MY STOW/STOWE LINE OF DESCENT

I've been posting about the families of the women who married my male Coburn ancestors for awhile now and now turn to the ancestors of 3x great grandmother Lucy Stow/Stowe who married Wesley Coburn on 28 February 1827 at Albany, Oxford, Me.

Lucy's lineage traces back to immigrant ancestor John Stow on her father's side, and there are connections to many prominent early colonial families. Author Richard Henry Dana (Two Years Before The Mast) is a cousin by blood, and Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin) a cousin by marriage. There may also be a connection to the Merriams of dictionary fame. But her mother Anne Mayhew is a brickwall, so I'm hoping to break that down while writing about the family here.

This is the line of descent from John Stow to my grandmother Cora B. Barker:

LUCY STOWE'S AHNENLIST

I've spent the last few days researching back along 3x great grandmother
Lucy (Stowe) Coburn's ancestry and filled in a lot of gaps on my tree. A
lot still needs to be filled in though and eventually I'll fill in the siblings
and collateral lines. But for now, here's an ahnenlist for Lucy. (Anyone
recognize any of their own ancestors?)



Generation 1

1. Lucy Stowe: born 1808 in Maine; died 4 Jan 1855 in Albany, Oxford,
Me.

Generation 2

2. Melvin Stowe: born 6 Jul 1774 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Ma.; married
15 Jun 1805  in Charlestown, Suffolk, Ma; died 6 Apr 1839 in Newry,
Oxford, Me..

3. Anne Mayhew.

Generation 3

4. Samuel Stowe: born 17 Apr 1742 in Grafton, Middlesex, Ma; married
26 Feb 1767  in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; died 21 Jan 1835 in Oxford,
Chenago, NY.

5. Abigail Dana: born 6 Jun 1746 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma.

Generation 4

8. Thomas Stowe: born 25 Feb 1699 in Concord, Middlesex, Ma; married
17 Jan 1725  in Stow, Middlesex, Ma; died 6 Sep 1748 in Grafton, Worcester,
Ma.

9. Anne Wetherbee: born 1695 in Stow, Middlesex, Ma; died 12 Feb
1778 in  Framingham, Middlesex, Ma.

10. Nathaniel Dana: born 1 Feb 1717 in Amherst, Hampshire, Ma;
married  2 Jan 1737  in Boston, Suffolk, Ma; died 5 May 1777 in
Cambridge, Middlesex, Ma.

11. Abigail Dean: born 21 Jul 1721 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma.

Generation 5

16. Nathaniel Stowe: born 18 Sep 1663 in Concord, Middlesex, Ma; married
 3 Dec 1690 in Concord, Middlesex, Ma; died 17 May 1724 in Concord,
Middlesex, Ma.

17. Ruth Merriam: born 1670 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Ma; died
14 Jul 1718  in Concord, Middlesex, Ma.

18. John Wetherbee: born 1650 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Ma; married
16 Sep 1684  in Stowe, Middlesex, Ma; died Apr 1711 in Stowe,
Middlesex, Ma.

19. Lydia Moore: born 6 Apr 1660 in Lancaster, Worcester, Ma;
died May 1724  in Stowe, Middlesex, Ma.

20. Samuel Dana: born 7 Sep 1694 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Ma;
married 10 Apr 1716 in Massachusetts; died 22 Aug 1770 in Pomfret,
Windham, Ct.

21. Abigail Gay: born 2 Feb 1694 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; died
1Jun 1718 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Ma.

22. Jeremiah Dean: born 24 Mar 1685 in Dedham, Middlesex, Ma; married
26 Jul 1711  in Dedham, Middlesex, Ma; died Feb 1756.

23. Mary Fisher: born 24 Jul 1687 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; died 1770
in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma.

Generation 6

32. Nathaniel Stowe: born 1622 in England.

40. Jacob Dana: born 2 Dec 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Ma; married
10 Nov 1673 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Ma; died 24 Dec 1698 in Cambridge,
Middlesex, Ma.

41. Patience Sabin: born 28 Feb 1655 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Ma; died
Jun 1712 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Ma.

42. Nathaniel Gay: born 11 Jan 1643 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; married
1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA; died 20 Feb 1712 in Dedham, Norfolk,
Ma.

43. Lydia Starr: born 1652 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; died 6 Aug 1744
in Medfield, Norfolk, Ma.

44. John Dean: born 1650 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; died 12 Dec 1727
in  Dedham, Norfolk, Ma.

46. Joshua Fisher: born 9 Jan 1651 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; married
23 Apr 1674 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; died 26 Jan 1709 in Dedham,
Norfolk, Ma.

47. Esther Wiswell: born 7 Jun 1654 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma; died
Apr 1711 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma.

Generation 7

64. John Stowe.

80. Richard Dana: born 31 Oct 1617 in England; married 1648 in Cambridge,
Middlesex, Ma; died 2 Apr 1680 in Cambridge , Middlesex, Ma.

81. Anne Bullard: born 1628 in England; died 5 Jul 1711 in Cambridge ,
Middlesex, Ma.

82. William Sabin: born 1609 in England; died 17 Jul 1687 in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Ma.

83. Mary Wright: born 1618 in England; died 27 Sep 1660 in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Ma.

84. John Gay: born 1615 in England; married 4 Mar 1638 in Dedham,
Norfolk, Ma;  died 4 Mar 1688 in Dedham, Norfolk, Ma.

85. Joanna Borden: born 1612 in England; died 14 Aug 1691 in Dedham,
Norfolk, Ma.

PART OF THE PUZZLE SOLVED

Back in September I wrote a post about a lead I'd discovered
on FamilySearch Record Search to more information on my
3x great grandmother Lucy Stowe. Lucy was the wife of 
Wesley (Westley) Coburn but I'd never been able to
find evidence of who her parents were.

Then two weeks ago cousin Chris Dunham left a comment for
me which helped solve part of my genealogical puzzle:

"Lucy M. Stow and Wesley B. Coburn, both of Newry, married 
28 Feb. 1827 in Newry, according to town records.

Lucy was the daughter of Melvin and Ann V. Stowe. Melvin 
was the brother of Andrew Newell Stowe of Newry, both 
sons of Samuel and Abigail (Dana) Stowe of Sherborn, Mass.
(You'll find more on this family in Elizabeth Ellery Dana's  
The Dana family in America.) Melvin appears to have lived 
in Lisbon, Maine, in 1810, but removed to Newry by 1820.
He and his wife (whose maiden name I don't know) are buried 
in Sunday River Cemetery, Newry."

So thanks to Chris I now have two more family lines to investigate!

ANOTHER PIECE OF THE GENEALOGICAL PUZZLE

 

One of my brickwall ancestors is my 3x great grandmother Lucy Stowe.
All I (and other West family researchers)know for sure is that she was
born around 1808 and that she married my 3x great grandfather Westley
(Wesley) Coburn in 1827, probably in Newry, Oxford, Me. I've had
no luck discovering the identity of her parents or her place of birth.

Last night I was working on sourcing my Ancestry.com tree and did a
search on Lucy and Westley over on FamilySearch Record Search. I
lucked out: I found an image of a death certificate for a Lovisa Brown
of Milford, Middlesex, Ma. with Westley Coburn and Lucy E. Stowe
listed as her parents. I knew that Westley an Lucy had had a daughter
named Louisa or Lovinda, so this could be a variation of the name.
What puzzled me was the place of birth for all three was given as
Cochichuate, Ma . Westley and his family had lived mostly in Newry,
Oxford, Me. but the Coburns had originally come from Middlesex
County, Massachusetts. I needed more proof.

Lovisa's husband was listed as Parker V. Brown on her death record
so next I looked for any record of the marriage and found it again on
Record Search, this time in New Hampshire Marriages 1720-1920.
According to this, Lovisa and Parker V Brown were married in the
town of Shelburne, Coos County, New Hampshire on 5Jun 1851.

Finally, the name of the person who supplied family information on the
death certificate is given as "Mrs. F Barker".  Lovisa's nephew was my
great grandfather Frank W. Barker who had died in 1905. Was his widow
Charlot visiting her Aunt Lovisa when the older woman died in 1913 or
even perhaps living there when it happened?

So what am I to make of all this? The names certainly match up and are
unique enough to satisfy me that they are my relatives. The Cochichuate
reference is the first time I've seen that town listed in connection with
the Coburns but perhaps this gives me a clue on where to look for more
information on Lucy Stowe.

(As a sidenote, the town's name is pronounced  "Co-chit-u-it")