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- Henry Fowler, b. before 1633 (as he was 21 years old at time of his marriage in Providence, R. I., in 1655, and as he purchased land in Providence in 1654), at ……, England (possibly); d…… (subsequently to Sept. 19, 1687, on which date he deeds to his son William Fowler, and prior to Dec. 31, 1687, as the inventory of his estate was taken during the year 1687), at Mamaroneck, N. Y.; m. June 4th, 1655, at Providence, R. I., at the house of Joshua Foote, to Rebecca…… (parentage and maiden surname is not as yet determined), b…… at……; d……, at……
Res. Probably came over to this country as an apprentice to Joshua Foote, an iron-monger of London, who was in Roxbury, Mass., and removed to Providence, R. I., about 1654. Henry Fowler took the oath of allegiance to the colonies May 18, 1658, at Warwick, R. I., being then a resident of Providence, R. I. He was executor of the estate of Joshua Foote in 1655. He was a Juror in Providence in 1655. He was m. in Providence, R. I., June 4, 1655, for in the Providence, R. I., Town Records, vol. ii, p. 81, we find the following entry: – “Whereas Henry Fowler was warned to ye Court to answer for his marriage without due publication and he pleaded that ye division of ye towne [meeting] was the cause of his so doing, voted a remission of his penalty,” and in the Rhode Island Historical Society Collection, vol. ix, pp. 61-62, we find record of his marriage as being on the evening of June 4, 1655. He was a Deputy to the General Court of Rhode Island at Newport in 1671 and was called then Henry Fowler, Senior. He appears first in Mamaroneck in 1680 where he was part owner of a saw-mill with his son-in-law Richard Ward, Thomas Hatfield and John Richbell. He was a Patentee of Eastchester.
Children, 8 (Fowler) 4 sons and 4 daus., viz: Henry (see below, of Eastchester; settled his father's estate); William (of Flushing, L. I.: had land deeded him by his father); John (of New York and Providence, R. I.; William deeded to his brother John); Jeremiah (of Eastchester; Henry guardian of his brother Jeremiah); Mary (m. Richard Ward; land deeded to her and her husband by her parents); Grace (who m. John Hunt; she mentions her brother, Jeremiah Fowler, in her will and makes him executor); Sarah (who m. (1) Samuel Godwin (or Godin) m. (2) Edward Hancock); Newell (unm. in 1687, when her father deeded her land in Providence).
source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 49. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1918.
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1630 - 1687 (~ 57 years)
