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Joseph Bowen of Westmoreland

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1777

Biography

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, father of Robert Bowen (q.v.)

Joseph Bowen contributed £30 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.


Sources

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Further Information

Spouse
Sabina Lawrence
Children
Robert; Sabina Pool; Mary Sarah; Judith; Brunella

Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1778 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Previous owner
Retreat Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]

Joseph Bowen previous owner of Retreat has been deduced by LBS to be the same man as Joseph Bowen of Westmoreland given the symmetry of their approximate death-dates.

1778 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Previous owner
Salt Spring [ Jamaica | St James ]
1774 [EA] - 1777 [EY] → Owner
Salt Spring [ Jamaica | St James ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Benefactor
University of Pennsylvania...... 
Details
notes →
William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...

Relationships (1)

Joseph Bowen of Westmoreland
Father → Son
Robert Bowen
Details