Charles William (Bauer) Bower UE (1755 - 1842)

Born 1755 in Koblentz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Margaret (Hamilton) Bower — married 15 Sep 1789 in St. George and St. Patrick, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1842 at about age 87 in Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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Charles (Bauer) Bower UE served with Loyalists during the American Revolution.

Charles Bower was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

The German family was a persecuted Protestant family who migrated to England in 1762.

Palatine Land Plats South Carolina.

Plat of Bauer's land.

They emigrated in 1764 and settled in South Carolina. Adam Bauer was granted 300 acres of land. Taken from a copy of his land grant "...do give and grant unto John Adam Bauer, his heirs and assuages, a plantation or tract of land containing: three hundred acres situated in Londonborough township bounded to the North part on land laid out to Balker Merk and part on vacant land, to the East part of land laid out to Christian Zang and part laid out to Abraham Frick, to the south and west on vacant land." In return for his land grant, dated 19 April 1765, Adam was required to three pounds stirling, or four shillings proclamation money for every hundred acres. This money was due on each 25th day of March for ten years.

Adam, his sons Charles and Philip, joined the British Army in Augusta during the American Revolution, serving in Captain Maxwell's Company.

In September 1782, when the British were forced to evacuate Charlestown, Adam moved his family to Nova Scotia. They wintered that year in Halifax with several other Loyalist families, and in July 1783 arrived in Port Roseway, and at Shelbourne, Nova Scotia, May 17, 1783 where the Loyalist Monument now stands.

Adam submitted two claims to the Commission in London because, "he forgot to mention his eye in the first one."He figured he ought to get a little something extra for that. Adam was recompensed and apparently invested his money wisely. John O. Bower of Shelbourne, a retired oil company executive and one time member of Canada's Parliament gave this information. "My great-great-grandfather Adam (Bauer) Bower came to Shelbourne with the second fleet of 1783".

The son Charles had his family and slaves with him. One daughter and husband known as Mr. and Mrs. John Dorris.There were others in the family.

It was here that over time, the German spelling Bauer, became changed to the English spelling, Bower.

Marriage: 15 September 1789 Shelburne, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles William Bower 1757–1842 • L9CN-28H and Margaret Hamilton 1772–1839 • LCC3-4LJ ​

Children:

1. Sarah Ann Bower 1789–Deceased • LW61-QJX ​
2. Catherine Bower 1790–1876 • K2W1-Y87 ^[1]
3. Adam Bower 1792–1878 • K2WP-SXT ​^[2]
4. James Phillip Bower 1794–1834 • LW61-QN6 ​^[3]
5. Elizabeth Bower 1796–1869 • K8W1-1SF ​^{[4] [5]}
6. John Adam Bower 1798–1872 • LRB1-9GY ​^[6]
7. Phillip Bower 1800–1889 • K2QX-SSX ​^[7]
8. Joanna "Anne" Bower 1802–1859 • K2QX-SYN ​
9. Margaret Bower 1805–1868 • K2QX-7ZS ​^[8]
10. Charles Bower 1807–1863 • KLLY-TGV ^[9]
11. Charlotte Bower 1813–1883 • K85P-7VP ^[10]​

Sources

1. ↑ ​* "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P6-XPD : 28 November 2014), Charles Bower in entry for Catharine Fraser, 15 Apr 1876; citing Cemetery, Shelburne, Shelburne, reference p79 line105; FHL microfilm 1,298,862.
2. ↑ * "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ML-6YQ : 5 December 2014), Charles Bowers in entry for Adam Bowers, 09 Jun 1792; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.
3. ↑ * "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ML-5HK : 5 December 2014), Charles Bowers in entry for James Bowers, 09 Mar 1794; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.
4. ↑ * "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5M2-TZ7 : 5 December 2014), Charles Bowers in entry for Elizabeth Bowers, 01 Aug 1796; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.
5. ↑ * "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P6-72T : 28 November 2014), Charles Bower in entry for Elizabeth Macgill, 21 Nov 1869; citing Cemetery, Roseway River, Shelburne, reference p26 line124; FHL microfilm 1,298,862.
6. ↑ * "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ML-NSL : 5 December 2014), Charles Bowers in entry for John Bowers, 23 Sep 1798; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.
7. ↑ * "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ML-DXL : 5 December 2014), Charles Bowers in entry for Philip Bowers, 08 Jun 1800; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.
8. ↑ * "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5M2-RRG : 5 December 2014), Charles Bowers in entry for Margaret Bowers, 31 Mar 1805; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.
9. ↑ * ​"Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ML-5CW : 5 December 2014), Charles Bowers in entry for Charles Bowers, 10 May 1807; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.
10. ↑ * "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5M2-GYC : 5 December 2014), Charles Bower in entry for Charlottee Bower, 18 Apr 1813; citing CHRIST CHURCH,SHELBURNE,SHELBURN,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 1,012,328.

• UEL Entry

• Wikipedia Siege of Ninety-Six

• Wikipedia Battle of Kettle Creek

• John Adam Bower and his descendants

• Charles Bower of Coblenz, Germany & Shelburne, Nova Scotia

• The Quilter/Mills Home Page:Information about Charles Bower (Bauer)

• Genealogy Rootsweb Ancestry

• Ancestry.ca Entry

• Family Search

• "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2G3-JFG : 5 December 2014), Charles Bower and Margaret Hamilton, 15 Sep 1789; citing St.George & St.Patrick, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, reference 2:3LPZT11; FHL microfilm 1,378,309.

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