Families
The Bower family were of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and London.
Dorothy of Bower of Maltby married Ralph Slater of Tickhill in 1592.
George Bower of Manby, Lincs m. 1614 Barbara Smith of Braithwell at Braithwell
The archives hold details with reference to Settlements and trusts of Dr. John Seddon Bower and Edmund Chivers Bower
1808-1949:
The properties concerned were at Brampton and Melton in Wath-on-Dearne, Rawmarsh, Broxholme in Doncaster,
Wickersley (including beds of coal), Laughton-en-le-Morthen, and a house in Scarborough, all Yorkshire; Frodingham,
Bassingham and Gunhouse, Lincolnshire; Battersea Rise, Southwark St. and Newgate St., London. Other families mentioned:
Mower, Chivers, and Martin. Sheffield Archives Ref. LD 1655-1678.
EDWARD CHIVERS BOWER, Esq. of Broxholme, J.P. and D.L., for the West Riding of Yorkshire, later resident at Tickhill Castle, near Rotherham, only son of the late John Seddon Bower, Esq. of Broxholme, by Elizabeth, his wife, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Chivers, Esq. of Askham, York, bears a quartered shield, BOWER and CHIVERS, and impales in right of his wife, Amelia Mary, 2nd surviving daughter of the late William Bennett Martin, Esq. of Worsbrough Hall,Yorkshire York, the arms of Martin.
John BOWER,a Carpenter, was born in 1664 at Sheffield, he married in 1693 at Norton to Elizabeth FRETWELL(1672-1718) who was born in Maltby in 1672.Children all born Wickersley:
Elizabeth died 5th March, 1718 and John died 1st November, 1737.
Benjamin had a daughter Mary, born Nov. 28th, 1676, who married John Wasteneys, they lived at Maltby.
In St. Albans Church, a pair of grave stones dated 1714 of red sandstone with raised rectangular slab with additional
slab at its foot are situated south of the nave. Inscriptions to Sarah, daughter of John Bower, died 1714 aged 18
to son Benjamin, died 1718 aged 16
and wife Elizabeth (Nee Fretwell), died 1718 aged 60.
There is a plain slab to John Bower who died in 1737 aged 65
Wickersley
John Watson, blacksmith m. Hannah Bower of Wickersley Jan 1728 at Rotherham
Christopher Bower b.1719 Wickersley, son of Gregory m.1744 Chesterfield, Dbys. to Mary Didsbury. Daughter Betty born 1745 Wickersley m. 1771 George Downes
John BOWER,b.1697 son of John Bower and Elizabeth(Nee Fretwell) m. 1726 Laughton-en-le-Morthen to Ann SIDALL. Children born Wickersley:
Braithwell
William BOWER m. Elizabeth. Children born Braithwell:
Children of William BOWER and Elizabeth(Nee Hill) born Braithwell:
Children of Ralph BOWER and Mary(Nee Thompson)born Braithwell:
Children of Joseph BOWER and Jane (Nee Brown)
Children of John BOWER and Mary (Nee Bell) born Braithwell:
Treeton/Whiston
On 14 11 1731 George BOWER of Treeton m. Mary PASHLEY at Hooton-Roberts
Thomas BOWER m. 1731 Treeton Catherine RAYNALDS. Children (born Treeton):
Children of John BOWER and Elizabeth (Nee Jobson, (born Whiston):
William BOWER, b1736 Whiston m. 1760 Treeton to Elizabeth BRAMMER. Children (born Treeton):
Offsite reference to John Bower
Offsite reference to Bower of Braithwell
Freeman Bower, esq., of Bawtry and Maltby, co. York, was a member of the Doncaster Volunteers; born 15 Nov. 1732; died 29 July, 1786; a justice of the peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire, practised for a few years as an attorney, but on inheriting some family property he discontinued that profession. On several occasions he acted as marshal to his uncle Mr. Baron Perrott, when on circuit. He is said to have been a handsome male, and of an hospitable, convivial disposition.
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