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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Request for Information/Fowler
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:02:05 -0400
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Timothy Fowler wrote:
>
> Would someone be willing to do a look-up for me please on a previous request for information I lost due to computer problems.
>
> I am trying to confirm the birth and parentage of James T. FOWLER, b., August 24, 1790, MA., (Essex I believe) d., November 24, 1858, Brooklyn Township, Schuyler County, Illinois. I have reasons to believe James was born to Robert FOWLER, b., January 21, 1760, Salisbury, Essex, MA and Molly LOWELL, b., September 20, 1759, Amesbury, Essex, MA but cannot confirm, yet.
>

There is no birth of any Fowler in the Town of Essex. You have to be
careful not to confuse the Town and the County.

I do not think his parents could be Robert and Molly as the couple had a
son Enoch born 7 Jun 1790 per Salisbury Births

> I have learned there was a James Fowler, b., August 24, 1788, Salisbury, Essex, MA, to an Elijah FOWLER. I have run this particular line out and it appears more coincidence than tie into the James I am looking for.
>
> It has been said that my James' father had ships in MA and that James left home at a young age because his mother died and his father remarried.
>
Per Salisbury Death records Robert a shipwright died 1 Jun 1843 at age
83 years and per Marriages a Robert married Betsy Morrill 20 Aug 1797.
There is no death record for Molly.

Where did this story come from? Did James T Fowler report his
birthplace on the 1850 Census as Massachusetts?

> Your help and assistance is greatly appreciated, as well as my head being sore from this brick wall.
>

Check the MAESSEX archives for Fowler messages and perhaps someone
replied to the list to your query. Go to the rootsweb List of Lists and
find MAESSEX and search the archives.

There is an Essex County Probate Index by Melissa L Sanborn. Ask for a
Robert Fowler lookup and if he is there, you can get a copy of the
probate record from the Massachusetts Archives.

bob gillis

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