Birth: 20 May 1799 Mulbarton, Norfolk, UK
Father: James Cowles (Cowell, Cowls) 1764-1852
Mother: Susan (Susanna) Scott 1778-1855
Christening: 26 May 1799 Mulbarton, Norfolk UK
Marriage: 14 December 1824 Wroxham, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Sarah Wales (Wells) 1797-a1861
Death: March 1856 Wroxham, Norfolk, UK
Burial: 26 March 1856 Wroxham, Norfolk, UK
Stephen Cowles 1826-1869
Abraham Cowles 1827-1829
Anne (Ann) Cowles 1832-a1851
James Cowles 1834-1841
Entry in IGI "A copy of the Register Books of the Parish of Mulbarton in the County of Norfolk from Easter 1799 to Easter 1800. Births The Year 1899 Cowell Abraham Son of James & Susanna was baptised May 26th born May 20."
Three entries in FreeReg for the birth of Abraham Cowell on 20 May 1788 and his baptism on 26 May 1799 at St Mary Magdalen, Mulbarton, Norfolk, parents James and Susanna Cowell.
His first sister was baptised on 19 December 1802 at St Mary Magdalen, Mulbarton.
His second sister was born on 11 July 1807 in Panxworth, Norfolk.
His brother were born circa 1813 in Panxworth in 1807 and 1813
His sister was baptised on 27 April 1817 at St Mary Wroxham.
His brother was baptised on 31 August 1823 at St Mary Wroxham, surname spelt Cowles, mother's name Susan.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for the marriage of Abraham Cowles and Sarah Wales on 24 October 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk. "The Year 1824 Page 1st No. 1 Banns of Marriage between Abraham Cowles single man of this Parish and Sarah Wales single woman of this Parish Were published on the three Sundays underwritten: 1st Time, Sunday 10th October [...] 2d Time, Sunday 17th October [...] 3d Time, Sunday 24 October".
Entry in Norfolk Transcription Archive for the marriage of Abraham Cowles and Sarah Waters (sic) in St Faiths, Wroxham in 1824.
Two entries in FreeReg for the marriage of Abraham Cowles to Sarah Waters in 1824 at St Mary, Wroxham, Norfolk in one, single and of this parish to Sarah Wales, single and of this parish, on 14 December 1824 at St Maty, Wroxham, Norfolk, witnesses William Spruce and Mary Ann Cowles in the other.
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Abraham Cowles and Sarah Wales on 24 October 1824 and 14 December 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry All Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for the marriage of Abraham Cowles and Sarah Wales on 14 December 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk. "Page 10 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1824 [...] Abraham Cowles singleman of this Parish and Sarah Wales singlewoman of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns this 14th Day of December in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and twenty 24 [both made their marks] in the Presence of us William Price and Mary Ann Cowles [who both made their marks] No. 30."
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for the marriage of Abraham Cowles and Sarah Wales on 14 December 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk. "Page 10 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1823 [...] Abraham Cowles singleman ogf this Parish and Sarah Wales singlewoman of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns this 14th Day of December in the Year One Thoufand eight hundred and twenty 24 [both made their marks] in the Prefence of us William Price and Mary Ann Cowles [who both made their marks] No. 30."
His first son was baptised on 27 November 1825 at St Mary, Wroxham when he was a husbandman.
His second son was baptised on 7 October 1827 at Saint Etheldreda, Norwich, when he was a maltster.
His daughter was born on 5 January 1832 and baptised on 8 January 1832 at Saint Etheldreda, Norwich, when he was a maltster.
His third son was baptised on 15 June 1834 at St Mary, Wroxham when he was a husbandman.
In the 1841 census as Abraham Cowles aged 40 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Norfolk, a maltster, and living with Sarah (wife?), James and Stephen (sons?) and Ann (daughter?) in Bridge Road, Wroxham, Norfolk.
In the 1851 census as Abraham Cowles aged 52, born in Mulbarton, Norfolk, a maltster, and living with his wife (Sarah) in Wroxham, Norfolk.
Entry in Norfolk Transcription Archive for the burial of Abraham Cowles in St Faiths, Wroxham in 1856 aged 57.
Death of Abraham Cowles in FreeBMD in January-March 1856 in Norwich (4b 90).
Two entries in FreeReg for the burial of Abraham Cowles in 1856 at St Mary, Wroxham, Norfolk in one, and on 26 March 1856 aged 57 at St Mary, Wroxham, Norfolk in the other.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 for Abraham Cowles buried on 26 March 1856 in Wroxham, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry Family Trees for Abraham Cowles.
Mulbarton is 4 miles SW of Norwich, Panxworth is on B1140 7 miles east of Norwich, and Wroxham is 6 miles NE of Norwich.
Abraham Cowell (Cowles) was my great granduncle.
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