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Boys OWER
- Abt 1657
Has 15 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Boys OWER Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Gender Male Bequest Abt 1644 - In the will of his mother (written 1639, proved 1644)
Residence 1657 Gravesend, Kent, England 
- When he died, from inventory.
Died Abt Aug 1657 - Living when his mother wrote her will in 1639/40.
A probate inventory was taken on 6 Aug 1657, and as these were nearly always just a few days after a death he would seem to have died in early August or possibly late July 1657.
Probate Inventory 6 Aug 1657 - A copy of what presumably is a probate inventory is attached to the bill and answer of a Court of Chancery case, TNA ref: C 6/170/47.
(I have a copy and will be transcribing and adding to this website)
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Richard OWER, d. Bef 1612 (Grandfather)
Susanne BARBOR, b. Est 1556, bur. 11 Nov 1586, St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Appledore, Kent, England (Age ~ 30 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I21985 All Last Modified 26 Apr 2017
Father Boys OWER, bap. 12 Oct 1572, St. Andrew’s Church, Tilmanstone, Kent, England , d. Between 4 Feb 1623/24 and 11 Mar 1623/24 (Age ~ 51 years) Mother Agnes LYSTER, bap. Feb 1585/86, St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Appledore, Kent, England , d. Nov 1639 (Age ~ 53 years) Married 7 Oct 1599 St. George the Martyr’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 22 Oct 2015)
"Boys Ower & An Lyster were maried the 7th of October" - under heading 'Mariages Ano dni 1599'
A note beside the grant of administration for her father's will, added the year after (27 Nov 1600) records that by then Agnes had married Boys Ower. Hence Agnes must have married between May 1599, when her father wrote his will and Nov 1600. Although the PR entry shows An not Agnes it therefore seems almost certain that this was an error and the marriage was of this Agnes.
More supporting evidence is in the bonds which Boys Ower provided, one of which records him as a gentleman. Agnes' family seem to have been on the yeoman / gentleman borderline, so Boys' social standing is consistent with what we would expect. Added to which, I have now seen the wills of both Boys and Agnes, both refer to William Halke as brother-in-law, and in Agnes's William's wife Elizabeth and son Norton are also named, showing that it is the same Halke family (William and Elizabeth are obviously common names, but I am not aware of another Norton Halke).
Family ID F7624 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Katheren TAYLOR, b. Abt 1625, d. Yes, date unknown Married Bef 1643 - From Burke's History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. IV, 1838 (view online)
Burke is not a reliable source - but a Chancery Court case confirms that Boys married a Katherine Tayler, a 'close kinswoman' / 'neece' of Sir John Honywood.
Burke shows Boys Owen, but it clearly should be Ower.
The bill in the Chancery Court case refers to an indenture between Katheren's uncle Sir John Honywood and Boys Ower and his wife Katheren dated the 1 June 1643, implying Boys and Katheren were married by then.
I think it is likely that this was drawn up around the time of the marriage, and so Boys and Katheren may well have married in 1643.
Last Modified 26 Apr 2017 Family ID F7704 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Residence - 1657 - Gravesend, Kent, England 
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