Mr Gowen Wilson

Gowen's occupation was Tradition says that Gowen was from Paisley, Scotland, but Col. Banks found the name in Stoke Bruenner, Northampton in 1604.(1).

• Occupation Notes
  • He was in Boston from 1641 until 1643 and had moved to Exeter by 1647.(2) At a court held in Boston 28 July 1641: "Gowen Wilson appearing hee & his sureties discharged".(3) He was probably related to Thomas Wilson who signed the combination of Exeter in 1640. Gowen was appointed cowherd 1 May 1649.(4) He bought property with Thomas Cornish from Thomas Jones in 1650 and sued for it in Oct. 1651.(5)
    
    Gowen then went to Maine since he took the oath of allegiance to Massachusetts at Kittery 16 Nov. 1652.(6) In 1657 he was attentive to John Andrew's wife Joan to the neglect of his own wife and family.(7) He had a grant at Goose Cove 19 Jan. 1658 of 24 acres and of the adjoining land 12 June 1673 making 45 acres in all.(8) His garrison house stood near the junction of the Norton Road with the road that runs up the east side of Spruce Creek.(9) He was constable in 1658 and in 1669 and was on the grand jury in 1672 and 1685.(10) He signed a petition 10 Nov. 1673 that Thomas Wells be permitted to preach among them.(11) Gowen was excused from the militia due to his age in 1674 and was selectman the same year and the following.(12) On 2 June 1684 he gave 11 acres of hiis lot to Andrew Haley as a marriage dowry.(13)
    Issue-
    I. John- b. 1647, Exeter, NH, d. 1647
    II. John- d. young
    III. Rebecca- m.1. Henry Barnes, 2. Henry Bodge
    2IV. JOSEPH- b.c.1655, m. HANNAH (2)ENDLE
    3V. DEBORAH- m. ANDREW (1) HALEY
    
    Ref: (1) Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp.760-1
    (2) Ibid
    (3) Old Kittery and Her Families- Everett S. Stackpole
    (4) Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp.760-1
    (5) Norfolk Court Records
    (6) Mass. Archives- Vol.3, p.203
    (7) Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp.760-1
    (8) Ibid
    (9) Old Kittery and Her Families- Everett S. Stackpole
    (10) Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp.760-1
    (11) Mass. Archives- Vol.10, p.113
    (12) Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp.760-1
    (13) Old Kittery and Her Families- Everett S. Stackpole
    
    Pioneers of Maine & New Hampshire- p.238