Frances Hamilton Bowdoin
(1813-1887)
BIRTH
October 2, 1813
PLACE
NAME
Frances Hamilton
DEATH
1887
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
James Alexander Hamilton
(1788-1878)
BROTHER
Alexander Hamilton Jr.
(1786-1875)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Frances “Fanny” Hamilton Bowdoin was a daughter of James Alexander Hamilton and Mary Morris, and a granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton. She married George Bowdoin in New York in 1832; their son George Sullivan Bowdoin became a banker. Family histories place her life in 1813–1887, but disagree about her precise birthplace and birthday. Her identity and marriage are consistent across those accounts, while the conflicting birth details remain unresolved.
EARLY LIFE
Frances Bowdoin was born on Oct 2, 1813. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Frances Bowdoin is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Frances Bowdoin died in 1887. Frances “Fanny” Hamilton Bowdoin was a daughter of James Alexander Hamilton and Mary Morris, and a granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton. She married George Bowdoin in New York in 1832; their son George Sullivan Bowdoin became a banker. Family histories place her life in 1813–1887, but disagree about her precise birthplace and birthday. Her identity and marriage are consistent across those accounts, while the conflicting birth details remain unresolved. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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