Thomas Arnold BOWERMAN

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• _STAT: Never Married
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 1AADC6915ECE44EA9446B146771C6666A888
• Birth: 1871; according to his gravestone inscription
• Burial: 1881, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield
• Death: 1881; aged 10 years

Notes:

Death:
Thomas probably died young.

_TODO:
He died on April 1, 1881, likely in Prince Edward County. See A00741.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: took place in 4th month 28, 1832
• Death: took place in 6th month 1910
• Name: Levi V. Bowerman
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 52CD107ADFD14F4E9B0C6C4EAC08DBCAB0FA
• Birth: 1832; according to his gravestone inscription
• Birth: 28 Apr 1832
• Census: 25 Apr 1901, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 25 Apr 1901, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; in lot 6 Military Tract
• Burial: 1910, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield

Notes:

_TODO:
He died on June 9, 1910, likely in Prince Edward County. See A00741.

Census:
He was enumerated as age 69, birth date of April 28, 1831, a farmer, and a Friend [Quaker]. He was living with his wife, his daughter, Carry, and her family.

Levi married Mary Mullett HAIGHT on 25 Aug 1853. Mary (daughter of Consider Merritt HAIGHT and Deborah MULLETT) was born on 20 Nov 1835 in Upper Canada, Canada; died on 12 May 1905; was buried in 1905 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary M. Haight
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• _UID: E49800B98ACB41009CAAD9D4F5A6D5E00E58
• Birth: 1836; according to her gravestone inscription
• Birth: 1836; took place in 11th month 22, 1836
• Birth: 22 Nov 1836
• Census: 25 Apr 1901, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Burial: 1905, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield
• Death: 1905; took place in 5th month 12, 1905

Notes:

_TODO:
MARY BOWERMAN died on May 12, 1905, likely in Prince Edward County. See A00741.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 65, birth date of November 20, 1835, and a Friend. She was living with her husband, Levi, and her daugher, Carry, and her family.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 270FFA343A964C799822C1D236EF1E4CD57F
• Childhood: 1791, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Birth: 21 May 1791, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Birth: 1792; according to his gravestone inscription
• Childhood: 1793, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Farming: 1810, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Religion: 1820, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; member of the Society of Friends (Quaker)
• Family history: 2 Nov 1870, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1879, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Burial: 1885, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield
• Death: 1885, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Family: 1885, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Family history:
Vincent Bowerman was the son of Thomas Bowerman and his first wife, Sarah Vincent.

Photograph:
There is a sideways outline of his face in the manuscript.

Religion:
According to Levi Bowerman, "my father was always firmly established in their [Friends] principles and a diligent attender of their meetings and careful to have his family go with him. They went to Adolphustown for a number of years. At this time they belonged to Nine Partners Quarterly meeting. Then they got a meeting at West Lake held once in two weeks in Cornelius Blount's log house and in warm weather in his log barn, and then they got a monthly meeting in Adolphustown and a Preparative there and at West Lake. There were no divisions or subdivisions in the society at that time".

Childhood:
Vincent was motherless and was "placed under the care of Daniel and Elizabeth Pettit, where I remained until I was two years old". They used a sap trough for a cradle.

Birth:
Thomas and Sarah moved "over on the West Lake shore near where Hiram Tubbs now lives and there, I was born the 21st of 5th month 1791".

Childhood:
Vincent moved back to his father's house. His father had gone to Duchess County and returned with his second wife.

Farming:
At the age of nineteen, in 1810, Vincent, "with the assistance of his step-mother, took charge of all the business, and oversight of nine children (his half brothers and half sisters) and the 1430 acres of land". Since "at that time the oldest son heired all the real estate property, the land was divided among the family and he signed all the deeds to entire satisfaction. Except the oldest brother".

Religion:
He was listed, with his wife Nancy, as a member of the West Lake Meeting of the West Lake Monthly Meeting.

Family history:
Vincent left a manuscript titled "A Short History of the Life of Thomas Bowerman, as related by his son, Vincent".

Residence:
Vincent moved to Bloomfield in 1879.

Family:
When Vincent died, he had "lived until the whole family was buried".

Death:
At his death, Vincent was aged 93 years 7 months and 2 days.

Vincent married Nancy SOUTHARD on 19 Sep 1813. Nancy (daughter of William SOUTHARD and Amy) was born on 14 Jul 1796; died on 2 Mar 1848; was buried in 1848 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TODO: Open
• _UID: F242BECF043845B3BDF8B7E204E0625EE7B0
• Birth: 1797; according to her gravestone inscription
• Religion: 1820, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; member of the Society of Friends (Quaker)
• Burial: 1848, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield

Notes:

Photograph:
There is a side outline of her head in the manuscript.

_TODO:
Marilyn Adams Genealogy and Research Centre

Religion:
She was listed, with her husband Vincent Bowerman, as a member of the West Lake Meeting of the West Lake Monthly Meeting.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Consider M. Haight
• _UID: 8736E7AFDC114B69BF4F6A4D4A8886EEFFA1
• Birth: 1828; according to his gravestone inscription
• Burial: 1858, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield

Consider married Deborah MULLETT. Deborah was born in 1804; died in 1892; was buried in 1892 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D95DCAE5A1894EB088E5622CDF3CFF406274
• Birth: 1804; according to her gravestone inscription
• Burial: 1892, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• _UID: BA94B34E89E24D5AA227166DE597DEE6ED1B
• Birth: 20 Mar 1761, Dutchess County, New York, British Colonies in America
• Birth: 28 Mar 1761, New York, United States
• Emigration: Abt 1783, Dutchess County, New York, United States
• Immigration: 1784, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Marriage: 1793, Dutchess County, New York, United States
• Residence: 1793, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Farming: 1800, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Burial: 1810, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Death: 1810, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Family history:
Thomas Bowerman's birth and death dates, according to ?i?Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte?/i? (page 131) were 1760 and 1810.

Religion:
According to Levi Bowerman, Thomas did not belong to any religious denomination. However, all of his sons and one of his daughters (Lydia) joined "Friends by request".

Birth:
Vincent Bowerman's manuscript of 2 November 1870 gives the birth date as 3rd month 20th 1761.

Emigration:
Thomas lived in Duchess County "until he was grown". "During the Revolution war he remained attached to the King's party and as soon as peace was proclaimed he came to Canada".

Immigration:
Thomas married Sarah Vincent and "settled on the North Shore of the little lake in the Thompson place near where Dyer Ogden now lives. He soon left it and moved over on the West Lake shore near where Hiram Tubbs now lives".

Marriage:
Thomas "went to Duchess County and returned with his second wife, Maturah".

Residence:
Thomas, Maturah and Vincent moved "over on the north shore of the lake" and "settled on the farm lot No. 1 first concession military tract containing about 230 acres of entire wild land". Thomas bought the land from "Major Henry Young for about $ 100 and built a log house 20 by 22 down by the spring, w_uth of the road where he lived until about the year 1806". Then he built "the frame two storey house 30 x 40, which stood until 1879 when it was taken down by the present owner William S. Hubbs and Abraham Saylor". Vincent claimed that "Uncle Amos and Uncle Josiah raised both their families [in this house] , each having one half and one half the farm. Thomas used "a log barn for eith or nine years. He built a frame barn in the year 1800.John Bull and Cyrus Richman were carpenters used".

Farming:
Thomas "frequently let out three year old cattle to be broke and return them at the age of seven, and heifers the same way. On their return, he sold them and bought land. He continued buying until he had got twelve hundred acres beside the homestead".

Burial:
He was "brought home and buried in the old Friends Burying Ground by C. G. Bowerman".

Death:
Thomas "went to Quebec in the year 1810, with a raft of staves and was taken sick on his return home at Montreal with typhoid fever, and died at Kingston".

Thomas married Sarah VINCENT about 1790. Sarah died in May 1791 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4EF75C8A86084D9B944797169F08C446DA63
• Death: May 1791, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Death:
According to her son, Vincent, she "died when I was a day or two old".

Notes:

Marriage:
Thomas Bowerman marred Sarah Vincent, as his first wife, according to ?i?Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte?/i? (page 131).

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• _UID: 485AE3A111B14BE3B3678553A67D4432A19C

William married Amy. Amy and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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