Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Vincent BOWERMAN

Male 1791 - 1885  (94 years)


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  • Name Vincent BOWERMAN  [1, 2, 3
    Childhood 1791  Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • 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 27 Mar 1791  Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Male 
    Birth 21 May 1791  Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 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".
    Birth 1792  [2
    according to his gravestone inscription 
    Childhood 1793  Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Vincent moved back to his father's house. His father had gone to Duchess County and returned with his second wife.
    Farming 1810  Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • 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 1820  Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    member of the Society of Friends (Quaker) 
    • He was listed, with his wife Nancy, as a member of the West Lake Meeting of the West Lake Monthly Meeting.
    Family history 2 Nov 1870  Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Vincent left a manuscript titled "A Short History of the Life of Thomas Bowerman, as related by his son, Vincent".
    Residence 1879  Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Vincent moved to Bloomfield in 1879.
    Burial 1885  Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    in The Friends' Cemetery, East Bloomfield 
    Death 1885  Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • At his death, Vincent was aged 93 years 7 months and 2 days.
    Family 1885  Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • When Vincent died, he had "lived until the whole family was buried".
    Family history
    • Vincent Bowerman was the son of Thomas Bowerman and his first wife, Sarah Vincent.
    Mary Bowerman married Ezra Jennings as her second husband.
    Vincent Bowerman was the son of Thomas Bowerman and Sarah Vincent.
    "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", page 131.
    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".
    _UID 270FFA343A964C799822C1D236EF1E4CD57F 
    Burial 1885  Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 2 May 1885  Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 9
    Person ID I2789  Everyone
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2012 

    Father Thomas BOWERMAN,   b. 29 Mar 1760, Dutchess County, New York, British Colonies in America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1810, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Sarah VINCENT   d. May 1791, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1790  [6
    Marriage
    • Thomas Bowerman marred Sarah Vincent, as his first wife, according to ?i?Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte?/i? (page 131).
    Mary Bowerman married Ezra Jennings as her second husband.
    Thomas Bowerman married Sarah Vincent.
    "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", page 131.
    Family ID F900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy SOUTHARD,   b. 14 Jul 1796   d. 2 Mar 1848 (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 19 Sep 1813  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Sarah BOWERMAN,   b. 21 Aug 1814   d. 21 Sep 1892 (Age 78 years)
     2. Amy BOWERMAN,   b. 31 Oct 1815   d. 1897 (Age 81 years)
     3. Thomas BOWERMAN,   b. 1 Jan 1819   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Maturah BOWERMAN,   b. 27 Nov 1820   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lydia BOWERMAN,   b. 22 Aug 1828   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Levi Vincent BOWERMAN,   b. 28 Apr 1831, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1910 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2001 

    Family 2 Deborah HAIGHT,   b. 29 Nov 1804   d. 27 Oct 1892 (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1850  [4
    Family ID F924  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2001 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChildhood - 1791 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Mar 1791 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 May 1791 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChildhood - 1793 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFamily history - 2 Nov 1870 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1879 - Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1885 - Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFamily - 1885 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 May 1885 - Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 131 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S925] Fraleigh, Charles, A00823, (Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada. Quinte Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, c. 2001), 18 Sep 2007, transcription # 17, A00823. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1125] Clerk of the Meeting, Quaker 001, (West Lake, Hallowell Township, Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. c. 1820.), B 2 a top of page, Quaker 001. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S196] Merton Y. Williams, A00169, 8 Feb 2001, Page 12, A00169. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S196] Merton Y. Williams, A00169, 8 Feb 2001, Page 14, A00169. (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S196] Merton Y. Williams, A00169, 8 Feb 2001, Page 4, A00169. (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S196] Merton Y. Williams, A00169, 8 Feb 2001, Page 13, A00169. (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S1125] Clerk of the Meeting, Quaker 001, (West Lake, Hallowell Township, Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. c. 1820.), B 2a top of page, Quaker 001. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S196] Merton Y. Williams, A00169, 8 Feb 2001, Page 15, A00169. (Reliability: 2).



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