The Bourchier and Bowker Pages

Discovering the ancestry of the South African Bowkers, and the English Bourchiers

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Catherine Bowker

Female Abt 1729 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Catherine Bowker was born about 1729 (daughter of Joseph Bowker and Elizabeth Brabbin).

    Notes:

    She is mentioned as an heiress in Holden Bowker's will.

    Catherine married A Booth before 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph BowkerJoseph Bowker was born in 1703 in Manchester, Lancashire, England (son of (5) Thomas Bowker and Judith Scofeild).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Joseph Bouker
    • Occupation: Chapman
    • Baptism: 25 Apr 1703, St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England

    Notes:

    Alternate parents of Thomas Bowker
    Three possible Josephs:
    1. b 25.4.1703 Manchester father Thomas
    2. b 7 Nov 1702 Cromsall father Robert, siblings James and Peter - no
    3. b 30.4.1704 Croston father John - Croston is too far from manchester

    Joseph was Miles Bowker's grandfather! No question about it, from the death report of his father Thomas b 1726.

    Joseph's father was Thomas b 1666 and mother Judith Scofield. See the baptism records of John b 1697, Houldon b 1701, Joseph b 1703 and Benjamin 1707. All 4 say their father was Thomas Bowker junior!

    Joseph's occupation of Chapman : By 1600, the word chapman had come to be applied to an itinerant dealer in particular, but it remained in use for "customer, buyer" as well as "merchant" in the 17th and 18th centuries. The slang term for man, "chap" arose from the use of the abbreviated word to mean a customer, one with whom to bargain.
    en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chapman_(occupation)

    Merchant - in the 17/18c, before the advent of factories, a Chapman would invest in the raw materials of the cotton, woolen or silk trade, put out the work to spinners and weavers at home on piece-rates, and sell the product for profit

    Joseph married Elizabeth Brabbin on 4 Nov 1725 in Wigan Parish (By Licence). Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Brabbin and Judith) died in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Brabbin (daughter of Thomas Brabbin and Judith); died in 1775.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: Lancashire, England

    Notes:

    potential birth and christening at FamilySeearch.org
    "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3Z5-9VS : accessed 1 August 2015), Elizabeth Brabin, 01 Mar 1688; citing DEANE BY BOLTON,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 844,816.
    father John Brabin.
    PaulTT: I do not think that this is correct. If Elizabeth was born in 1688, she would have been 39 when marrying, and over 40 when having her children!

    Children:
    1. (7) Thomas Bowker, of Deckham Hall, Gateshead was born on 21 Oct 1726 in Salford; died on 3 Sep 1798 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; was buried on 5 Sep 1798 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.
    2. 1. Catherine Bowker was born about 1729.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  (5) Thomas Bowker(5) Thomas Bowker was born on 3 Jun 1666 in Manchester, Lancashire, England (son of Thomas Bowker and Miss Holden, ?).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 3 Jun 1666, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

    Thomas married Judith Scofeild on 2 Feb 1694 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Judith was born about 1672 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England; died in Dec 1739 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Judith Scofeild was born about 1672 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England; died in Dec 1739 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
    Children:
    1. (A) John Bowker was born in 1697 in Manchester, Manchester, Lancashire, England; died on 12 Dec 1762 in Royton, Lancashire, England.
    2. (B) Holden Bowker was born in Feb 1701; died on 24 Feb 1775 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.
    3. 2. Joseph Bowker was born in 1703 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
    4. (C) Benjamin Bowker was born on 10 Jun 1707 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died on 12 Jun 1749 in Manchester, Manchester, Lancashire, England; was buried on 12 Jun 1749 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.

  3. 6.  Thomas Brabbin

    Thomas + Judith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Judith
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Brabbin died in 1775.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas BowkerThomas Bowker was born in 1631 (son of William Bowker and Margret Ashton); was buried on 29 Sep 1673 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: woolen draper
    • Baptism: 1 May 1631, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

    Notes:

    Still to find a marriage! Named as the father in Thomas b 1666 baptism.

    Thomas + Miss Holden, ?. Miss was born est 1635. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Miss Holden, ? was born est 1635.

    Notes:

    According to The Barbers of the Peak, p 210, this Miss Holden of Holden, was a maternal descendant of the Egertons of Tatton, and had three sons, Benjamin, Holden and Thomas.??? A generation out ?

    Children:
    1. Mary Bowker was born in 1662 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
    2. Ann Bowker was born in 1664 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
    3. Elizabeth Bowker was born in 1664.
    4. 4. (5) Thomas Bowker was born on 3 Jun 1666 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.