The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American RevolutionStark, James Henry
History
The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution
Stark, James Henry
American loyalists -- Massachusetts; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
ROBERT HOOPER, 3d. as described in the Addressers to Governor
Hutchinson, was probably a son of Deacon Robert Hooper, cousin to the
aforesaid Hoopers. He was born at Marblehead 1757, and married Sept. 21,
1777, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Whittaker of Salem. In 1794
he sold his two-sixths of the mansion house, etc., which had belonged to
his father, the late Deacon Robert Hooper. He removed to Lexington,
Maine, was master of Limerick Academy. He died May 11, 1836.
WILLIAM BOWES.
Nicholas Bowes of Cambridge, Mass., married 26 June, 1684, Sarah
Hubbard, who died 26 Jan. 1686, and for second wife married 6 May, 1690,
Dorcas Champney, and a third wife, Martha Remington, of Cambridge, June
21, 1718. It is claimed that he was descended from Sir Martin Bowes,
Lord Mayor of London. Nicholas Bowes, son of the preceding was born at
Boston, Nov. 2nd, 1706. He graduated at Harvard College as M. A., was
minister at Bedford from 1730 to 1754. He married Lucy Hancock, the aunt
of John Hancock, the Revolutionary Governor of Massachusetts. Their son
WILLIAM BOWES, was born at Boston, 3 December 1734. He married Ann
Whitney, March 22, 1761, who died Jan. 2, 1762. His second wife was Mary
Stoddard, whom he married Oct. 30, 1769, and who died 9 May, 1774. He
was a merchant and had inherited in 1764 a large property from his
uncle, Thomas Hancock, one of the wealthiest merchants in Boston. He was
an Addresser of Governor Hutchinson in 1774, and of General Gage in
1775. At the evacuation of Boston he went to Halifax with his family of
four persons. In 1788 he was proscribed and banished, and his estates
confiscated. He died near London, April, 1805. His eldest son,
WILLIAM BOWES, born at Boston, 15 Oct. 1771, lived in England and died
near London 10 June, 1850, aged 79. He married Harriet Troutbeck,
daughter of Rev. John Troutbeck, born at Boston 1 Oct. 1768, and died in
England, 14 January, 1851, aged 82. Their children were Emily Bowes born
1806, Edmund Elford Bowes, born 1808, M. A. Trinity College. Cambridge.
Arthur Bowes, born 1813. All born and living in England in 1856.
Sarah Bowes, daughter of William Bowes, Sr., was born at Boston, Jan.
31, 1773, and died in England. July 1850, unmarried.
LIST OF CONFISCATED ESTATES BELONGING TO WILLIAM BOWES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY
AND TO WHOM SOLD.
To Richard Driver. Feb. 16, 1782, Lib. 134, fol. 23; Land in
Boston, Fitch's Alley W.; Margaret Phillips N., Corn Court E.
Andrew Oliver S.
To Mungo Mackey. June 11, 1783; Lib. 139, fol. 16. One fourth of
land, brick distill house and other buildings in Boston, Cambridge
St. N.; George St E. heirs of John Guttridge deceased S.; Belknap
St. W.
To Robert Jenkins, Feb. 16, 1784; Lib. 141, fol. 132; Land and
buildings in Boston. Wilson's Lane W.; Dock Square N.; Arnold and
Samuel Wells E. heirs of Charles Hammock deceased S.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account