Elijah "Whitten" Bowen

Abt 1760 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Elijah "Whitten" Bowen  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1760	Worcester Co, Maryland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Identifier	Worcester
  Record ID	117073
  Will	1853	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Elijah's sister writes in her will of 14 Apr 1857 that her brother Elijah devised in his will dated 25 Feb 1853 in the City of Philadelphia that 25,000 go to his sister Eliza Purnell during her lifetime and at her decease then to her children and grandchildren.
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Bowen, I,   b. Abt 1620   d. 5 Dec 1660, Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, Virginia  (Age 40 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Anne (--?--),   b. Abt 1525   d. Aft 8 Aug 1578  (Age > 53 years)  (7 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	4 brothers
  + 1. Elijah "Whitten" Bowen,   b. Abt 1760, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Eleanor 'Nellie' Jones,  m. Abt 1782 > 2. Riley (of Jethro) Bowen,   b. Abt 1765, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 1813, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age 48 years) ▻ Hsther 'Hetty' Wright,  m. 23 Apr 1801 + 3. Jeptha (of Jethro) Bowen,   b. Abt 1766, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Catherine Truitt,  m. Abt 1788 + 4. Isaac (of Jethro) Bowen,   b. Abt 1769, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 13 Feb 1830, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 61 years) ▻ Augusta 'Gusta' Benston,  m. Abt 1792 + 5. James (of Jethro) Bowen,   b. Abt 1771, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 5 May 1840, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 69 years) ▻ Mary 'Molly' Riley,  m. 23 Jun 1801
  Person ID	I117073	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	31 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Jethro Bowen,   b. Abt 1730, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 9 Jul 1796, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 66 years)
  Mother	Aralanta (of Wm & Esther) White,   b. Abt 1735, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 27 Mar 1754	Somerset Co, Maryland   [2]
  	Ed Wright shows her only as Atlanta (-----) and Rob Hall shows her as Aralanta White, daughter of William White and Esther Taylor.
  Family ID	F30329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor 'Nellie' Jones   d. Aft 1816
  Marriage	Abt 1782
  Children	+ 1. Littleton D. (of Elijah) Bowen,   b. 14 Nov 1792, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 24 Nov 1864, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 72 years) ╚═ Charlotte (of Charles) Hammond  (Age 56 years)  m. 21 Dec 1813 + 2. Eliza Bowen,   b. 1803   d. 28 Jun 1857, Worcester Co., Maryland (Age 54 years) ╚═ John Fisher Purnell  (Age 74 years)  m. 7 Apr 1823
  Family ID	F45662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Will - 1853 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S3061] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) [email protected], Ancestors of Julia Ann Lamberson, (Email to M.K. Miles, 31 July 2020), 3061. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 25 (Bowen Family), 726.