Robert Stowell

[lengramar]

Hi can anyone please help, I am looking for details of Robert Stowell who married Hannah Smith 11th October 1789 at Bingley Yorkshire, as far as I can tell they had 2 sons John (1791) and Squire (1796).

I think Robert Stowell came from Yorkshire but I cannot be certain, in the marriage record it looks like both Robert Stowell and Hannah Smith came from Bingley Yorkshire.

Any help would be great, thanks

Graham

[Calverley Lad]

Name    Squire Stowell
Born   1792     Bowling, Bradford
Recorded Parentage    1796
Robert Stowell & Hannah
Christened   28 Oct 1796     St. Peter's [Cathedral] Church, Bradford
Gender    Male
Reported age   4 years (1796)
Father    Robert Stow, Stowell
          b. 1763, Bradley, Kildwick-in-Craven
Mother    Hannah Smith
          b. 1754-1774, (Bingley)
Married    1 Nov 1789     All Saints Church, Bingley
 Regards Brian

[Calverley Lad]

    Name    Robert Stow
    Suffix    Stowell
    Born1763     Bradley, Kildwick-in-Craven
    Recorded Parentage    1763
    John Stow (weaver) & Susanna
    Christened    24 Apr 1763     St. Andrew's Church, Kildwick-in-Craven 
    Gender    Male
    Occupation    Woolcomber (1789), Weaver (1791)
     Father    John Stow
              b. 1721, Bradley, Kildwick-in-Craven
              d. Aug 1775, Bradley, Kildwick-in-Craven (Age 54 years)
    Mother    Susan(na) Haworth
              b. 1726, Ovenden, Halifax
              d. Jan 1812, Farnhill, Kildwick-in-Craven (Age 86 years)
    Married    20 May 1746     St. Andrew's Church, Kildwick-in-Craven 
    Family    Hannah Smith
              b. 1754-1774, (Bingley)
    Married    1 Nov 1789     All Saints Church, Bingley
    Banns   11 Oct 1789 at Bingley
    Officiant    David Greenough - curate of Bingley
    Partners    Robert Stowell (woolcomber) & Hannah Smith (spnr.) [both of this parish]
   Rites    Banns
    Witnesses    John Cure, Moses Morvill
    Children     
        1. John Stowell
              b. 1791, Bowling, Bradford
        2. Squire Stowell
              b. 1792, Bowling, Bradford
 Brian

[arthurk]

Robert Stowell is my 2nd cousin 6 times removed - we're descended from the Stow family of Kildwick. My branch mostly used the spelling Stow with occasional use of Stowell, but the branch in Bradley (descendants of John Stow and Susanna Howarth) seem to have become Stowell more or less exclusively.

I have more information on the family on my website at https://www.arthur.akpak.uk/

Brian - I'm wondering where you got the information from. Was it Wharfegen?

When I looked there a few months ago and found something similar to what you've given, I wasn't totally convinced that Susanna Howarth was from Ovenden, as the Stows don't seem to have made any other connections in that direction. However, I haven't looked into her in any detail and don't have any other alternatives to suggest at present.

[lengramar]

Many thanks for your help, I'll look at the Stow surname now to see where it leads.

Regards
Graham

[lengramar]

Arthur,

I noticed in your post that you say the "Stowell" family descended from the "Stow" family, do you know when the first change of spelling was made and why?

Regards

Graham

[arthurk]

Not exactly - I first came across it with in the family of John Stow and Ellen nee Emmott, (married 1786 in Kildwick), by which time I think the Bradley line were already using Stowell. But I've since come across earlier examples, though not in Kildwick.

Currently my best theory is that it tended to change as family members moved around, and possibly if they returned to their roots or kept in touch with the family there, the alternative spelling seeped back as well.

[lengramar]

Thanks for the info Arthur