The following is copied from the notes of William L. STOW in the late 1800’s. 

 The STOWE Family were of some consequence in England from the time of the Norman Invasion.

          From the Herald’s College it appears that there is a coat of arms with the title of duke.  The families generally resided in London, some one of the STOWE family owned a beautiful place in the country known as Stowe Park, now owned by the Marquis of Buckingham. 

The line to which I am descended is highlighted below. 

  Samuel STOWE of London whose wife was Witherbee of Essex County, England came to America in the ship Arabella with Winthrop in 1630, and was one of the first settled near Boston, Massachusetts.  Richard STOWE was in Boston as early as 1630.  John STOWE was in Roxbury in 1634.  Samuel Stowe, son of John, graduated from Harvard College in 1645, the second class to graduate, the year 1644 having no graduates.  (The Harvard quinquennial catalogue states that he had the A. M. degree. There had been but thirteen graduates before he had his degree. There were seven graduates in 1645.) He was a clergyman at Middletown, CT. He died in 1704. He is probably the same Samuel that was in Middletown before 1650, and was the first minister in Middletown.  John had a son named Nathaniel and one named Thomas and a nephew named John.  Thomas the son, and John the nephew settled in Middletown about 1650.  

    Samuel Stowe’s family became extinct in the male line at an early date. 

   1. John STOWE; came in 1634; born at Cranbrook, Kent, England b. 14 Jan 1581; married Elizabeth BIGGE b. 1 Nov 1596 d. 24 Aug 1638; John died 26 Oct 1643.

        He “John Stowe or Stow (1), was the progenitor in New England of Henry H. STOWE, of Lancaster, Massachusetts. He came with his wife Elizabeth and six children in one of Winthrop’s companies and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He arrived May 7, 1634.  The children were 11.Thomas, 12. Elizabeth, 13.John, 14.Nathaniel, 15. Samuel and 16. Thankful.  He was admitted a freeman September 3, 1634. He was a proprietor of the colony and a delegate to the general court in 1639.  He was elected in 1638 a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, Massachusetts.

   John’s wife was Elizabeth BIGGS, daughter of Mrs. Rachel Biggs, who came to Dorchester in 1635 with her daughter, (?) Foster. The Foster and Stowe children received valuable legacies from their uncles,  John and Smallhope BIGGS, of Cranbrook and Maidstone, Kent, England. His wife, Elizabeth, a very godly woman, was buried August 24, 1636.  All his children were probably born in England. They were: Thomas, resided at Concord, sold land in Concord to Thomas GOBLE and David DAM, removing to Connecticut about 1650, settling at Middletown, Massachusetts, and Middletown, CT; Elizabeth, married Henry ARCHER; John; Samuel, born about 1620; Nathaniel, born 1622, resided at Ipswich, was born according to a deposition he took there in 1622; Thankful, married John PIERPONT, of Roxbury, Massachusetts.”   He ,John Stow, the immigrant ancestor, sold his Roxbury property June 20, 1648, and removed to Concord, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1648 and afterward.

          Descendants of John STOWE:   

Children of John and Elizabeth:

  +11.  Thomas Stowe, b. April 22, 1615 in Biddenden, Kent England; married Mary GRIGGS (b. 1618 Boxsted, Suffolk, England) on December 4, 1639 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  He died February 1684.   The most of his family settled in Middletown.  Mary died 21 August 1680.  Thomas left a large family

      111.  John b. 12 Jun 1618.

      112.  Nathaniel b. about 1640, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

      113.  John b. 3 Feb 1641, Roxbury, Massuchusetts. He married Mary WETMORE (b. 20 April, 1651- Hartford, CT).  They were married 13 November 1668. John died 18 October 1688 in Middletown, CT.  Mary died soon after John, 13 November 1688. (See the bottom of this page for the descendants of John Stowe and Mary Wetmore.)

      114.  Mary b. 6 Feb 1643, Roxbury, Massachusetts ; married John Scott COTTON.

      115.  Samuel b. 1644, Concord, Massachusetts ; married Elizabeth STONE, 16 November 1669.  Samuel died Feb 1712, Marlborough, Massachusetts.  Elizabeth died, 17 January 1736, Stow, Massachusetts.

  12.  Elizabeth married Henry ARCHER 4 December 1639, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

      121.  Rebecca

      122.  John

      123.  Isaac

      124.  Theophilus

  13.  John

  14.  Nathaniel, b. 1621 – Biddenden, Kent, England ; married Martha BIGNELL (b. 1621) August 20, 1662. Nathaniel died May 30 1684 – Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

  15.  Reverend Samuel born 8 February 1623 – Biddenden, Kent, England married Hope FLETCHER.  Reverend Samuel STOWE died May 8 1704.

      151.  John b. 16 Jun 1650 – Charlestown, Essex, Massachusetts.

      152.  Ichabod b. 20 Feb 1652; d. 18 Jan 1696; married Mary ATWATER, 22 Oct 1688.

      153.  Hope b. 4 Feb 1656; died 17 Nov 1678/79; married Abraham SMITH 13 Feb 1677/78.

      154.  Dorothy b. 1 Aug 1659; d. 14 Jul 1698.

      155.  Elizabeth b. 1 August 1662; d. 21 Feb 1738.

      156.  Thankful b. 5 May 1664.

      157.  Rachel b. 13 March 1666; married Israhiah WETMORE 13 May 1692.

  16.  Thankful was born 29 Mar 1629.  She married John PIERPONT (b. Abt 1618) 4 Dec. 1649.  John died Dec. 1682.

      161.  John PIERPONT b. 22 Jul 1651; died young.

      162.  John PIERPONT b. 28 October 1652; d. 30 December 1690.

      163.  Thankful PIERPONT b. November 26, 1654.

      164.  Experience PIERPONT b. January 4, 1656.

      165.  James PIERPONT b. January 4, 1659; d. November 22, 1714; married (1st) Abigail DAVENPORT 27 Oct 1691; (2nd) Sara HAYNES, 30 May 1694; (3rd) Mary Hooker, 26 Jul 1698.

      166.  Ebenezer PIERPONT b. 21 Dec 1661; d. 20 Oct 1692.     

Descendants of John Stowe and Mary Wetmore: (see above for John Stowe’s parents)

113.  John Stowe married to Mary WETMORE:

     1131.  John b. 10 October 1669 ; d. 1671.

     1132.  John b. 3 March 1672, Middletown, CT ; died 22 Mar 1722 ; married Bathsheba HOWE, May 1698. 

     1133.  Thomas b. April 10, 1674.

     1134.  Mary b. June 1678. 

     1135.  Hannah b. 25 August, 1680.

     1136.  Sarah b. 25 March 1683.

     1137.  Samuel b. 30 April 1684.

     1138.  Thankful b. 15 Jul 1686.

     1139.  Experience b. 30 Sept 1688.

     113a.  Nathaniel b. 22 February 1676, Middletown, CT.   Nathaniel married Sarah SUMNER, born 29 December 1685 in Boston, Massachusetts. They were married 11 February 1702 at Middletown, CT. Sarah died 22 February 1759, she was preceded in death by Nathaniel on 21 May 1727.

         113a1.  Hannah b. 15 Nov 1703, Middletown, CT ; d.  Jan 1704.

         113a2.  Nathaniell b. 24 April 1705, Middletown, CT ; married Abigail CLARK, October 1729.

         113a3.  Eliakim b. 2 Mar 1707 (died young).

         113a4.  James b. 24 Jan 1727/28 Middletown, CT.

         113a5.  Mary b. 4 July 1710, Middletown, CT ; d. 28 February 1787, Middletown, CT. 

         113a6.  Samuell b. 10 Oct. 1713 ; d. 9 Feb 1721.

         113a7.  Jabez b. 10 Oct 1713 ; d. 17 Oct 1713.

         113a8.  Thomas b. 15 June 1718 ; d. 5 Mar 1740.

         113a9.  Sarah b. 20 Mar 1719/20, Middletown, CT ; d. 31 Aug 1784.

         113aa.  William b. 9 Sep 1722, Middletown, CT ; died before 1727, Wethersfield, CT.

         113ab.  Ebenezer b. 5 May 1724 Middletown, CT ; October 1748.

         113ac.  Eliakim was born 21 March 1709, Middletown, CT.  Eliakim married Lydia MILLER, daughter of Governor Benjamin MILLER, born 17 May 1711 in Middletown, CT.  Eliakim and Lydia were married 13 December 1732 at Middletown, CT. 

   Eliakim Sr. owned great quantities of real estate in various places, he died at Granville, Massachusetts, 19 August 1789. 

            113ac1.  Lydia

            113ac2.  Phoebe

            +113ac3.  Elihue was born May 27, 1736 in Middletown, CT. He married Jennie PAINE, of Southold, NY,  born 30 May 1738.  Elihue and Jennie were married 11 March 1760.  Elihue died 13 November 1812 and his wife, Jennie preceded him in death on 12 October 1805. They had 8 children, listed below:                              

                113ac31.  Elihue b. December 4, 1760, Middletown, CT.  Elihue settled in Granville, Massachusetts.  He died 19 April 1839.

                113ac32.  Joshua b. 22 April 1762; d. 10 October 1842.  Joshua settled in Middletown, CT, where he also died.  Joshua was one of the original purchasers of the Connecticut Western Reserve; he owned large tracts of land in what was then frequently called “New Connecticut.”  Joshua STOW, one of the original members of the Connecticut Land Co. and one of the surveyors who in 1796 laid out the future city of Cleveland, OH. 

                113ac33.   Eunice  b.  9 April 1771. 

                113ac34.  Lydia b. 19 July 1765; married a RICE of Meriden, lived first in Oneida County, NY before moving to Middletown, CT. 

                113ac35.  Obed b. 29 March 1767; settled in Middlefield and died there also. 

                113ac36.  Naomi b. 31 March 1769; married Bela HUBBARD and lived in various places.  According to the records of William Loomis Stow she died in Adams Co. NY.

                113ac37.  Jemima born December 28, 1763. She married Daniel KELLEY, also of Middletown, CT, on June 28, 1787. They had 6 boys, listed below.  Jemima and Daniel moved to now Cleveland, OH in 1814.  Jemima died 15 Sep 1815 of Malarial Fever. Mr. and Mrs. KELLEY were first laid away in the Ontario Street Cemetery and afterward removed to Erie Street Cemetery.  Children of Jemima and Daniel are: 

                     113ac371.  Datus KELLEY

                     113ac372.  Alfred KELLEY

                     113ac373.  Irad KELLEY died of Pleurisy on January 21, 1875

                           113ac374.  Joseph Reynolds KELLEY

                           113ac375.  Thomas Moore KELLEY

                             113ac376.  Daniel

                 113ac38.  Silas S  was born 17 December 1773, Middletown, CT. He studied law; became an agent in Leyden in 1795, and a land agent for Nicholas Low and moved to Oneida County, NY in 1797; in 1797 in Lowville, NY where he bought a valuable tract known as Stow’s Square; was first judge of Lewis Co., NY from 1815 to 1823, and he was a representative in congress from New York from 1811 to 1813; Silas married Mary RUGGLES on July 26, 1801.  He died at Lowville, NY July 19, 1827.6

                      113ac381.  Alexander Wolcott born Feb. 5, 1805 at Lowville, NY. Alexander never married.  He died in Milwaukee, WI, September 14, 1854. 

                      113ac382.  Horatio J married unknown.

                               113ac3821.  Charles born 8 July 1838, Buffalo, NY.  He married Amelia (possibly CORNELL). 

                                 113ac38211.  Lucy A.  

                                   113ac38212.  Anna P.

                                   113ac38213.  Frank H.

                            113ac3822.  John

                            113ac3823.  Frank

                        113ac383.  Marcellus Kent b. 14 September 1806, Middletown, CT. He married Mary Williams LOOMIS, of Brownville, NY, October 1837.  Marcellus died June 10, 1871 in Fond du Lac, WI.  His wife Mary died June 15, 1898, in Washington, D.C. 

                            113ac3831.  Mary Elizabeth born in New York about 1841.

                            113ac3832.  Anna Powers born 4 August 1850 at Sackett’s Harbor, NY.

                            113ac3833.  James Warren born 6 May 1853 at Fond du Lac, WI.  James married Anna B (last name unknown).  He died in Washington, D.C.  January 26, 1913. 14  He is buried in Sharpsburg, MD in the plot of his wife’s family.  

                                 113ac38331.  Marcellus Henry

                                 113ac38332.  Elizabeth P

                            113ac3834.  Frederic Dann born 1 Sept 1842, Sackett’s Harbor, Jefferson, NY.  Fred Dann married 21 October 1876, Anna TILLINGHAST at Brownville, NY. 

113ac38341. Kent Tillinghast Stow

113ac38342. Mary Tillinghast Stow

                            113ac3835.  William Loomis born 8 September 1839 at Sackett’s Harbor, NY. He married Anna Jane “Jennie” STEELE, of Norwalk, OH, 8 September 1874 at Toledo, OH. William died 14 June 1903 at Buffalo, NY. He was laid to rest next to his wife at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Section 20, Buffalo, New York.      

                                 +113ac38351.   Mary Isabelle born June 29, 1875 at Toledo, OH, married Frederick WENGENROTH.  Isabelle died 13 July 1962 at Greenport, New York.

                                             113ac383511.  Stow WENGENROTH 

                                  113ac38352.  Walter Kent born 24 January 1886 ; married Margaret Bennett JONES, 17 February 1916 ; died 31 October 1939.

                                   +113ac38353.  William Loomis Jr. born 29 October 1882 at Toledo, OH; married Bessie Merritt REYNOLDS, 31 December 1907 at Buffalo, NY. 

The children of William and Bessie were:                                                                             

                                             113ac383531.  James Reynolds born and died July 8, 1909 in North East, PA.                                                                     

                                              113ac383532.  Margaret was born September 26, 1911 at 76 Gibson St, North East, Erie, PA. She married (1st) A. W. Jacobsen & (2nd) Mr. McHugh.  Margaret lived for many years with her husband in Dallas, TX, before returning to North East, PA following her husbands death.  Margaret died in North East, PA.  (Margaret did not have any children.)                                                                  

                                                113ac383533.  John Harvey

                                       +113ac383534.  William Reynolds was born March 3, 1914 at 64 West Main St. North East, PA. He attended the University of Alabama.  He was a member of the American Red Cross during WWII. During this time he met and married Peggy SPENCER. 

                                                          +113ac3835341.  Living STOW born ; married Living SHARPE. 

            113ac4.  Thankful, Sarah (died young)

            113ac5.  Hannah (died aged 18)

              113ac6.  Eliakim (died young), Ebenezer, Benjamin, Daniel and Mary. Eliakim Sr. married (2nd) widow Catherine Spalding of Danbury, CT, by her he had one child, Sarah, born 1763, married BANCROFT of Granville, Massachusetts.