George Bowers

1590 - 1656  (66 years)

• Name	George Bowers
  Birth	1590	Manby, Lincolnshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Dec 1656	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
  Burial	Non-Cemetery Burial
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  Person ID	I14437	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Worthington   d. 19 Feb 1681
  Marriage	15 Apr 1649
  Children	1. Jerathmell Bowers,   b. 2 May 1650, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Apr 1724, Groton, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Barbara Smyth,   b. 1596, Braithwell, South Yorkshire, England d. 25 Mar 1644, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1614	Braithwell, Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. Patience Bowers,   b. 1610   d. 1664, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ruth Bowers,   b. 1616, England d. 1687, Eastham, Barnstable, MA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Matthew Bowers,   b. 1620, England d. 30 Jan 1645, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Benanuel Bowers,   b. Baptised 1627, England d. 9 Dec 1653, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Silence Bowers,   b. Abt 1630, England d. 9 Nov 1677, Medfield, Norfolk, MA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Rev John Bowers,   b. 1629/30, Dorchester, Dorset, England d. 14 Jun 1687, Derby, New Haven, CT (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  George Bowers probably immigrated around 1635, settling first in Scituate in Plymouth Colony where he was a freeman on March 7, 1636/7 and a town officer. The family removed to Plymouth where he was elected constable. In Plymouth, he purchased land from Governor Winslow at Eele River. A complaint was brought against him for not allowing cattle to pass over his land and a committee was appoionted to find ways through his land for cattle to be herded through. He was appointed one of three men to a committee to find timber to use in building the new colony jail. In Jan., 1641/2, he along with two others (including Gov. William Bradford) were contracted to build a ship having 1/16th interest each. However, he soon removed to Cambridge -- probably so that his son, JOHN, could be educated there, which he did graduating in 1649. . George's first wife, (1) BARBARA (SMYTHE) BOWERS died at Cambridge on March 25, 1644, and son Matthew Bowers died there on Jan. 30, 1644/5. He married on April 15, 1649 at Cambridge (2) Elizabeth Worthington (she married second, Henry Bowtell at Cambridge on June 25, 1657). In his will dated Nov. 8, 1656 and proved Dec. 30, 1656, he does not mention daughter, Ruth Knowles, but bequeaths to his wife, sons: Benanuel, John and Jarathemel, and to his youing daughters, Patience and Silence.