Where can one find Wharton Dickinson's work? These names and dates are very familiar and in every census I look in that seems a possibility, there is almost always a "Foote" family close or next door. Darline Fowler Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "dmwaid" <dmwaid@sbcglobal.net> To: <FOWLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [FOWLER] Geographically FOWLER > Not sure if any of you have seen Wharton Dickinson's work or not, but here > is some of it. I have not verified any of the data listed here. I believe > my connection is through John Fowler (21), son of Henry III Fowler and > Rebecca Newell or Foote. Though I can show that Benjamin is the son of > John, I have not been able to prove that it is this John yet without > question. I will send this in two parts. > > Descendants of Thomas Fowler > > > Generation No. 1 > > > 1. Thomas1 Fowler was born Abt. 1530 in Eng. He married Sarah Kevington Abt. > 1559. She was born Abt. 1535 in Eng. > > Notes for Thomas Fowler: > > This information is based, except for John Fowler son of Henry and Rebecca > (Newell) Fowler and a few additional comments here and there, on research > done by Wharton Dickinson in Genealogy of the FOWLERS in England and > America. He goes back several more generations, but I have not incorporated > those generations into my database. > > > Children of Thomas Fowler and Sarah Kevington are: > > + 2 i. Henry2 Fowler I, born Bef. 1560 in Eng. > > 3 ii. Thomas Fowler, Jr., born Abt. 1562. > > + 4 iii. Robert Fowler, born Abt. 1566. > > + 5 iv. William Fowler, born Abt. 1567. > > Generation No. 2 > > > 2. Henry2 Fowler I (Thomas1) was born Bef. 1560 in Eng. He married Annis > Knight Abt. 1580 in Eng. She was born Abt. 1562 in Eng. > > > Children of Henry Fowler and Annis Knight are: > > + 6 i. Henry3 Fowler II, born Bef. 1581 in Eng. > > 7 ii. Roger Fowler, born Abt. 1583. > > 8 iii. John Fowler, born Abt. 1585. > > 9 iv. Susan Fowler, born Abt. 1587. She married John Jackstown. > > 10 v. Anne Fowler, born Abt. 1589. > > 4. Robert2 Fowler (Thomas1) was born Abt. 1566. He married Elizabeth Darby. > > > Child of Robert Fowler and Elizabeth Darby is: > > 11 i. Richard3 Fowler. > > 5. William2 Fowler (Thomas1) was born Abt. 1567. He married Sarah Walker. > > > Children of William Fowler and Sarah Walker are: > > 12 i. Theodore3 Fowler. > > 13 ii. John Fowler. > > 14 iii. Samuel Fowler. > > 15 iv. Sarah Fowler. > > Generation No. 3 > > > 6. Henry3 Fowler II (Henry2, Thomas1) was born Bef. 1581 in Eng. He married > Unknown. > > > Child of Henry Fowler and Unknown is: > > + 16 i. Henry4 Fowler III, born Abt. 1632 in Hambleton, Co. Rutland, Eng; > died 1704 in NY. > > Generation No. 4 > > > 16. Henry4 Fowler III (Henry3, Henry2, Thomas1) was born Abt. 1632 in > Hambleton, Co. Rutland, Eng, and died 1704 in NY. He married Rebecca Newell > June 04, 1655 in Providence, Providence Co., RI, daughter of Abraham Newell > and Frances -----. She was born July 15, 1637 in Roxbury, Essex Co., MA. > > Notes for Henry Fowler III: > > Henry Fowler b. 1632 according to Visitation of Rutland, but in 1634 > according to his sworn statement in 1655. He journeyed from London, England > to Roxbury, MA about 1652 or 1653. He came with Joshua Foote, "Ironmonger > and citizen of London," and subsequently accompanied Foote to Providence in > January 1654. At that time, he purchased 60 acres of upland and a share of > meadow from Joshua Winsor, and 58 acres from Valentine Whiton. He married at > Foote's house in June 1655, Rebecca, daughter of his master (so should his > wife's last name be Foote?). He was rebuked by Roger Williams for marrying > without a license. He was an executor of his father-in-law's will in 1656. > On June 4, 1655, he was chosen a juryman at the Providence town meeting. In > 1656, he bought 253 acres of land from Richard Bullock. He sold land to > William Arnold in 1658. In 1661, he and wife, Rebecca, sold 200 acres of > upland at Providence. In 1665, he received a share in the division of lands > at Providence. He appears to go to Fairfield, CT in 1665, and then, in 1666 > to East Chester and is there until 1672, when he returned to Rhode Island. > After the massacres in King Philip's War, 1676, he was one of the 38 who > went to Long Island and received land at Musceta Cove in Oyster Bay (Rhode > Island His. Mag., Vol. 6, p. 205). In 1678, however, he returned to East > Chester, leaving his eldest son, William (if indeed William is his eldest > son, then dates given for Henry and William are in error), at Flushing and > his third son, George, at Hempstead. Henry was living at Mamaroneck as early > as 1680. In that year, he entered into an agreement to build a sawmill > there. He had purchased all rights of Jeremiah Caniff in the Mamaroneck > Township, including house lot number one and a 15-acre piece of fresh meadow > lying directly across the Sheldrake River from the house lot. The sawmill > was located upon this fresh meadow tract. He called himself a "blacksmith," > but was probably an "ironmonger" as was his friend, Joshua Foote. As such, > he was a manufacturer of hardware. On March 17, 1683/4, he obtained another > 92 acres of land at Providence. In 1684, he deeded 60 acres of land at > Providence to his son-in-law, William Randall. He deeded land at Mamaroneck > to his son William, still in Flushing, Sept. 19, 1687 (Liber A, p. 211, > Wills). He was in Rhode Island in 1695 and again in 1698. He died intestate > in 1704. He was one of the original patentees of Eastchester, Westchester > Co., NY, however, he does not appear to have ever lived there. > > Here is some data that seems conflicts with information above. Henry is said > to have sworn allegiance to King Charles II at Providence in 1666. In that > same year, he and his wife sold 23 acres of land at Providence to John > Brown. In 1671, he was chosen as one of the deputies to the General Assembly > at Newport, RI. He received 74 acres and 37 acres, respectively, in the 1675 > division of lands at Providence. > > > Children of Henry Fowler and Rebecca Newell are: > > + 17 i. Rebecca5 Fowler, born Abt. 1656 in Providence Co., RI; died March > 23, 1729/30. > > + 18 ii. Henry Fowler IV, born Abt. 1658 in Providence Co., RI. > > + 19 iii. William Fowler, born Abt. 1660 in Providence Co., RI; died > February 1711/12 in East Chester, Westchester Co., NY. > > + 20 iv. George Fowler, born Abt. 1662 in Providence Co., RI. > > + 21 v. John Fowler, born Abt. 1663 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. > > + 22 vi. James Fowler, born Abt. 1664 in Providence Co., RI. > > 23 vii. Moses Fowler, born Abt. 1666. > > Notes for Moses Fowler: > > All that is known of him is that he was Town Clerk of East Chester from 1711 > to 1723, and was the executor of his brother Henry's will. He probably died > unmarried. > > 24 viii. Mary Fowler, born Abt. 1668 in Providence Co., RI. She married > Richard Ward. > > 25 ix. Sarah Fowler, born Abt. 1667 in Providence Co., RI. She married (1) > Samuel Goodwin. She married (2) Edward Hancock. > > 26 x. Newell Fowler, born Abt. 1668 in Providence Co., RI. > > Notes for Newell Fowler: > > She received from her father a tract of land in Providence by deed of gift. > > 27 xi. Grace Fowler, born Abt. 1670 in Providence Co., RI. She married John > Hunt. > > + 28 xii. Jeremiah Fowler, born Abt. 1671 in Providence Co., RI; died > December 1723. > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Darline, His work is on-line. Do a search of "Wharton Dickinson" or "Genealogy of the FOWLERS in England and America" through a search engine. You should be able to access the information. If not, let me know and I will locate the address. David