Jeremiah Bowen 1801

Jeremiah Bowen 1801-1875

Jeremiah was born about 1801, the son of Benjamin Bowen and Ann Bell, at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
The photo is of a silhouette of the Rev Jeremiah Bowen that was done by the Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend, in the 1820's.

Sarah Norton Cole (1^st Wife) 1801-1854
Sarah Norton Cole was Jeremiah's first wife. She was born about 1801, the daughter of William Hodgson Cole and Frances Ann Sibthorpe, at Windlesham, Surrey. She passed away in 1854, whereupon Jeremiah married his second wife, Sarah Mugridge.
I have identified the following children.

Grace Townsend	Born abt 1829	Handford, Staffordshire	Married Rev. John Fleming
Emily Norton	Born abt 1831	Handford, Staffordshire	Married Alan Henry Swatman
Mary Elizabeth	Born abt 1832	Handford, Staffordshire	Married John Dunn
Crawford Townsend	Born abt 1834	Handford, Staffordshire	Married Hannah Elizabeth Tate
Charlotte Malden	Born abt 1835	Handford, Staffordshire	Remained a spinster
Georgina	Born abt 1837	Handford, Staffordshire	Died in 1887, Age 40

Birth of Parents

Jeremiah Bowen

b: abt 1801 c: 13 Mar 1801 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
son of Benjamin Bowen and Ann Bell

Sarah Norton Cole

b: abt 1801 c: 17 Sep 1801 Windlesham, Surrey
daughter of William Hodgson Cole and Frances Ann Sibthorpe

Marriage

Jun 1828
Jeremiah Bowen
Sarah Norton Cole

Wonersh, Surrey

By the Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend

Children

Grace Townsend Bowen

b: abt 1829 c: 6 May 1829 Handford, Staffordshire
daughter of Jeremiah Bowen and Sarah Norton Cole

Emily Norton Bowen

b: abt 1831 c: 27 Mar 1831 Handford, Staffordshire
daughter of Jeremiah Bowen and Sarah Norton Cole

Mary Elizabeth Bowen

b: abt 1832 c: 14 Nov 1832 Handford, Staffordshire
daughter of Jeremiah Bowen and Sarah Norton Cole

Crawford Townsend Bowen

b: abt 1834 c: 13 Mar 1834 Handford, Staffordshire
son of Jeremiah Bowen and Sarah Norton Cole

Charlotte Malden Bowen

b: abt 1835 c: 22 Sep 1835 Handford, Staffordshire
daughter of Jeremiah Bowen and Sarah Norton Cole

Georgina Bowen

b: abt 1837 c: 15 Apr 1837 Handford, Staffordshire
daughter of Jeremiah Bowen and Sarah Norton Cole

1841 Census	HO107-786	7 June 1841	Kings Lynn Middle, St Margaret, Norfolk
King's Staith Square			Born in this County?
Jeremiah Bowen Sarah Grace Emily Mary Cranford Charlotte Georgianna Plus 2 Servants	Age 40 Age 35 Age 12 Age 10 Age 8 Age 7 Age 5 Age 4	Clergyman	No No No No No No No No	abt 1801 abt 1815 abt 1829 abt 1831 abt 1832 abt 1834 abt 1835 abt 1837

1851 Census	HO107-1829	31 March 1851	West Lynn, Norfolk

Jeremiah Bowen Sarah Norton (Wife) Emily Norton Charlotte Malden Georgina Plus 2 Servants	Age 49 Age 48 Age 20 Age 15 Age 14	Rector of West Lynn	Cambridge Windlesham Trentham Trentham Hilderstone	Cambridge Surrey Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire	abt 1801 abt 1802 abt 1830 abt 1835 abt 1836

1851 Census	HO107-16	31 March 1851	St. Peter, Brighton, Sussex
Holland House, Clifton Road North
Samuel Edwards (Head)(M) Crawford Bowen (Pupil) et al	Age 36 Age 17	Schoolmaster	Lainbeth West Lynn	Surrey Norfolk	abt 1814 abt 1834

Death

Sarah Norton (Cole) Bowen

Sarah died in December 1854, she was buried on December 28, 1854

Sarah Mugridge 1815-1888 (2^nd Wife)

Sarah was born about 1815, the daughter of Thomas Mugridge and Elizabeth ?, in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
I have not identified any children:

Birth

Sarah Muggridge

b: abt 1815 c: 31 Jan 1816 St. Margaret, West Lynn, Norfolk
daughter of Thomas Muggridge and Elizabeth ?

Marriage

abt 1856
Jeremiah Bowen
Sarah Mugridge

Southampton 1856 2Q Southampton 2c 38

1861 Census	RG9-1257	8 April 1861	West Lynn, St. Peter, Norfolk

Jeremiah Bowen Sarah (Wife) Charlotte Malden Georgina [Unreadable] (Visitor) Plus 2 Servants	Age 59 Age 45 Age 25 Age 23 Age 27	Rector of West Lynn	Cambridge Lynn Trentham Hilderstone Lynn	Cambridge Norfolk Staffordshire Staffordshire Norfolk	abt 1801 abt 1815 abt 1835 abt 1836 abt 1833

1871 Census	RG10-1617	3 April 1871	West Walton, Norfolk
Church End Road
Jeremiah Bowen Sarah (Wife) Georgina John Dunn (Nephew) Plus 2 Servants	Age 69 Age 55 Age 33 Age 9	Rector of Walton Lewes Scholar	Cambridge Lynn Hilderstone Cambridge	Cambridge Norfolk Staffordshire Cambridge	abt 1801 abt 1815 abt 1836 abt 1861

Death

Rev. Jeremiah Bowen, B.A.

Died 23 Sep 1875, Age 75, 1875 3Q Cambridge 3b 314

LONDON 26 Nov 1875 Probate

BOWEN, The Reverend Jeremiah - The Will with a Codicil of the Reverend Jeremiah Bowen, late of Walton Lewes, in the County of Norfolk, clerk, who died 23 September 1875, at Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge, was proved at the Principal Registry, by Edwin Elmer Durrant, of Kings Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, Estate Agent, and John Cross of West Walton, in the County of Norfolk, Auctioneer and Estate Agent, the Executors.
Effects under £1,000, Resworn Feb 1876 under £1,500

1881 Census	RG11-1990	4 April 1881	Hunstanton, Norfolk
3 St. Edmunds Terrace
Sarah Bowen (Widow) Bessie Davy (Visitor) Plus 1 Servant	Age 65 Age 45	Annuitant Annuitant	Lynn Hennock	Norfolk Devonshire	abt 1815 abt 1835

Death

Sarah (Mugridge) Bowen

abt 1888, Age 73, 1888 2Q King's Lynn 4b 232

NORFOLK 12 Sep 1888 Probate

BOWEN, Sarah - The Will of Sarah Bowen, formerly of Hunstanton, St. Edmunds, but late of King's Lynn, both in the County of Norfolk, Widow, who died 7 June 1888, at King's Lynn, was proved at Norwich, by Augustus Frederick Dewing, of 47 Ladbroke-Grove-road, Notting Hill, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, and Frederick Henry Partridge, of King's Lynn, Solicitor, the Executors. Effects £1,197 12s. 1d.
Resworn Dec 1888 £1,788 19s. 11d.

SPECIAL THANKS to Richard Bawden, and to Cindy Hatchett, née Wheelan, of South Africa, a descendant of Dr. Edwin Lawson Koch, for the photo and many of the details provided above.