Jean Bowdoin Sr (1674 - 1717)

Born 23 Aug 1674 in La Rochelle, France

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Stockley) Bowdoin — married 1700 in Northampton, Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1717 at age 42 in Northampton, Virginia

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Biography

John Bowdoin Sr was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Jacques BOWDOIN was born 1674 La Rochelle, France and died 16 Apr 1717 Virginia. He followed in the steps of his father and was a mariner. He probably sailed with his father when he sailed to rescue French prisoners from the English, for which he was brought before the courts. They worked together until about 1698, when he and his younger brother James set out for Virginia.

He resided in Northampton County, Virginia where he registered as a mariner. He owned 2 ships, "The Mary of Boston" and "Northampton." His brother James returned to Boston, Massachusetts but John remained and married in Northampton, Virginia to Suzanna Stokley d.1706.

Jacques established himself and owned a Plantation, called "Bowdoin Hungers Plantation" in Hungers Parish, where the family remained until his death in 1717. The house later burnt to the ground.

In his last Will he left his son John 875 acres of land, which later passed to his eldest son Peter, who sold it in 1739. ^[1]

Name

Name: John Bowdoin, Sr.

Name: John Bowdoin, I

Name: Jean John Bowdouin, I

Name: John Jacques Bowdoin

Birth

b: 23 Aug 1674 La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

b: 12 Sep 1674 La Rochelle, Charent Maritime, France

b: 12 Sep 1674 La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

b: 23 Sep 1674 La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

Immigration

Arrival: 1686 Maine

Marriages

Marriage: 1674 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Husband: Pierre Boudouin

Wife: Elizabeth Fixe

Child: John Bowdoin

Child: Mary Bowdoin

Child: James Bowdoin

Marriage: 1700 Northampton, Virginia

Husband: John Bowdoin

Wife: Sussanah Stockley

Child: John Bowdoin

Child: Peter Bowdoin

Child: Susannah Bowdoin

Child: Mary Bowdoin

Will

Will: 16 Apr 1717 Northampton, Virginia ^{[citation needed]}

Death

Death: 04 Apr 1717 Northampton, Virginia

Death: 16 Apr 1717 Northampton, Virginia

Death: 20 Apr 1717 Northampton, Virginia

Burial

FAG states: Birth: 23 Aug 1674 La Rochelle, Departement de la Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France Death:4 Apr 1717 (aged 42) Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia, Burial: Bowdoin Burial Grounds Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia, ^[2]

Research Notes

Profile needs sources to resolve date and location conflicts. Source of will needed.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.audcent.com/audcent4/baudouin.htm
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136074685/john_(jean)-bowdoin_(baudouin)

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Bowdoin-7 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits.