Second Generation
2. William2 Bowen (II) (William1) birth date unknown. William died about 1727 in Somerset Co., MD.
He married Mary Hammond. Mary was the daughter of Edward Hammond(Hammon) and Ann Smith.
He made a will in Somerset Co., MD, March 4, 1727. (Vernon L. Skinner, Worcester Co., MD Wills, MH3, p. 28)
William Bowen(II) and Mary Hammond had the following children:
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William3 Bowen (III).
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Martha Bowen.
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Rhoda Bowen. Rhoda died before June 21, 1733. Administration of her father's estate was granted to John and
Luke Bowen on this date and Rhoda's name is not included in the list of legatees who received distribution in 1735. (Vernon L. Skinner,
Maryland Probate Records, Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1731-1737, Libers 11-15 and Maryland Probate Records, Prerogative Court Abstracts
1728-1734) Rhodia is shown as administratrix of the estate of William Bowin August 14, 1727, Somerset Co. (Vernon L. Skinner, Maryland
Probate Records, Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1724-1731, Libers 6-10)
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Joyce Bowen. Joyce died after 1735. Received portion of father's estate as legatee in 1735. (Vernon L. Skinner,
Maryland Probate Records, Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1731-1737, Libers 11-15)
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Elizabeth Bowen. She married Isaiah Bredell. Isaiah married first Margaret Gray.
Their son, James Stephen Bredell; his son, Elihu Bredell Sr., and his son (great grandson of Isaiah), Isaac Briddell, married Ann "Nancy"
Collier of Peter. Isaac and Ann Briddell had sons John Collier Briddell (b.c. 1814) and Edward Briddell. John and Edward went to live with
their maternal grandmother in Missouri after their mother's death. (research of Rob Hall) Elizabeth is shown as wife of Isaiah and daughter
of William Bowen in distribution to Legatees March 13, 1735, Somerset Co. (Vernon L. Skinner, Maryland Probate Records, Prerogative Court
Abstracts, 1731-1737, Libers 11-15)
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Daughter Bowen.
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Edward Bowen.
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John Bowen was born about 1682.
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Priscilla Bowen was born about 1684. As a legatee of William Bowen, she is paid her portion as Priscilla Bowen,
unmarried in 1735. (Vernon L. Skinner, Maryland Probate Records, Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1731-1737, Libers 11-15)
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Ann Bowen was born about 1685. Ann died 1773 in Somerset Co., MD, at 88 years of age. Will dated
November 19, 1772, probate February 9, 1773. She named her children: Jarvis, Arnold, Charles, William, Sarah Bowen, Mary Ballard and
granddaughter Mary Read. Wit: Andrew Francis Cheney, Esther Foscue and Elinor Martin. (Ruth T. Dryden, Somerset Wills 1750-1772, f.172) She married Jarvis Ballard.
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Littleton Bowen(Sr.) was born about 1686.
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George Bowen was born about 1687. George died about 1739. He received his portion of his father's estate on
March 13, 1735. (Vernon L. Skinner, Maryland Probate Records, Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1731-1737, Libers 11-15)
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