Israel Stowell1,2

b. 10 August 1670, d. 7 August 1725
Israel Stowell|b. 10 Aug 1670\nd. 7 Aug 1725|p7122.htm|Samuel Stowell|d. 9 Nov 1683|p7104.htm|Mary Farrow|b. 22 Sep 1633|p7103.htm|||||||John Farrow|d. 7 Jul 1687|p7101.htm|Frances (—?—) (Farrow)|d. 28 Jan 1688/89|p7102.htm|

5th great-granduncle of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
7th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Israel Stowell was born on 10 August 1670 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.4,3 He was the son of Samuel Stowell and Mary Farrow.3,1 He was baptized on 14 August 1670 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.3 He married Abigail Fuller, daughter of Lieut. Samuel Fuller and Mary (—?—).5 He died on 7 August 1725 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 54.6
     
     Israel Stowell moved circa 1700 to Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.6 He was a weaver.5

Additional Data
Israel Stowell of Hingham, weaver, and Abigail his wife, sell to John Lewis of Hingham one-third of a lot of planting land, formerly laid out by the inhabitants of Hingham, to Stephen Paine; theirs by inheritance from Samuel Stowell, the father of Israel, on 19 January 1699.7

David Stowell, son and surviving Executor of Samuel Stowell, confirms sale of this land which formerly belonged to his father and the within one-third part of which was set aside as Israel's share and quit claims for himself and heirs all right to said land, on 8 March 1699.7

Israel Stowell and Abigail, his wife, sell land in Newton to Charles Chambers, Jonathan Dowe, Jonathan Remington, Edmund Goffe and Jonas Bond, 13 February 1716.8

Isaac Patch of Newton sells to Israel Stowell of Dedham, Suffolk Co., land in Newton, 15 October 1716.8

Administration was granted on the Estate of Israel Stowell, late of Newton, deceased, to Israel Stowell his eldest son, etc, on 6 September 1725.9 Joseph Ward, William Marean, John Stone were appointed appraisers; Bondsmen, Israel Stowell, weaver of Newton, Joseph Ward, husbandman, 7 January 1725/26.9

On 27 April 1726, the following heirs sign the appraisal of the estate signifying their approval: "Israel Stowell, eldest son; Abigail Stowell and Elizabeth Stowell of full age; Robert Murdock guardian of Isaac Stowell and Temperance Stowell, minors."9

On 14 November 1726, the guardianship of Isaac Stowell, a minor in his 19th year, and of Temperance Stowell in her 15th year, two children of Israel Stowell, late of Newton, deceased, intestate, at their own election, is committed to Robert Murdock of said Newton, yeoman, Israel Stowell, weaver, surety.10

The estate could not be divided without prejudice to its value so the Judge "at the nomination of Israel Stowell, the deceased's eldest son, Abigail Stowell and Elizabeth Stowell, daughters of full age and Robert Murdock, guardian of the two minor children of said deceased, appoints Joseph Ward, William Marean and John Stone, all of Newton, to appraise the estate", 14 November 1726.10

The heirs of Abigail Stowell, Elizabeth Stowell and Robert Murdock, guardian, sign Israel's account, 10 January 1726/27.10

Isaac Stowell of Dedham, weaver; Abigail Pease, wife of Josiah Pease of Upton, Worcester Co., husbandman; Elizabeth Stowell and Temperance Stowell, both of Newton, singlewomen; heirs of Israel Stowell, deceased, receipt to Israel Stowell, Administrator, for their share of the property, 9 November 1736.11

Children of Israel Stowell and Abigail Fuller

Citations

  1. [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 121:125, "Samuell Stowles 2 boyes bo[rne]."
  2. [S712] George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 3 volumes (1893; reprint Somersworth, New Hampshire: n.pub., 1982), 3:216, no mention of a twin.
  3. [S761] NEHGR, 121:125, "Samuell Stowles 2 boyes bo[rne] bapt: Israell."
  4. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 3:216.
  5. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 3:217.
  6. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy; A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Mass (Rutland: The Tuttle Company, 1922), 34.
  7. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 34, citing Suffolk Deeds.
  8. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 34, citing Middlesex Deeds.
  9. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 26, citing Middlesex Probate No. 15587.
  10. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 26, citing Vol. 17, p. 491.
  11. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 26, citing Vol. 45, p. 286.
  12. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 3:218.