‘ [494] year since he came into these parts, [and] pleaded ignorance: It is ordered, that the said George Bowers, for his offence therein, shall pay the sum of £ 10.’ He was not a sworn freeman, and therefore not a legal voter.
2. Benanuel, s. of George (1), m. Elizabeth Dunster (called ‘cousin’ by President Dunster, in his will), 9 Dec. 1653, and had son George, b. 3 Feb. 1653-4. In 1656, he received a deed of land in Charlestown, now Somerville, adjoining Camb., where he had Barbary, b. 4 Jan. 1655; Elizabeth, b. 8 Dec. 1656; Mary, b. 16 Sept. 1660; Henry, b. 2 June 1665, and d. 16 Oct. 1690; Anna, b. 14 Oct. 1668; Bathsheba, b. 4 June 1671; Jonathan, b. 11 Aug. 1673; Mary, b. 20 May 1679, and d. 26 Dec. 1669. His passage through life was stormy, as related somewhat fully on pp. 344-352. His will, dated 5 Oct. 1693, was proved 28 May 1698. His w. Elizabeth was living 26 Dec. 1693.
3. John, s. of George (1), grad. H. C. 1649; preached at Guilford, New Haven, Branford, Derby, and Rye, in Connecticut; and d. about 1697. Quart. Reg., May 1836. Savage (Gen. Dict.) says he died 14 June 1687; and that his son John was minister at Rye, and died at Derby 23 Sept. 1708.
Jerathmeel, s. of George (1), sold the homestead 2 Jan. 1683-4; he then resided in Chelmsford, of which town he was a prominent inhabitant, and Representative in the General Court. His w. was Elizabeth.
Bowes, Nicholas, m. Sarah, dau. of James Hubbard, 2 June 1684, and had James, b. 16 Jan. 1686-7, and another child who d. in infancy. His w. Sarah d. 26 Jan. 1688-9, aged 27, and he m. Dorcas, dau. of Daniel Champney, 6 May 1690: she d. and he m. Martha, dau. of Capt. John Remington, 29 Jan. 1718-19. He removed to Boston, and d. 23 Oct. 1721, aged 65. His s. William was bap. here, 31 Jan. 1702-3.
2. Nicholas, prob. s. of Nicholas (1) by his second wife, m. Lucy, dau. of Rev. John Hancock of Lexington, and had William; Lucy. m. Rev. Jonas Clark of Lex.; Nicholas; Elizabeth; Dorcas, m. John Hill; Lydia; Mary; all of whom were living in 1768. Nicholas the f. grad. H. C. 1725, was ordained at Bedford. 15 July 1730, and dism. in 1754; was Chaplain in the Army at Fort Edward in 1755, and d. at Brookfield as he was returning home. His w. Lucy m. Rev. Samuel Cook of Menotomy 25 Nov. 1762, and d. 12 Sept. 1768, aged 56.
Elizabeth, m. Rev. Henry Ware, 15 Sept. 1807. Widow Hannah, d. 18 July 1848, aged 81.
Bowman, Nathaniel, was a proprietor ‘then inhabiting’ Watertown, 4 Feb. 1636-7, but removed to Cambridge Farms (Lexington) about 1650, and d. 26 Jan. 1681-2. His chil. were Francis, b. 1630; Mary, bur. 1 Jan. 1637-8; Joanna, bur. 20 Nov. 1638; Dorcas, buried 6 Feb. 1638-9, aged 7 days; Nathaniel, b. 6 Mar. 1640-41; Joanna, b. 20 Nov. 1642, prob. m.—— Turner; Dorcas, b.——, m. Benjamin Blackleech, who d. and she m.—— Marsh.
2. Francis, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Martha Sherman of Watertown, 26 Sept. 1661, and had Francis, b. 14 Sept. 1662; John, b. 19 Feb. 1664-5; Martha, b. 2 Mar. 1666-7, d. 10 Dec. 1667; Nathaniel, b. 9 Feb. 1668-9; Mary, b. about 1671, m. Rev. John Eveleth, 2 Dec. 1692, and had s. Joseph who d. here, 27 Oct. 1714, aged 18 Joseph, b. 18 May 1674; Anna, b. 19 Sept. 1676; Samuel, b. 14 Aug. 1679; Jonathan, b. about 1682; Martha, b. 4 April 1685. Francis the f. inherited the homestead, and d. 16 Dec. 1687; his w. Martha survived.
3. Francis, s. of Francis (2), m. Lydia Stone 26 June 1684 she d. and he m. Ruth, dau. of Rev. Samuel Angier of Watertown. He inherited the homestead in Lexington, near Watertown, and d. 23 Dec. 1744, aged 82; his w. Ruth d. 23 July 1754, aged 70. He was a very active citizen, and frequently sustained public office. He was Constable 1689, and Selectman 1696 and from 1700 to 1711. After the incorporation of Lex., he was Representative from that town eight years, between 1715 and 1733, and was also Justice of the Peace, when that office was bestowed much more sparingly than now. His children, according to Hudson (Hist. Lex.), were Francis, b. about
