Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joseph Bouker
• Occupation: Chapman
• Baptism: 25 Apr 1703, St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Alternate parents of Thomas Bowker
Three possible Josephs:
1. b 25.4.1703 Manchester father Thomas
2. b 7 Nov 1702 Cromsall father Robert, siblings James and Peter - no
3. b 30.4.1704 Croston father John - Croston is too far from manchester

Joseph was Miles Bowker's grandfather! No question about it, from the death report of his father Thomas b 1726.

Joseph's father was Thomas b 1666 and mother Judith Scofield. See the baptism records of John b 1697, Houldon b 1701, Joseph b 1703 and Benjamin 1707. All 4 say their father was Thomas Bowker junior!

Joseph's occupation of Chapman : By 1600, the word chapman had come to be applied to an itinerant dealer in particular, but it remained in use for "customer, buyer" as well as "merchant" in the 17th and 18th centuries. The slang term for man, "chap" arose from the use of the abbreviated word to mean a customer, one with whom to bargain.
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Merchant - in the 17/18c, before the advent of factories, a Chapman would invest in the raw materials of the cotton, woolen or silk trade, put out the work to spinners and weavers at home on piece-rates, and sell the product for profit

Joseph married Elizabeth Brabbin on 4 Nov 1725 in Wigan Parish (By Licence). Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Brabbin and Judith) died in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. (7) Thomas Bowker, of Deckham Hall, Gateshead was born on 21 Oct 1726 in Salford; died on 3 Sep 1798 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; was buried on 5 Sep 1798 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.
2. Catherine Bowker was born about 1729.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1666, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Thomas married Judith Scofeild on 2 Feb 1694 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Judith was born about 1672 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England; died in Dec 1739 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: woolen draper
• Baptism: 1 May 1631, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Still to find a marriage! Named as the father in Thomas b 1666 baptism.

Thomas + Miss Holden, ?. Miss was born est 1635. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to The Barbers of the Peak, p 210, this Miss Holden of Holden, was a maternal descendant of the Egertons of Tatton, and had three sons, Benjamin, Holden and Thomas.??? A generation out ?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Nov 1600, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Any one of these three Williams could be responsible for any of the children!
William m Marie Millner 28/8/1627 – weddings vol II – 296/535
William m Anne Wattmoughe 13/11/1627 – weddings vol II – 297/535 - Anne died 13/4/1645
William m Margret Ashton 5/1/1628 – weddings vol II – 300/537
• Anne 26/12/1628 - bapt vol II 101/430 m John Manestree 13/10/1656
• Margaret 1/3/1629 - bapt vol II 102/431
• Thomas 1/5/1631 - bapt vol II 120/440
• Alice 18/8/1633 - bapt vol II 138/450
• John 22/12/1633 - bapt vol II 141/451
• Edward died13/1/1638
• Robart 4/2/1638 - bapt vol II 176/471
• Samuell 19/8/1638 - bapt vol II 181/474
• Margaret 24/11/1639 - bapt vol II 191/479
• Jeremiah 5/1/1640 - bapt vol II 192/480
• William 22/11/1640 - bapt vol II 200/485
• Isaack 30/1/1642 - bapt vol II 209/489 died 1/5/1642
• Alice 15/5/1642 - bapt vol II 211/490
• Marye 22/3/1643 - bapt vol II 217/493
• Elizabeth 14/7/1644 - bapt vol II 228/500
• Josephe 24/1/1645 - bapt vol II 231/501
• Isaack 6/4/1646 - bapt vol II 236/504 died 27/12/1646
• Sarah 28/5/1648 - bapt vol II 248/510
• Benjamine 16/2/1650 - bapt vol II 259/515 died 18/9/1653

William + Margret Ashton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]