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- 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.
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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
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