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Note N1525 Index

Cemetery monument transcription:
HENRY MOWRY, son of Nathaniel, born about 1670, married 1st in 1701 Mary, daughter of Isaac and Mary Bull of Newport. Married 2d in 1726, Hannah Mowry, widow of John Mowry 2d of Smithfield.
Her maiden name was Packard. Mary died about 1728. (source: familysearch.org).

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Note N1526 Index

Isaac Bull married his first wife, Mary (last name?) sometime before 1682. Source as noted in "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" and "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol 1". Gen. Pub. Co [pp717-721] .
The name of Isaac Bull’s first wife is derived from a Cemetery monument in memory of the Mowry family. As noted on the monument:
HENRY MOWRY, son of Nathaniel, born about 1670, married 1st in 1701 Mary, daughter of Isaac and Mary Bull of Newport.
Married 2d in 1726, Hannah Mowry, widow of John Mowry 2d of Smithfield. Her maiden name was Packard.
(source: familysearch.org)

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Note N1528 Index

It is possible that Nathaniel Mowry was a Quaker since he refused to take an oath when he was called to serve on the jury of trials. He was fined 5 shillings for this refusal. His involvement in town affairs of Providence was typical of prosperous young man. He settled at a place in Providence now known as Sayle's Hill. On December 7, 1687, he brought in the head of a wolf that was killed by his teenage son, Joseph. Nathaniel Mowry and his brother John were associates of his father-in-law Edward Inman when he broke with the townsmen of Providence in 1682 and negotiated a large land purchase of 3,500 acres directly with the Indians. The town eventually acknowledged the validity of the land purchase. He was one of three Providence town constables chosen in 1693. In his will of 1718, he bequeathed to daughter Patience Smith and her five sisters all his cattle and all his household goods after the death of his widow. (source: findagrave.com)

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Note N1529 Index

Note about Nathaniel Mowry burial marker: Nathaniel is not buried here, but Mowry genealogy listed on marker (source: findagrave.com)

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Note N1531 Index

Will of Nathaniel:
Son Nathaniel, 100 acres, Wansecutt hill, within twp of Providence.
Son John, 10 acres adj his homestead, 30 acres on west side of Wansecutt hille, ½ of 60 acres of land in partnership between myself & son John.
Son Henry, 50 acres off the north side of my homestead, whereon I now dwell, within the twp of Providence.
Son Joseph the remainder of my homestead, 110 acres with the dwelling house; allowing his mother to live there for the term of her natural life.
Daughter Martha Mawrey, 1/2 house lot in town of Providence, and half a right in the Common Lands on the east side of the seven mile line, being the original right of Richard Pray. Also a small piece of meadow.
To loving wife Johannah, my dwelling house during her lifetime; all my household goods to be equally divided among my 6 daughters: Sarah Phillips, Mary Arnold, Johannah Pheteplace, Patience Smith, Marcy Smith & Experience Malavory.
To the same 6 dau: all my stock of cattle to be divided except one cow already given to dau Martha Mawrey.
Two sons Joseph & Henry to care of their mother.
Joseph to be Executor.
18 Mar 1717/8 Signed: Nathaniel (x) Mawrey.
Wit: John Mawrey, Joseph Bolkcome, Richard Waterman Jr
4 Apr 1718
(source: finadagrave.com)

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Note N1532 Index

Also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Woonsocket #10 (source: findagrave.com)

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Note N1533 Index

Son of the first white settler in Woonsocket - Richard Arnold. Married to Mary Mowry (source: findagrave.com)

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Note N1534 Index

Also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Woonsocket #10 (source: findagrave.com)