April 1935. The household also included his wife, Grace H. Howard, age 54 (b. MA), who had completed 4 years of HS; son-in-law, Ernest E. Griffith, age 28 (b. VT) and married, who was employed as Assistant Superintendant in a celloid industry; and daughter, Eleanor J. Griffith, age 25 (b. MA) and married. On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same house.
1950 US Census: Henry T. Howard, age 63 (b. MA) and employed as a road foreman in the road construction industry, was heading a household at 267 Boston Road in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Grace H. Howard, age 65 (b. MA).
At age 27, while a resident of New Bedford, Grace H. Cowen, married Henry Thomas Howard, Jr. (photos) (more info) (b. 18 Jan 1887 in Fairhaven Twp, Bristol Co., MA, d. 25 Nov 1971 in New Bedford Twp, Bristol Co.; interred with Grace), age 25 and employed as a farmer in Fairhaven Township, Massachusetts, and son of Henry Thomas and Sarah Jane (Tripp) Howard, on 28 February 1912 (recorded 1 Mar 1912) in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts with clergyman Frank H. Peters of New Bedford officiating. Henry and his father were both employed as farmers on New Boston Road in Fairhaven Township, Bristol County. Grace and Henry had the following daughter:
(a. Eleanor Jennie Howard ("Elanor" per Acushnet
Twp birth record): (photos) (more
info) Born 20 April 1915 in Acushnet/Easton Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts (recorded in Fairhaven Twp on 26 Feb 1916). Died 1 November 1973, age 58, in New Bedford
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; interred Naskatucket Cemetery,
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1940 US Census: Ernest E. Griffith, age 28 (b. VT), married, and employed as superintendant in a colloid industry, resided in the household headed by his father-in-law, Henry T. Howard, age 53, at 267 New Boston Road, Fairhaven Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Ernest had completed 4 years of high school. The household also included his mother-in-law, Grace H. Howard, age 54, who had completed 4 years of high school; and wife, Eleanor J. Griffith, age 25 (b. MA) and married, who had completed 4 years of high school. On 1 April 1935 they all resided in the same house.
1950 US Census: Ernest T. Griffith, age 38 (b. VT) and employed as a plant superintendent, was heading a household at 25 Peck Street, Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Eleanor J. Griffith, age 34 (b. MA); and daughter, Myrna A. Griffith, age 9 (b. MA).
Eleanor Howard married Ernest "Ernie" Edric Griffith (photos) (more info) (b. 24 Feb 1912 at Springfield, Windsor Co., VT, d. 29 Nov 1977 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA; interred with Eleanor), who was addicted to alcohol, son of Ernest Eugene and Alice Almira (Chaffee) Griffith, in 1938 at Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Resided at 267 New Boston Road, Fairhaven, Massachusetts 02719. Following Eleanor's death, Ernest resided last at 463R College Highway, Box 147, Southwick, Massachusetts. Ernest and Eleanor had the following daughter:
(1) Myrna Ann Griffith: (photos) Born 1940 in Massachusetts.
1940 US Census: S. F. Oscar Burman, age 23 (b. MA) and employed as a draftsman designer for a textile machine manufacturer, was heading a household at 56 South Street in the City of Biddeford, York County, Maine. He had completed 3 years of high school. The household also included his wife, Beatrice L. Burman, age 23 (b. MA), who had completed 4 years of high school; and son, Howard Burman, age 3 (b. ME). On 1 April 1935 both Oscar and Beatrice resided at Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Myrna married (1st) Howard Joseph? Burman (more info) (b. 24 Jan 1937 at Biddeford, York Co., ME, d. 15 Oct 2015, age 78, at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA), son of Joseph Frans Oscar Bjurman "Oscar", Jr. (b. 14 Jul 1916 at Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 16 Feb 1996 at Fall River, Bristol Co., MA) and Beatrice Louise (Davidson) Burman (b. 20 Apr 1916 at Brockton, Plymouth, MA, d. 30 Jun 2001 at Fall River/Norton, Bristol Co., MA); subsequently divorced. Myrna and Howard had the following children:
(a) Kari Burman: (photos) Born about (?) in Massachusetts. Married (?) Nuttall.
(b) Karla Burman: (photos) Born about (?) in Massachusetts. Married (?) O'Connor.
About 1977 Howard Burnham married (2nd) Karen Christie and had the following daughter:
(c) Noelle Burman: Married (?) Andrade.
Perhaps Myrna (Griffith) Burman married (2nd) (?) Witherell.
(2. Leonard Thomas Cowen: See generation 2, below.
3. Wife #2: Eliza Morton (Rounseville) Cowen: (photos)
"Liz"/"Lizzie"
Born 24 December 1853 in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts; daughter of Marcus M. and Elizabeth C. (Evans) Rounseville of Freetown, both born in Freetown Township. Died 6 AM, 13 May 1918, age 64 years, 4 months, 14 days in Mattapoisett Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts from complications of uterine cancer; surgery to impede condition on 4 September 1916. Miss Lizzie, age 38 and a resident of Freetown, married, as his 2nd wife, Edward Kilton Cowen, age 38, employed as a blacksmith, and a resident of Freetown, on 2 July 1895 in the Baptist Church of Acushnet/Long Plains, Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Pastor J. T. Frost officiating. Of interest, one marriage record for Edward states his mother was Jenie Ashley, while another says Jane Andrews. No children.
2 Leonard Thomas Cowen (photos) (more info)
"Len" "Brick"
Mayflower Descendant
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 13 September 1890 at East Freetown (Jucketham Center), Bristol County, Massachusetts (near Buzzard's Bay). Died 2 October 1952 in the Veterans Hospital in Bath, Steuben County, New York. Grew up in East Freetown. Had bright red (in his opinion, ugly) hair when young, resulting in his nickname: “Brick.” Eventually his hair lightened up to auburn (reddish brown), before turning pure white in later life.
In his early years Leonard was actively involved in thespian activities; he had a good singing voice and was a member of several minstrel shows. He played semi-professional baseball until he accidentally broke the arch of both feet when he jumped down from some elevated surface, perhaps a dugout, onto a baseball bat.
On 5 June 1917 (age 26) Leonard registered for the selective service draft at Adams, Jefferson County, New York, though he stated his home was Mattapoisett Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and his temporary residence was Skaneateles Township, Onondaga County, New York, where he was employed as an automobile mechanic foreman for George A. Chamberlain. He also registered for the selective service draft at Fairhaven, Bristol County (draft board #42; FHL roll 1684757). Subsequently served in the US Army during World War I. After the War Leonard became an agent of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, traveling widely in pursuit of fugitives from the law. Tired of that life style and prior to marriage to Mabel Alice Froome on 17 September 1919, he became an automotive mechanic for Grimshaw & Grow Auto Repair Company, Adams, New York. Eventually Leonard decided to open his own auto repair business, working out of a garage he rented on the south side (away from the Creek) of Spring Street in Adams (across Sandy Creek from where they initially lived on Grange Avenue - the 2nd lot in from Main Street). He continued to operate the Spring Street garage until they moved to Church Street in Adams, where Leonard repaired and maintained automobiles in his barn (adjacent and behind their house) and in his side yard.
Until 1933 Leonard and his family lived in a rented house at 17 Grange Avenue in the village of Adams. It hung so far over the very steep (almost vertical) cliff above Sandy Creek, which flows through the Village, that Mabel could throw her wash water directly into the creek from the dwelling’s back balcony. When their landlord refused their offer to buy the dwelling, Leonard and Mabel moved to another rental home at 19 Grove Street (located on the outside of the sharp bend in Grove Street where it turns south). In November 1942 they finally purchased a house, including fairly large, three-level barn, at 36 East Church Street in Adams. The Grove Street residence was subsequently donated to the Catholic Church for use as a monastery, and was eventually torn down. The barn at 36 East Church Street was crowded with automotive parts and tools; and, much to the distress of Mabel, overflowed into their back yard, creating an eye sore of overgrown vegetation and vehicle assemblies.
Leonard and Mabel had, as is so often the case with married couples, strikingly dissimilar personalities. Mabel was quiet and reserved, often worrying about disruptions to order and discipline, while Leonard was more of a free spirit who loved to joke (often using profane language) and to enjoy life. Of interest, this notable divergence of personalities was mirrored in their two daughters; Dorothy's personality was much like her mother's, while Margaret was more like her father.
Leonard was a member of the Don Rounds Post, American Legion and Lodge #234, "Rising Sun Lodge," of the Free and Accepted Masons. He was also confirmed a member of the Episcopal Church by Bishop Fiske on Sunday, 18 October, 1931 (having been presented for confirmation by Reverend Cecil Taylor).
In early July 1952, while using a saw, Leonard cut his left hand deeply between the thumb and index finger. Dr. Hamilton of Adams provided expedient care by suturing the wound and injecting a coagulant to retard bleeding, but Leonard would not take the doctor's advice that he should admit himself to the hospital for supervised recovery. About one week after the accident, and probably as a direct result of both the coagulant and his lack of caution, Leonard suffered a stroke, which totally incapacitated his right side and severely slurred his speech. He was admitted to the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital in Watertown, New York and stayed there for more than two months. Though Leonard had medical insurance, which his daughter Margaret had religiously purchased in return for living with her parents, it did not cover rehabilitative therapy, which he needed. He came home from the hospital in September 1952 and lay in a hospital bed in their parlor for about one week before the family took a friend's advice to move him to the Veteran's Administration Hospital at Bath, Steuben County, New York on 19 September; the newer and much closer veteran's hospital in Syracuse, New York did not offer long term rehabilitative therapy. Mabel stayed with Leonard in Bath during the week and came home to Adams for the weekends.
During the ensuing 42-day stay at the hospital in Bath Leonard suffered a second, then third stroke. The latter contributed to his death at 9 PM, 30 October 1952 from cerebral hemorrhage caused by cerebral arteriosclerosis, age 62 years, 1 month, 17 days. His remains were transported from Bath on 31 October, and a funeral service was held at the Piddock & Vrooman Funeral Home in Adams, New York on 2 November at 2:30 P.M.; Layman Robert Ayers of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church presided. A Masonic service was lead by Harvey Bradbury. Leonard was interred at 3 P.M. that day in the Cowen plot, Adams Rural Cemetery, Adams, New York.
1900 US Census: Leonard Cowen was age 9 and resided with parents at 64 State Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1910 US Census: Leonard Cowen was age 20 and resided with his parents at 197 Middle Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1920 US Census: Leonard Cowan, age 29 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a mechanic for an automotive repair garage, was heading a household in the Village of Adams, Adams Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mabel Cowen, age 29 (b. NYS; parents b. England); and Mabel's mother, Eliza A. (Hussey) Froome, age 56 (b. England; parents b. England) and widowed, who immigrated to the US in 1884. Leonard apparently resided under the same roof as the household headed by George Rogers, age 75 (b. NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. VT) and not employed, whose wife, Hannah Rogers, age 72 (b. Ireland; parents b. Ireland) resided with him. [In 1997 Leonard's daughter, Margaret (Cowen) Smith, knew of no family relationship to George Rogers or his wife, Hannah.)
1930 US Census: Leonard T. Cowen, age 39 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as an automobile mechanic, was heading a household at 17 Grange Avenue in the Village of Adams, Adams Township, Jefferson County, New York. He married 1st at age 29. The household also included his wife, Mable A. Cowen, age 39 (b. NYS; parents b. England), who married 1st at age 29; daughter, Dorothy E. Cowen, age 7 (b. NYS); daughter, Margaret K. Cowen, age 5 (b. NYS); and mother-in-law, Eliza Froome, age 65 (b. England; parents b. England) and widowed, who immigrated to the US in 1884 (subsequently naturalized).
1940 US Census: Leonard Cowen, age 50 (b. MA) and employed as an auto mechanic for the Desota Agency, was heading a household on Grove Street in the Village of Adams, Adams Township, Jefferson County, New York. Leonard had completed 1 year of high school. The household also included his wife, Mabel Cowen, age 49 (b. NYS), who had completed 8th grade; their daughter, Dorothy Cowen, age 18 (b. NYS) and single, who had completed 3 years of high school; and daughter Margaret Cowen, age 15 (b. NYS) and single, who had completed 8th grade. On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same house.
1950 US Census: Leonard C. [quite legible] Cowen, age 60 (b. MA) and self-employed in a repair shop, was heading a household at 30 East Church Street in the Village of Adams, Adams Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mable A. Cowen, age 60 (b. MA); and daughter, Margaret Cowen, age 25 (b. NYS), never married, and employed as a bookkeeper for a bank.
2. Wife: Mabel Alice Froome (photos) (more info)
Alice
Elizabeth Froome (per birth certificate)
SSN: 056-32-7776
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a. Biographical Notes:
Born 12 May 1890 in Watertown Township, Jefferson County, New York. Died 15 November 1979. Was officially and unofficially Mabel Alice Froome her entire life, though for reasons that were not clear to her, her birth certificate recorded her name as: "Alice Elizabeth Froome." This was discovered when Mabel and her husband, Leonard, were applying for a social security number in the 1940s and had to present their birth certificates. When Leonard heard this he joked (in a characteristically light-hearted way), they must not be married, since his marriage certificate said he had married Mabel Alice Froome. According to her daughter, Margaret, Mabel didn’t think that was very funny. Unfortunately, by that time Mabel’s parents were dead, and there was no one else to explain the confusion.
Mabel had an eighth grade education and was a communicant of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Adams, New York. Following school she went to work as a servant in the household of Isaac Hunt, President of the bank in Adams. At one point Mr. Hunt asked Mabel to accompany him and his family on a trip to Florida, but Mabel’s father wouldn’t permit it. Following her father’s death (13 Mar 1912) Mabel continued to work for the Hunt family and lived with her mother in an apartment on Church Street in Adams. She married Leonard Thomas Cowen on 17 September 1919 (license issued 10 Sep 1919 in Adams Twp, Jefferson Co., NY) in Trinity Church, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York; Reverend Almon A. Jaynes officiated. They had driven there from Adams that day, and after the wedding continued on to Boston and New Bedford, Massachusetts for their honeymoon, returning to Adams on 1 October.
After marriage Mabel worked part time doing housework and catering social functions for many of the more prominent families in Adams, including Isaac Hunt. She was busy all of the time working inside and outside her home. Of related interest, Mabel’s uncle, Thomas Fowler, worked full-time for Mr. Hunt as a chauffeur, gardener, and house servant. Mabel prepared her family's main meal each day to be served at noon, when her daughters were briefly home from school and Leonard got away from his work.
After Leonard's death Mabel remained in her house at 36 East Church Street with her daughter, Margaret, and Margaret's family. In 1967 she sold that home to make way for construction of a bank building on the site, and all occupants moved up the street to a larger house purchased by Margaret and her husband, Carmon Smith, at 53 East Church Street, Adams, New York 13605.
On 29 October 1979 Mabel was standing against the wall beside the doorway of her bedroom, adjacent to the formal dining room of her home at 53 East Church Street, when she started to faint, slipping quickly to the floor. She was conscious, but weak, so her family rushed her to the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. She died there on Thursday evening (11:20 P.M.), 15 November 1979, age 89 from complications of Lymphoma (a form of cancer of the lymph nodes), for which she was being treated.
The problem apparently started with cancer of the duodenum, which necessitated surgery at that hospital and subsequent chemo therapy, which caused Pancytopenia (anemia, a reduction in all the cells of the blood). She lost all of her hair and wore a wig until it grew back (including to her granddaughter, Sally's wedding on 27 May 1978). There was a second hospital visit associated with cancer treatment that was highlighted by Mabel breaking her elbow while trying to climb out of bed. It appears Mabel's call button was out of reach on her night stand, her voice was weak, the door to her room was closed, and she needed to visit the bathroom. Though the bed rails were up, she successfully scaled them, only to trip and fall over her intravenous tubing and equipment.
Mabel's funeral was held Sunday (2:30 P.M.), 18 November 1979 at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church; Reverend John F. LaVoe presided. Interment was in the Cowen plot in the Adams Rural Cemetary at 3:15 P.M. on 18 November.
1900 US Census: Mabel Froome, age 10, resided with her parents in Adams, Jefferson County, New York.
1910 US Census: Mabel Froome, age 17 and single, resided with her parents in Lorraine Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1920 US Census: Mable Cowen, age 29, resided with her husband, Leonard "Cowan," and her mother, Eliza Froome, in the village of Adams, Jefferson County, New York. (see above)
b. Parents: John George Froome (b. 14 Nov 1864, d. 13 Mar 1912) and Eliza A. (Hussey) Froome (b. 4 Jul 1865, d. 28 Sep 1932) of Adams, New York.
4. Children:
a. Dorothy Elizabeth Cowen: (photos) (more info) See generation 1a, below.
b. Margaret Katherine Cowen: (photos) (more info) See generation 1b, below.
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1a Dorothy Elizabeth Cowen
Mayflower Descendant
Born 17 April 1922 at the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. Died at home, 52 N. Main Street, West Carthage, Champion Township, Jefferson County, New York, on 17 November 1975. Married Ekard Almond Drake, descendant #2 of generation 12 of the Descendants of Almond Henry Drake on 1 November 1947.
See Ekard's Page
for More Info
1b Margaret Katherine Cowen
Mayflower Descendant
Born 23 February 1925 at the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. Died 17 June 2021 (10:55 PM) at the Samaritan Summit Village, 22691 Campus Drive, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York 13601 from complications of old age (aspiration pneumonia). Married Carmon Silas Smith, generation 1 of the Smith Annex, on 25 April 1952.
See Carmon's
Page for More Info
REFERENCES: 16,48a,49,59,87,109,134b,139,151,152
Early generations taken largely from work of Leigh Erwin Cowing http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/w/Leigh-E-Cowing/index.html
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Other, still unidentified, Cowen names:
1. Clifton Cowen: Born about 1888 in Massachusetts.
1920 US
Census: Clifton Cowen, age 32 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a
steamfitter in a plumbing shop, was heading a household at 475 Chancery Street
in New Bedford Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Mertyl
Cowen, age 32 (b. MA; father b. ME; mother b. NC); and daughter, Alice Cowen,
age 6 (b. MA). Of interest, Clifton's
very close neighbor was Marshall L. Cowen, age 59 (b. MA) [but apparently not Marshall Cowen's son; no clear record found for
Clifton, Mertyl, or Alice before or after 1920].
Clifton
Cowen married Mertyl (?) (b. abt 1888 in MA) and had
the following daughter:
(a. Alice
Cowen: Born about 1914 in Massachusetts.
2. Thomas
Joseph Cowen: Born 3 April 1883. Veteran of World War I (FHL roll # 1684756), registering for the
selective service at Draft Board # 41.
Appears to have married Elizabeth A. (?). Resided last on Holmes Street, Rehoboth,
North Easton Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
3. William
E. Alton: Born about 1869 in Massachusetts.
Married Alice K. (?) (b. Scotland).
1930 US
Census: William E. Alton, age 61 (b. MA, as were his parents; married 1st
age 24) and employed as a stationary engineer in a bank building, was heading a
household at 33 Cowert (sp) Street, Fairhaven Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. He married 1st at age 24,
and his residence was valued at $5,000.
The household also included his wife, Alice K.? Alton, age 52 (b. Scotland, as were her parents) and
married 1st age 23, who immigrated to the US in 1883; son
[apparently adopted], Edward Cowen,
age 7 (b. MA, as were his parents); and daughter [apparently adopted], Mabel Cowen, age 12 (b. MA, as were her
parents).
William
Alton married (1st) Annie Newel Raymond (b. 1870, d. 1915). He married (2nd) Alice Kerr Woodland (b.
1878, d. 1947). Perhaps adopted the
following children:
a. Mabel
Cowen: born about 1918 in Massachusetts.
b. Edward
Cowen: Born about 1923 in Massachusetts.
4. Eliza Cowen:
Born about 1891 in Massachusetts.
1930 US
Census: Eliza Cowen, age 39 (b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. Texas), widowed,
and employed as a servant for a private family, resided in the Lemay household
at 4077 N. Main Street in the City of Fall River, Bristol County,
Massachusetts.
5.
James Cowing: Born 1798. Died 1873.
1850
US Census: James Cowing, age 54 (b. MA) and employed as a mariner, was heading
a household in Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $450. The household also included his wife, Rebecca
Cowing, age 48 (b. MA); son, Henry W. D. Cowing, age 17 (b. MA) and employed as
a mariner; daughter, Mary A. Cowing, age 11 (b. MA); Rebecca C. Kilbun, age 6
(b. MA); and Nathan H. Hopkins, age 34 (b. MA) and employed as a trader.
James Cowing
married Rebecca Hopkins (b. 1802, d. 1881) and had the following children:
a.
Abigail Hopkins Cowing: Born 1820. Died 1848.
b.
Rebecca Cowing: Born 1822.
c.
Hannah Mayo Cowing: Born 1824. Died 1913.
d.
Mary Armstrong Cowing: Born 1827. Died 1832.
e.
James Eldredge Cowing: Born 1829. Died 1848.
f.
Henry Willard Derby Cowing: Born 14 February 1833 at Provincetown, Barnstable
County, Massachusetts. Died there 3 January 1893.
1900
US Census: Betsey W. Cowing, age 65 (b. Aug 1834 in MA; parents b. MA) and
widowed, who had had 2 children, both still alive, was heading a household in
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
The household also included her son, William E. Cowing, age 39 (b. Apr
1861 in MA), widowed [no children mentioned, but must have had 3], and employed
as a fisherman; daughter, Carrie A. Cowing, age 37 (b. Nov 1862 in MA), single,
and employed as a school teacher; granddaughter, Bessie W. Cowing, age 15 (b. Jul
1884 in MA) and single; granddaughter, Howora (sp) Cowing, age 13 (b. May 1887
in MA); and grandson, Harold E. Cowing, age 14 (b. Apr 1886 in MA).
Henry Cowing
married Elizabeth "Betsey" W. Hopkins (more info) (b. 12 Aug 1834 at
Provincetown, Barnstable Co., MA, d. there 2 Mar 1913)
and had the following children:
(1.
William E. Cowing: Born April 1861.
Married (?) and had the following children:
(a.
Bessie W. Cowing: Born July 1884 in Massachusetts.
(b.
Harold E. Cowing: Born April 1886 in Massachusetts.
(c. Howora Cowing: (female) Born May 1887 in Massachusetts.
(2.
Carrie A. Cowing: Born November 1862.
g.
Mary Almona Cowing: Born 1836. Died 1915.
h.
Joseph Almoner Cowing: Born 1836. Died 1837.
i.
Joseph E. Cowing: Born 1842. Died 1842.
Parents not born in Massachusetts:
1.
Elise/Elice S. Cowen: Born about 1853 in England.
1930 US
Census: Elise S. Cowen, age 77 (b. England, as were her parents) and widowed
was heading a household at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
2. William
Cowen: Born about 1874 in Scotland.
1930 US
Census: William Cowen, age 56 (b. Scotland, as were his parents; immigrated to
the US in 1904), widowed, and employed as a laborer was heading a household on
Barrett Street, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
3. John W.
Cowen:
1920 US
Census: John W. Cowen, age 50 (b. MA; parents b. Ireland) and employed as a
railroad motorman, was heading a household on Peckham Street in Ward 1 of Fall
River Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Ellen Cowen, age 50 (b. MA;
parents b. Ireland); son, Thomas Cowen, age 17 (b. MA) and employed in a
leather factory; son, James Cowen, age 14 (b. MA); son, Henry Cowen, age 12 (b.
MA); son, Frederick Cowen, age 9 (b. MA); and daughter, Annie Cowen, age 6 (b.
MA).
a. Thomas
Cowen: Born about 1903 in Massachusetts.
b. James
Cowen: Born about 1906 in Massachusetts.
c. Henry
Cowen: Born about 1908 in Massachusetts.
d.
Frederick Cowen: Born about 1911 in Massachusetts.
e. Annie
Cowen: Born about 1914 in Massachusetts.
4. Daniel
Cowen: Born 1830 in Ireland. Married
Elisabeth Carr (b. May 1831 in Ireland) about 1846 in Massachusetts and had the
following children:
a. William
H. Cowan: Born about 1848.
b. George
Cowen: Born about 1851. Died 1871.
c.
Margaret Cowen: Born about 1854.
d. Thomas
H. Cowen: Born about 1857 at Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Died 3 February 1929 at
Manhattan, New York City, New York.
1910 US
Census: Thomas H. Cowen, age 52 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. NH) and
employed as a watchman in private patrol, was heading a household at 222 East
64th Street in New York City, New York County, New York. He had been married twice. The household also included his wife of 8
years, Emma L. Cowen, age 28 (b. Newfoundland; parents b. Newfoundland), who
immigrated to the US in 1900, had been married once, and had had 2 children,
both still alive; daughter, Emma M. Cowen, age 2 (b. NYS); and daughter,
Josaphine Cowen, age 1 (b. NYS).
1920 US Census:
Thomas Cowen, age 61 (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. NH), was heading a
household in Manhattan (Assembly District 15), New York. The household also included his wife, Emma
Cowen, age 38; daughter, Emma Cowen, age 12; and daughter, Josephine Cowen, age
10.
Thomas
Cowen married (2nd) Emma L. Snow (b. abt 1881) and had the following children:
(1. Emma
M. Cowen: Born about 1908 in Massachusetts.
(2.
Josephine Cowen: Born about 1909 in Massachusetts.
e. Mary E. Cowen: Born about 1860. Died 1920.
f. John K.
Cowen: Born about 1863.
g. Daniel
Cowen, Jr.: Born about 1863.
h. William F. Cowen: Born about 1872. Died 1906.
Dartmouth, MA Vital Records )http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/0-dartmouth_index.htm)
Births for COWEN (Cowing)
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Abraham Russell, s.
Joshua and Ruth, Nov. 15, 1826. (input)
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Adele [blot]
White, d. Samuel H., labourer, and Jane, June 8, 1849, in D. (input)
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Ann M. (Cowing),
d. Leonard, farmer, and Jane of D., 26th, 9 mo. 1846, in D. (input)
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Charles, s.
Joshua and Ruth, Nov. 16, 1822. (input)
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Jane G.
[-----------], w. Leonard M., Mar. 29. 1827, G.R.10. (input)
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Leonard Miller
(Cowing), Jan. 22, 1824. [Rec with chn. of William and Ollive.](input)
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Mary O. (Cowing),
d. Samuel G., farmer, and Mary J. of D., 10th, 12 mo. 1846, in D. (input)
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Philadelphia
Gray, d. Abish and Hope, Jan. 21, 1810. (input)
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Samuel, s.
William and Ollive, Dec. 4, 1815. (input)
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Welthy Willson,
d. Abish and Hope, Feb. 28. 1806. (input)
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William Horten,
s. William and Ollive, Sept. 9, 1818. (input)
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William Merry, s.
Joshua and Sally, Aug. 16, 1820.(input)
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Zenas, s.
Ebenezer and Lydia, Nov. 17, 1779. (input)
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Zenas, carpenter, and Rebecca of D., 17th, 12 mo. 1844, in D. (input)
Marriages for COWEN
(Cowin, Cowing, Cown)
- Abigail
of Westport and Rhaba Samson of Troy, May 23, 1831, P.R.1.
- Abisha
(Cowing) [int. Abishai Cowen] and Jemima [int. Jemimai] Baker, both of D.,
Sept. 4, 1796. [Abisha Cowen and Jemima Baker, P.R.1.]
- Abisha
(Cowin) of D. and Hope Chase of Troy, int. May 16, 1805.
- Almira
(Cowing) [int. Cowin, Miss] of D. and Peter Macamber [int. and dup. int.
Macomber] of Westport, Feb. 12, 1828.
- Anna
(Cowin), resident in Westport, and Joshua Wordle of Westport, Jan. 19,
1817.
- Betsey
and John Andros Jr., both of D., int. Apr. 22, 1797.
- Betsey
(Cowing) and Job Tripp, both of D., int. Feb. 25, 1819.
- Charlotte,
Miss, and Samuel Winslow, both of D., int. Mar. 29, 1825. [m. June 5, P.R.1.]
- Ebenezer
and Lydia Nap, both of D., Aug. 25. 1778.
- Elisabeth
R. (Cowing) and Gilbert Howard, both of Westport, Dec. 7, 1828.
- Harriet
(Cowing) [int. Cowen, 18, domestic, b. D., d. Stephen and Weltha. and
Dewit C. Wilber [int. Wilbur], single, 28, housewright, b. D., s. Thomas
and Ruth. all of D., June 15, 1845, in D.
- John
[int. Cowin] and Permilla [int. Parmilla] Worth, both of D., Mar. 1, 1781.
[Cowen and Permilla Worth, B.C.M. Cowen and Pually Worth, C.R.4.] (also
seen: m. 30 Nov 1780)
- John
and Johanna Wood, both of D., int. Mar. 8, 1802.
- John
of D. and Anna Horton of Freetown, int. Dec 4, 1802.
- Joshua
and Mrs. Mary Andros [int. Androus, omits Mrs.], both of D., Apr. 22,
1789. [Mary Andros, B.C.M. Mary Andress, P.R.1.]
- Joshua
of D. and Sally Merry, resident in D., int. Apr. 19, 1819.
- Joshua
and Ruth Gifford, both of D., Jan. 24, 1822.
- Leonard
M. (Cowing) [int. Cowen], single, 22, machinist, of D., b. D., s. William
and Elizabeth of D., and Jane J. [int. G.] Andrews, 18, of D., b. D., d.
Joseph and Maria, Apr. 5, 1846.
- Lydia
[int. Miss] of D. and William Peckham of Westport, Apr. 24, 1827.
- Mary
and Royal Reed, both of D., Mar. 28, 1839.
- Nancy
(Cown) [int. Nancy F. Carver] of Westport and Warren Taber of D., June 19,
1834.
- Phebe
[int. Cowin, Miss] of D. and John Barret [int. Barrel], "trancient
person" [int. resident of D.], Dec. 27, 1808.
- Phebe
G. (Coven) [int. Phila G. Cowen] and Dayid Weaver, both of D., Nov. 10,
1833.
- Philender
(Cowin) [int. Philinda Cowen] and George W. Sampson, both of D., Sept. 23,
1838.
- Phillip
and Miss Margaret Butts, both of D., int. Aug. 24, 1823. [m. Sept. 14, P.R.1.]
- Polly
(Cowing) [int. Polly H. Cowen], Miss, and James Butts, both of D., Nov.
29, 1829.
- Salla
[int. Sally Cowin] of D. and William Gifford of Westport, Jan. 22, 1807.
[Sally Cowing of D. and William Gifford Jr. of Westport, P.R.1.]
- Sally
[int. Cowin] and Stephen Andrews [int. Andros] 2d, both of D., May 22,
1808.
- Samuel
H. of D. and Mary Jane Fish of Tiverton, R. I., int. July 14, 1844.
- Sarah
and Nathan Francis, both of D., Dec. 18, 1800.
- Stephen
(Cowing) [int. Cowen] and Welther W. Cowing [int. Miss WeItha W. Cowen],
both of D., May 24, 1827.
- Welther
W. (Cowing) [int. Miss Weltha W. Cowen] and Stephen Cowing [int. Cowen],
both of D., May 24, 1827.
- William
[int. Cowin] and [int. Miss] Hannah Reed [int. Reid], both of D., Feb. 19,
1809.
- William
of D. and Olive Horton of Freetown, int. Aug. 12, 1812.
- William
and Elisabeth Simmons, both of D., int. Apr. 7, 1820. [m.
Apr. 23, P.R.1.]
- William
Jr. of D. and Rebecca Simmons of Fall River, int. Oct. 27, 1838.
- William
H. of D. and Miss Eliza Ann Fish of Fall River, int. Sept. 26, 1842.
- Zebouth
(Cowing) of Rochester and Susannah Howard of D., int. Oct. 29, 1763.
- Zenas
(Cowing) of Rochester and Mary Pettey of D., int. Apr. 9, 1756.
- Zenas
(Cowin) [int. Cowen] and Mrs. [int. omits Mrs.] Rebecca Russell, both of
D., Jan. 28, 1844, in D.
- Zenas
B. of D. and Miss Rebecca A. Tripp of New Bedford, int. Nov. 7, 1842.
- Zenus
(Cowin) [int. Zenas Cowen] and Mary Francis, both of D., Aug. 16, 1801.
[Zenas Cowen, P.R.1.]
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