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Here is source for the Pomfret, CT [Connecticut] marriage of LYDIA WEBSTER (Who I believe probably was the dau of STEPHEN WEBSTER and SARAH WHEELER of Rehoboth, MA [Massachusetts]). LYDIA WEBSTER MOWRY was my maternal 4 great grandmother.
Jan of Vermont <jnrose@webtv.net>
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The Descendants of Nathaniel Mowry of Rhode Island
by William Augustus Mowry - 1878 - 343 pages
Pges. 120 & 121.
75. JAMES MOWRY, son of JOHN, b. July 26, 1783,
married in Pomfret, Conn., Sept. 27, 1804, LYDIA WEBSTER.
CHILDREN:
229. Lucius Potter, b. Oct. 12, 1805, in Guilford, Vt.
230. James W., b. April 20, 1808, in Guilford, Vt.
231. William Pitt. b. May 5, 1809. in Guilford. Vt.
232. Lydia, b. June 20. 1811, in Guilford, Vt. : died Oct. 14, 1844.
233. Nelson, b. Nov. 19, 1813, in Guilford, Vt.
234. Ann, b. Aug. 24. 1820. in Leyden, Ma.
235. George b. April 22. 1825, in Leyden. Ma. died young.
James Mowry was the youngest son of John Mowrv, who died of apoplexy, when James was sixteen years of age.
Previous to the death of John, he had "paid off,'' as James used to say, his older boys, and had intended that
James should live at home, as he was the youngest, and inherit the homestead. As no charges were made against
such as had been paid, and no will or deed was made, the law took the property and made an equal division to all
the legal heirs. James, therefore, went as apprentice to the tanning, currying, and shoemaking trade.
About the time he was of age, he was married to Lydia Wehster, and took up his residence in the southern part of Guilford, Vt.
Here he bought a house, built a tannery and shoemaker's shop, and worked at his trade for ten or fifteen years. At this place
most of his family were born, and while living here, he and his wife embraced religion, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.
His house from that time became a home for all itinerant Methodist ministers who came into that circuit. Though in indigent
circumstances, he was an upright man. respected by the community in which he lived, a good husband, an excellent father,
and a consistant Christian.
From about 1818 he was a farmer, residing first in Leyden, Mass., and afterwards in Guilford, Vt. He was of a cheerful disposition,
always happy when surrounded by his friends, especially those of his of his own family.
He died at the home of his son-in-law. Horace W. Linde, and was interred in the public ground, in Guilford, Vt., where a stone is erected to his memory.
Below is given a fac-simile of his handwriting.
(from your old father JAMES MOWRY)
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