Name |
Thomas BOWERMAN |
Birth |
29 Mar 1760 |
Dutchess County, New York, British Colonies in America [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Birth |
20 Mar 1761 |
Dutchess County, New York, British Colonies in America [4] |
Birth |
28 Mar 1761 |
New York, United States [2] |
- Vincent Bowerman's manuscript of 2 November 1870 gives the birth date as 3rd month 20th 1761.
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Emigration |
Abt 1783 |
Dutchess County, New York, United States [2] |
- 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".
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Immigration |
1784 |
Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [2] |
- 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".
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Marriage |
1793 |
Dutchess County, New York, United States [2] |
- Thomas "went to Duchess County and returned with his second wife, Maturah".
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Residence |
1793 |
Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [2, 5] |
- 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".
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Farming |
1800 |
Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
- 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".
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Burial |
1810 |
Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
- He was "brought home and buried in the old Friends Burying Ground by C. G. Bowerman".
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Death |
1810 |
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
- 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".
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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.
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Thomas Bowerman was born in 1760 and died 20 1810. "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", page 131. |
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".
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Residence |
Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada [3] |
_UID |
BA94B34E89E24D5AA227166DE597DEE6ED1B |
Death |
28 Aug 1810 |
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3] |
Person ID |
I2777 |
Everyone |
Last Modified |
30 Dec 2015 |
Father |
Ichabod BOWERMAN, b. Abt 1721, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America d. 1790, Dutchess County, New York, United States (Age ~ 69 years) |
Mother |
Jane RICHMOND, b. 17 Jun 1735, British Colonies in America d. 1797, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada (Age 61 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1757 [7] |
Marriage |
Abt 1758 |
New York, United States [1] |
Marriage |
15 Nov 1759 |
New York, British Colonies in America [4] |
Family ID |
F899 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Sarah VINCENT d. May 1791, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada |
Marriage |
Abt 1790 [8] |
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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Thomas Bowerman married Sarah Vincent. "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", page 131. |
Children |
| 1. Vincent BOWERMAN, b. 27 Mar 1791, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 May 1885, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years) |
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Family ID |
F900 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
28 Oct 2012 |
Family 2 |
Maturah BULL d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
4 Apr 1793 |
Dutchess County, New York, United States [2, 8] |
Marriage |
- Thomas Bowerman marred Matura Bull, as his second wife, according to ?i?Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte?/i? (page 131).
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Thomas Bowerman married Matura Bull. "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", page 131. |
Children |
| 1. Mary BOWERMAN d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Sarah BOWERMAN, b. 31 Oct 1794, Upper Canada, Canada d. 28 Jul 1882 (Age 87 years) |
| 3. Mary BOWERMAN, b. 4 Jan 1796 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Phoebe BOWERMAN, b. 18 Aug 1797 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 5. Stephen BOWERMAN, b. 13 Mar 1799 d. 1886, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) |
| 6. Joseph BOWERMAN, b. 11 Apr 1800 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Thomas Levi BOWERMAN, b. 18 Dec 1802 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 8. Josiah BOWERMAN, b. 31 Aug 1804 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 9. Amos BOWERMAN, b. 20 May 1806 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 10. Lydia BOWERMAN, b. 11 Oct 1808 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 11. Patience BOWERMAN, b. 10 Aug 1810 d. 12 May 1842 (Age 31 years) |
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Family ID |
F901 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
28 Oct 2012 |