George Bower

- 1656

• Name	George Bower
  Birth	of Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 8 Nov 1656 and 30 Dec 1656	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I20793	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family	Barbara   d. 25 Mar 1644, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Bower
  Family ID	F12276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Early at Scituate, where he was freeman 7 Mar 1637 and a town officer. Removed to Plymouth by spring 1639; on 5 Mar 1639 he was elected Plymouth town constable. Later removed to Cambridge, apparently for the education of his sons.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2598] Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 79:286, 1925; 79:379, 1925; 80:6, 1926; 80:119, 1926. [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982.