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James Gowen 1715–1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 February 1715

Birth Location: Kittery, York Co., ME, Maine, USA

Death Date: 1781

Death Location: Eliot, York County, Maine, United States of America

Father: Nicholas Gowen

Mother: Abigail Hodsdon

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James Gowen was born in 1715 in Kittery, York Co., ME, Maine, USA, the child of Nicholas Gowen And Abigail Hodsdon. James Gowen passed away in 1781 in Eliot, York County, Maine, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Gowen was born in 1715 in Kittery, York Co., ME, Maine, USA, the child of Nicholas Gowen And Abigail Hodsdon.
  • James Gowen passed away in 1781 in Eliot, York County, Maine, United States of America.

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James Gowen's Ancestors

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James Gowen
1715–1781
Birth Place: Kittery, York Co., ME, Maine, USA
Parents
Nicholas Gowen
1667–1741
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States of America
Abigail Hodsdon
1672–1747
Berwick, York Co., ME, Maine, USA
Grandparents
William (Alexander) Gowen
1634–1686
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Frost
1640–1734
Kittery, York, Maine, USA
Benoni Hodsdon
1647–1718
Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail Curtis
1653–1718
York Co., ME, Maine, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Gowen
1614–1684
Janet\Jonet Paull
1609–1660
Nicholas Frost
1583–1663
Bertha Cadwalla
1610–1650
Nicholas Hodsdon
1615–1704
Esther Wines
1618–1647
Thomas Curtis
1619–1681
Elizabeth Salmon
1598–1658
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Gowen
1598–1636
Mary Aldous
1595–1627
Paull, Paull
1597–1665
Elspet Wastland
1600–1704
John Frost
1558–1593
Anna Hampden
1565–1593
John Cadwalla
1580–1620
Marcia Chester
1580–1675
Richard Hodgdon
1580–1683
Elizabeth Prise
1580–1636
Deacon I
1601–1679
Hannah Eddy
1603–1675
Thomas Curtis
1560–1631
Richardene Noyes
1589–1673

James Gowen's Timeline

2 Records

1715
14 February 1715
Birth of James Gowen in Kittery, York Co., ME, Maine, USA
Kittery, York Co., ME, Maine, USA
1781
1781
Age 66
Death of James Gowen in Kittery, York County, Maine, United States of America
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 February 1715
    Event Place: Kittery, York Co., ME, Maine, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1781
    Event Place: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Eliot, York County, Maine, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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