BOWN FAMILY HISTORY.
Bown
families located in Middlezoy,
Somerset, UK, descended from William Bown (1751-1829)
and Hannah Perratt (1749/50-1822), who married in Middlezoy in 1773. Also, families
in Burrowbridge, Curry Rivel,
Greinton, High Ham, Othery,
& Pitney in Somerset, and several counties in Illinois,
USA. Links to Internet contacts and web pages from across the world, Bown message boards, researchers worldwide, family history
links, parish records, census records, old postcard views, local history, and
more. Bown Family History; Bown
History; Bown Family; Bown
Genealogy. As of Mar 2009 the following
individuals in my family tree: Bown 229, Lockyer 62, Kick 35, Hurd 33, Callow 22, Gilbert 19, Corbin
17, Humphries 16, Keirle 14, Perratt
14, Bartlett 13, Brain 13, Cox 11, Sturdevant 8,
Field 7, Hutchings 7, Small 7, Lovibond 6, Hilker 5, Reader 5, Sellick 5. To
see these go to http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dbown100
Last updated 15th
Sept 2014
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CONTACT : me by
going to the following web page for my email address: https://dbown100.tripod.com/db.jpg
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Bown Tree A Large Tree showing many Middlezoy & Othery Bowns. or Download Bown Tree into Excel
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My Bown Details Info
about my Rootsweb Family Tree at http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dbown100
Main Ancestors of my Bown Family,
The Middlezoy Bown
Houses: https://dbown100.tripod.com/middlezoybownhouses.htm
Annie Bowns shop book : https://dbown100.tripod.com/anniesbook.htm
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Bown Parish records in Middlezoy
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Bown Census Records for Middlezoy 1841/51/61/71/81/91
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Bown deeds Bown
Deeds from 1823-1838, relating
to William Bown b1751,sons
William b 1774, John b1775, Thomas
b1779.
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Bown
Message Boards :
Also try substituting Bowne, Bowns, Bowen, Bound
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Rootsweb Rootsweb - Surname & family list & mailing list.
Ancestry
ancestry.com
Genforum Genealogy Genealogy Message Board for Bown
Genealogy
Register genealogyregister.com/B/Bowne/
Genes Reunited http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/genesreunited.asp?wci=membersbook&bb_type=H&surname=bown
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Middlezoy & Othery: Various information
Middlezoy:
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Middlezoy Page Some old postcard
and photo views of the village
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Middlezoy Marriages All names including Bown. 1698-1812
(Note there is a gap in the data 1705-1754)
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Middlezoy Parish Registers All names 1653 1790, so
far!!!!
The following 2 links will need to be copy and pasted into your browser
as for some reason they have been corrupting this page
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http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15111 British History Online pages for Middlezoy.
■ http://www.middlezoy.ik.org/ school website, has an intriguing
account of school life in 1875, worth a read (Look under history)
■ Kelly's Directory's for Middlezoy 1861-1935 Many
local names mentioned :(Surname followed by Christian name.)
Ash WilIiam,
Baker Charles, Barnstable John, Biddlecombe, Hale
Joseph, Keirl Daniel, Lockyer
George, Lovibond Geo, Mead Thomas, Meaker Jesse, Millard George, Pepper James, Perritt
Charles, Porter Henry, Pursey Thomas, Spiller Henry,
Tucker Joseph, Winslade William, Perrat
Thomas, Smith Rev. Joseph, Aish John,
Cox Alfred, Crane John, Eddington Thomas, Hook
William, Hosier George, Jenkins Joseph, Kift John,
Oliver John, Pearce George & Eliza, Solway John, Wheller
George, Whittle (Mrs), Wilcox
William.
■ Temperance
Society in Middlezoy1880-1900 Transcripts from the Bridgwater Mercury.
The Total Abstinence or
Temperance Society, was active in Middlezoy. Many local names mentioned :
Rev J Beade, Pollie
Millard, George Sharman, Harry Davis, Oliver Whittle, Mr Darby, Arthur Sharman,
Lizzie Gillard, Bessie and Eliza Martin, Emmie Perratt, Mabel Wheller, Kate
Whittle, ", F Keirl , H Atyeo, Miss A. Heal, Miss B Millard, Miss
A Davis, Mrs F Keirl
, Lydia Keirl, Kate Heal, E Millard, B Davis, Mrs
Darby, Mr King, Willie Keirl. Mr J Tipton, E Millard,
Miss Hutchings, Mr F Callow, Mr Darby, Mrs Darby , Annie Davis, Rev. G. Lunn. Mr W Merriott, Herbert
Martin, Bessie Bown, Lizzie Kift,
Lucy Davis, Milly Palmer, Emily Hutchings, Annie
Martin, Ella Chinn, Harry Barnett, Madora Palmer, Beatrice Sharman, Miss A Heal, Lucy
Hutchings, H Atyeo, W Crook, F Crook, J Millard jun, Mast W Bowles, Dorcus
Davis, Willie Barnett, Mr A Hutchings, Minnie Darby.
■ WMC.htm The Wesleyan Methodist Church of 1898: Inside this church there are a number of
plaques referring to various named persons. On the outside of the building, set
into a number of light coloured stones, are the names of various benefactors who,
it is presumed, contributed to the cost of building the church. One such plaque
inside the church refers to one Elijah Barnstable Who generously gave the site
for this place of worship. He fell asleep Oct 23rd 1898 aged
80years. Also inside the church is
another plaque referring to Walter Bown, one of the
honoured founders of the Middlezoy Total Abstinence
Society in connection with which he toiled for 30 years. He fell asleep Oct 8th
1910.
■ Middlezoy Manor Estate. Auction of
field lots 20 30, Wed 21st May 1919. This auction, conducted by CR Morris, Sons
& Peard of North Curry, was held at the Royal
Clarence Hotel Bridgwater. My Grandfather James Bown
attended, coming away with a plan showing the location of each lot. View the
Plan mmauction.JPG More importantly
for family historians, the plan showed the landowners on the borders of each
plot, a list of which follows:
Lot 30(104) which was on the west side of the Westonzoyand
to Middlezoy road, near the Greylake
turning. Adjoining landowners were -
Reps of Mr Chris Jenkins, Mr Chas Keirle, Messr Davis Bros.
Lot 29(46) just north of the same
junction, actually located on what became the eastern end of WZ airdrome. Mrs
Bird, Mr Adophus Jenkins, Mr Thos
Barrington, Mr Palmer, Mrs Reynolds, Reps of
Mr Chris Jenkins./
Lot 28(26) to the north of the Wz Greylake road in the area known as Langacre.
Mr Thomas Tucker, Mr A Bastable.
Lot 27(86) same area. Mr Geo
Kick, Mr F Lockyer, Mr W H Tamlyn,
Mr Thos Millard.
Lot 26(92) same area. Mr W H
Darby, Capt B Wary, Mrs Walter Bown.
Lot 25(120) immediately adjoining
and to the north of the Wz Greylake
road, somewhat near where the SCC dump is now located. Mrs W Bown, Somerset CC, Mr F G Tucker, Captain B Wary.
Lot 24(194) to the east of Greylake House on the A361 Greylake
Fosse. River Drove, Mr T Tucker, Mr Thos Quick, Hon
H B Strangways
Lot 23( 192) same area. - Mr Thos Quick, Hon H
B Strangways, Mr Jesse Thyer.
Lot 22(181) same area. Mrs Walter Bown, Mrs Hucker, Mr F G Tucker.
Lot 21(170) same area. Mr Geo Hutchings, Mr Jesse Thyer,
Late ME Hamblin.
Lot 20(172) same area. - Mr Jesse Thyer, Mr F
G Tucker.
■ Annie Bowns
Shop Book: https://dbown100.tripod.com/anniesbook.htm
■ Middlezoy
village web pages:
http://www.curiousfox.org.uk/uk/rs.lasso?vill=middlezoy Some info but
limited access to submitters of information on the page.
■ Othery Page A few pictures and Kelly's directory for 1861
any-village othery Any village web pages.
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Othery Bown's Steve Bown
is researching the Bown
families and the village.
Contact
Steve at steve@bownco.co.uk Visit his
web page at http://www.bownco.co.uk/bownfamily
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http://hue.org/Othery/ Amy Lundes
(was Anzlovar) webpage with transcriptions of Othery Parish registers .
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http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15113 British History Online pages for Othery.
1881 Somerset census of Bowns Origins of Bown Name HEADSTONES
Bown
contacts List of my contact names, email addresses and their area of interest & some Bown web pages.
Rootsweb Bown
search page -
Lots of Bown information and searches.
Bown on Distantcousin.com - Lots of Bown
information and searches.
http://www.surnameweb.org/registry/b/o/w/bown.shtml Bown on Surnameweb
Bown researchers(geneanet.org)
http://www.geneanet.org/ Use
this link to set up customised searches. eg, Bown's in
Somerset(SOM), UK(GBR) .
http://www.ancestry.com/profile/surnameregistry.asp?surname=Bown Think this link needs
attention?
As of Mar 2009 the following individuals in my family tree: Bown 229, Lockyer 62, Kick 35,
Hurd 33, Callow 22, Gilbert 19, Corbin 17, Humphries 16, Keirle
14, Perratt 14, Bartlett 13, Brain 13, Cox 11, Sturdevant 8, Field 7, Hutchings 7, Small 7, Lovibond 6, Hilker 5, Reader 5, Sellick 5. To see these go to http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dbown100
■ COX , HUMPHRIES & CORBIN Len Cox(Reading) & Minnie
Humphries(Pontypridd) Web page.
■ Hurd The Hurds of High Ham
■ Callow The Callows of Greinton
& Burrowbride.
■ Lockyer Middlezoy Lockyer family tree
& some parish records & contacts.
■ Kick Jane
Kick1820 who married George Field Lockyer
■ KEIRLE Middlezoy Keirle contacts & some parish records for Middlezoy.
■ BARTLETT. Various bits as below
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/bartlett.html
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.bartlett
Bartlett Message board(Family History.com)
Colin Hunt Kvilhaugveien@aol.com Bawdrip and Cossington. One married a Frederick Cox of Goathurst.
Jenny Hawkins mac@hawkeditions.com John Bartlett of Langport,b1747, m Ellen Hucklebridge of Aller on
31/05/1773.
■ Perratt Middlezoy
Perratt contacts & some parish records for Middlezoy
■ BUTLER
Just a rootsweb page so far
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/butler.html
■ SAMPSON Sampson family from Dawlish, Devon
Other Villages in the general
area east of Bridgwater:
Although my family history research is centred on Middlezoy, there are many other villages in the surrounding
area :
The villages of Aller, Athelney, Burrowbridge, Greinton, High Ham, Moorlinch, Othery, Moorland, Stathe,
and Westonzoyland,
all lie near Middlezoy, on or near Kings Sedge Moor,
on the Somerset Levels, on one side or other of the river called the King's
Sedgemoor drain.
A little further out from Middlezoy
lie the villages of Bawdrip, Chedzoy,
Currey Rivel, Henley, Huntworth, Langport, Low Ham, Lyng, Pedwell, Pitney, Somerton, Stawell, Stoke St Gregory, and Sutton Mallett,
and of course the town of Bridgwater.
Many of these villages were recorded in the Domesday
Book of 1086:
■ Domesday: (1086)page.
Transcripts for some of
the towns and villages in the Bridgwater area Domesday
■ For old postcard views of other villages go to https://dbown100.tripod.com/POSTCARDs.htm
■ For modern pictures
of many
Sedgemoor villages go to https://dbown100.tripod.com/album.htm
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161208 Removed
research tips area.
261107 Added a new page of research on the Middlezoy Bown Houses
081206 Added a new page. Walter Bowns Bills. See Bown Info.
081006 Added a new piece of Middlezoy
History, Middlezoy Manor
Estate.
Auction of field lots 20 30, Wed 21st May 1919. Find this in Middlezoy & Othery. It
contains the names of many landowners at that time.
190806 Made Bowntree available as an Excel
download because it does not seem to want to display properly in a web page.
Hadnt noticed this before so
apologies to all who have struggled with it in the past.
210606 Removed
some village pages from the Other villages . Now re directed to the photo
album page or the old postcard page.
140506 Added
a new page of Headstone Transcriptions to the other names section
https://dbown100.tripod.com/headstonetranscriptions.htm
150306 Several new pages added; Photo Album page,
and Illinois page. The Photo Album page contains thumbnail albums of many of
the villages around Middlezoy. The Illinois page
attempts to show how families migrated from Somerset to Illinois in the USA.
220206 Hurd web page added, listed under Other Names Hurd
150206 Wesleyan Methodist Church of Middlezy; Web page
created
280106 Bown message
boards moved to Bown Info. All other message boards to be reviewed and
reorganised in due course.
Jan
2006 Experiencing some problems
after upgrading to MSWord 2003, used to
compile these Web pages, and have had to
De link some hyperlinks. Apologies for this. You may have to cut & paste
some links into your browser.
311205 A catastrophic problem occurred
while updating this file, so had to upload an old version until problem sorted.
061204 New page link added to Annie Bowns shop book. Anniesbook
271004 SEARCH ONLINE RECORDS: Census
& Parish new link &
section added
21Sept 2004 News page added
12th July 2004
Instruction on how to find, view, then order a B, M or D certificate.
Located in Search Links/|Tips section.
21st April 2004 Burrowbridge page
added
20th April 2004 Westonzoyland
picture page added
12th Mar 2004
Kellys directories for Middlezoy now to
1935(was to 1889)
16th Feb 2004 New
names added to postcard names list
3rd Jan 2004
Check out the Middlezoy web pages @ GENERAL INFO:
specific to Middlezoy & Othery
291203 Sampson
link added to Other names
19th June 2003 Callow page link added.
May 2003 Contact email address changed.
April2003 Recommended reading added.