Henry III Fowler 
Henry III was born in 1657 in of Providence, R.I.. Henry III's father was Henry II Fowler and his mother was Rebecca Newell. His paternal grandparents were Henry I Fowler and Annis Knight; his maternal grandparents were Abraham Newell and Frances Foote. He was an only child. He died at the age of 76 in 1733 in of Eaton's Neck, Long Island. He was buried in 1733 in of Eaton's Neck, Long Island.General Notes
52 years old in 1710. Will dated 3 Mar. 1730, proved 5 Dec. 1733 (NYC 12: 135)
Sources:
Grenville MacKenzie, Unpublished Genealogy of the Fowler Family.
Obtained from the Westchester County Historical Society by Nancy Williams, late
1980's. (Fowler-73)
Elise Donaldson Waters Periodical: The Fowler Family, The Media Research Bureau, Washington, DC, 1979 Text: Photocopy obtained from Nancy Williams, including a letter she received from Mrs. Waters about the book.
New York City Wills, 1730-1744,Text: p 117
Henry Fowler 3rd., of Hambleton, b. 1632 according to Visitation of Rutland, but according to his sworn statement in 1655, was born in 1634; came to Boston shortly after 1650; was in Roxbury apparently apprenticed to Joshua Foote and accompanied Foote to Providence, RI early in 1655; m. atFoote's house in June 1655, Rebecca Foote, daughter of his master. Hewas an executor of his father in law in 1656. In 1665, we find Mr.Fowler in Fairfield, CT, and in 1666 in East Chester until 1672, when hereturned to Rhode Island. after the massacres in King Phillip's war,1676, he was one of the 38 who went to Long Island, and received land at Musceta Cove in Oyster Bay (RI His. Mag., Vol.6, p.205), but in 1678, hewent once more to East Chester, leaving his eldest son, William atFlushing and his 3rd. son, George, at Hempstead. He also took up land atMamaroneck, which he deeded to his son William, then in Flushing, Sep.19, 1687 (Liber A, p.211, Wills). He was in Rhode Island in 1695 andagain in 1698. He d. intestate in 1704.Inherited 1/3 of the Haight Patent at Rye; was Senior Warden at Grace Church for a while, but removed to East Chester . Probated Dec. 5, 1733 (Book 12, p.117).
Probated: 5 December 1733 -
In the name of God, Amen, March 3, 1730. I, HENRY FOWLER, SR., of
Eastchester, in the County of Westchester, being in health of body. I
leave to my wife Sarah, the use of my dwelling-house and garden,
during the time she remains my widow, and 1/3 of my movables. I leave
to my son Henry 5 shillings, he having received the rest of his
portion already. To my daughter, Abigail Morgan, 5 shillings, she
having received her portion already. To my son Moses, 5 shillings, he
having received his portion already. To my son-in-law, John Ward, 5
shillings. I leave to my son, William Fowler, 2 1/2 acres of land in
Eastchester, on the northermost side of the Boston road as the said
land was laid out by Palmer Doughty, Abraham Hyatt, and others. I also
leave him L20. To my daughter, Susanah Ferris, 5 shillings. To my
daughter, Eleanor Fowler, L10. To my son Edmund, 5 shillings, he
having received his portion already. To my daughter, Mary Drake, 5
shillings, she having received her portion. The rest of my movable
estate is to go to my said daughters and to my grand-daughter,
Freelove Ward. I leave to my son, John Fowler, all and singular my
houses, tenements, messuages, and buildings, to him and his heirs
forever. I make my sons, Moses and William, executors.
Witnesses, Elijah Taylor, John Miner, John Cuer. Proved, December 5,
1733. New York Abstract of Wills: pp. 132-133 - Liber 12, p. 117
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1460 in of Foxley, Castle House & Rycote, England d.1528 in London, England
- b.1502 in Rycote, England d. in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England
- b.1465 in Buckinghamshire, England d.1480 in England
- b.< 1530 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England d. in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England
- b.1505 in Rycote, England d. in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England
- b.< 1560 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England d.> 1632 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England
- b.< 1530 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England d.> 1560 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England
- b.1590 in Humbleton, England d.25 Jun 1661 in Mamaroneck, New York
- b.~ 1560 in Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England d.> 1635 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England
- b.1657 in of Providence, R.I. d.1733 in of Eaton's Neck, Long Island
- b.~ 1555 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- b.1581 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England d.13 Jun 1672 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- b.1594 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England d.13 Jan 1681/1682 in Roxbury, Massachusetts
- b.15 Jul 1637 in of Roxbury, Mass d. in Mamaroneck, Westcheshire Co. New York
- b.1583 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England d.13 Jan 1682 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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Henry III and Abigail were married in a religious ceremony in June 1655 in At Joshua Foote's House. They had a son and a daughter, named Moses and Mary.
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Children
Moses Fowler
Moses was born about 1684 in EastCheshire, New York. He died in December 1744 in EastCheshire, New York.
Henry III and Sarah were married in a religious ceremony in of Eatons Neck, Long Island, New York.
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