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Col Jabez Bowen Sr.

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Col Jabez Bowen Sr.

Birth
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
8 May 1815 (aged 75)
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
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Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Group FUS, Location L, Lot 199, Space 4
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Jabez Bowen was born to the prominent doctor, Ephraim Bowen [1716-1812] and Mary Fenner [1720-1744], in Providence, Rhode Island. Jabez graduated from Yale College in 1757. On 19 Dec 1762, he married Sarah Brown [1742-1800] first cousin of the famouus "Four Brown Brothers" of Providence. Bowen was deeply involved with the Browns in the shipping business, involving slaves, molasses, rum, and the china trade. He was a member of the Providence town council from 1773 and 1775. He was also a representative in the General Assembly in 1777. During the American Revolution, Bowen served in the Providence militia between 1774 and 1777, holding the rank of colonel of the First Regiment of Providence County from 1776 to 1777, serving under William West. Bowen was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island from 1778-1779 and from 1781 to 1786. Bowen became a Superior Court judge in 1776, and became Chief Justice in 1781. An ardent federalist, he served on the city committee which negotiated a peaceful end to William West's antifederalist protest on the Fourth of July in 1788.
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~Father of:
Obadiah Bowen [1763-1793]
Dr. Oliver Bowen [1767-1804]
Mary Bowen [1773-1792]
Jabez Bowen Jr. [1774-1816]
Henry Bowen [1776-1777]
Horatio Gates Bowen [1779-1848]
Infant Son [1782-1782]
Henry Bowen [1785-1867]
Jabez Bowen was born to the prominent doctor, Ephraim Bowen [1716-1812] and Mary Fenner [1720-1744], in Providence, Rhode Island. Jabez graduated from Yale College in 1757. On 19 Dec 1762, he married Sarah Brown [1742-1800] first cousin of the famouus "Four Brown Brothers" of Providence. Bowen was deeply involved with the Browns in the shipping business, involving slaves, molasses, rum, and the china trade. He was a member of the Providence town council from 1773 and 1775. He was also a representative in the General Assembly in 1777. During the American Revolution, Bowen served in the Providence militia between 1774 and 1777, holding the rank of colonel of the First Regiment of Providence County from 1776 to 1777, serving under William West. Bowen was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island from 1778-1779 and from 1781 to 1786. Bowen became a Superior Court judge in 1776, and became Chief Justice in 1781. An ardent federalist, he served on the city committee which negotiated a peaceful end to William West's antifederalist protest on the Fourth of July in 1788.
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~Father of:
Obadiah Bowen [1763-1793]
Dr. Oliver Bowen [1767-1804]
Mary Bowen [1773-1792]
Jabez Bowen Jr. [1774-1816]
Henry Bowen [1776-1777]
Horatio Gates Bowen [1779-1848]
Infant Son [1782-1782]
Henry Bowen [1785-1867]

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