The Bourchier and Bowker Pages

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

William Bowker

William Bowker

Male 1600 -

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  • Name William Bowker 
    Birth 1600  Manchester, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 2 Nov 1600  Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1037  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2020 

    Father (2) Rauffe Bowker,   b. Est 1570   d. Sep 1607, Blakely, Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Luce,   b. Est 1570   d. Mar 1609 (Age 39 years) 
    Family ID F488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margret Ashton 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Bowker,   b. 1631   bur. 29 Sep 1673, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years)
    Family ID F575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2020 

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • Any one of these three Williams could be responsible for any of the children!
      William m Marie Millner 28/8/1627 – weddings vol II – 296/535
      William m Anne Wattmoughe 13/11/1627 – weddings vol II – 297/535 - Anne died 13/4/1645
      William m Margret Ashton 5/1/1628 – weddings vol II – 300/537
      • Anne 26/12/1628 - bapt vol II 101/430 m John Manestree 13/10/1656
      • Margaret 1/3/1629 - bapt vol II 102/431
      • Thomas 1/5/1631 - bapt vol II 120/440
      • Alice 18/8/1633 - bapt vol II 138/450
      • John 22/12/1633 - bapt vol II 141/451
      • Edward died13/1/1638
      • Robart 4/2/1638 - bapt vol II 176/471
      • Samuell 19/8/1638 - bapt vol II 181/474
      • Margaret 24/11/1639 - bapt vol II 191/479
      • Jeremiah 5/1/1640 - bapt vol II 192/480
      • William 22/11/1640 - bapt vol II 200/485
      • Isaack 30/1/1642 - bapt vol II 209/489 died 1/5/1642
      • Alice 15/5/1642 - bapt vol II 211/490
      • Marye 22/3/1643 - bapt vol II 217/493
      • Elizabeth 14/7/1644 - bapt vol II 228/500
      • Josephe 24/1/1645 - bapt vol II 231/501
      • Isaack 6/4/1646 - bapt vol II 236/504 died 27/12/1646
      • Sarah 28/5/1648 - bapt vol II 248/510
      • Benjamine 16/2/1650 - bapt vol II 259/515 died 18/9/1653

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] Ivan and Raymond Mitford-Barberton, "The Bowkers of Tharfield", (Oxford University Press, Cape Town SA, 1952), page 9.

    2. [S1876] Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812, https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293996-00653?pid=565931&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2964%26h%3D565931%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DBpp433%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Bpp433&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.207998738.1482570341.1586191313-299631044.1576779353#?imageId=40366_293996-00129 (Reliability: 3).
      Bowker, William bapt 2 Nov 1600
      Bowker, William bapt 2 Nov 1600
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