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- From FindaGrave:
John Stowe was baptized on January 14, 1581/2 at All Saints Church in Biddenden, Kent, England. He was the son of John Stowe and Joan Baker. John was probably involved in the clothing trade in England. He married at Biddenden on September 13, 1608, Elizabeth Bigge, of Cranbrook. John and Elizabeth had nine children, all born and baptized at Biddenden by 1629. The first three died young. In 1634, the family, consisting of John, Elizabeth and their six surviving children, sailed for New England, arriving on May 17. They settled in Roxbury, where John was admitted as a freeman on September 3, 1634. John was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638, and a deputy to the General Court for two sessions.
Elizabeth died in Roxbury in 1638. John was obviously a well educated man. He was granted 100 acres in 1642 for transcribing the laws of the colony. He is said to have been the first school teacher in Roxbury. On June 20, 1648, he deeded his Roxbury property to his son-in-law John Pierpoint. In the deed, he is said to be "of Concord". Some sources say that John died on October 26, 1643 in Roxbury, but the Pierpoint deed indicates that he died later. The John who died in 1643 probably was a man named John Stone and the record was misread as Stowe. Threllfall claims that the elder John died shortly before 1654, in Concord. The Old Hill Burying Ground has no records of anyone buried there that early, but all the other Stow burials in Concord are in that cemetery, so he was probably buried there.
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Baptized Biddenden, Kent, 14 January 1581/2, son of John Stow. Came from Biddenden, Kent, to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on admission to Roxbury church in 1634). First settled in Roxbury; moved to Concord by 1648. Died after 6 May 1652 (deed acknowledgement).
Married in Biddenden, Kent, 13 September 1608 Elizabeth Bigg, baptized at Cranbrook, Kent, 1 November 1590, daughter of John and Rachel (Martin) Bigg. "Elizabeth the wife of John Stowe" was buried at Roxbury on 21 August 1638.
Savage stated that this immigrant "died 26 October 1643, by Eliot's record described as 'an old Kentish man.'" The full entry from Eliot, dated 26 October 1643 is "Goodman Stone, an old Kentish man died, he was not of the Church, yet on his sick bed some had some hopes of him." Savage (or one of his correspondents) read "Stowe" for "Stone." That this record was not intended for John Stow is made certain by the statement that the decedent was not a member of Roxbury church, which John Stow certainly was.
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Abt 1582 - 1653 (~ 70 years)
