BOWLER FAMILY, BRISTOL, RI


THOMAS LINDSEY
married ANN WALDRON 2nd marriage in 1820's
THEIR SON (step-brother to SARAH LINDSEY) 1. THOMAS FRANCIS LINDSEY 1827-1877
  • married MARIA BOWLER b 1830-d 1909
  • daughter of(John 1804-1866 and Phoebe Bowler 1802-1891)
  • married January 10, 1850 State St Methodist Episcopal Church Bristol


    THEIR CHILDREN 1. CHARLES HENRY Oct 27, 1850-Aug 28,1871 Died at age 21

  • 2. ANNE/ANNIE MARIA b Sept 17,1852- 1854/6 Died at age 2
  • 3. EDWIN F Jan 15 1855-Oct 3 1926 age 71 (pallbearer at Charles Tirrell’s funeral in 1899) married Rosa Simmons 10/12/1878
  • 4. MARY LOUISE (TWIN)April 6 1862 - 1912 age 50 (married Christian Herrman;children:
  • 5. LILLIE/LILLIAN STANLEY b April 6 1862 Died same day
  • 6. MINNIE CATHARINE REYNOLDS April 11 1864
  • married Frank Kinnicutt
  • 7. ANNIE ELIZABETH WARDWELL LINDSEYNov 10 1866 - 1935
  • married CHARLES TIRRELL
  • 8. JENNIE MARIA Sept 17, 1868 Died at age 17 Sept 25 1885
  • 9. JAMES 1869 -


    BOWLER FAMILY

  • (buried in North Cemetery near TIRRELL LINDSEY WARDWELL)
  • PHEBE T BOWLER SEPT 2 1802 - June 14 1891
  • JOHN BOWLER OCT 7 1804 - JAN 13 1866 (see Cemetery Records)
  • Children:
  • MARY infant (child of Phebe and John)
  • SAMUEL infant (child of Phebe and John)
  • MARIA B. 1932 Died 1909


    1875 Rhode Island Census

  • BOWLER FAMILY
  • William Bowler age 39 163 Main Road
  • Jane M Bowler age 34 wife
  • Frank A Bowler age 15 nephew
  • LINSEY FAMILY:
  • Thomas Linsey age 47 head famer
  • Maria E Linsey age 44 wife
  • Edwin F Linsey age 20 son machinist
  • Mary Linsey age 13 daughter schoolgirl
  • Minnie C.Linsey age 11 daughter schoolgirl
  • Annie W Linsey age 8 daughter schoolgirl
  • James M Linsey age 6 son schoolboy
  • Phebe T Bowler age 72 mother in law born Middletown
  • Ann W Linsey age 77 mother born NY


    BOWLER FAMILY INFORMATION
    FOllowing is a summary from the book:
    Record of the Descendant of CHARLES BOWLER
    England 1740 America who settled in Newport Rhode Island
    (Collected and Compiled by N.P. Bowler, 1905)
    Available at East Greenwich PL, RI
    
    Charles Bowler b abt 1700 in England
    m first wife abt 1725 in England  name? ____ died(date unknown).
    m abt 1744 Margaret Robinson
    (tradition says in Edinburgh Scotland)
    (date and place of her death unknown)
    Charles came to America in 1740. Settled in Boston.
    Appointed Collector of Revenues for Port of Newport.
    Bought a 70 acre farm in Portsmouth.
    He died May 30 1768 Portsmouth RI.

    Children First marriage 1. Metcalf Bowler b 1726 in London Second marriage 2 Margrett b April 24 1746 d Sept 1752 3 Elizabeth b 1748 4 Elce b 1750 5 Mary b 1752 6 Charles b 1754 Metcalf Bowler b 1726 in London married May 1750 in Newport Anne Fairchild He died Sept 24 1789 Anne F Bowler died Feb 23 1803 Their children (born Newport, bapt in Trinity Church) 1. Charles b June 23 1751 d Jan 1752 2. Penelope b July 18 1753 died at school in Boston 3 Charles b June 15 1752 baptized April 1754 4 Metcalf b March 5 d May 30 1758 5 Bathsheba b May 13 1759 6 Metcalf b Feb 25 1761 7 Major Fairchild b March 24 1763 8 Elizabeth b April 12 1764 9 Samuel Bourse b Dec 13 1764 bap Aprl 24 1765 10 Cornelius George b July 19 1767 11 Anne Marie b June 25 1769 Metcalf Bowler came to America with his father 1743. Successful merchant. Owned the privateer Defiance. Suffered great losses near the end of his life. Residences: Portsmouth; also house at Clarke and Mary Street, Newport. Washington and Lafayette visited the Portsmouth farmhouse. General Assembly representative Speaker of the House 19 years Superior Court Judge 6 years Chief Justice RI Superior Court 1765 sent to Congress in NY Died in Providence. Buried from St. John’s church. Charles Bowler b 1754 Newport RI (Metcalf’s youngest half brother) Parents: Charles Bowler and Margaret Robinson Bowler m 1778 Rebecca Irish Middletown RI b 1760 (daughter of George and Sarah (Babcock) Irish She died 1838 Hopkinton RI buried there (THIS IS STRANGE - WERE THEY DIVORCED?) Second marriage: 1798 Mary Yaw widow of ___Gallup. Lived in Guilford VT. She died abt 1814 Children by first marriage (to Rebecca Irish) 1. Charles b Nov 8 1780 2. George Irish b Mar 19 1782 3. Sally b 1784 4. William Davis b Feb 11 1786 5. Rebecca Irish b Nov 10 1788 6 Margaret b 1790 d 1793 7 John b 1792 d 1796 Second marriage b in Guilford VT 8 Polly b 1799 9 William b 1802 BOWLER, CHARLES 1780-1827 Charles b Nov 8 1780 in Newport RI m 1803 in Newport Happy Tennant She was born Oct 3, 1866 Newport daughter of Andrew and Mary (Chappelle) Tennant Charles of Newport, a seaman drowned in Long Island Sound Dec 11 1827 His wife Happy lived up to her name. Died age 85, a widow in Newport. Children of Charles and Happy (Tennant) Bowler b in Newport 1.John b Aug 7 1804 2 Joseph Irish b JAn 2 1806 3 Rebecca Wilber b Nov 7 1808 m Nathan Kenyon. She died in Killington CT 1832 4. Mary Tennant b June 15 1810 m 1st husband John Bliss Mason, 2nd husband: Seth Chace. She died May 31 1904 5 Eliza Ann b May 8 1812 m Jonathan Nooning. She was still living in New Bedford in 1904. 6 James Irish b Feb 19 1814 d Sept 8 1841 7 William Tennant b Nov 1 1816 8 Charles Barron b July 26 1819 9 Sarah Jane b June 13 1822 d Aug 27 1825 BOWLER, JOHN 1804-1866 John born August 7 1804 Newport Son of Charles and Happy (Tennant) Bowler Married 1825 in Bristol RI Phoebe Turner Coggeshall, daughter of James and Abby (Browning) Coggeshall She died June 19 1891 John died Jan 16, 1866 Children born in Bristol 1. Phoebe Ann b April 16 1826 married (?) no children 2. Abby Coggeshall b Jan 27 1829 TWIN 3 John Wilber b Jan 27 1829 TWIN married Annie Gladding 3 children: Charles W, Frank A and Annie W 4 Maria Ellis b Sept 8 1830 married Thomas F Lindsey Jan 10 1850. He died March 25 1877;8 children 5 James Coggeshall b Feb 18 1832 married no children 6 Charles Frederic b Dec 3 1833 m Susan Monrow, 2 children: Arthur and Ellen 7 Mary Elizabeth b March 17 1835 d Jan 17 1837 8 William Frederic b May 6 1836 m Annie Lewis; 2nd married Jane Matilda 9 George Taylor b March 1 1838 10 Ann Elizabeth b July 12 1839 11 Mary Eliza b March 11 1841 12 Louise B Taylor b June 2 1845 13 Ida Victoria b April 4 1848 14 Samuel Thurston d in infancy Also in book: LINDSEY, EDWIN F. Parents: Thomas F and Maria E (Bowler) Lindsey B Jan 15, 1855 in Bristol M Oct 15 1876 in Bristol Rosa Simmons Children 1. Mabel Williams 1877-1897 2 Louise Douglas 1879-1880 HERRMANN, MARY LOUISE LINDSEY Parents: Thomas F and Maria E. (Bowler) Lindsey B April 6 1862 Bristol RI Married Jan 27 1884 Christian Herrmann in Bristol Children: 1. Ida Frances 1885 2 Jennie Louise 1886 3 Charles Weber 1888 4 Frank Smith b 1889 d 1898 5 Ethel Wardwell b 1890 6.Velma Lindsey b 1894 KINNICUTT, MINNIE CATHERINE REYNOLDS LINDSEY Parents: Thomas and Maria (Bowler) Lindsey B April 11 1864 in Bristol M August 28 1883 Frank T Kinnicutt Children: 1. Adelaide Louise b Oct 3 1884 2. George Lindsey b Nov 17 1886 3 Minnie Frank b 1889 d 1891 BOWLER, FRANK ALPHONZO B Sept 26 1859 Parents John Wilber and Annie (Gladding) m July 27 1880 in Warren to Melissa Fitts 1. Ina Melissa 1881 2. William Mann 1882 3 May Elizabeth 1883 4 Frank Alphonzo 1885 5 George Taylor 1887 6 Geneiveve Borden 1890 7 Albert Pike 1892 8 James Fitts 1894 9 Annie Gladding 1896 BOWLER, CHARLES 1752- Charles Bowler son of Metcalf and Anne (Fairchild) Bowler b June 15 1752 Newport RI m abt 1795 Caroline County, Virginia Elizabeth Donohue 1 Robert b abt 1796 2. Reuben b Aug 9 1800 3. Phoebe b 1802 4. Peter b 1803 5 Thomas b 1805 6 Elizabeth b 1807 7 Catharine b Feb 1809 d Aug 1898 unmarried
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