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John Bowen senior

Profile & Legacies Summary

1777 - 1832

Biography

The Bowen family had been resident in Barbados since the C17th.

Father of Israel Bowen (q.v.). Deceased by the time of the Barbados Slave Register, 1832.


Sources

T71/548, pp. 319-20; W. L. McKinstry, ‘Bowen of Barbados’, Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, VIII (1941), 47-66; repr. in James C. Brandow (comp.), Genealogies of Barbados families: from Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society (Baltimore, 1983), pp. 186-205 for the family history.

Further Information

Spouse
Mary Campbell Archer (m. 1798)
Children
2 sons and 1 daughter: John (1799-1840); Susannah Boyce (1801- ); Israel (1802-1880)

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
Alleynes [ Barbados | St Lucy ]

Relationships (1)

John Bowen senior
Father → Son
Israel Bowen
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