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I will put in some thoughts on this matter based on Wharton Dickinson's work. There were three Fowlers who came to the US about the same time, ca 1650, but they were not all brothers. Two brothers, Richard and Joseph, came to Rhode Island and from there dispersed, going to mostly to New York. Henry, who was from the same Fowler line, but back several generations - all three back to Sir William Fowler - came with Foote and probably with him moved to Rhode Island where he married "the daughter of his master." Some have understood this to refer to Foote's daughter, but later research by Christine Celia Fowler showed her to be Rebecca Newell. That a daughter was named Newell agrues strongly for this.
Here is where things really get muddy. As was noted in another post to this discussion, some have Henry's son William marrying Mary Thorpe. Other's have him married to Mary Drake. There are wills for the William son of Joseph and the William son of Henry. The first William's wife, Mary, is still living when his will is drawn up and the children seem to match those of William son of Joseph (based on names: William, Mary, John, Joseph, Rebecca, Benjamin, Jeremiah, Thomas, Henry, Sarah, Hannah - many went to Rye and three siblings married Dusenburys; Mary, Benjamin and Jeremiah). This William died in 1714, will proved May 28, 1714. The William's will who married Mary Drake, however, shows that she had died and that he had remarried to Judith Southard. The only child listed for this latter William was William, Jr. What further complicates matters is that both Williams were in Flushing, NY for a while at the same time. By 1706, this second William has moved to East Chester where he died in 1712. Brother George is executor.
Not finished yet. A third William arrives on the scene; son of William and Mary (Thorpe). He marries a MARY DRAKE daughter of Joseph Drake. He dies in Oct. 1731 with children: Jasper, Joshua, Drake, Rebecca, and Sarah. His wife is pregnant with another child when he writes the will in Sept. 1731.
And yet a fourth William, son of Richard, arrives in East Chester in ca 1710, and married Mary Stevens. He died in 1740 with two sons: Joseph and Jonathan.
The names William, Henry, and Benjamin abound in the first two families. It will take very special care in reading all the wills, land deeds, and other material available to sort them all out. One must be very careful not to jump to conclusions, and to be very sure of documentation when dealing with the Fowlers of this time frame.
Again, this is based on work done by Wharton Dickinson. He sites serveral wills and land deeds in his work. I have found some errors in his work, however. So how far it can be trusted is a question.
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