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(F) Benjamin Bowker

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  • Name Benjamin Bowker 
    Title (F) 
    Birth Abt 1760  Deckhams Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 17 Mar 1760  Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NL-231 : 30 December 2014), Thomas Bowker in entry for Benjamin Bowker, 17 Mar 1760; citing ST NICHOLAS PARISH REC AND NONCONF ,NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 95,017, 95,018, 847,912, 847,913.
    Person ID I1026  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2020 

    Father (7) Thomas Bowker, of Deckham Hall, Gateshead,   b. 21 Oct 1726, Salford Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1798, Morpeth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Falconer Monkhouse,   b. Abt 1725, Bloan, Westmorland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1810, Walton, Near Morpeth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jul 1754  Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F254  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Betty, - wife of Benjamin Bowker 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Bowker,   b. 1789, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 10 May 1789, All Saints' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    +2. (G) John Harrison Bowker, RN,   b. 30 Oct 1792, Morpeth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Dorothy Bowker,   b. 14 Feb 1794, Morpeth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin, with his elder brother Miles, took over the ships and the trade of their father. He would not discharge his old servants when the trade was ruined by the European wars, so lost heavily. Farmed sheep in the Cheviots. Entered the Navy on the Leocadia and was drowned off the coast of the Baltic. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]
    • Benjamin, with his elder brother Miles, took over the ships and the trade of their father. He would not discharge his old servants when the trade was ruined by the European wars, so lost heavily. Farmed sheep in the Cheviots. Entered the Navy on the Leocadia and was drowned off the coast of the Baltic. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]

      Did Benjamin have another child Dorothy?
      Name Dorothy
      Event Type Burial
      Event Place Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
      Gender Female
      Birth Date Sep 1787
      Father's Name Benjn Bowker
      Citing this Record
      "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-YLGG : 25 July 2018), Benjn Bowker in entry for Dorothy, .

  • Sources 
    1. [S1872] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLDW-FXC (Reliability: 2).