Send e-mail to: lorne@bowerman.ca
This data covers the first five generations (Thomas to Ichabod) of the Bowermans (also Boreman, Boardman, Bowman, Burman, etc.) in North America, starting with the settling in Cape Cod, and ending for some with the move to Dutchess County in New York, or other frontier areas in the American colonies, and for others, the onward move to the Bloomfield area of Prince Edward County in Ontario after the American Revolution.
Thomas was a carpenter from England (some sources say London). Records show that he was in in Plymounth, Massachusetts in 1632. Thomas and Hannah were married sometimes in the 1642- 46 time period. They had seven children.
The data has been gathered from various sources other than my own family records, namely: Lorne Shunk of Toronto, Ontario, Robert Bowerman of Rhode Island, Carolyn Louise (Creager) Alexander of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Gordon Bowerman of Norwich, Ontario. Credits in the notes give most of the sources. I consider the four mentioned above giants in Bowerman research.
Ichabod Bowerman was a great-grandson of Thomas. He had two wives, Lydia Pretty and Jane Richmond. Their 18 children form a huge Bowerman clan in North America. As I cannot be a data keeper for all the clan, I concentrate on my direct ancestor, Jonathon, a child of Ichabod and Jane. I would welcome anyone to take on their own direct child of Ichabod and act as a data keeper for that part of the family. If you are a descendent of Jonathon and Sarah, I would welcome your data. If you have a related Bowerman web site, I would be pleased to provide a link to it.
Corrections or additional information are always welcomed. All Bowerman researchers would especially like to have information that takes Thomas back to England with some family there. A GEDCOM file is available including all or partial data. You may contact me at lorne@bowerman.ca.
The follow-on web site for my direct ancestor, on my Mother's side, James Coshen Peck (son of Jacobus Peeck and Elizabeth Peeck) and Anna Weese is: James Coshen Peck. Cos was the great-great-great grandson of Jan Peeck, the first of the family in North America.
The follow-on web site for the direct ancestor of Lorne Shunk, Ichabod Bowerman (son of Ichabod and Jane Richmond) and Rebecca Mastin, is: Bowerman Family.
A huge Bowerman website of about 5500 names by Dr Ronald Lahti is at the: Bowerman Website
Related family web-sites for my wife's family are The Loveland Family, and The Pond Family
Lorne A. Bowerman
6 Lipstan Ave
Ottawa, Ontario K2E 5Z3
Tel: (613)225-7904
Send e-mail to: lorne@bowerman.ca
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