b. 27 Jan 1783, RI, (b. Monday - reverse calculation from age at death - Cemetery Records).
m. Bef 1810. (Looks like he is married in the 1810/1820/1830 Census).
m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391]
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
m. (2), by Rev. Welsh, Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
m. (3) by 27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 58-59:
"iii. WILLIAM BOWEN, b., probably in R.I., 27 Jan. 1783; d. 12 June 1854, age 71
years, 4 months, 16 days, bur. with his parents in West Niles (Davison)
Cemetery, Niles, N.Y.;[390] m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391] m. (2), by Rev. Welsh,
Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William m. (3) by
27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
William bought land from his father, twenty acres in Sempronius Lot 34 in
1820 and another 88 acres there in 1833[398] but only held it for a few years. He
and his third wife Mary sold it all to Obadiah Howland in 1837.[399] They may
have been preparing to move west. By 1840 William Bowen and his large
family were counted in Fairfield, Ohio.[400] In the 1850 census William Bowen,
67, was living in Fairfield with Mary 62, and children John 25, Lidia 23, and
Edward 18.[401] William was mentioned in his father´s second will (1852) as a
resident of Huron Co., Ohio.
389. John Mills was the spokesman for his siblings in the unsuccessful suit against their
uncle George W. Bowen over the management of their grandfather`s probate (Cayuga County
Surrogate´s Records, Box 31). Pierce Belden was probably the Persann Mills mentioned in
``Reminiscences´´ (note 384).
390. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411.
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
398. Cayuga County Deeds, SS:360, 361. Although signed thirteen years apart, the deeds
were both recorded 22 January 1834.
399. Cayuga County Deeds, 56:125-26.
400. 1840 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 404, p. 336.
401. See note 396.
2011] Nathaniel and Esther (Carpenter) (Bardeen) Bowen
Although there is a gravestone for William Bowen, Jr., in West Niles
(Davison) Cemetery in Niles, Cayuga Co., N.Y.,[402] near those of his parents,
he was still a resident of Huron Co., Ohio, when he died. On 13 July 1854, his
widow Mary Bowen declined administration of his estate and Owen Smith was
appointed.[403] In 1860 his widow was found in the Fairfield household of her
son Edward Bowen, 29, and his family, with stepson William Bowen, 38, and
his family sharing the same house.[404]
402. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411
403. Huron County Probate Docket, Administrators and Guardians, 1849-1855, 197-98 [FHL
1,303,067].
404. 1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 991, p. 336."
1790 Census ?
1800 Census ?
1810 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
William Bowen, Jr.
_, _, _, 1, _, 2, 1, 1, _, _, _.
Free White Males 26 to 44: 1
Free White Females Under 10: 2
Free White Females 10 to 15: 1
Free White Females 16 to 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 5
[Two alternatives, but unlikely: Norwalk, Huron County, OH ? / Bruce, La Salle County, IL ?]
1820 United States Federal Census (August 7): Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
[NOTE: Age-of 26 and under 45 Wife 16-26]
1830 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, NY
Age-of 40 and under 50 Wife 40-50
Norwalk, Huron, OH ?
Clinton, Knox, OH ?
1830 United States Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 10
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 12
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 12
1840 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio
roll 404, p. 336.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio (?) roll 697, p. 170
1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio,
roll 991, p. 336.
m. Bef 1810. (Looks like he is married in the 1810/1820/1830 Census).
m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391]
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
m. (2), by Rev. Welsh, Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
m. (3) by 27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 58-59:
"iii. WILLIAM BOWEN, b., probably in R.I., 27 Jan. 1783; d. 12 June 1854, age 71
years, 4 months, 16 days, bur. with his parents in West Niles (Davison)
Cemetery, Niles, N.Y.;[390] m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391] m. (2), by Rev. Welsh,
Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William m. (3) by
27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
William bought land from his father, twenty acres in Sempronius Lot 34 in
1820 and another 88 acres there in 1833[398] but only held it for a few years. He
and his third wife Mary sold it all to Obadiah Howland in 1837.[399] They may
have been preparing to move west. By 1840 William Bowen and his large
family were counted in Fairfield, Ohio.[400] In the 1850 census William Bowen,
67, was living in Fairfield with Mary 62, and children John 25, Lidia 23, and
Edward 18.[401] William was mentioned in his father´s second will (1852) as a
resident of Huron Co., Ohio.
389. John Mills was the spokesman for his siblings in the unsuccessful suit against their
uncle George W. Bowen over the management of their grandfather`s probate (Cayuga County
Surrogate´s Records, Box 31). Pierce Belden was probably the Persann Mills mentioned in
``Reminiscences´´ (note 384).
390. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411.
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
398. Cayuga County Deeds, SS:360, 361. Although signed thirteen years apart, the deeds
were both recorded 22 January 1834.
399. Cayuga County Deeds, 56:125-26.
400. 1840 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 404, p. 336.
401. See note 396.
2011] Nathaniel and Esther (Carpenter) (Bardeen) Bowen
Although there is a gravestone for William Bowen, Jr., in West Niles
(Davison) Cemetery in Niles, Cayuga Co., N.Y.,[402] near those of his parents,
he was still a resident of Huron Co., Ohio, when he died. On 13 July 1854, his
widow Mary Bowen declined administration of his estate and Owen Smith was
appointed.[403] In 1860 his widow was found in the Fairfield household of her
son Edward Bowen, 29, and his family, with stepson William Bowen, 38, and
his family sharing the same house.[404]
402. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411
403. Huron County Probate Docket, Administrators and Guardians, 1849-1855, 197-98 [FHL
1,303,067].
404. 1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 991, p. 336."
1790 Census ?
1800 Census ?
1810 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
William Bowen, Jr.
_, _, _, 1, _, 2, 1, 1, _, _, _.
Free White Males 26 to 44: 1
Free White Females Under 10: 2
Free White Females 10 to 15: 1
Free White Females 16 to 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 5
[Two alternatives, but unlikely: Norwalk, Huron County, OH ? / Bruce, La Salle County, IL ?]
1820 United States Federal Census (August 7): Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
[NOTE: Age-of 26 and under 45 Wife 16-26]
1830 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, NY
Age-of 40 and under 50 Wife 40-50
Norwalk, Huron, OH ?
Clinton, Knox, OH ?
1830 United States Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 10
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 12
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 12
1840 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio
roll 404, p. 336.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio (?) roll 697, p. 170
1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio,
roll 991, p. 336.
b. 27 Jan 1783, RI, (b. Monday - reverse calculation from age at death - Cemetery Records).
m. Bef 1810. (Looks like he is married in the 1810/1820/1830 Census).
m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391]
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
m. (2), by Rev. Welsh, Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
m. (3) by 27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 58-59:
"iii. WILLIAM BOWEN, b., probably in R.I., 27 Jan. 1783; d. 12 June 1854, age 71
years, 4 months, 16 days, bur. with his parents in West Niles (Davison)
Cemetery, Niles, N.Y.;[390] m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391] m. (2), by Rev. Welsh,
Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William m. (3) by
27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
William bought land from his father, twenty acres in Sempronius Lot 34 in
1820 and another 88 acres there in 1833[398] but only held it for a few years. He
and his third wife Mary sold it all to Obadiah Howland in 1837.[399] They may
have been preparing to move west. By 1840 William Bowen and his large
family were counted in Fairfield, Ohio.[400] In the 1850 census William Bowen,
67, was living in Fairfield with Mary 62, and children John 25, Lidia 23, and
Edward 18.[401] William was mentioned in his father´s second will (1852) as a
resident of Huron Co., Ohio.
389. John Mills was the spokesman for his siblings in the unsuccessful suit against their
uncle George W. Bowen over the management of their grandfather`s probate (Cayuga County
Surrogate´s Records, Box 31). Pierce Belden was probably the Persann Mills mentioned in
``Reminiscences´´ (note 384).
390. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411.
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
398. Cayuga County Deeds, SS:360, 361. Although signed thirteen years apart, the deeds
were both recorded 22 January 1834.
399. Cayuga County Deeds, 56:125-26.
400. 1840 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 404, p. 336.
401. See note 396.
2011] Nathaniel and Esther (Carpenter) (Bardeen) Bowen
Although there is a gravestone for William Bowen, Jr., in West Niles
(Davison) Cemetery in Niles, Cayuga Co., N.Y.,[402] near those of his parents,
he was still a resident of Huron Co., Ohio, when he died. On 13 July 1854, his
widow Mary Bowen declined administration of his estate and Owen Smith was
appointed.[403] In 1860 his widow was found in the Fairfield household of her
son Edward Bowen, 29, and his family, with stepson William Bowen, 38, and
his family sharing the same house.[404]
402. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411
403. Huron County Probate Docket, Administrators and Guardians, 1849-1855, 197-98 [FHL
1,303,067].
404. 1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 991, p. 336."
1790 Census ?
1800 Census ?
1810 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
William Bowen, Jr.
_, _, _, 1, _, 2, 1, 1, _, _, _.
Free White Males 26 to 44: 1
Free White Females Under 10: 2
Free White Females 10 to 15: 1
Free White Females 16 to 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 5
[Two alternatives, but unlikely: Norwalk, Huron County, OH ? / Bruce, La Salle County, IL ?]
1820 United States Federal Census (August 7): Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
[NOTE: Age-of 26 and under 45 Wife 16-26]
1830 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, NY
Age-of 40 and under 50 Wife 40-50
Norwalk, Huron, OH ?
Clinton, Knox, OH ?
1830 United States Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 10
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 12
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 12
1840 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio
roll 404, p. 336.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio (?) roll 697, p. 170
1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio,
roll 991, p. 336.
m. Bef 1810. (Looks like he is married in the 1810/1820/1830 Census).
m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391]
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
m. (2), by Rev. Welsh, Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
m. (3) by 27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 58-59:
"iii. WILLIAM BOWEN, b., probably in R.I., 27 Jan. 1783; d. 12 June 1854, age 71
years, 4 months, 16 days, bur. with his parents in West Niles (Davison)
Cemetery, Niles, N.Y.;[390] m. (1) by 1821 _____;[391] m. (2), by Rev. Welsh,
Warren 23 July 1826, to MARY YOUNG,[392] who d. in Warren 7 July 1828,
while on a visit from Sempronius, N.Y.,[393] bur. Warren Historic Cemetery 1,
North Burial Ground, daughter of Capt. Charles Young.[394] William m. (3) by
27 April 1837 MARY _____,[395] b. N.J. ca. 1788,[396] d. Fairfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, in 1863, age 80, bur. there in North Fairfield Cemetery.[397]
William bought land from his father, twenty acres in Sempronius Lot 34 in
1820 and another 88 acres there in 1833[398] but only held it for a few years. He
and his third wife Mary sold it all to Obadiah Howland in 1837.[399] They may
have been preparing to move west. By 1840 William Bowen and his large
family were counted in Fairfield, Ohio.[400] In the 1850 census William Bowen,
67, was living in Fairfield with Mary 62, and children John 25, Lidia 23, and
Edward 18.[401] William was mentioned in his father´s second will (1852) as a
resident of Huron Co., Ohio.
389. John Mills was the spokesman for his siblings in the unsuccessful suit against their
uncle George W. Bowen over the management of their grandfather`s probate (Cayuga County
Surrogate´s Records, Box 31). Pierce Belden was probably the Persann Mills mentioned in
``Reminiscences´´ (note 384).
390. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411.
391. This first marriage assumes William Bowen was the father of William Bowen (1821-
1891), for whom see note 397 below.
392. The marriage of William Bowen of Sempronius, New York, to Mary Young of and at
Warren was reported in the Providence Journal and Providence Phenix (Arnold, Vital Record of
Rhode Island [note 25], 16:249; 17:117). Mary (Young) Bowen, wife of William Jr., was
dismissed from the First Baptist Church of Warren on 4 Aug. 1826, presumably to move to
Cayuga County with her new husband (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:558).
393. The Rhode-Island American and Providence Gazette, 15 July 1828, p. 3, reported the
death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, wife of William Bowen of Sempronius, on the previous Monday
afternoon while she was visiting friends in Warren.
394. Date of death and parentage are from her gravestone, read in 1999 by John E. Sterling
for the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Database. The stone was at that time of only fair legibility,
and it seems likely that the age at death (apparently ``in her 59th year´´) was not correct.
395. She signed a deed with him then (Cayuga County Deeds, 56:124-25).
396. 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, roll 697, p. 170.
397. Huron County, Ohio, Grave Records, 3 vols., 3:78. She was buried with William
Bowen, 1821-1891, presumably her stepson. William Bowen, born in New York, died of typhoid
pneumonia in Fairfield 25 November 1891; unfortunately his death record, like most of the others
on that page, does not name parents (Huron County, Ohio, Record of Deaths, Vol. 1 [1867-1893]:
175).
398. Cayuga County Deeds, SS:360, 361. Although signed thirteen years apart, the deeds
were both recorded 22 January 1834.
399. Cayuga County Deeds, 56:125-26.
400. 1840 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 404, p. 336.
401. See note 396.
2011] Nathaniel and Esther (Carpenter) (Bardeen) Bowen
Although there is a gravestone for William Bowen, Jr., in West Niles
(Davison) Cemetery in Niles, Cayuga Co., N.Y.,[402] near those of his parents,
he was still a resident of Huron Co., Ohio, when he died. On 13 July 1854, his
widow Mary Bowen declined administration of his estate and Owen Smith was
appointed.[403] In 1860 his widow was found in the Fairfield household of her
son Edward Bowen, 29, and his family, with stepson William Bowen, 38, and
his family sharing the same house.[404]
402. Luther, Moravia [note 356], 411
403. Huron County Probate Docket, Administrators and Guardians, 1849-1855, 197-98 [FHL
1,303,067].
404. 1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, roll 991, p. 336."
1790 Census ?
1800 Census ?
1810 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
William Bowen, Jr.
_, _, _, 1, _, 2, 1, 1, _, _, _.
Free White Males 26 to 44: 1
Free White Females Under 10: 2
Free White Females 10 to 15: 1
Free White Females 16 to 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 5
[Two alternatives, but unlikely: Norwalk, Huron County, OH ? / Bruce, La Salle County, IL ?]
1820 United States Federal Census (August 7): Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
[NOTE: Age-of 26 and under 45 Wife 16-26]
1830 U. S. Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, NY
Age-of 40 and under 50 Wife 40-50
Norwalk, Huron, OH ?
Clinton, Knox, OH ?
1830 United States Federal Census: Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
Name: William Bowen Junior
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 10
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 12
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 12
1840 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio
roll 404, p. 336.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio (?) roll 697, p. 170
1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio,
roll 991, p. 336.
Inscription
"WILLIAM BOWEN JR., .... [71y 4m 16d]"
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