Birth: 1735 Wortwell, Norfolk, UK
Father: Samuel Gower c1702-1786
Mother: Elizabet Barfoot b1719-1744/58
Christening: 1 January 1735/6 Redenhall With Harleston and Wortwell, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 7 February 1762 Morningthorpe, Norfolk, UK
Husband: John Adams 1724-1801
Death: June 1802 Morningthorpe, Norfolk, UK
Burial: 13 June 1802 Morningthorpe, Norfolk, UK
John Adams 1764-1849
Anne Adams 1766-1784
Dinah Adams 1769
Martha Adams 1771
Thomas Adams 1772
Susan Adams 1774
Robert Adams 1776
Elizabeth Adams 1778
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Elizabeth Gower baptised 1 January 1735-1736 in Redenhall With Harleston, parents Samil and Eliz Gower. "Redenhall with Harlestone. A bill Indented ? Baptizing, Marriages and Burials from March ye 25th 1735 ? March 25th 1736 Baptizings [...] Elizabeth Daughter of Samll Gower & Eliz his wife was Baptized Jan ye 1st".
Two entries in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 for Elizabeth Gower baptized 1 January (no year) in Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell, parents Samuel and Elizabeth Gower. Previous page has "Baptizings 1735" ending "July 20th", then "July 23d [...] Elizabeth Daughter of Samuel Gower & Elizabeth his wife was baptized January 1st", and next page starts "March 22nd" and has "Baptizings 1736", and Elizabeth Gower baptized 1 January 35 in Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell, parents Samuel and Elizabeth Gower. "Baptizings in the Year 1835 [...] Elizabeth Daughter of Samuel Gower & Elizabeth Jan 1st 1735-6"
I cannot locate an entry for the death of her mother but her father married Elizabeth Archer on 8 May 1758 in Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell when he was stated to be a widower.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for the marriage of Elizth Gower and John Adams on 7 February 1762 in Morningthorpe. "A list of Marriages, Births, & Deaths in the Parish of Morning Thorpe from the last Visitation at Newbuckenham in April 1761 to the present Visitation. Marriages [...] 1762 Febr. 7 John Adams & Elizth: Gower both of this parish single persons were married by Banns.
Her children were baptised in Fritton.
Her husband was buried on 30 January 1801 in AttleboroughEntry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Elizabeth Adams buried 13 June 1802 in Morningthorpe. "A Bill of the Births, Burials and Marriages in the Parish of Morning Thorpe in the County of Norfolk from Easter 1802 to Easter 1803 [...] 1802 Burials Adams Elizabeth Adams burd June 13th".
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Elizabeth Gower.
Redenhall with Harleston is 10 miles east of Diss on A143. Morningthorpe is 6 miles N of Redenhall with Harleston, Fritton is just NE of Morningthorpe. Attleborough is 14 miles west of Morningthorpe on A11.
Elizabeth Gower was my fourth great grandmother.
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