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
Thursday, March 15, 2012
William & Annester are not from Goochland County!
The timelines and the factual information between the couples in Goochland and Bedford Counties have been thoroughly evaluated and it is our opinion, and the professionals that we’ve worked with, that these two couples ARE NOT the same couple.
For the purpose of this document, I will use the term “Goochland Couple” to reflect that of William Gowan & Annastasia/Honesty/Aunotice (Sullivan) and the “Bedford Couple” to reflect William Gowin/Going and Annester (Unknown).
The work collected within the Gowen Research Foundation and the statements made by Dr. DeMarce have caused many to consider the Goochland couple the same couple as the Bedford couple. This belief is based solely on an opinion due to similar forenames of both of the wives of the William. Ana Stacia/Honesty/Aunotice are more similar to one another than they are to Anister/Anester/Annester phonetically and I have conferred with many historical and professional researchers of this period who concur.
We have solid evidence that our ancestor, William Gowin/Gowen/Going, resided in Bedford County in 1752, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1762 while at the same time the Goochland couple and/or a “William Going/etc.” was recorded. It is very unlikely that the Bedford couple or the William of Bedford was in Goochland County during this period. A separate post will demonstrate that these two couples were not the same.
Based on the evidence provided, we have asked that the Gowen Research Foundation modify the manuscript records to reflect that there was a William Gowan and Annastasia/Honesty/Aunotice Sullivan in Goochland County but little else is known other than the information confined to Goochland County during from 1740 forward which includes the information as recorded by Paul Heinegg, and the Goochland County tax lists, land deeds, court documents, etc. This change will also mean that the children born to the Goochland couple (Anna Stasia and James) along with all other references in Goochland are only included with the Goochland couple. One of the manuscripts requiring modification is located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms136.htm.
Further, we have asked that the Bedford County couple, who are the ancestors of those copied, are separated from the Goochland County couple and parsed into a separate manuscript that begins on 10 Jun 1752 in Lunenburg/Bedford County in the district of John Phelps and continues within Bedford County until they are in Madison County KY in 1799. If a new manuscript/record is required for the Bedford County couple, the descendants of this family will be happy to rewrite it to provide the factual information using the timeline and events recorded in Bedford County from the period 1752 to 1799 and include the counties their descendants traveled to.
Some have inferred that the Bedford couple, or at least William, may be related to the surrounding Gowen families in Lunenburg County. Through the use of Y-DNA, the descendants of the Bedford County couple have proven that William Gowin/Going is part of a subclade that is believed to be indigenous to the British Isles and specifically to Scotland. This likely means that his ancestors were on the British Isles prior to his or their arrival to the colonies. It also demonstrates that he and his descendants did not belong to the mulatto GOWEN family believed to have descended from Mihil (a freed slave) and that also resided in Lunenburg and surrounding areas in the same period. The male descendants of Mihil belong to a different Y-DNA haplogroup. Parents of the Bedford County couple have not been identified. However, we have enough information to believe that William was likely born between 1725-1734 and Annester was likely younger based on the timeframe in which we infer she died.
I appreciate all of the work provided by those involved who have helped us sort through the factual information within historical archives to successfully reach this conclusion. Additional work is ongoing to determine more about the Bedford County couple and their prolific family.
For the purpose of this document, I will use the term “Goochland Couple” to reflect that of William Gowan & Annastasia/Honesty/Aunotice (Sullivan) and the “Bedford Couple” to reflect William Gowin/Going and Annester (Unknown).
The work collected within the Gowen Research Foundation and the statements made by Dr. DeMarce have caused many to consider the Goochland couple the same couple as the Bedford couple. This belief is based solely on an opinion due to similar forenames of both of the wives of the William. Ana Stacia/Honesty/Aunotice are more similar to one another than they are to Anister/Anester/Annester phonetically and I have conferred with many historical and professional researchers of this period who concur.
We have solid evidence that our ancestor, William Gowin/Gowen/Going, resided in Bedford County in 1752, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1762 while at the same time the Goochland couple and/or a “William Going/etc.” was recorded. It is very unlikely that the Bedford couple or the William of Bedford was in Goochland County during this period. A separate post will demonstrate that these two couples were not the same.
Based on the evidence provided, we have asked that the Gowen Research Foundation modify the manuscript records to reflect that there was a William Gowan and Annastasia/Honesty/Aunotice Sullivan in Goochland County but little else is known other than the information confined to Goochland County during from 1740 forward which includes the information as recorded by Paul Heinegg, and the Goochland County tax lists, land deeds, court documents, etc. This change will also mean that the children born to the Goochland couple (Anna Stasia and James) along with all other references in Goochland are only included with the Goochland couple. One of the manuscripts requiring modification is located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms136.htm.
Further, we have asked that the Bedford County couple, who are the ancestors of those copied, are separated from the Goochland County couple and parsed into a separate manuscript that begins on 10 Jun 1752 in Lunenburg/Bedford County in the district of John Phelps and continues within Bedford County until they are in Madison County KY in 1799. If a new manuscript/record is required for the Bedford County couple, the descendants of this family will be happy to rewrite it to provide the factual information using the timeline and events recorded in Bedford County from the period 1752 to 1799 and include the counties their descendants traveled to.
Some have inferred that the Bedford couple, or at least William, may be related to the surrounding Gowen families in Lunenburg County. Through the use of Y-DNA, the descendants of the Bedford County couple have proven that William Gowin/Going is part of a subclade that is believed to be indigenous to the British Isles and specifically to Scotland. This likely means that his ancestors were on the British Isles prior to his or their arrival to the colonies. It also demonstrates that he and his descendants did not belong to the mulatto GOWEN family believed to have descended from Mihil (a freed slave) and that also resided in Lunenburg and surrounding areas in the same period. The male descendants of Mihil belong to a different Y-DNA haplogroup. Parents of the Bedford County couple have not been identified. However, we have enough information to believe that William was likely born between 1725-1734 and Annester was likely younger based on the timeframe in which we infer she died.
I appreciate all of the work provided by those involved who have helped us sort through the factual information within historical archives to successfully reach this conclusion. Additional work is ongoing to determine more about the Bedford County couple and their prolific family.
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