Ancestry of
Abigail Cowing
(1784–1859)
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- Father of Abigail Cowing — 2nd Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 2
- Father:
- Israel Cowing
- Mother:
- Deborah Turner
- Birth Date:
- ABT 1752
- Birth Location:
- Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 11 Feb 1844
- Death Location:
- Lisbon, Androscoggin, Maine
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Hillside Cemetery, Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, Maine
- Spouse Name:
- Elizabeth Coombs
- Marriage Date:
- 12 Jul 1780
- Marriage Location:
- Children:
(probable) Abigail Cowing (Ahnentafel No:1 )
Elizabeth Cowing
- Notes:
Revolutionary War veteran
History of Androscoggin County, Maine, edited by Georgia Merrill (1891) states that Calvin Cowen "came from Brunswick."
Calvin Cowing stated in his Revolutionary War pension application, dated 10 APR 1818, stated that he was 66 years old and born in Scituate, Massachusetts. In a letter regarding her widow's pension in 1860, Calvin's widow Dolly Woodward stated that Calvin died 16 FEB 1843. An auditor in 1860, gave his death date as 15 FEB 1844. However, the date on his tombstone is given as 11 FEB 1844.
Calvin Cowing
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Additional marriages for Calvin Cowing
- Spouse:
- Mehitable Coombs
- Marriage Date:
- 02 or 20 OCT 1775
- Marriage Location:
- Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
- Spouse:
- Tamara Dyer
- Marriage Date:
- 22 Oct 1815
- Marriage Location:
- Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, Maine
- Spouse:
- Dolly Smith
- Marriage Date:
- 16 Jan 1820
- Marriage Location:
- prob. Lisbon, Androscoggin, Maine
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Sources for Calvin Cowing
- 1 Cowan Clan United: Quarterly Newsletter, JAN 1970, Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 70.
- 2 Cowan Clan United: Quarterly Newsletter, OCT 1972, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 65-69.
- 3 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A026875, gives various dates in FEB 1843 as Calvin's death date.
- 4 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/01/2023).
- 5 Revolutionary War Pensions, No. W10286, Pension file for Calvin Cowing and former widow Dolly Woodward.
- 6 Crasmun, Martha, Descendants of Israel Cowing (08 JUN 2006).
- 7 Merrill, Georgia Drew, ed., History of Androscoggin County, Maine, Boston, Massachusetts: W. A. Fergusson and Co. (1891), 438.