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William Fowler

William Fowler

Male 1595 - 1661  (66 years)    Has 53 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Fowler  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 1595  Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Jan 1661  Milford, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Reginaldus Le Fowler,   b. Bef 1249, Shryvenham, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1301, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 52 years)  (10 x Great Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth Sheard,   b. Abt 1564, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • William Fowler came over in the company of Rev. John Davenport, Gov. Eaton and others, and arrived at Boston 26 June 1637. William Fowler is mentioned as a prisoner in Bridewell with other Puritans in the year 1592. The list of prisoners is
      immediately preceded by a petition addressed to the Lord Treasurer by many of the "poor Christians imprisoned by the Bishops in sundry prisons in and about London." About this time a congregation of Puritans were discovered at Islington, and fifty-six were sent to prison.

      William Fowler came over in a ship that sailed from London. There were those of the name in Islington, which was then and now is a part of London. He was an old man when he settled in Milford, having died sixty-eight years after, and if he was, say, twenty at imprisonment, this would make him 88. There is therefore nothing improbably in the supposition that the prisoner was the William Fowler that came to New Haven.

      William Fowler sailed with Mr. Davenport and Mr. Eaton from Boston, and arrived at New Haven in April, 1638, and was at the famous meeting in Mr. Newman's barn, 4 June 1639, when the peculiar constitution and policy of Mr. Davenport, which afterwards characterized the New Haven Colony, was agreed upon. Mr. Fowler subscribed to that agreement.
      In the spring of 1639, the settlement of Milford had been arranged, and Mr. Fowler is the first named of the trustees, and the only one bearing the honorable prefix of "Mr." At the first meeting of the Milford Company he was chosen one of the
      "Judges." The church was organized 1639, and he was elected one of the "seven pillars," - Mr. Peter Prudden, Pastor. Mr. Fowler was elected magistrate, and reappointed yearly to 1654.

      In 1640, by agreement with the town, he built a mill, the first erected in New Haven Colony. His name is in the roll of planters at New Haven, 1642, as having an £800 estate, and a family of three persons. He died 25 January 1660/1, and his will was presented by his son William to the General Court of the Colony6 1661, but was not recorded, and being unfortunately lost, we are without knowledge of its contents. His children were born before his removal to America, he at the time of his settlement being an old man, and "his family of three" were doubtless himself, wife and one child. The child may have been Mary who married John Caffing.
    Person ID I44249  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Father John Fowler,   b. 25 Jun 1571, Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1645, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Other Partners: Francis Palm  m. Between 1607 and 1609  
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Frances Webb,   b. Abt 1584, Burntwood, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 2 Nov 1607 (Age < 23 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F20300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Neeld,   b. Abt 1599, Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1638, Milford, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 40 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1622  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Fowler,   b. Between 1601 and 1633, Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1676, Milford, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    ▻ Mary Hubbard  m. 1647
     2. William Fowler,   b. Abt 1620, Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1704, Westfield, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    ▻ Elizabeth Alsopp  m. 1 Nov 1670;   Mary Tapp  m. 1640
     3. Mary Fowler,   b. Abt 1625, Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     4. Ambrose Fowler,   b. Abt 1626, Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1704, Westfield, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    ▻ Jane Newton;   Joanna Alvord  m. 6 May 1646
     5. Sarah Fowler,   b. Abt 1628, Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F15862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S630] Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol 1.

    2. [S203] Gregory Strong, Ancestory.com Individual Tree - Kings & Presidents.

    3. [S201] Leisure Guy, leisureguy@icloud.com, "KinshipTree - Historical Family Database", (Name: Name: http://kinshipcove.com Genealogy Research: Common Historical Roots In South Texas;;).



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