Alexander Fowler
| Alexander Fowler | |
|---|---|
| Person | Alexander Fowler |
| Title | |
| First name | Alexander |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Fowler |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Winecooper |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | John Tuffley |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Alexander Fowler |
| Has signoff text | Alex ffowler |
| Signoff image | |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Olave Hart Street |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1620 |
| Marriage year | 1655 |
| Death year | 1693 |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 38 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
| Personal answer start page(s) | |
| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.351r Annotate |
| Chancery start page(s) | |
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| Miscellaneous start page(s) | |
| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | May 28 1658 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | Shore based trade |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Alexander Fowler (b.ca.1620; d.?1693). Winecooper.
Married Sarah Staines in February 1655.[1]
Seven children of Alexander and Sarah Fowler baptised in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street between 1655 and 1665.
Resident in 1658 in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street. Probably resident in the same parish at his probable death in 1693. Burial record on October 13th 1693 in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street for "Alexander Fowler, cooper".[2]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-eight year old Alexander Fowler deposed on May 28 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.[3] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Mr Bence in the case of "Cawswell and Company against Bence".
Alexander Fowler stated that he had been employed as a cooper by London merchant Mr Alexander Bence to view fifteen chests of sugar brought home on the Oporto Merchant. Fowler had his servant John Turfley (alt. Tuffley) open one chest of sugar on board the ship, then helped open the rest himself ashore, after they had been delivered to Chesters Key.[4]
Comment on sources
"London Hearth Tax. 1666:
(St Olives Hart): Streett:
Elezander Fowler 6 hearths"[5]
PROB 11/385/256 Will of John Tuffley, Cooper of Saint Botolph Aldgate London 22 November 1686[6]
Registers of parish of Saint Olave Hart Street
The registers of the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street suggest that there were several Fowler families resident in the parish in the C17th. These include Alexander Fowler, Jasper Fowler and Robert Fowler.
"BAPTISMS. 1655. Dec. 6 John s. Alexander & Sarah Fowler"[7]
"BAPTISMS. 1659. July 4 Robert s. Alexandr & Sarah Fowler"[8]
"BAPTISMS. 1659. July 10. Sarah d. Alexander & Sarah Fowler"[9]
"BAPTISMS. 1660. July 13. Alexander s. Alexander & Sarah Fowler"[10]
"BAPTISMS. 1661. Sep. 8 Marie d. Alexander & Sarah Fowler, bap. p Mr Mills, parson"[11]
"BAPTISMS. 1664. Apr. 13 Sarah d. Alexander & Sarah Fowler"[12]
"BAPTISMS. 1665. Aug. 6. Richard s. Alexander & Sarah Fowler"[13]
BURIALS
"6 John s. Alexander & Sarah Fowler : ch. yard" (p.188)
"Ann d. Alexander & Sarah Fowler : ch. yard" (p.191)
"1659 XXX 18 Essex Hardwlcke, a lodger att M"" Fowler's: valte" (p.192)
"1660 XXX 17 Sarah d. Alexander & Sarah Fowler: ch. yard" (p.193)
"13 Alexander s. Alexander & Sarah Fowler : eh. yard" (p.194)
"1665 XXX 12 Sarah Bristow, a kinswoman of M' Fowler's, ffrom Algate pish : church" (p.202)
"15 Sarah d. Alexander Sc Sarah Fowler: ch. y'd" (p.203)
"1666 XXX 10 Richard s. Alexander & Sarah Fowler: ch. yard" (p.204)
"21 Robert Smith, a servant of M' Alexander Fowler: church yard. ex'" (p.216)
"1693 Oct. 13 Alexander Fowler, cooper : churchyard" (p.237)
"MARRIAGES 1655 Feb....Alexander Fowler & Sarah Staines, published vpon three Lord's daies, married 6 March"[14]
"MARRIAGES ?1664 an. 19 Thomas Dodson & Elizabeth Fowler, both of this parish, p banes" (p.277)
"BURIALS. 1693. Oct. 13 Alexander Fowler, cooper: churchyard"[15]- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.271, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.237, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ HCA 13/72 f.351r
- ↑ HCA 13/72 f.351r
- ↑ 'Strett' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street, viewed 07/08/2016
- ↑ PROB 11/385/256 Will of John Tuffley, Cooper of Saint Botolph Aldgate London 22 November 1686, Ancestry.co.uk, viewed 07/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.63, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.65, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.66, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.67, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.68, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.71, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.73, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.271, viewed 18/08/2016
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The Registers of Saint Olave Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p.237, viewed 18/08/2016
