Nathaniel Bowman (1608–1682) was the first Bowman immigrant to be among the earliest
settlers of the
Massachusetts Bay colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the ...
. He had the rank of
gentlemen
A gentleman (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man) is any man of good and courteous conduct. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the ra ...
in the public records, indicating that he came from some distinguished English stock. On October 19, 1630, he applied to the general court, but his name doesn't appear on the list of applicants granted the oath of
Freeman. He was one of the original proprietors of
Watertown, Massachusetts.
[Morris 1894, p. 130.] Around 1650, he removed to the Parish of Cambridge Farms (
Lexington) where many of his descendants have lived.
See also
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Thirteen Colonies
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Richard Saltonstall (1586–1661), led the settlement of Watertown in 1630
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New England Confederation (1643–1684)
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New World
Notes
References
* Crane, E (1907). "Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity", The Lewis Publishing Company.
* Morris, T (1894). "Ephraim and Pamela (Converse) Morris Their Ancestors and Descendants", S.N.
People from Watertown, Massachusetts
People of colonial Massachusetts
1608 births
1682 deaths
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