David Stowell1,2

b. 8 April 1660, d. 9 September 1724
David Stowell|b. 8 Apr 1660\nd. 9 Sep 1724|p7125.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-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
7th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
     David Stowell was baptized on 8 April 1660 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.1,4,5 He was the son of Samuel Stowell and Mary Farrow.2,3,1 He married first Mary Champney, daughter of Samuel Champney and Sarah Hubbard, on 4 December 1685 at Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.1,6 He married second Mary Stedman, daughter of Nathaniel Stedman, on 7 April 1692 at Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.7,8 Marriage intention of David Stowell and Mary Stedman is not recorded.8 He died on 9 September 1724 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 64.5
     
     David Stowell was a weaver by trade.1

Additional Data
David Stowell was appointed Administrator of his father Samuel Stowell's will dated 27 October 1683, his mother Mary and brother Samuel also being appointed.9,10

David Stowell was living in 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.5

David was named in his father-in-law Samuel Champney's will of 21 September 1692.11

David Stowell with consent of wife Mary, sells to John Ellis, land in Cambridge, 7 Jan. 1694.12

In a Codicil made 11 May 1694, Samuel Champney cancels his bequest to his son-in-law David Stowell, but does not cancel his bequest to David's children, Samuel's grandchildren, Samuel and Ruth.13

David Stowell was living in 1698 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

David Stowell and Robert Murdock, both of Cambridge, husbandmen, sell on 29 June 1698 to Thomas Belknap of Cambridge, glover, for £17.0.0, land in Woburn, Mass., containing Mansion House, called "Forty pound Meadow" theirs by inheritance. (Signed) David Stowell, Mary Stowell, his wife. Robert Murdock, Hannah Murdock, his wife.14 He, son and surviving Executor of Samuel Stowell, confirmed the sale by his brother Israel of land in Hingham which formerly belonged to his father, and quit claimed for himself and heirs all right to said land, 8 March 1699.15

David Stowell was living in 1708 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.5

"Nathaniel Hobart of Hingham sells to David Stowell of Watertown, weaver, land in Watertown" 6 February 1707/8.16

At the Second Church of Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 20 November 1709, "Goodman Stowell" and his wife (Mary (Stedman) Stowell) owned the Covenant, and their five oldest children consented to the Covenant. David and Mary Stowell had seven children at that time, and all were baptized the same day.17

David Stowell moved to Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1 He was long known in Newton as "Old Stowell."1

David Stowell was Surveyor of Highways on 5 March 1715 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.5

Children of David Stowell and Mary Champney

Children of David Stowell and Mary Stedman

Citations

  1. [S712] George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 3 volumes (1893; reprint Somersworth, New Hampshire: n.pub., 1982), 3:217.
  2. [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) 121:103, "David Stowell bapt."
  3. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 3:216.
  4. [S761] NEHGR, 121:110, "David Stowell bapt."
  5. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy; A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Mass (Rutland: The Tuttle Company, 1922), 32.
  6. [S761] NEHGR, 121:216, "David Stowel married."
  7. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 3:217, says 7 Apr 1695.
  8. [S715] Massachusetts Vital Records "Official Series", Vital Records of Cambridge (Middlesex County) Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston: NEHGS, 1915), 2:377. Hereinafter cited as Cambridge Vital Records.
  9. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 3:216, date only.
  10. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 17, citing Suffolk Probate Records, Vol. 6, p. 447.
  11. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 29, citing Middlesex Probate No. 4242.
  12. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 31, citing Middlesex Deeds, Vol. 18, p. 220.
  13. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 30, citing Middlesex Probate No. 4242.
  14. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 31, citing Middlesex Deeds, Vol. 12, p. 255.
  15. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 34, citing Suffolk Deeds.
  16. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 31, citing Middlesex Deeds, Vol. 14, p. 429.
  17. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 28, citing 2nd Church of Watertown records.
  18. [S737] Stedman Family Organization, Family History Research, Stedman / Steadman / Steedman Families, online http://www.tqsi.com/stedman/
  19. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 33.