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Thomas Bowater, Sr.

Male 1655 -


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  • Name Thomas Bowater 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Feb 1655  Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening Chester County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death
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    Person ID I6160  Carl
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2012 

    Father John Bowater, Jr.,   b. Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1704, Chester County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ann Carter,   b. 1632, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1679, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Family ID F1429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Edge 
    Marriage 4 Oct 1686  Edgemont, Chester Co PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Bowater,   b. 9 Sep 1688, Chester County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1761, Wellsville, York County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F1387  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2014 

  • Notes 
    • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82755629
      The son of John Jr and Ann (Carter) Bowater of England, Thomas married:

      1) Sarah Edge on 4 Oct 1686 in Edgemont, Chester Co PA; she died 1692.
      2) Widow Frances (Lambe) Barnet in Feb 1703 in Concord Twp, Chester Co PA.

      Children with Sarah:
      1) Sarah C Bowater (1688-1765), m: John Jacob Beals Jr.
      2) Thomas Bowater Jr (1691-c1752)

      No known children with Frances.

      Thomas immigrated from England in 1683, joining the Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia, certificate dated in England, Mar 14, 1683. To pay his passage to America, Thomas indentured himself to Francis Fincher. According to the manifest of th e ship "Bristol Comfort", "Tho. Bowater out of Worcestershire, servant to francis fincher out of Woster City, glover, for three years."

      In 1695 Thomas purchase 100 acres of land in Edgmont, Ridley Creek PA.


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