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Johanna (Joan) Bowden 1693 – 1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Sep 1693

Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England

Death Date: 16 Mar 1759

Death Location: Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: Thomas Bowden

Mother: Joan Priest

Spouse(s): Benjamen Leare

Children(s): Ann Leare, Elizabeth Leare, Joan Leare, John Leare, Thomas Leare, Richard Leare, Mary Lear

Johanna (Joan) Bowden was born in 1693 in Ashburton, Devon, England, the child of Thomas Bowden and Joan Elworthy Priest. Johanna (Joan) Bowden married Benjamen Leare, and had children including Ann Leare, Elizabeth Leare, Joan Leare, John Leare, Thomas Leare, Richard Leare, Mary Lear. Johanna (Joan) Bowden passed away in 1759 in Ashburton, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Johanna (Joan) Bowden was born in 1693 in Ashburton, Devon, England, the child of Thomas Bowden and Joan Elworthy Priest.
  • Johanna (Joan) Bowden married Benjamen Leare, and had children including Ann Leare, Elizabeth Leare, Joan Leare, John Leare, Thomas Leare, Richard Leare, Mary Lear.
  • Johanna (Joan) Bowden passed away in 1759 in Ashburton, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Bowden
1650 – 1699
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon
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Joan Priest
1657 – 1730
Birth Location: St George, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Benjamen Leare
1685 – 1762
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England
BL

Children(s)

Ann Leare
1716 –
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, , England
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Elizabeth Leare
1718 – 1763
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England
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Joan Leare
1720 – 1794
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England
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John Leare
1723 – 1788
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England
JL
Thomas Leare
1725 – 1788
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England
TL
Richard Leare
1727 – 1794
Birth Location: Buckland In The Moor, Devon, England
RL
Mary Lear
1731 – 1789
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England
ML

Johanna Bowden's Ancestors

Self
Johanna Bowden
1693 – 1759
Birth Place: Ashburton, Devon, England
Parents
Thomas Bowden
1650 – 1699
Ashburton, Devon
Joan (Elworthy) Priest
1657 – 1730
St George, Devon, England
Grandparents
George Bowden
1630 –
Devon, England
Mary Norrish
1627 –
Widecombe In The Moor, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bowden
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Johanna Bowden's Descendants

1.
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Johanna ((Joan)) Bowden (27 Sep 1693 – 16 Mar 1759) m. Benjamen Leare (1685 – 18 May 1762)
  1. 1. Ann Leare (22 Apr 1716 – )
  2. 2. Elizabeth Leare (22 Aug 1718 – Dec 1763)
  3. 3. Joan Leare (12 Mar 1720 – ABT 02 SEP 1794)
  4. 4. John Leare (28 Mar 1723 – 1788)
  5. 5. Thomas Leare (16 Sep 1725 – 1788)
  6. 6. Richard Leare (05 Mar 1727 – 12 Dec 1794)
  7. 7. Mary Lear (17 Feb 1731 – 12 Aug 1789) m. Elias Butland (28 Jan 1731 – 8 Nov 1772)
    1. 1. Edward Butland (1756 – 24 Dec 1829)
    2. 2. John Butland (Abt. 1756 – )
    3. 3. MARY BUTLAND (Feb 1762 – 1815) m. JOHN SMERDON (30 Jan 1755 – 10 Sep 1833)
      1. 1. Mary Smerdon (3 Jan 1783 – 21 Nov 1815) m. William (Henry) Widdecombe (9 Jul 1780 – 18 May 1860)
        1. 1. William Widdicombe (12 Aug 1802 – 21 April 1879)
        2. 2. John Widdicombe (18 Jan 1804 – Abt. Jul 1864)
        3. 3. Jane Widdicombe (24 Dec 1805 – )
        4. 4. Mary Widdicombe (15 Jan 1808 – )
        5. 5. Elizabeth Widdicombe (14 Nov 1809 – )
        6. 6. Thomas Widdicombe (3 Jan 1812 – Abt. Jun 1887) m. Mary (Ann) Crocker (24 Sep 1815 – Abt. May 1865)
        7. 7. Samuel Widdicombe (2 Mar 1814 – 1824)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Smerdon (13 October 1786 – 20/03/1847) m. JOHN WIDDICOMBE (31 Jul 1782 – 16 Nov 1862)
        1. 1. Elizabeth ((Betsy)) Widdicombe (22 January 1805 – Dec 1870) m. William Harris (1801 – 27 Feb 1879)
        2. 2. Jane Widdicombe (4 Mar 1807 – 1863)
        3. 3. Mary Widdicombe (28 Feb 1809 – Abt. Apr 1882) m. Nicholas Wakeham (abt 1808 – )
        4. 4. Ann Widdicombe (29 May 1811 – 1864) m. William Haddy (Abt. Mar 1809 – 1 Mar 1887)
        5. 5. Susanna Widdicombe (17 Nov 1813 – Abt. Jan 1888) m. John Crudge (1811 – )
        6. 6. Sarah (Ann) Widdicombe (13 Nov 1816 – Aft. 1871) m. Richard Partridge (1816 – ) m. Peter Loye (abt 1818 – 7 Apr 1868)
        7. 7. JOHN WIDDICOMBE (31 Jul 1819 – Abt. Jan 1887) m. Louisa (Clarke) Richards (abt 1816 – 5 September 1883)
        8. 8. WILLIAM WIDDICOMBE (1823 – 24 Apr 1892) m. SARAH (ANNE) WAY (09 Aug 1828 – 16 Nov 1883)
      3. 3. Anne Smerdon (1787 – Abt. Nov 1859) m. George Reed
      4. 4. Jane (Faremouth nee) Smerdon (5 Nov 1790 – 14 Feb 1853) m. William (Henry) Widdecombe (9 Jul 1780 – 18 May 1860) m. William Faremouth ( – 11 Jan 1813)
        1. 1. Robert Widdicombe (14 Jan 1817 – )
        2. 2. Richard Widdicombe (11 Mar 1819 – ) m. Elizabeth (Widdicombe) Andrews (abt 1820 – )
        3. 3. Joseph Widdicombe (1821 – )
        4. 4. Jemima Widdicombe (23 Jan 1825 – )
        5. 5. Samuel Widdicombe (6 Apr 1828 – )
        6. 6. Charlotte Widdicombe (1831 – )
        7. 7. Emily Widdicombe (23 Aug 1835 – )
        8. 8. Mary (Anne Watson) Faremouth (21 Oct 1807 – )
        9. 9. William Faremouth (27 Jun 1809 – 4 Jan 1813)
        10. 10. Jane Faremouth (18 Mar 1812 – )
      5. 5. John Smerdon (9 Jan 1793 – 04 Feb 1851) m. Susanna Murch (1800 – 28 Jan 1834)
        1. 1. George (Murch) Smerdon (Mar 1820 – 28 May 1873)
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) Smerdon (Dec 1821 – 14 Jan 1825)
        3. 3. Susan Smerdon (1825 – )
        4. 4. John Smerdon (Mar 1826 – 4 Oct 1886)
        5. 5. Richard (Murch) Smerdon (Oct 1827 – 24 Jul 1878) m. Mary Smerdon (abt 1828 – 2 Feb 1910)
        6. 6. Mary (Ann) Smerdon (Aug 1830 – Sep 1833)
        7. 7. Henry Smerdon (1832 – 14 Mar 1836)
      6. 6. Elias Smerdon (29 Jan 1796 – 1870) m. Sarah Millman m. Elizabeth Babbage (abt 1795 – )
        1. 1. George (Millman) Smerdon ( – 6 May 1889) m. Elizabeth
        2. 2. John Smerdon (29 Aug 1824 – )
        3. 3. William Smerdon (20 Sep 1827 – )
        4. 4. George Smerdon (abt 1823 – )
        5. 5. Amelia Babbage (1827 – )
        6. 6. Susan Smerdon
        7. 7. Sarah Smerdon (abt 1838 – )
      7. 7. Thomas Smerdon (May 1798 – Abt. Sep 1872)
      8. 8. Christian Smerdon (29 Oct 1800 – Sep 1872) m. Nicholas Butland (1794 – )
        1. 1. William Butland (1829 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth Butland (1831 – )
        3. 3. Charlotte (Reed) Butland (1833 – )
        4. 4. John Butland (1838 – )
        5. 5. George Butland (1840 – )
      9. 9. William Smerdon (13 Mar 1803 – )
      10. 10. Susannah Smerdon (13 Mar 1803 – ABT 08 APR 1803)
    4. 4. Nicholas Butland (23 Mar 1765 – 20 Feb 1834)
    5. 5. Eliza Butland (1767 – Jun 1811 (burial date))
    6. 6. Edward Butland (Abt. 1771 – 24 Dec 1829)

Johanna Bowden's Timeline

3 Records

1693
27 Sep 1693
Birth of Johanna (Joan) Bowden in Ashburton, Devon, England
Ashburton, Devon, England
1693
27 Sep 1693
Johanna (Joan) Bowden was baptized in Ashburton,Devon,England
Ashburton,Devon,England
1759
16 Mar 1759
Age 66
Death of Johanna (Joan) Bowden in Ashburton, Devon, England
Ashburton, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1693
    Event Place: Ashburton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1693
    Event Place: Ashburton,Devon,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1759
    Event Place: Ashburton, Devon, England
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