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GEORGE BOWERS
George was on a 7 March 1636/7 list of freemen in Plymouth colony. He took the freeman's oath on 7 June 1637. [PC01]
George was on a grand inquiry jury on 5 June 1638. He was elected constable for Plymouth on 6 March 1638/9. He and John Barnes were charged with bringing the timber and frame for a prison on 3 March 1639/40. [PC02]
George had frequent small skirmishes with the authorities and others. He was presented for leaving no passage through his ground on 2 January 1637/8 and for putting his fence so close to bank that a cart could not pass on 1 June 1641. The court referred his dispute with George Bonum to arbitration on 5 January 1640/1. He was presented for defamation of the goverment on 2 March 1640/1 and fined for defaming Assistant Mr. John Browne on 1 June 1641. [PC03]
Children of George Bowers:
i. Ruth Bowers married Richard Knowles.
References:
PC01. Nathaniel Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth: Court Orders, vols. 1–2, 1633–1644 (Boston, William White, 1855), vol. 1: 53, 60.
PC02. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 1, 87, 116, 142.
PC03. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 1: 75; vol. 2: 6, 11, 18.
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14-Jun-2020