Since this is only a memorial and he is not actually buried here, this is a cenotaph.
He is probably buried in the oldest part of the Milford Cemetery close to where his father was buried in Peter Prudden's Garden.
THE MEMORIAL in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford, erected by their descendants and the citizens of Milford. Dedicated August 28th, on the town's 250th anniversary. This idea could be best expressed in a Bridge of Stone over the river, upon whose banks their first habitations were placed, and near the spot where the first mill was erected. Here is the inscription on the stone:
WILLIAM FOWLER 2nd.
Obit. 1682
MARY TAPP his Wife
This is the memorial given for Wm Fowler, 2nd at the 250th anniversary of Milford:
He was the son of the founder of the mill, and his wife was the daughter of Edmund and Ann Tapp (18), and sister to Jane, the wife of Governor Robert Treat.
He came to Milford with his father and his brother John, who moved to Guilford in 1649. William spent much of his early life in New Haven, where he became a large land-holder, but on the death of his father in 1660, he returned to Milford, inheriting his possessions, and died there in 1682. He was the ancestor of all the Milford Fowlers. In East Haven, Fowler's Cove and Fowler's Creek derived their names from him.
About two miles from New Haven and on the site of the establishment for the manufacture of fire arms, erected by Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, Wra. Fowler 2d, built a mill in 1645, which the town bought of him when he returned to Milford in 1659, for ^"180. From the Colonial Records we find he was a member of the House of Deputies from 1673 to 16S0, from Milford, serving on various committees, and on a secret council of war in reference to hostilities with the Dutch upon the eastern end of Long Island and the main land.
His second wife was the widow of RICHARD BALDWIN. This stone is the gift of John W. Fowler, Esq., the present Town Clerk, and for many years Judge of Probate, and whose gr. grandfather and gr. gr. grandfather, both John Fowlers, were also Town Clerks, making the office for seventy years held by the same name."
He is probably buried in the oldest part of the Milford Cemetery close to where his father was buried in Peter Prudden's Garden.
THE MEMORIAL in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford, erected by their descendants and the citizens of Milford. Dedicated August 28th, on the town's 250th anniversary. This idea could be best expressed in a Bridge of Stone over the river, upon whose banks their first habitations were placed, and near the spot where the first mill was erected. Here is the inscription on the stone:
WILLIAM FOWLER 2nd.
Obit. 1682
MARY TAPP his Wife
This is the memorial given for Wm Fowler, 2nd at the 250th anniversary of Milford:
He was the son of the founder of the mill, and his wife was the daughter of Edmund and Ann Tapp (18), and sister to Jane, the wife of Governor Robert Treat.
He came to Milford with his father and his brother John, who moved to Guilford in 1649. William spent much of his early life in New Haven, where he became a large land-holder, but on the death of his father in 1660, he returned to Milford, inheriting his possessions, and died there in 1682. He was the ancestor of all the Milford Fowlers. In East Haven, Fowler's Cove and Fowler's Creek derived their names from him.
About two miles from New Haven and on the site of the establishment for the manufacture of fire arms, erected by Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, Wra. Fowler 2d, built a mill in 1645, which the town bought of him when he returned to Milford in 1659, for ^"180. From the Colonial Records we find he was a member of the House of Deputies from 1673 to 16S0, from Milford, serving on various committees, and on a secret council of war in reference to hostilities with the Dutch upon the eastern end of Long Island and the main land.
His second wife was the widow of RICHARD BALDWIN. This stone is the gift of John W. Fowler, Esq., the present Town Clerk, and for many years Judge of Probate, and whose gr. grandfather and gr. gr. grandfather, both John Fowlers, were also Town Clerks, making the office for seventy years held by the same name."
Since this is only a memorial and he is not actually buried here, this is a cenotaph.
He is probably buried in the oldest part of the Milford Cemetery close to where his father was buried in Peter Prudden's Garden.
THE MEMORIAL in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford, erected by their descendants and the citizens of Milford. Dedicated August 28th, on the town's 250th anniversary. This idea could be best expressed in a Bridge of Stone over the river, upon whose banks their first habitations were placed, and near the spot where the first mill was erected. Here is the inscription on the stone:
WILLIAM FOWLER 2nd.
Obit. 1682
MARY TAPP his Wife
This is the memorial given for Wm Fowler, 2nd at the 250th anniversary of Milford:
He was the son of the founder of the mill, and his wife was the daughter of Edmund and Ann Tapp (18), and sister to Jane, the wife of Governor Robert Treat.
He came to Milford with his father and his brother John, who moved to Guilford in 1649. William spent much of his early life in New Haven, where he became a large land-holder, but on the death of his father in 1660, he returned to Milford, inheriting his possessions, and died there in 1682. He was the ancestor of all the Milford Fowlers. In East Haven, Fowler's Cove and Fowler's Creek derived their names from him.
About two miles from New Haven and on the site of the establishment for the manufacture of fire arms, erected by Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, Wra. Fowler 2d, built a mill in 1645, which the town bought of him when he returned to Milford in 1659, for ^"180. From the Colonial Records we find he was a member of the House of Deputies from 1673 to 16S0, from Milford, serving on various committees, and on a secret council of war in reference to hostilities with the Dutch upon the eastern end of Long Island and the main land.
His second wife was the widow of RICHARD BALDWIN. This stone is the gift of John W. Fowler, Esq., the present Town Clerk, and for many years Judge of Probate, and whose gr. grandfather and gr. gr. grandfather, both John Fowlers, were also Town Clerks, making the office for seventy years held by the same name."
He is probably buried in the oldest part of the Milford Cemetery close to where his father was buried in Peter Prudden's Garden.
THE MEMORIAL in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford, erected by their descendants and the citizens of Milford. Dedicated August 28th, on the town's 250th anniversary. This idea could be best expressed in a Bridge of Stone over the river, upon whose banks their first habitations were placed, and near the spot where the first mill was erected. Here is the inscription on the stone:
WILLIAM FOWLER 2nd.
Obit. 1682
MARY TAPP his Wife
This is the memorial given for Wm Fowler, 2nd at the 250th anniversary of Milford:
He was the son of the founder of the mill, and his wife was the daughter of Edmund and Ann Tapp (18), and sister to Jane, the wife of Governor Robert Treat.
He came to Milford with his father and his brother John, who moved to Guilford in 1649. William spent much of his early life in New Haven, where he became a large land-holder, but on the death of his father in 1660, he returned to Milford, inheriting his possessions, and died there in 1682. He was the ancestor of all the Milford Fowlers. In East Haven, Fowler's Cove and Fowler's Creek derived their names from him.
About two miles from New Haven and on the site of the establishment for the manufacture of fire arms, erected by Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, Wra. Fowler 2d, built a mill in 1645, which the town bought of him when he returned to Milford in 1659, for ^"180. From the Colonial Records we find he was a member of the House of Deputies from 1673 to 16S0, from Milford, serving on various committees, and on a secret council of war in reference to hostilities with the Dutch upon the eastern end of Long Island and the main land.
His second wife was the widow of RICHARD BALDWIN. This stone is the gift of John W. Fowler, Esq., the present Town Clerk, and for many years Judge of Probate, and whose gr. grandfather and gr. gr. grandfather, both John Fowlers, were also Town Clerks, making the office for seventy years held by the same name."
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