EVIDENCE IN FAVOR:
The wife whose name is recorded as Anna Stacia, Honesty, and Anutoice in Goochland might be the same person as the wife whose name is recorded in Bedford as Annester and Annister.
EVIDENCE AGAINST:
These names might be similar, but they are not the same.
EVIDENCE AGAINST:
Citations suggest to different persons:
A William Gowen is recorded in Goochland:
1741- sued for trespass
1742 –sued
1746–tithables
1748–tithables
1749–tithables
1752–sued and brought suit
1755–buys land
1756–tithables & childborn
1757–sells land & tithables
1758–tithables
1761–tithables
1762–tithables
1763–sued for debt
1764–tithables
1765–tithables
1767–tithables
1768–tithables
1769–tithables
1770–tithables
A William Gowen is recorded in Bedford:
1752–tithables
1754–due wolf bounty
1758–member of militia
1759–witness to deed
1761–sued
1762–surveyed land(granted1780)
1767–buys land
1769–sells land
1770–witness to will
1771–road order
1775–sells tobacco and corn
William Gowen of Goochland had a son named William Money Gowen born 1748 or earlier - he was taxed beginning in 1764, perhaps as early as 1762.
William Gowen of Bedford had a son named William who was born about 1755 and is not as old as the one in Goochland and was never recorded with a middle name.
The births of two children to William of Goochland, Anna Stasia (Sep 1756) and James (Nov 1758) are recorded in the parish register. He also had a son named John according to the vestry book and another son named Samuel who was born about 1753 (first taxable to William Gowen in 1769 in Goochland).
There is no evidence of any of these four children in Bedford County.
William Gowen of Bedford had sons Daniel (between 1755 and 1758 according to pension application) and Joseph (1758 according to pension application) born the same period ‐-‐but they are not recorded in the parish register. There is room in the timeline for one son born in 1757 and another born either 1755 or 1759, but why would they all be omitted from the Goochland register when the children of the Goochland couple were listed for births and christenings of 1756 and 1758?
Joseph Goine's pension application states his age as 63 in November 1821, putting his birth in 1758. That is impossible if he had the same parents as the James Gouven born in Nov 1758.
William Gowen of Goochland had to be no younger than 21 when he was sued for trespass as an adult in 1740, meaning he was born prior to 1719 and it is likely that a man of this period lived pass 1803 as did the Bedford William Gowen.
Annester Going was alive in 1819 when she testified on behalf of her son Joseph. If she were the mother of William Money Going and same person who was an adult in 1752, that would make her around 90 years old in 1819 -- highly unlikely. Her first record in Bedford is in 1759, which would put her age in 1819 at around 81 -- more likely.
CONCLUSION: The couple in Goochland County Virginia IS NOT the same couple as the one recorded in Bedford County Virginia.
William and Annester Gowin of Lunenburg County and Bedford County, Virginia
4 comments:
James Gowin is listed on the Bedford, VA Personal Prop. Tax List, Book A on 20 Jul 1791 with William Gowin Sr., Ephraim Sampson, and Benjamin Sampson.
James Gowin is also listed in Book A on 10 Jul 1792 with Isham Gowin and Daniel Gowin. Ephraim Sampson and Benjamin Sampson were listed on 23 Apr. 1792 with William Gowin, Jr. On 28 May 1792 was William Gowin.
James Gowin was married first to Mary Sayer bef 1797 in VA and had at least two sons Stephen Shadrack 26 Dec 1797-20 May 1880 and William Sayer 1803-?. He then married Becky Sampson in Madison County 3 Sep 1804/5 and had a least one son James Gowin Jr. A male descendant from James Gowin participated in Y-DNA analysis for this family.
Madison CO, KY Marriage Records, Book 1, p. 34: "I hereby Certify that on the 4th day of Septemer 1805 I Celebrated the rights of matrimony between James Goen and Becky Sampson. [Signed} Charles Fennell. The marriage bond itself is harder to read: ..." the [?] day of Sept 1805" Becky Sampson [formerly Rebekah Apperson] was the widow of Isaac Sampson, the 3rd Sampson brother from Bedford, VA. Their marriage bond is dated 20 SEP 1798, Madison Co., KY. I can E-mail you copies of the documents.
Thanks! I have a ton of documents stored away from a cousin who visited the VA Library and has helped me through the years in compiling information on William & Anester's prolific family. Let me check to see if I have that one.
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