Israel Stowell1

b. circa 1703, d. 21 March 1776
Israel Stowell|b. c 1703\nd. 21 Mar 1776|p7222.htm|Israel Stowell|b. 10 Aug 1670\nd. 7 Aug 1725|p7122.htm|Abigail Fuller|b. c 1674\nd. 11 Apr 1718|p7219.htm|Samuel Stowell|d. 9 Nov 1683|p7104.htm|Mary Farrow|b. 22 Sep 1633|p7103.htm|Lieut. Samuel Fuller|||Mary (—?—)|||

1st cousin 6 times removed of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
1st cousin 8 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Israel Stowell was born circa 1703 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.2 He was the son of Israel Stowell and Abigail Fuller.1 He married Sarah Cheney, daughter of Joseph Cheney and Sarah Wiswall, on 8 October 1729 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.3 He died on 21 March 1776 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.3
     
     Israel Stowell and Sarah Cheney had nine children.4 Administration was granted him on the Estate of his father, Israel Stowell, 6 September 1725. He is called "eldest son." Bondsmen were Israel Stowell, weaver of Newton, and Joseph Ward, husbandman.5 He was several times designated as the oldest son by the court during the administration of his father's estate in 1725/26.6 He was surveyor of highways on 4 March 1733 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.3 He was a weaver.7 He was a selectman in 1741, 1749, 1750, 1752, 1758, and 1763 in Newton.3 He was on a school committee on 7 March 1748 in Newton.3 Ten deeds in Suffolk and Middlesex Counties describe him as of Newton and spell the name Stowell.3

Citations

  1. [S712] George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 3 volumes (1893; reprint Somersworth, New Hampshire: n.pub., 1982), 3:218.
  2. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy; A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Mass (Rutland: The Tuttle Company, 1922), 27, 35.
  3. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 60.
  4. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 61.
  5. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 26, citing Middlesex Probate No. 15587.
  6. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 26, citing Middlesex Probate No. 15587 and Vol. 17, p. 491.
  7. [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 26, citing Vol. 45, p. 286.