John Bowen

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• Will: 13 Oct 1718, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
• Probate/Proved: 24 Nov 1718

John married Hannah Brewer before 1696. Hannah (daughter of John Brewer and Elizabeth Rice) was born on 22 Mar 1672 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died after 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved To: 1771, Groton, New London County, Connecticut; After her husband's death, she removed to her daugher's home in Groton, Conn, "on account of ye civil war."

Abigail married Capt. Calib Kenrick on 14 Sep 1721 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Calib (son of Ensign John Kenrick and Esther Hall) was born on 8 Mar 1694/95 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Mar 1771 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 2 Mar 1748/49, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Anna Dana, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Francis) Dana. She was born on 5 March 1727/28 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Their marriage intentions were filed in Newton, 18 December 1748. She died on Tuesday 16 May 1815 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abigail Kenrick (1750-1791) 2. Elizabeth Kenrick (1753-1831) 3. John Kenrick (1755-____)
• Offices Held: 1750, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a hogreeve.
• Offices Held: 1751, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the surveyor of highways. He served in that post again in 1759.
• History: 1766; He took to Fillibrown children into his household.
• Religion: 1774; He was was certified as an Antipedobasptist.

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Married:
Jackson (1854) gives their marriage date as December 1748.

Buried:
He is buried with his wife in grave number 745 in Newton. On their gravestone are the following words:

56 YEARS THEY WERE ASSOCIATED IN THE
JOURNEY OF LIFE AND MUTUAL HELPS TO EACH
OTHER IN THEIR CHRISTIAN COURSE.
IN THEIR LIVES THEY WERE AFFECTIONATE
IN DEATH THEY ARE NOT DIVIDED.

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• Moved To: 1749, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Esther married Major Joseph Mayo on 14 Nov 1745 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Thomas Mayo and Elizabeth Davis) was born on 28 Feb 1720/21 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Feb 1776 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 6 Aug 1747, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Adams, the son of Benjamin Adams. He was born about 1728. After Abigail's deat, in 1755 Benjamin, married Sarah Burrige. In 1748, Benjamin removed to Plainfield to live with his father and was there at the time of his second marriage. In 1766, he received support for himself and his family. This town responsibility was investigated in 1768.

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• Married: 26 Apr 1753, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; John Philebrown. He was born on 21 May 1721 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Tuesday 5 September 1769 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts from smallpox. John's gravestone inscription in Granary Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, reads: Here lies buried the body of Mr. John Fillebrown who died of the small-pox September 5th 1769 aged 49 year After John died of smallpox, Sarah, John and Anna were taken in by Lt. CalebKenrick and Thomas and Abigail were taken in by John Kenrick. Issue: 1. Sarah Philebrown (1754-____) 2. John Philebrown (1756-____) 3. Anna Philebrown (1761-____) 4. Thomas Philebrown (1763-____) 5. Abigail Philebrown (1767-____)

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• Offices Held: 1770; He was the surveyor of highways.
• Military: 1777; Caleb was called Lt. from 1777.
• Offices Held: 1777; He was made a tithingman.
• Offices Held: 1779; He was a constable and a hired replacement.
• Married: Before 1786, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Parker. She was born in 1756. She died on Monday 18 March 1822 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Betsey Kenrick (1786-____) 2. Caleb Kenrick (1786-____) 3. Nabby Kenrick (1786-____) 4. Elizabeth Kenrick (1800-____) 5. Sally Kenrick (1803-____) 6. Betsey Kenrick (1804-____) 7. Abigail Kenrick (1806-____) 8. Caleb Kenrick (1808-____) 9. Catherine Kenrick (1809-____) 10. Mary Kenrick (1811-____) 11. Elizabeth Kenrick (1812-1812) 12. Mary Kenrick (1813-1813) 13. Ann Kenrick (1814-____) 14. Benjamin Kenrick (1814-____) 15. John Kenrick (1816-____) These dates are questionable.

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• Married: 6 May 1762, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Rev. Samuel Dana, the son of William and Mary (Green) Dana. He was born on 14 January 1739 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1755 from in Harvard College. In May 1755, he was dismissed from the church in Groton because of hostility to the minister. He moved in 1755 to Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He moved in 1760 to Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was a lawyer, a judge of Probate, and a state senator. He served in 1782 as as a member of the Constitutional Convention from New Hampshire. He died on Monday 2 April 1798.

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• Married: 6 Sep 1768, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Ebenezer Weld, the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Craft) Weld. He was born on 8 April 1747 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 28 March 1822 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Rebecca Weld (1769-____) 2. Rebecca Weld (1770-____) 3. Ebenezer Weld (1773-____) 4. Ebenezer Weld (1775-____) 5. Joseph Mayo Weld (1777-____) 6. Nathaniel Weld (1781-____) 7. John Weld (1788-____)

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• Moved To: 1772, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1772 he moved to Warwick, Massachusetts.
• Offices Held: 1774; On the 17th of September 1774, "Joseph Mayo, constable of said town, was directed forthwith to notify the inhabitants thereof to assemble on the 19th instant at three o'clock in the afternoon, to see if the town will vote to choose delegates to represent them in a county congress, to be convened at Northampton on the 22d instant, at nine o'clock in the morning ; also to see if the town will act any thing respecting our public affairs, and choose such committee or committees, and give them instructions as they shall think proper at said meeting."
• Military: 20 Apr 1775; On 20 April 1775, then Sergeant Joseph Mayo marched to Lexington with Captain Eldad Wright's company of minutemen. He later marched with Ethen Allen to Fort Ticonderoga, and was placed in charge of that fort by Ethen Allen.
• Military: 23 Apr 1776; On 23 April 1776 he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in Captain Peter Proctor's 11th Company in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia.
• Military: 1787; He was involved in Shay's Rebellion, and this story was told by his son, Joseph: "My father was Colonel of the First Regiment in General Shepard's Brigade when General Shay raised an army of 2,000 or 3,000 men in rebellion against the State laws and turned the Court out of doors. My father was sent with a regiment to Springfield to guard the stores on the hill, the guns and ammunition. Soon (2 Jan 1787) they attempted to march up the hill and General Shepard being there in person, gave orders to my father to fire from the artillery over their heads, then to the right, then to the left, all of which did not check them. He then cried "Give it to them in front, my boys" and then they fired a grist of grape straight among them which scattered them like sheep, made them run and scale the walls, killing three or four, and wounded as many more, and they took to the State of Vermont as fast as possible, past my father's house, and filled it full from top to bottom."
• Occupation: 1805, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1805 he was an Inn Holder in Warwick, Massachusetts.
• Moved To: 1806, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; In 1806 he moved to Roxbury, Massachusetts.
• Moved to: Between 1809 and 1810, Orwell, Addison County, Vermont; Between 1809 and 1810 he moved to Orwell, Vermont.
• Obituary: say 22 Apr 1817
• Last Full Review: 31 Aug 2020

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Died:
He died from typhus fever.

Joseph married Lucy Richards on 12 Mar 1772 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Lucy was born on 30 May 1752 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Apr 1817 in Orwell, Addison County, Vermont; was buried on 20 Apr 1817 in North Cemetery, Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Abt 1772; He opened a public house in what is now North Orange.
• Military: 1777; He served in he Revolution as a Sergeant in Peter Proctor's Company, of which his brother, Joseph was a First Lieutenant, Col. Samuel William's Regiment. He marched to reinforce the Northern Army 10 July to 12 August 1777, a service of one month, nine days and 120 miles traveled.
• History: 1 Jan 1781; On 1 January 1781, in Benjamin Mayo's house, a committee met, which agreed to build a meeting house, more close to them. At the meeting were Benjamin Mayo; Nathan Goddard; Nehemiah Ward, serving as clerk; John Stow; Edward Ward; and Ebenezer Foskett. To this document they added the words, "Moreover, the subscribers do covenant, promise and agree that the said Meeting House is build and intended for a Congregational Church and Society to worship in; nevertheless, we do hereby covenant, promise and agree that whenever there shall be a Town, District or Parish set off by the General Court in this place then the said House shall be free for all the inhabitants thereof to hold all their legal, Town, District, or Parish meetings in." From this meeting house grew the Town of Orange, Massachusetts. The Meeting House was dedicated 31 March 1782 . Orange remained a "District" until 1810 because the Massachusetts General Court wanted to limit membership.
• Offices Held: 15 Mar 1784; He was appointed the the Pound Keeper.
• Offices Held: 1785, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was elected a selectman.

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Benjamin married Dorothy "Dolly" Goddard in 1773 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of Nathan Goddard and Dorothy Stevens) was born on 29 Jan 1758 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Jun 1845 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 7 Feb 1771, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Samuel Langley. He was born on 4 November 1743 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Monday 12 May 1800 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Esther Langley (1772-____) 2. Anna Langley (1773-____) 3. Samuel Langley (1778-____)
• Religion: 5 Jan 1772, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Esther joined the First Church Roxbury.

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• Military: 1775; Upon hearing of the beginnings of the Revolution in Boston, Caleb traveled to Boston with two horses, which he used to haul brush to help build the fortifications on Bunker Hill. He fought in that battle, but there ends his Revolutionary service.
• Married: 17 Oct 1776, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Molly Richards, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Whiting) Richards. She was born on 15 April 1758 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 11 April 1837 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Molly's gravestone inscription in Warwick Cemetery, reads: Molly wife of Caleb Mayo Esq. Died April 11, 1837 Aged 89 Years Issue: 1. Polly Mayo (1779-1820) 2. Caleb Mayo Jr. (1781-1803) 3. Joel Mayo (1783-1841) 4. Sally Mayo (1784-1838) 5. Elizabeth Mayo (1786-1829) 6. Fanny Mayo (1787-____) 7. Lucretia Mayo (1789-1828) 8. Harriet Mayo (1791-1807) 9. Hannah Mayo (1793-1868) 10. Mariah Mayo (1795-1819) 11. Amory Mayo (1797-1857) 12. Edward Mayo (1802-1885)
• History: say 1780, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Morse (1963) in his History of Warwick, says of him, "Caleb was to leave the most lasting impression on Warwick. He settled at Mayp's Four Corners in the eastern part of the town, where he was a merchant and a farmer besides engaging in civic and church affairs. Squire Mayo, as he was known, was famous as the father of eight very beautiful daughters who stimulated church attendance among eligible males by their presence."
• Occupation: say 1781, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was a store owner and kept a public house.
• Offices Held: 30 Mar 1788, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman and served for nine years.
• Offices Held: 1789, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He served on the School Committee, and for seven years was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court.
• Offices Held: 1798, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was a Justice of the Peace. Starting in 1798, his marriages were listed in the Warwick records.
• History: 1835, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; At the turn of the century, he was described by an old timer in Warwick thusly: "[He was] of noble and commanding appearance and his knowledge and long residence gave him much sway and influence with this townsman. He took much pride in his large promising family and justly might such a group be a parent's delight. The girls were handsome, ...finely rounded forms, clear sparkling eyes and delicate fairness of complexion."
• Religion: 1836, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He had pew number 29 in the Unitarian Church listed at $72 and the most expensive in the church.

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Married:
Mayo (1965) gives her father as Paul Dudley Richards, a famous tavern keeper.

Buried:
Caleb Mayo Esq.
died Feb. 28, 1838
Aged 83 years

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• Married: 20 Jun 1776, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Paul Dudley Richards Jr. , the son of Paul Dudley Richards. The following was written about him: "Uncle Richard Paul Dudley Richards was a hardware merchant with a comfortable income. They lived in some style, in a large, square, wooden house at the South End." Issue: 1. Joseph Richards (1777-____) 2. Bessie Richards
• History: 1825; The following was quoted about her: "Aunt Anna Mayo Richards was admired, loved, reverenced by us as quite the standard of perfection in almost all respects. She was one of the most winning and lovely women I ever saw, as well as the kindest of aunts."

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Christened:
As the baptism is listed as a day before her birth, one of the two dates must be in error.

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• Military: 1775; He served in as a private in Captain William Draper's 2ed Roxbury Company, in Col. William Heath's Regiment.

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• Married: 1778, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Wilder Stevens, the son of Nathaniel and Mary (Martin) Stevens. He was born on 25 January 1747 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Mayo filed marriage intentions on 10 October 1778 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, both being of that town. He died on Wednesday 2 August 1826 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Wilder's gravestone inscription in Warwick Cemetery reads: Mr. Wilder Stevens died Aug. 2, 1826 Aged 80 Issue: 1. Betsey Stevens 2. Mary Stevens 3. Wilder Stevens 4. Martin Stevens 5. Nabby Stevens 6. Esther Stevens (c1789-1870) 7. Joseph Stevens (c1791-1850) 8. Anna Stevens
• History: say 1790, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; From the book, Home by Anna Leland, her daughter, comes this description: "[she] was a woman of beautiful character and highly regarded in Warwick."

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Buried:
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth,
The Late Amiable Consort of
Mr. Wilder Stevens
Who Died in Childbed
With her Infant Babe
May 5, 1793
Desirable in life and lamented in death

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• Graduation: 1787, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; : Harvard College
• History: 1788, Belpre, Washington County, Ohio; After graduation, he became the first school teacher in Farmer's Castle, a fort in the Belphre Settlement in Ohio.
• Military: 1792; He joined General Wayne's Army at Marietta, Ohio and was appointed Quartermaster General of the Army. In the autumn of 1792, General Wayne gathered his army at Fort Washington, Cincinnati and in October 1793, he moved into Indian country and build Fort Greenville. On 20 August 1794, General Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timber, near Toledo, Ohio. After peace was concluded, Daniel Mayo left the Army and settled in Newport, Kentucky.
• Offices Held: 1796, Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky; He was appointed the Postmaster. He served for 40 years.
• Married: 25 Oct 1798, Washington County, Ohio; Mary Putnam, the daughter of Col. Israel and Sarah (Walde) Putnam. She was born on 5 August 1773 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut. She died on Sunday 22 July 1838 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky. Issue: 1. Harriet Putnam Mayo (1799-____) 2. Sarah Augusta Mayo (1801-____) 3. Mary Amilia Mayo (1802-1841) 4. Daniel Dudley Mayo (1807-1841) 5. Henry Hunt Mayo (1810-1877)

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• Married: 15 Dec 1786, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Sally Leonard. She and David filed marriage intentions on 20 September 1786 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. She died after 1798 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. daughter Mayo (1783-____) 2. David Mayo (1787-1791) 3. son Mayo (1789-1789) 4. son Mayo (1791-1791) 5. Sally Mayo (1793-____) 6. David Mayo (1795-____) 7. Rhonda Leonard Mayo (1798-____)
• Occupation: say 1794, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; kept a store; a public house,which he built in 1794; and the toll gate.
• Moved to: 1800, Champlain, Clinton County, New York
• Moved to: say 1802, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Married: say 1805, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Georga _____.

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• Married: 14 Apr 1786, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Hazeltine MD. He was born about 1763 in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. He and Abigail Mayo filed marriage intentions on 30 March 1786 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 12 October 1826 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Benjamin's gravestone inscription in Warwick Cemetery reads: Benjamin Hazeltine died Oct. 12, 1826 Æ. 63 Issue: 1. Fanny Hazeltine (c1797-1803)

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Buried:
Abigail Mayo
wife of
Dr. B. Hazeltine
died Dec. 5, 1859
Æ. 93

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• Married: 25 Sep 1794, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; John Humphreys, the son of John Humphreys. He was born in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts. In her book, Home Anna Leland says of John, "John Humphrey, her husband, was somewhat imperious in manner, and occasionally peevish and fretful; he was several years the senior of my aunt, for she was yet in the bloom of youth and valued himself not a little upon his descent from a family of some distinction."
• History: say 1800; In her book, Home Anna Leland says of Hannah, "[she] was a good natured, easy sort of woman and withal a little selfish; for being the youngest of her family, handsome, and decidedly willful, she had been too much indulged in her youth, and was not a little inclined to care for others so long as herself was at ease."