My Descent from Richard Bowen of Rehoboth, Massachusetts

1. Richard Bowen, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; early settler of Rehoboth, Selectman for Rehoboth, Deputy to Plymouth General Court, and signatory of the Rehoboth Compact, had 

2. Obadiah Bowen, of Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts, yeoman, early member of the Swansea Baptist Church, contributor to King Philip's War, and Selectman for Swansea, married Mary, maiden name unknown, also an early member of the Swansea Baptist Church, and they had: 

3. Samuel Bowen, of Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts, and Cohansey, New Jersey; early settler of of Cohansey, New Jersey, leader of the Sabbatarian (Baptist) Church at Bowentown, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Wood "the Mariner" of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and they had: 

4. Clifton Bowen Sr., of Duplin County, North Carolina, participant in the inquiry into the death of John Register along with his son Clifton Jr., married Elizabeth, possibly a daughter of Nathaniel Harris, an early settler of Hopewell Township, New Jersey, and they had: 

5. Clifton Bowen Jr., of Duplin County, North Carolina, and Effingham County, Georgia; participant in the inquiry into the death of John Register along with his father Clifton Sr., Lieutenant in the Duplin County Militia during the American Revolutionary War, signatory of a petition to divide Duplin, Bladen, and New Hanover Counties; and planter of Duplin County, married Martha, maiden name unknown, and they had: 

6. Elijah Bowen, of Duplin County, North Carolina, and Tattnall County, Georgia; Revolutionary War Patriot under Colonel Kenan, drafted 1782 and a volunteer, who marched against the Tories and stood guard over prisoners; drew Cherokee land in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1832; pensioner for his Revolutionary War service; married Sabry Little, and they had: 

7. Alexander Bowen, of Tattnall County, Georgia, farmer, registrant in the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, married Elizabeth, maiden name unknown but possibly Harden, and they had: 

8. Caroline Elizabeth Bowen, of Tattnall County, Georgia, married James F. Benton, of Colleton County, South Carolina, and Tattnall County, Georgia; slaveholder in old Colleton; Private in the 3rd South Carolina Cavalry during the American Civil War, fought in small skirmishes with and pursued Union soldiers, later deserter; pensioner for his Civil War Service; faithful Methodist; and they had: 

9. Byron Montreville Benton, of Tattnall County, Georgia, and Cayce, South Carolina, farmer, possibly a Baptist, married Della, daughter of John W. Eason, farmer of Tattnall County, Georgia, and they had: 

10. Lula Lavene Benton, of Tattnall County, Georgia, Cayce, South Carolina, and apparently Highlands County, Florida, supposedly a patient in a mental hospital, married John Washington Winn Sr. of Tattnall County, Georgia and Winter Haven, Florida; farmer and carpenter, Southern Baptist Deacon, and staunch Southern Democrat, and they had: 

11. John Washington Winn Jr., of Tattnall County, Georgia, Winter Haven, Florida, and Bloomingdale, Michigan; decorated WWII Veteran who fought at D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and the liberation of a concentration camp; stereotypical Southerner; and hard worker; married Ethel, daughter of Frank C. Clemons, orphaned farmer of Haywood County, Tennessee, and Winter Haven, Florida; and they had: 

12. LIVING had a relationship with Luther Allen Saddler Jr. of Princeton, West Virginia and Kalamazoo, Michigan; WWII Veteran and workaholic of multiple jobs; and they had: 

13. Brian Keith Winn, of Holland, Michigan, Carpet Cleaner, married LIVING and they had: 

14. ME: Hunter Ryan Winn, Cashier of the Holland Menards Front End who knows the Service Desk.