Jabez Bowen

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Jabez Bowen

Jabez Bowen junior (born June 2, 1739 in Providence , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , † May 7, 1815 ibid) was a British trader, politician and lawyer in North America. He was a Freemasons at St. John's Lodge # 1 Providence , where he was Lodge Master from 1779 to 1790 and Grand Master from 1794 to 1798.

family

Jabez Bowen junior was the first child of Mary Fenner (1720-1744) and Ephraim Bowen (1716-1812). His father and great uncle Jabez Bowen (1696-1770) were both prominent doctors in Providence at the time of his birth. He had 13 younger siblings, including 11 half-siblings. Their mother was the second wife of his father Lydia Mawney.

On December 19, 1762 he married Sarah Brown (1742–1800), a cousin of Moses Brown (1738–1836) and John Brown (1736–1803), all members of the prominent Brown family from Providence. The couple had 11 children together. After her death he married on May 21, 1801 Peddy Leonard from Norton ( Massachusetts ). The marriage remained childless. His son Henry (1785-1867) held the post of Rhode Island Secretary of State between 1819 and 1849 .

Life

Bowen graduated from Yale College in 1757 . He then went about the shipping business with the Browns. They traded in slaves , molasses and rum . They also traded with China. In addition, he pursued a political, military and legal career. He was a member of the Providence City Council between 1773 and 1775 and a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1777 . He served in the Providence Militia from 1774 to 1777 during the Revolutionary War . Between 1776 and 1777 he held the rank of colonel in the 1st  Regiment of Providence County under General William West (around 1733-1816). Bowen was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island between 1778 and 1779 and between 1781 and 1786. He participated as a delegate to the Annapolis Convention in 1786 and in 1790 to the Constituent Assembly . In 1776 he was a judge at the Superior Court and in 1781 Chief Justice . An ardent federalist, he was a proponent of the constitution and sat on the city committee that negotiated a peaceful end to William West's anti-federalist protest on July 4, 1788. Bowen was Chancellor of Brown University from 1785 until his death . After his death he was buried in the Swan Point Cemetery in Providence.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dexter, Franklin Bowditch: Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: May 1745-May 1763 , Volume 2, Holt, 1896, p. 453
  2. ↑ Jackson, Henry: 200-Year History of St Johns Lodge No. 1 Providence, F. & AM, Providence, Rhode Island, 1958, pp. 33f
  3. ^ Rugg, Henry Warren, Freemasons, Grand Lodge of Rhode Island: History of Freemasonry in Rhode Island , EL Freeman & Son, State Printer, 1895, p. 273
  4. ↑ a b c Flynn, Robin: [fhttp: //www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss301.htm Bowen Family Papers] , Rhode Island Historical Society, December 1999
  5. ^ Butterfield, Lyman Henry: Adams Family Correspondence: March 1787-December 1789 , Volume 8, Harvard University Press, 1963, ISBN 9780674022782 , p. 375
  6. ↑ Rhode Iceland Stampless Covers & Letters , Rhode Iceland Historical Society Postal History Collection
  7. ↑ Rappleye, Charles: Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution , Simon and Schuster, 2007, ISBN 9780743266888 , page 35
  8. ^ Sons of the American Revolution and Rhode Island Society: Manual of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, for the Years from Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Three to Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Nine Both Inclusive: Illustrated with Many Portraits and Photographs of Historic Interest , The Society, 1900, p. 50
  9. ^ A b Lee, Eric McCauley: The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma: Selected Works , University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, ISBN 9780806136806 , p. 86
  10. ^ Johnston, Henry Phelps: Yale and Her Honor-roll in the American Revolution, 1775-1783: Including Original Letters, Records of Service, and Biographical Sketches , GP Putnam's Sons, 1888, p. 210
  11. ^ Rhode Island Historical Society Collections , 1843, p. 332
  12. ^ Sons of the American Revolution and Massachusetts Society: Register: With Lists of Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots at Whose Burial-places Markers Have Been Placed , The Society, 1901, p. 67

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personal data
SURNAME Bowen, Jabez
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bowen, Jabez Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British trader, politician, lawyer and officer
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1815
Place of death Providence , Rhode Island