James BOWEN, SIR

Birth:

Abt 1550

Llwymain, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

1629

Carmarthen, Wales

Marriage:

1578

Wales

Father:

Matthias BOWEN

Mother:

Mary PHILLIPS

Sources:

Our Royal Ancestors (Hard Family Records), FHL (#V102 book 1 929.273 w 87/wu)
IGI
Ancestral File
Main Archives
Family Records

Notes:

                       PC:  Alice BOWEN ABT 1620 (14f):  Could place of death be Carmarthen,
    Wales or Glamorgan, Wales??? MCR 1/90
    PC:  Thomas WOOD 1702/3 (C9) taken from pedigree charts of Grant Y.
    Robison, my cousin, MCR.
    FGR:  Richard BOWEN abt 1580 & Mrs. Ann BOWEN abt 1586 (submitted by
    Hubert Bowen, from Comp. Am. Gen. Baston Trans.; clovis H. Bowens Gen.
    Coll. Chrs. Shephards chart; Rep. men & old Fam of Conn; Hist of Swansea,
    LDS Archive Record)
    FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.):  birth stated to
    be of "Llwynwair, Pembroke, Wales"; death "will pr. 1629"
    FGR:  Matthias BOWEN abt 1524 & Mary PHILIPS abt 1528 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.):  birthplace
    listed as "of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales";  death listed as "will pr.
    1629"

Eleanor GRIFFITH

Birth:

Abt 1558

Penbryn, Caernarvon, Wales, Wales

Father:

John GRIFFITH

Mother:

Margaret Meredydd Meredydd WYNN

Notes:

                       PC:  Alice BOWEN ABT 1620 (14f)
    PC:  Thomas WOOD 1702/3 (C9) taken from pedigree charts of Grant Y.
    Robison, my cousin, MCR.:  Name listed as "Ellen GRIFFITH"
    FGR:  Richard BOWEN abt 1580 & Mrs. Ann BOWEN abt 1586 (submitted by
    Hubert Bowen, from Comp. Am. Gen. Baston Trans.; clovis H. Bowens Gen.
    Coll. Chrs. Shephards chart; Rep. men & old Fam of Conn; Hist of Swansea,
    LDS Archive Record):  first name listed as "Ellen"
    FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.):  birthplace
    listed as "Penrhyn, Carnarvon, Wales"
    FGR:  Matthias BOWEN abt 1524 & Mary PHILIPS abt 1528 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Children

Marriage

Mary BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1579

of Llwymain, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Gruffyd MORUS

Marr:

1598

Llwymain, Pembroke, Wales

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

George BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1580

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

1659

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Dorothy SCOURFIELD

Marr:

1600

Llwymain, Pembroke, Wales

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.):  death listed as
    "will pr. 1660"

SOURCES:
    1. Main Archive
    2. Ordinance Index

Jane BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1582

of Llwymain, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Philip BOWEN

Marr:

1600

Llwymain, Pembroke, Wales

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Elen BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1583

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Rees John ab HOWEL

Marr:

1603

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Owen BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1585

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Marr:

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Sioned BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1586

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Marr:

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Maud BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1588

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

George WILLIAMS

Marr:

1609

Llwyngwain, Pembroke, Wales

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Thomas BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1589

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

1596

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Marr:

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

John BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1591

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Marr:

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Elizabeth BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1593

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Reinold Morgan LLOYD

Marr:

1611

Llwyngwain, Pembroke, Wales

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Hugh BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1594

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Marr:

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

William BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1597

Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Ann BURT

Marr:

1618

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

SOURCES:
    1. Main Archive
    2. Ancestral File
    3. Ordinance Index (nil)

Richard BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1590

of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales

Death:

14 Feb 1674

Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ann BOURN

Marr:

1612

of Swansea, Bristol, Massachus

Morgan BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1601

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Marr:

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

Robert BOWEN

Birth:

Abt 1603

of Llwyngwair, Pembroke, Wales

Death:

Marr:

Notes:

                       FGR:  James BOWEN abt 1550 & Eleanor GRIFFITH abt 1558 (submitted by
    Charles F. Bowen, from West Wales Hist. Soc. Rec., etc.)

FCID:5255:2168

James Bowen, Sir - Eleanor Griffith

James Bowen, Sir was born at Llwymain, Pembroke, Wales Abt 1550. His parents were Matthias Bowen and Mary Phillips.

He married Eleanor Griffith 1578 at Wales . Eleanor Griffith was born at Penbryn, Caernarvon, Wales, Wales Abt 1558 daughter of John Griffith and Margaret Meredydd Meredydd Wynn .

They were the parents of 15 children:
Mary Bowen born Abt 1579.
George Bowen born Abt 1580.
Jane Bowen born Abt 1582.
Elen Bowen born Abt 1583.
Owen Bowen born Abt 1585.
Sioned Bowen born Abt 1586.
Maud Bowen born Abt 1588.
Thomas Bowen born Abt 1589.
John Bowen born Abt 1591.
Elizabeth Bowen born Abt 1593.
Hugh Bowen born Abt 1594.
William Bowen born Abt 1597.
Richard Bowen born Abt 1590.
Morgan Bowen born Abt 1601.
Robert Bowen born Abt 1603.

James Bowen, Sir died 1629 at Carmarthen, Wales .