JOHN MOWER, JR.

1733-1803 - Lynn, Essex co., MA

(Fifth Generation - Mower Family)

FATHER	MOTHER
JOHN MOWER, SR.	MARY BURRILL

BIRTH & DEATH	John was born on 10 February 1733 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[1,33] and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 20 December 1803; he was 70^[1,38].
OCCUPATION	John was listed as a Husbandman in 1783 and a Yeoman in 1778^[34].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP	As for church membership, the family was probably Quaker. His wife's father Nathan was an ardent Quaker. Also, the birth dates of the children are in Old Style well into the late 1700s. This means they were taken from the records of the Friends Society. Finally, his son John & his wife Hannah were definitely Quakers.
MARRIAGE	On 11 November 1754 when John was 21, he married Hannah2 BREED, daughter of Nathan BREED & Mary BASSETT, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[1,29]. Their names are thrice in the Lynn marriage records, twice incorrectly: (1) as a misentry under "Mower, Hannah" in the bible source. (2) as the correct "Mower, John, and Hannah Breed" entry in the town records and (3) as another misentry in the bible source as "Mower, John, jr., and Hannah Mower, Nov. 1, 1795".

CHILDREN	i.	Enoch1 MOWER	Enoch1 was born on 5 March 1755 as "Mower, Enock" in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33] and died in 1756 in Lynn, Essex co., MA. Enoch1 was buried on 14 November 1756 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[42].
	ii.	Lydia MOWER	Lydia was born on 26 August 1757 in Lynn, Essex co., MA and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 26d:2m:1823; she was 65^[41]. On 15 April 1778 when Lydia was 20, she first married Jabez BREED, son of Isaiah BREED, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[34]. Jabez was a Cordwainer^[34]. Lydia second married John PRATT.
	iii.	Alice MOWER	Alice was born on 17 February 1759 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33]. On 27d:9m:1780 when Alice was 21, she married Samuel CHASE, son of Philip CHASE & ,b>Hannah [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[43]. Samuel was of Swansea and a Cordwainer^[34].
	iv.	Abigail MOWER	Abigail was born on 13 October 1762 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33]. On 11d:4m:1783 when Abigail was 21, she married Samuel BLAKE of Newburyport^[34], son of Amos BLAKE, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[43].
	v.	Elizabeth MOWER	Elizabeth was born on 18 July 1765 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33]. Before 1784 when Elizabeth was 18, she married Benjamin Hood PHILLIPS, son of Gideon PHILLIPS & Rebekah [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[43].
	vi.	Enoch2 MOWER	Enoch2 was born on 13 April 1768 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33] [P.R. 156 says 1767]. On 21d:9m:1791 when Enoch2 was 23, he married Lydia NEWHALL, daughter of Abijah NEWHALL & Abigail [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[43].
	vii.	Mary MOWER	Mary was born on 12 March 1770 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33]. On 20d:9m:1792 when Mary was 22, she married Jonathon PHILLIPS Jr., Cordwainer^[3], son of Gideon PHILLIPS & Rebekah [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[44].
	vii.	Martha MOWER (Twin)	Martha was born on 26 March 1773 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33]. Martha married Enoch BREED, Tanner^[34], son of Ebeneezer BREED & Lydia [surname not known].
	ix.	John MOWER (Twin)	Please see his own page.
	x.	Nathan MOWER	Nathan was born on 7 February 1776 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[33]. Nathan first married Huldah WINSLOW. Nathan second married Lydia NEAL.
	xi.	[unnamed son] MOWER	He was born on 5 March 1755 in Lynn, Essex co., MA and is only known from his entry in the Lynn birth records as "___, s. John, jr."^[45].

GENERATION

G5 (Great-great-great-great-great) Grandfather

FAMILY NUMBER

252

SOURCES

1. Lynn Historic Society Genealogies, [LHSG], VI, #20.

2. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

3. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:258.

4. Ibid. I:267 [Ct. R.].

5. Ibid. I:255 [Ct. R.].

6. The Probate Records of Essex County, [Essex Prob or EPR], I:305.

7. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book Of Emigrants, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1987), [Coldham], 149.

8. Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality., (London 1874; rpt. Baltimore 1974), [Hotten], 93.

9. Smith, Edward L., Richard Mower of Lynn, (East Jaffrey, N.H.: The Monadnock Press, 1904), [Mower (1904)], 3.

10. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 4:159; 11:19.

11. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 43:287.

12. Conant, Frederick Odell, A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520 to 1887, (n.p., privately printed, 1887), [Conant], 163.

13. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:258 [Ct. R].

14. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 4:159.

15. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), [GenMag or Putnam's Mag.], 1:52.

16. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 54:224.

17. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], I:259.

18. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 42:134.

19. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:254 [Ct. R.].

20. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686; 5 volumes in 6, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (Boston: 1853-1854), [MCBR], Volume 5.

21. DeForest, Louis Effingham, Our Colonial and Continental Ancestors: The Ancestry of Mr. and Mrs. Louis William Dommerich, (New York, N.Y.: The DeForest Publ. Co., 1930), [DommerichChart], 43.

22. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:246.

23. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, 147.

24. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:540 [G.R. 1].

25. Ibid. I:267.

26. Ibid. I:266.

27. Ibid. I:269 [Ct. R.].

28. Ibid. II:540 [P.R. 5].

29. ??????, ³First Book of Intentions of Marriage in the City of Lynn², Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, [EIHC-LynnInt], 16:71ff.

30. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:538 [P.R. 5].

31. Roxbury Land and Church Records, Sixth Report of the Boston Record Commissioners, (Boston: 1884), pp. 74-191, [RChR], C.R. 1.

32. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], I:270.

33. Ibid. I:269.

34. Ibid. II:257.

35. Ibid. I:90.

36. Ibid. II:78 and II:257.

37. Ibid. II:540 [G.R. 1 and P.R. 5].

38. Ibid. II:540.

39. Ibid. II:257 [P.R. 125] (three entries on this same page).

40. Ibid. I:269 [C.R. 1].

41. Ibid. II:540 [C.R. 1].

42. Ibid. II:540 [P.R. 6 and C.R. 1].

43. Ibid. II:257 [C.R. 1].

44. Ibid. II:258 [C.R. 1].

45. Ibid. I:270 [P. R. 6].

46. Ibid.

47. Newburyport, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [NewburyportVR], I:422.

48. Commonwealth of MA Vital Records, [MAVR], Death Records 1890, Volume 409, Page 337, #760.

49. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:85 and II:257.


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