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Shropshire / Re: blower/blowers surmame
« on: Saturday 19 July 08 18:48 BST (UK)  »
Wow, thanks for all the information. I will look into this weekend. I know off hand that I have been searching for the long-lost parents of Alexander Blowers born around 1688 or so. A British sailor that ended up in the American state of Vermont. Or if anyone has a missing Blowers in their family tree from around this time of 1650`s to 1750. Thanks everyone!!!

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Shropshire / Re: blower/blowers surmame
« on: Tuesday 13 May 08 01:14 BST (UK)  »
I wish I had something concrete to tell you, but it is speculated that the name form Blowers originated in East Anglia. My Blowers ancestors say they are of norman saxon descent. But, if you know more let us know, thanks!!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Blowers
« on: Tuesday 13 May 08 01:04 BST (UK)  »
Heres some information that might lead to the information I am looking for:

John BLOWERS (Thomas-2, Thomas-1) was baptized in 1628.  He was
born by 1628 in England.
John BLOWERS and Tabitha were married.  Tabitha was born.  John
BLOWERS and Tabitha had the following children:
         21      i.      Tabitha BLOWERS was born on 12 Feb 1655 in
Barnstable, Mass.
         22      ii.     Mary BLOWERS was born in Apr 1657 in Barnstable, Mass.
         23      iii.    John BLOWERS was born on 19 Oct 1659 in
Barnstable, Mass.
         24      iv.     Thomas BLOWERS was born in 1665.

Does anyone have any information on Mary Blowers or any of her siblings? I think that it is possible that one of these children had a child named Alexander Blowers born in 1688.  If anyone can help please reply!! Thanks!!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Blowers
« on: Tuesday 08 April 08 07:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi Annie,
     Thanks for the welcome and reply! Well, what first directed me to Suffolk was the origin of the surname "Blowers" which all signs point to East Anglia. I say Suffolk only because of some old papers from "The American Genealogist" that suggest a possible connection and others, but I have yet to find it. Also in some old memoirs from a distant relative it reveals his lineage up to Alexander Blowers and also state this,

"He was a British Sailor, and as we all believe, of the old Saxon line. How long he
followd the seas is unknown,--he settled in Vermont
when the colonies were new"

as well as some other information.
    It is also speculated that he served on "Sloop Queen of Hungary"  as Boatswain in 1744 in the war against France. I say speculated because of a written error as he is listed as Alexander "Blowey" and upon seeing the signature I have to agree, though many others before me have came to this conclusion as well.
    So it seems I have hit a road block. I have a colonial record from 1676-1706 that stated a single Mary Blower to be summoned to appear in court in 1688, to answer to a presentment for "having a child born of her body". So as you can see it seems logical to connect Mary Blower as mother to Alexander Blowers, hmm....

Well, must run, thanks!!!!
Tim Blowers II

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Family History Beginners Board / Blowers
« on: Tuesday 08 April 08 00:08 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,
     I am hoping someone will be able to help as I have been stuck for the last 2 years with this one. I have been trying to find the parents of Alexander Blowers (b.1688? Rhode Island) whom married (1730) Isabel Tripp (b.1713). There seems to be no records of any kind to discover the link from Alexander Blowers to his parents that where probably born in England, I am thinking the Suffolk area. There is some speculation that his mother was Mary Blower(s?) (maybe a widow). I have some records but nothing points anywhere, so I have been trying to search for birth records of a Mary Blower in around 1650 to 1670. I was hoping someone would have some info on this line of Blower(s). Thanks, and I can supply lots of extra information if needed!!

Tim Blowers II

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