Griffith BOWEN, Gent. b. Abt 1600 Llangennith, , Glamorgan, Wales d. 1676 , , , England: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1600 - 1676 (~ 76 years)

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Name	Griffith BOWEN [1, 2]
Suffix	Gent.
Birth	Abt 1600	Llangennith, , Glamorgan, Wales [1]
Gender	Male
_UID	0BBA61C1B84D4920976930BB0F738788D123
Immigration	1638	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, [3]
Griffith¹ and Margaret Bowen came to New England from Penrice, Glamorgan, Wales between the date of their agreement with William Bennett [17 Sep 1638] and the "6^t 12^th moneth 1638 (6th February 1639). They may have sailed from Bristol, England, and brought with them six children; at least that number were old enough to have come with them.
Religion	6 Mar 1638/39	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, [3]
Griffith and Magaret Bowen joined First Church of Boston.
Property	1643	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, [4]
Home lot at the corner of what are now Essex and Washington Streets: At a town meeting held at Boston "This 29th day of 11th Mo. 1643" it wass voted that "There is granted unto Gryphen Bowin, Gent., an howse lot, if any yet remaine to be disposed of."¹ Griffith Bowen had in Boston "One house and garden bounded the streete on the south and on the west: Miles Reading on the east; and ____ Cole on the north."² It was situated on what is now the east side of Washington Street from Bedord Street to Essex Street.³ Here within the house yard stood the "Liberty Tree," which is said to have been planted in 1646, and became famous in the Stamp Act times, and was cut down in spite, by the Tories, 1775.^{4 " The tree was felled by a party led by Job Williams. It made fourteen cords of wood." An illustration of the tree and spot is to be seen in Snow's "History of Boston," page 266; also in the "Memorial History of Boston," volume iii. page 159. It may be that Griffith Bowen planted the "Liberty Tree," for he owned the house and garden in 1646, at the time the tree is said to have been planted. The Boston "Evening Post" of August 22, 1768, gave an account of a celebration held under the Liberty Tree on the anniversary of the "ever memorable Fourteenth of August."}1. 2d Report of the Record Commission, Boston, 1877, p. 78. 2. Page 35, No. 92, Book of Possessions, 2d Report of The Record Commission, Boston. 1882. 3. 2d Report of the Record Commission, Boston, map, p. 54. 4. 2d Report of the Record Commission, Boston, Appendix, p. 87.
Travel	Abt 1649	Gower, , Glamorgan, Wales, [5]
Returned from Boston, Massachusetts
Death	1676	, , , England [1]
Person ID	I3004	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	12 Mar 2022

Father	Francis BOWEN, b. Abt 1575, , , , Wales d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Ellen FRANKLYN, b. Abt 1580, , , , Wales d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F312	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Margaret FLEMING, b. Abt 1608, , , , Wales d. Bef 1676 (Age ~ 67 years)

Marriage Abt 1627 , , , Wales [6]

Children

	1. Margaret BOWEN, b. Abt 1627, , , , Wales d. 13 Sep 1692, , , Massachusetts, (Age ~ 65 years)
	2. Francis BOWEN, b. Abt 1629, , , , Wales d. Yes, date unknown
	3. William BOWEN, b. Abt 1631, , , , Wales d. Yes, date unknown
+	4. Mary BOWEN, b. Abt 1632, , , , Wales d. 31 Oct 1707, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 75 years)
	5. Henry BOWEN, b. Abt 1634, , , , Wales d. 13 Mar 1723/24, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, (Age ~ 90 years)
	6. Elizabeth BOWEN, b. Abt 1637, , , , Wales d. 2 Mar 1712/13, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 76 years)
	7. Esther BOWEN, b. Abt 1639 d. 28 Mar 1654, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 15 years)
	8. Abigail BOWEN, b. Abt 1641 d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Peniel BOWEN, b. Abt 1644 d. Aft 1669, , , , England (Age ~ 26 years)
	10. Deriah BOWEN, b. Abt 1647 d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F329 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 13 Sep 2021

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1600 - Llangennith, , Glamorgan, Wales
	Marriage - Abt 1627 - , , , Wales
	Immigration - 1638 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
	Religion - 6 Mar 1638/39 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
	Property - 1643 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
	Travel - Abt 1649 - Gower, , Glamorgan, Wales,
	Death - 1676 - , , , England

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3004&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Griffith BOWEN, Gent.."

Sources

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[S2603] Daniel Bowen, The Family of Griffith Bowen, Gentleman, Welch Puritan Immigrant, Boston, Mass., 1638-9, Especially the Branch of Esquire Silas Bowen, Born in Woodstock, Conn., 1722. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Jacksonville, Fla.: Da Costa Print Co., 1893), (http://archive.org: 2008), 27-32. accessed 17 Oct 2021.
[S1589] Edward Augustus Bowen, Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside press, 1897), (https://archive.org: 2008), 88. accessed 9 Aug 2016.
[S1589] Edward Augustus Bowen, Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside press, 1897), (https://archive.org: 2008), 40-41. accessed 9 Aug 2016.
[S1589] Edward Augustus Bowen, Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside press, 1897), (https://archive.org: 2008), 42-43. accessed 9 Aug 2016.
[S1590] John William Linzee, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants. Google Books. Digital images. (Boston, Mass. : Fort Hill Press, Usher,1913), (https://books.google.com: 9 Aug 2007), 511-520. accessed 10 Aug 2016.