Joseph Fowler (bef. 1626 - 1676)

Born before 17 Sep 1626 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Kimball) Fowler — married about 1647 in Essex Co., Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 19 May 1676 after age 49 in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph Fowler immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Deacon Joseph Fowler was Killed in Action during King Philip's War.

Joseph Fowler was baptized September 17, 1626 at St. Mary, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. ^[1]

He became a Deacon in New England. ^{[citation needed]}

He was a tanner by trade. ^[2]

He married before 1649 ^[3] Martha Kimball ^[1] in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Martha Kimball, who came over from Ipswich, England in 1634 in the ship Elizabeth and is stated to have then been five years of age, was the daughter Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Military

He served in King Philip's War and was under Major Walderne in February, 1675. He was under the command of Captain Turner, when 13 soldiers were slain by Indians, in the garrison near Deerfield, Massachusetts, on May 19, 1676, "on their return from the Falls fight". ^{[5] [2] [7][8]}

Children

1. Philip Fowler born December 25, 1648; died on November 16, 1715, his grave stating his age as '67 years, wanting 38 days' ; married Elizabeth Herrick on January 23, 1672. ^{[9][5] [6]} Phillip was adopted by his grandfather Phillip Fowler Sr., with the consent of his parents, Joseph and Martha on August 18, 1651. On December 23, 1668, Phillip Sr. deeded his dwelling house and lands, to be granted after his decease, to his adopted grandson Phillip.^[1]
2. Joseph Fowler ^[5] born about 1653 as he deposed in May 1672, as being about 19 years of age; died at Wenham, Massachusetts on February 10, 1717/8 ^[10]; married Elizabeth Hutton. ^{[5] [6]} Joseph was to have the dwellling house and lands of his grandfather Phillip, if his brother Phillip died without an heir. ^[1]
3. John born ___; married first Sarah ___; married second, Hannah Scott of Springfield, son October 31, 1695. ^{[5] [6] [11]} John was third is succession of his grandfather Phillip's house and lands, if his brothers Phillip and Joseph died without leaving heirs. ^[1]
4. Mary born ___; married John Briers on January 20, 1673/4 at Gloucester. ^{[5] [6] [12]}
5.  ?Martha born ___; thought to be Martha, wife of Edward Kneeland, as he mentions his 'brother Joseph Fowler of Wenham' in his will and 'brother Phillip Fowler' in a deed. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Philip Fowler in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, New England Historic Genealogical Society, , Boston, Massachusetts, 2001, p. 560-4 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Granite Monthly A New Hampshire Magazine (Granite Monthly Co., Concord, NH, 1880-1881) Vol. 4, Page 2
3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985
4. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. Richard Kimball in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005 p. 158, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Stickney, Matthew Adams, The Fowler Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass: Ten Generations: 1590-1882, Salem Press, Salem, Massachusetts, 1883. Pages 28-31.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Morrison, Allison Morrison &, Stephen Paschall Sharples, History of the Kimball Family in America, from 1634 to 1897 : and of its Ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an Account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts, Damrell & Upham, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897
7. ↑ Bodge, George Madison, Soldiers in King Philip's War: Being a Critical Account of that War, with a Concise History of the Indian Wars of New England from 1620-1677, Rockwell & Churchill Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906
8. ↑ *Shepard, T. Watson. Register of The Deaths in Northampton, Massachusetts, From The First Settlement of The Town in 1653 to August 1824 (T. Watson Shepard, 1824) Page 5.
9. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910 p. 173: 561
10. ↑ Vital Records of Wenham Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1904 p. 199
11. ↑ Vital Records of Springfield Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Bk. 1, p. 15
12. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1923 p. 216
13. ↑ The Essex Genealogist, Vol. 21, 2001. p. 51. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)

See also:

• Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

• Wikipedia, database online, "Battle of Turner's Falls", (accessed 28 July 2015), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
• Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1, Massachusetts Colony. County Court (Essex County), George Francis Dow, Essex Institute, 1911
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39217270