See also
- Thomas BOWEN's parents: Richard * BOWEN (1590-1674) and Ann* (1591-1648)
- Thomas BOWEN's siblings: Sarah BOWEN (1616- ), Alice BOWEN (1618- ), William BOWEN (1620- ), Richard BOWEN (1624- ), Obediah BOWEN (1627- ), Ruth BOWEN (1629- ) and George BOWEN (1631- )
- Elizabeth BREWSTER's other family: with Samuel FULLER (1624-1695)
- Elizabeth BREWSTER's parents: Jonathan * BREWSTER (1593-1659) and Lucretia * OLDHAM (1600-1671)
- Elizabeth BREWSTER's siblings: William BREWSTER (1625- ), Mary BREWSTER (1627- ), Jonathan BREWSTER (1629- ), Ruth BREWSTER (1631- ), Benjamin BREWSTER (1633- ), Grace BREWSTER (1639- ) and Hannah BREWSTER (1641-1691)
Family of Thomas * BOWEN and Elizabeth * BREWSTER
Husband: Thomas * BOWEN
| Name: |
Abigail BOWEN |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
Dec 1660 |
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| Name: |
Abijah BOWEN |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
21 May 1663 |
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| Name: |
Richard BOWEN |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
17 Mar 1665 |
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| Name: |
Elizabeth * FULLER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Samuel * EATON (1664-1723) |
| Birth |
1666 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, US2 |
| Death |
Jun 1724 (age 57-58) |
Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, US |
Note on Husband: Thomas * BOWEN
When Thomas Bowen returned to Rehoboth from New London, Connecticut in December 1662, he was a very sick man, and had been under the medical care of Gov. John Winthrop. As there was no resident doctor located in Rehoboth at that time it is possible that Dr. Fuller of Middleborough attended him and became acquainted with his wife, Elizabeth Bowen, whom he afterwards married. Thomas Bowen (in his will proved in February 1664) directed that his wife Elizabeth should bring up his son, Richard "In the fear of the Lord and teach him to write and read". Richard probably obtained his medical knowledge from his stepfather, Dr. Fuller. Later in King Philip's War, with the shortage of medical skill, young Dr. Bowen had plenty of opportunity to practice. In 1676 most of the inhabitants were driven from Rehoboth and Providence by the Indians who burned their houses. In three or four years after the end of the war most of the inhabitants returned, and Dr. Richard Bowen, who was the first settled physician in Rehoboth, attended the sick there and in the nearby town of Providence, being the only recorded physician up to the early 1700's. Dr. Richard Bowen, who was the progenitor of a long line of famous Bowen doctors covering a period of more than 150 years, educated two of his four sons to the profession. Col. and Dr. Thomas Bowen born in 1689, practiced in Rehoboth with his father and was 48 years old when Dr. Richard Bowen died. One of Dr. Thomas Bowen's sons, Ephraim, lived in Providence with his uncle, Dr. Jabez Bowen from the age of 9 and studied medicine with him and became a doctor. Dr. Ephraim Bowen had six sons, two of whom, William and Pardon Bowen, became noted physicians in Providence and vicinity.
Sources
| 1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
| 2 | "American Genealogical-Biographical Index" (Godfrey Memorial Library, On-Line, Provo, UT). |
