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Stowell, William Henry Harrison, Stowell genealogy: a record of the descendants of Samuel Stowell, of Hingham, Mass., {Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1922).

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25. THOMAS⁴ STOWELL (Samuel³ David², Samuel¹) was born in Watertown, Mass., 28 Sept. 1719, died in Waltham, Mass., 11 Jan. 1755, age 35, married Waltham, Mass., 18 July 1745, Rebecca Whitney, dau. of Ensign David and Rebecca (Fillebrown) Whitney, b. Watertown, Mass., 2 Nov. 1721.

Lived in Watertown and Waltham, Mass. Was a clothier.

Had a seat in the Watertown Congregational Church in 1741.

In seven deeds 1742 to 1753 he is described as Thomas Stowell of Waltham. In one deed in 1747, of Watertown. In one deed in 1750 as of Lexington.

Children born Waltham, Mass.:

i.	REBECCA5, b. 9 Sept. 1746, d. Groton, Mass., 14 Nov. 1830, age 84, m. there 2 April 1767, Capt. Abraham Child, son of Isaac and Eunice (Pierce) Child, b. Waltham, Mass., 12 Aug. 1741, d. Groton, Mass., 3 Jan. 1834, age 92. Capt. Child was in the Indian Wars 1760-1763. Was in the Battle of Lexington 1775. Was Captain in the Revolution in New Jersey. Children born Waltham, Mass. (Child): 1. DAVID or DANIEL, b. 29 Nov. 1767. 2. JONATHAN, b. 5 March 1769. 3. WILLIAM, b. 16 Sept. 1770. 4. NABBY or ABIGAIL, b. 26 May 1772, m. Waltham, Mass., 2 April 1797, James Buchanan. 5. REBECCA, b. 18 Sept. 1773. 6. ABRAHAM, b. 16 Feb. 1775. 7. THOMAS, b. 21 April 1777.
71. ii.	DAVID, b. 7 Feb. 1748.
iii.	ELIZABETH, b. 14 June 1752, d. 4 Aug. 1797, age 45, m. 1774, Aaron Brown, son of Isaac and Mary (Balch) Brown, b. Watertown, Mass., 16 Sept. 1752, d. 14 Nov. 1811, age 59. Aaron Brown was a merchant in New Ipswich and Boston. He m. 2d, Thesta Dana, dau. of Hon. Samuel Dana of Brighton, Mass. Children (Brown): 1. AARON, b. Lincoln, Mass., 15 Jan. 1774, d. 13 June 1843, age 69, m. Lucy Bartlett. Children: i. Lucy, ii. George, iii. Isaac, iv.William, v. Elizabeth, vi. Charles. 2. MARY, b. 27 Nov. 1777, d. 8 Nov. 1830, age 53, m. Timothy Dakin, son of Amos and Sarah (Minot) Dakin, b. Lincoln, Mass., 27 March 1764. 3. BETSEY, b. Dec. 1779, d. 29 Jan. 1822, age 42, m. 4 Aug. 1799, Samuel Hale, son of Samuel asid Mindwell (Tillotson) Hale, b. Oxford, N. H., 10 Feb. 1773. Children (Hale): i. Elisabeth, ii. Elizabeth, iii. Samuel Brown, iv. Frederick Augustus, v. Samuel Brown, vi. George, vii. Elizabeth, viii. Edward. 4. ISAAC, b. Sept. 1782, d. 27 Sept. 1827, age 45. 5. SAMUEL, b. 20 Aug. 1783, d. 18 Sept. 1812, age 29. 6. Son, b. March 1785, d. March 1785. 7. SARAH, b. 6 July 1788, d. 21 Aug. 1790. 8. LUCY, b. Groton, Mass., 9 April 1792, d. Westborough, Mass., 19 July 1863, age 71, m. 29 March 1821, Rev. Elijah Demond, son of Israel H. and Hannah (Henry) Demond, b. Rutland, Mass., 1 Nov. 1790, d. Westborough, Mass., 20 July 1877, age 86. Children (Demond): i. Charles Brown, ii. Lucy Ann, iii. Sarah Ellen, iv. Mary Louisa, v. Edward Henry, vi. George Stowell. 9. SARAH, b. 1794, m. Gardner Blanchard Perry. Children (Perry): i. Gardner Blanchard, ii. Edward Hale, iii. Charles French, iv. Mary Sophia.

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42. OLIVER⁴ STOWELL {Nathaniel³, David², Samuel¹) was born at Pomfret, Conn., 7 Dec. 1744, died at Abington, Conn., 20 July 1836, age 91, married at Stafford, Conn., 30 July 1778, ABIGAIL STRICKLAND, dau, of Jonathan and Joanna Strickland, born at New London, Conn., 16 Aug. 1757, died New London, Conn., 18 Aug. 1856, age 99.

Oliver lived at Pomfret and Stafford, Conn. Was a physician. Was in the Revolution. He was active in forming a Public Library at Abington, Conn.

Pomfret Rec. gives one deed in name of Oliver Stowell of Pomfret, 1776 and two deeds in name of Oliver Stowell of Stafford 1778 and 1789.

Children born in Stafford, Conn.:

i.	MARGARET5, b. 4 Aug. 1779, d. 12 Dec. 1825, age 46, m. Zeno Farrington of Wales, Mass., b. Enfield, Conn., 10 May 1781, d. 9 Feb. 1864, age 82. Children born Wales, Mass. (Farrington): 1. BILLINGS STOWELL, b. 29 Nov. 1811. 2. ZENO, b. 10 Oct. 1813.
122. ii.	JONATHAN, b. 25 Aug. 1781.
123. iii.	AUGUSTUS OLIVER ARTEMUS, b. 4 June 1783.
124. iv.	ABIGAIL, b. 9 Aug. 1785.
v.	ALATHEA, b. 17 Feb. 1788, d. 11 Aug. 1879, age 91, m. Stafford, Conn., 11 March 1807, ASA CHILD, son of Jacob and Meletiah (Curtis) Child, b. West Woodstock, Conn., 13 Sept. 1781, d. Lenox, N. Y., July 1854, age 2. Lived at West Woodstock, and then Eaton and Lenox, N. Y. Children (Child): 1. ROYAL HIBBARD, b. W. Woodstock, Conn., 17 Jan. 1809, m. 14 Jan. 1835, CORNELIA DE GAASS GATES, b. Lebanon, N. Y., 25 Sept. 1814, d. 2 Oct. 1868. He m. 2d, SERVILIA GILBERT BENEDICT, dau. of Stephen Benedict. Lived at Lenox and Canastota, N. Y. Farmer. Children: i. George G., ii. Cyrene N., iii. Ezra G. 2. MARY, b. Eaton, N. Y., 22 May 1814, m. 8 May 1841, JULIUS DUNCAN, b. 28 Nov. 1814. Child (Duncan): i. Charles. 3. LURAN, b. Eaton, N. Y., 18 July 1819, m. 22 July 1846, AULTON A. BRIGGS, d. lowa. Lived at Leroy, Mo. Farmer. Children (Briggs): i. Ansel Child, ii. Carona Hibbard, iii. Rhoda Didcis, iv. William Floyd, v. John Charles Fremont, vi. Aulton FranJc, vii. Waird Potter, viii. Alathea. 4. ELIZA, b. Eaton, N. Y., 26 May 1821, m. 26 March 1843, THOMAS McCLEARY, b. 21 March 1814, d, 23 Feb. 1853. Lived at Sullivan, N. Y. Tanner. Children (McCleary): i. Mary, ii. Betsey, iii. Samuel, iv. Anna, v. Emma. 5. BENJAMIN, b. Lenox, N. Y., 1 June 1823, m, 17 Aug. 1849, CELESTIA ESMINA CHILD, dau. of Ephraim and Armenia (Higgins) Child, b. 20 Oct. 1831. Lived at Lenox, N. Y. Children: i. Alice, ii. Frank W., iii. Lucy A. 6. ROXY ANN, b. Lenox, N. Y., 28 June 1826, m. 12 Dec. 1860, ELBRIDGE W. FLOWER. L,ived at Warren, HI. and Montgomery Co., Iowa. Children (Flower): i. Alathea, ii. Emily E., iii. Jessie, iv. Grove L., v. Lizzie L., vi. Mark, vii. Mattie, viii. Infant. 7. EMILY, b. 26 Sept. 1829, at Lenox, N. Y., d. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 1860, m. Lenox, N. Y., 26 May 1852, FRANCIS DANIEL WHITNEY, son of Daniel Harris and Louisa (Caswell) Whitney, b. Mexico, N. Y., 1 March 1827, d. Cleveland, N. Y., April 1854. She m. 2d, 1857, Marcus Weaver. Children (Weaver): i. Ella, ii. Mattie, iii. George. vi. Pliny, b, 27 April 1790, d. 25 July 1812, age 22. 125. vii. LUDOVICUS, b. 21 Jan. 1793. 126. viii. LOREN, b. 3 March 1795. ix. LAURA, b. 3 March 1795, d. Kalamazoo, Mich., m. EDMUND CHAPMAN, b. Jefferson Co., N. Y., d. Kalamazoo, Mich. Lived at South German, N. Y., and Kalamazoo, Mich. He was a sea captain. Children (Chapman): 1. JOHN, b. South German, N. Y., 4 Aug. 1817. 2. LUCY ABIGAIL, b. South German, N. Y., 18 Aug. 1818. 3. GEORGE. 4. CHARLES. Copyright © 2021, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group.