Misc. Notes
According to Green’s Epitaphs
746, Jerathmeel Bowers “had previously lived in Chelmsford, of which town he was one of the proprietors and a prominent inhabitant. At different times, he commanded a company against the Indians, and was a noted fighter of them. According to Savage, he was born May 2, 1650.” Green transcribes his gravestone in the Old Burying Ground in Groton thus: “[
Death’s Head.] | Here Lyes y
e Body | of Cap
t JERATHMELL | BOWERS Who | Dec
d April y
e 23
d | 1724 in y
e 78
th | Year of His Age.” Note that the age reported on the gravestone does not agree with the birthdate quoted from Savage.
His house in Chelmsford, in the section that became Lowell, appears to be an historic site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerathmell_Bowers_HouseThe distinctive name Jerathmeel was passed down through several generations in this family; there is a Jerahmeel Bowers buried under a square white-marble monument in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Leominster, d. 5 Oct 1795.