Birth: c1698 Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK
Father: John Cowles 1672-1740
Mother: Susanna Smith 1672-1711
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 23 October 1722 All Saints, Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Mary Woodrow 1702-1760
Death: October 1755 Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK
Burial: 23 October 1755 All Saints, Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK
Mary Cowles 1723-1727
Charles Cowles 1724-1760
Elizabeth Cowles 1727-1729
James Cowles (Cowls) 1729/30-1796
Robert Cowles 1733-1797
Mary Cowles 1735/6
Susan Cowles 1737
He is believed to have been born in 1698 and to be the son of John Cowles and Susanna Smith. However the entries in Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 skip from 1696 on p28 to end of 1699 on p29.
His two brothers and sisters were baptised in Gillingham.
There are two submitted entries in the IGI for the marriage of Charles Cowles and Mary Woodrow on 23 October 1722 in Kirby Cane, one giving his birth in about 1698 in Kirby Cane.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 for the marriage of Charles Cowles and Mary Woodrow on 23 October 1722 in Kirby Cane, Norfolk. "1722 [...] Charles Cowles & Mary Woodrow married Oct ye 23rd"
All the children were christened in Kirby Cane.
There is an entry in the Pedigree Resource File for the death of Charles Cowles, husband of Mary Woodrow, in October 1755.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 for Charles Cowles buried on 23 May 1755 in Kirby Cane, Norfolk. "1755 [...] Charles Cowles Buried Octbr 23d".
Maureen (Curtis) Kristjanson has two entries on RootsWeb WorldConnect for Charles Cowles born about 1698 in Kirby Cane, married to Mary Woodrow on 23 October 1722 in Kirby Cane, seven children and his burial on 23 October 1755 in Kirby Cane.
Ivor Jones and Tracy Sadler have an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Charles Cowles born about 1698 in Kirby Cane, Norfolk, his marriage to Mary Woodrow on 23 October 1722 in Kirby Cane, seven children, and his death on 23 October 1755 in Kirby Cane.
There is also an entry in the Millennium File for Charles Cowles born about 1694, married to Mary Woodrow and his death in December 1755 in Kirby Cane.
Kirby Cane is some 12 miles SSE of Norwich and Gillingham is 2 miles SW of Kirby Cane..
Charles Cowles was my fourth great grandfather.
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