1743 - Abt 1768 (~ 25 years)
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Name |
John Bowen [1] |
Suffix |
Jr. |
Birth |
WFT Est 1708-1743 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Abt 1768 |
Augusta County, Virginia [1] |
Person ID |
I53611 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Family |
Rachel Mathews, b. WFT Est 1716-1744 d. WFT Est 1770-1831, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age ~ 87 years) |
Marriage |
WFT Est 1733-1766 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Moses Bowen, b. WFT Est 1737-1769 d. WFT Est 1750-1852 (Age ~ 83 years) |
| 2. Ann Bowen, b. WFT Est 1737-1769 d. WFT Est 1755-1855 (Age ~ 86 years) |
| 3. Rebecca Bowen, b. WFT Est 1737-1769 d. Abt 1833, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age ~ 64 years) |
| 4. William Bowen, b. 6 Mar 1756, Augusta County, Virginia d. Oct 1828, Botetourt County, Virginia (Age 72 years) |
| 5. John Bowen, III, b. 18 Sep 1758, Virginia d. 8 Aug 1790, Wilkes County, Georgia (Age 31 years) |
| 6. Elizabeth Bowen, b. 31 Oct 1767, Botetourt County, Virginia d. 30 Jun 1825, Limestone County, Alabama (Age 57 years) |
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Family ID |
F19346 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Notes |
- The Will of John Bowen, is recorded in Will Book 4, Page 136, Records of Augusta County, Virginia:
"In the Name of God Amen. I John Bowen of Augusta County Colony Dominion of Virginia being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks and praise to God and calling to minde the mortallity of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, first of all I commit my soul to the hands of God who gave it and my body to be buried in the earth at the discretion of my executors Secondly I ordere all my just debts to be paid & as for the remains of my estate both rail & personal to be disposed of in manner & form as followeth. Item I give and bequeath unto my three sons John Moses and William Bowen all my lands and tennements and if either of them the said John Moses or William should die before they have lawful issue or come to the years of maturity his part of said lands & tennement is and shall be equally devided between my three daughters Viz Anne Rebecka & Elizabeth or the heirs of their body lawfully begotten and that if two or all shall die of my sons then the whole is to decend to be equally devided between my daughters in manner & form as afforesaid. Item I give and bequeath unto my three daughters before mentioned Anne Rebeka & Elizabeth all the remains of my personal estate to be equally devided between them except Item I give and bequeath unto my dearly & well beloved wife Rachel Bowen, the bigg sorrel mare her bed & all her close and her thirds of all my personal estate & first liberty of the dwelling house & plantation during her weedohood or natural life but if she marries she is to have only the dwelling house and one halfe of the improvement during her natural life AND LASTLY I constitute nominate and appoint Rachell my well beloved wife William Mathews & William Bowen my trusty and well beloved brothers to be Executors of this my last will and test & I doe by these presents disannul revoak and disalow all other wills & teste and this to be my last will in testimony whereof I have hereunto interchangably set my hand this twenty seventh day of July 1768.
John (his x mark) Bowen LS
"Sealed & Delivered
in the presence of us
"John Smith; Joseph Luney; Richard Mathews; Malcolm Allen
"At a Court Continued and held for Augusta County August the 17th 1768, This last will and testament of John Bowen deceased was proved by the oaths of Malcolm Allen and Richard Mathews two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of William Mathews and William Bowen two of the Executors therein named who made oath according to law certificate for obtaining a probat thereof in due form is granted them they having with security entered into and acknowledged their bond according to law.
"Recorded in Augusta County Clerk's Office, Staunton, Virginia, in Will Book 4, Page 136."
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Sources |
- [S2479] MyFamily.com, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 175, Ed. 1, (Release date: April-2005
Customer pedigree.).
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