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Ancestors of James Leslie Bowman

Generation No. 10

      512. Robert Bowman, Jr., born Abt. 1630 in Scotland or Virginia; died Aft. 1680 in Virginia or England. He was the son of 1024. Robert Bowman, Senior. He married 513. Sarah LNU Abt. 1655 in Virginia.

      513. Sarah LNU, born Abt. 1640; died Aft. 1680.

Notes for Robert Bowman, Jr.:
      Robert Jr can be associated both with the land in Bermuda Hundred and with a plantation known as Roxdale. As of February 8, 1997 I did not know the location of Roxdale, but I guess it is in Chesterfield or Henrico County. Blankenship researchers seem to have confirmed that the land is located in Chesterfield County on a neck of land in one of the meanders of the James River.
      Robert, Jr.'s parentage of the brothers John Bowman and Edward Bowman of Henrico Parish originally was speculative. As of August 1995 I had found no document or abstract of a colonial document which identifies their father. However Virginia land entries from the 1660s and 1670s for the Bermuda Hundred in Henrico County identify Robert Bowman, Jr as a land owner for property adjoining his father, Robert, Senior.
      Robert, Jr. was a candidate of the right age in the correct vicinity to be father of John and Edward. For that reason I put him forward. A John Bowman, Sr., was guardian for orphan John Bowman, Jr. until 1679 in Henrico County. Because I at that time I had found no land records in the name of John Bowman, Sr., in the Bermuda Hundred area, and since brothers John and Edward appear to come into possession of the lands of Robert, Jr., I think of him as the probable father of these men. Subsequent research seems to have affirmed that Robert Jr. and John, Sr. were brothers, sons of Robert Sr. and his wife whose identity has not yet been revealed by research.
      The age of these two sons of Robert, Jr., Edward and John, Jr., can be ascertained by their ages given in Court in Henrico County on December 7, 1689. Edward names John as his brother both in his will and in a court order on April 1, 1689, in which he gave John part of the land willed to him, Edward, by their father as it was "my father's intent and meaning to give" as John was "not vested and seized of the inheritance." Edward Bowman was deposed on November 10, 1679 and affirmed that he was aged 23 years old (Weisiger's Henrico County, Virginia Deeds:1677-1705. pg. 148) On February 1, 1688 or 1689 Edward confirmed the intention of the will of Robert Bowman, his late father, that his brother, was to receive the lower part or tract known as the old School House.
      Charles W. Bowman in the introduction to his 1912 book, Bowman Genealogy: Fragmentary Annals of a Branch of the Bowman Family, offered:

"In general, there seems little doubt that the Bowmans of Virginia and other states to the south and west are of common stock. It is a family tradition that the earliest ancestor was a ship carpenter who came with the first colonists to Jamestown from London, but this has neither been authenticated or disproved."

Abstracts from Nugent's CAVALIERS & PIONEERS, Vol. III:

p. 97      2 May 1705 Capt. John Bolling, Edward Bowman & John Bowman 1146 Scres Henrico County             3rd branch of Swift Creek, Begin at Henry Poland North side of said Creek.

p. 102      2 Nov 1705 John Tullit, 17,653 Acres Henrico County, South of James on Bowman's line.

p. 191      15 July 1717 John Bolling, Edward Bowman & John Bowman 497 Acres Henrico East side of             Falling Creek.

p. 211      9 Feb 1718 Elizabeth Bowman 50 Acres Henrico South side James on Fox Slash, adjoining             William Clarke & William Soane.

p. 230      5 Sept 1723 John Bowman, Jnr 450 Acres Henrico County North side Swift Creek, adjoining             his own survey in Henry Powland's line, crossing the main road to Major John Bolling.

p. 293      17 Aug 1725 John Lavillian, 400 Acres Henrico North of Appomattox River, adjoining John             James Florenoy on South side of a branch of Nutt Tree Branch; Francis Florenoy on North side       of the Dumplin Branch, and John Bowman's line.

p. 300      24 Mar 1725 John Newby 100 Acres Henrico South of Swift Creek adjoining John Bowman and       Richard Grill's line

      Edward Bowman's will of 1722 made gifts of land on Swift Creek. John Bowman's will of 1725 made gifts of land on Nut Tree Run and Swift Creek. The abstract of Elizabeth Bowman's deed of Feb. 9, 1718 ties these land acquisitions to the earlier holdings of Robert, Jr., when read in combination with the following abstract from Crozier's Virginia County Records, Vol. II, Taken from Henrico County Deeds & Wills 1725-1737:

p. 134      25 Aug 1727 John Soan of Burtee Precinct in Albemarle County in North Carolina, but now in       Virginia of one part and Tarlton Woodson of Henrico County of Virginia . . . for Ł10 sells said       Woodson tract of land in Henrico on south side of James, bounded on lands of       Robert Elam,       Dr. John Bowman dec'd, and others containing 200 acres being that land bought by William       Soane, father of the foresaid John Soane . . .

      The Soane sale puts Elizabeth's land now in the estate of John Bowman, deceased, and the description of the land as adjoining Robert Elam's property links these tracts to the 1662-1672 deeds describing the properties of Robert Bowman, Jr. It also tells us that John Bowman was a Doctor and that he was deceased before August 25, 1727.

      Robert disappears from the records of Henrico County. He seems to have sailed from Virginia, perhaps to Barbados or to England accompanied by his wife, Sarah in the 1670s. No subsequent documents clearly establish their return to Virginia.

      However, Robert may be documented in Barabados in the 1680 Census of that island. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/1680CensusStPhillip.htm; Barbados Census 1680 - St. Phillip Parish. Sources: The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles, Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, Edited by John Camden Hotten. Public Records Office, State Papers, Colonial Office General, CO1/44/47/f141-379, State Papers, CO28/16/2/f100-375 [Note: While I have attempted to include all names listed in these documents, this is an excerpt and does not include all information from these files. T. England:Transcribed by Terri England, 2002.] Bowman Robert. The same author contributed this information with parish name at http://www.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/1680CensusA-H.htm. Centre for Barbados Studies in History and Genealogy -- Barbados Census 1680, A-H (Sorted by Last Name, First Name, Parish Name): Bowman Robert St. Phillip
      If he went to Barbados, it may reflect an old family tie. This List, which is reprinted in P.F. Campbell's "Some Early Barbadian History", published Barbados, 1993, appears to be part of an old publication which Campbell reproduces in its entirety, and which is entitled: "Memoirs of the First Settlement of the Island of Barbados and other the Carribbee Islands, with the Succession of the Governors and Commanders in Chief of Barbados to the Year 1742, extracted from Ancient Records, Papers and Accounts taken from Mr. William Arnold, Mr. Samuel Bulkly, and Mr. John Summers, some of the First Settlers, the last of whom was alive in 1688, aged 82. Also some Remarks on the Laws and Constitution of Barbados." by William DUKE, the clerk of the House of Assembly, who first published the 100 page book in Barbados in 1741.

Second edition London 1743. Reprinted in Bdos 1891. For more details, see Handler's "Guide to Source Materials for the study of Barbados History", page 30.London, Printed for E. Owen near Chancery Lane, Holborn, MDCCXLII.

LIST OF THE NAMES of the Inhabitants of Barbados, in the Year 1638 who then possess'd more than ten Acres of Land incudes Bowman, James.

http://www.candoo.com/genresources/1638barbadoslist.txt

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ID: I96
Name: Robert BOWMAN
NSFX: Jr.
Title: Jr.
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1630 in England
Death: Abt 1678 in England
Note:
On September 28, 1667 Robert Bowman, Jr. granted 250 acres in Henrico
south of the James adjacent to Robert Bowman, Sr.
On June 29, 1671 Robert Bowman, Jr. 557 acres Henrico County South of
Henry Lower above Packers Gutt to land given him by his father, Robert
Bowman, dec'd along Martin Elam to Joseph Tanner's orphans to Coles
Creek, to the landing, 100 acres part given him by his father 10 Jan 1661.
In an Indenture made between Robert Bowman, Jr., and Richard Kennon of
Bermuda Hundred in March of 1678 in return for twenty-five pounds
Sterling, thirty shillings and payment for Robert's passage for England,
he gave Richard Kennon two tracts of land. In this same Indenture, he
names his brothers Gilbert and William, states that he had given property
to his son Robert and names Sarah as his wife. Both Robert and Sarah
must have left for England before the first of April as the Indenture was
acknowledged in court on April 1, 1678 by their respective lawyers,
Thomas Pouldlen for Robert and Henry Gee for Sarah. They had given both
lawyers Power of Attorney in March of 1678.

Will of Edward Bowman of Henrico Parish:
Edward Bowman's Will, 1722
To son Gilbert, 200 acres on third branch of Swift Creek, being my upper
lot.
To son Henry, 100 acres joining John Steward, being land I bought of
Samuel Newman.
To son Abraham, 100 acres on south side of Swift Creek, being the
remainder of the land that I gave to son-in-law Rice Jones.
To son Abraham and Rice Jones, 200 acres surveyed for me on Swift Creek,
and also an entry have joining my brother John Bowman, equally.
To each of my four sons, a feather bed, and money in Mr. Perry's hands to
be laid out for blankets, etc.
Son Henry to live at this plantation aai live on until 21.
I appoint son-in-law Henry Charles Featherstone, Executor
Dated 10 May 1722
Wit: J. Bolling, Robert Hudson, Sr. Edward Tanner
To three daughters Elizabeth, Frances and Mary, each, i shilling
Recorded 6 Aug. 1722

NOTE: Peter Hudson is named as a godson in the will of Edward's brother,
John Bowman. The Bolling and Bowman families were partners in several
land transactions in the early 18th Century.

In this will, Edward states "To each of my four sons," and names sons Gilbert, Henry and Abraham. He also names three daughters, Elizabeth, Frances and Mary. Thus we know from this will that at the time of its making that Edward Bowman had seven living children, six of whom he names. I here make the assumption that his unnamed fourth son, was Edward Jr, a man born before 1702 because unlike his brother Henry, no provisions are made in the will for his care to the age of 21. Edward Jr was not named specifically in all likelihood because he was the namesake son, possibly the eldest son who was to get the bulk of the plantation, with the younger sons getting smaller specific bequests.
Charles Wesley Bowman traced his family line back to an Edward Bowman born in Amherst County, Virginia, who moved to Burke County, NC about 1775 dying there about 1795. This migrant Edward Bowman was not born until 1715 or after according to Charles Wesley Bowman, and so it cannot be Edward Jr. So, in this speculative line, I designate Charles Wesley Bowman's earliest identified ancestor as Edward III and attach him as a son to the postulated Edward Jr, son of Edward.
While it is virtually certain that Charles Wesley Bowman's branch is out of the Bermuda Hundred family of Bowmans, again, here there is no documentary trail to establish the precise nature of the connection. This highly speculative nature of this line is the reason for the asterisk before the given names, to identify the tentative unsubstantiated nature of this lineage.--jlb 2/13/97

Father: Robert Jr Bowman b: ABT 1630 in England
Mother: Sarah

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children
Elizabeth Bowman b: ABT 1700
Edward Jr Bowman b: BEF 1701 in Henrico Co Va
Abraham Bowman b: BEF 1702 in Henrico Co Va
Gilbert Edward b: BEF 1702
Frances Bowman b: ABT 1702
Henry Bowman b: AFT 7 SEP 1703 in Henrico Co Va
Mary Bowman b: ABT 1705

Notes for Sarah LNU:
      When her husband Robert sold land on March 16, 1678, Sarah Bowman appointed Henry Gee to relinquish her dower in the parcel.

      There seems to be an early Bowman-Royall connection. Researchers believe they have established that link in the next generation, with the marriage of John Bowman, Jr. to Sarah, whom they identify as the daughter of Joseph Royall and T. Bullington.
      At least one Bowman line, that of John Sutton Bowman, began to use Royall as a given name for sons. If that is the only line which exhibits this naming pattern, then the connection is closer than this postulated, speculative connection. However, at least one Royall research has postulated a Sarah Royall born about 1641 for whom no clear marriage information is available. Perhaps, only perhaps, she married Robert JR and after Bacon's Rebellion the two sailed for England/Scotland, never to return to Virginia.

Re: Joseph Royall and Katherine Banks
Posted by: Betty Kennedy Date: November 02, 1999 at 22:18:41
In Reply to: Re: Joseph Royall and Katherine Banks by M. Glass of 236

      According to the information I have gathered William COCKE born abt 1670 married Sarah PERRIN b 1699 dau. of Katherine ROYALL & Richard E. PERRIN. Sarah was the grandaughter of Joseph & Katherine ROYALL. Sarah ROYALL was b 1644 which would not match as well with the marriage date of 1695.
Betty

More About Robert Bowman and Sarah LNU:
Marriage: Abt. 1655, Virginia

Children of Robert Bowman and Sarah LNU are:

Edward Bowman, Sr., born Abt. November 10, 1656 in Henrico Parish, Virginia; died Abt. 1722 in Henrico Parish, Virginia; married Margaret LNU.

Notes for Edward Bowman, Sr.:
Edward Bowman deposed on November 10, 1679 that he was aged 23 years old. [Weisiger's Henrico County, Virginia Deeds: 1677-1705, p. 148.] On February 1, 1688 or 1689 he confirmed the intention of the will of Robert Bowman, his late father, that his brother, John Bowman, was to receive the lower part of tract known as the old School House,
The body of the will of Edward Bowman, recorded in 1722 in Henrico County, indicates it is the will of Edward Bowman, Sr. the brother of John Bowman, Jr. This suggests that the Edward Bowman whose will was recorded in 1727 is another man, presumably Edward Jr., son of Edward SrL:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/wills/wills1655-1800.txt
HENRICO COUNTY – INDEX TO WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS, 1655-1800

Contributed by: Joan Renfrow

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INDEX TO WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS – HENRICO COUNTY

The Library of Virginia
[http://eagle.vsla.edu/torrence/virtua-basic.html]

Bowman, Edward 1722
Bowman, Edward 1727
Bowman, John 1725

B. B. Weisiger, III, Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia, Part One, 1654-1737, page 168:

Will of Edward Bowman of Henrico Parish
To son Gilbert, 200 acres on third branch of Swift Creek, being my upper lot
To son Henry, 100 acres joining John Steward, being land I bought of Samuel Newman
To son Abraham, 100 acres on south side of Swift Creek, being the remainder of land that I gave to son in law Rice Jones.
To son Abraham and son in law Rice Jones, 200 acres surveyed for me on Swift Creek, and also an entry I have joining my brother John Bowman, equally,
To each of my four sons, a feather bed, and money in Mr. Perry's hands to be laid out for blanketts, ets.
Son Henry to live at this plantation I live on until 21
I appoint son in law Henry Charles
Dated 10 May 1722
Wit: J. Bolling, Jr., Robert Hudson, Sr., Edward Tanner
To three daughters Elizabeth, Frances, and Mary, each, 1 shilling
Recorded 6 Aug. 1722

NOTE: Peter Hudson is named as a godson in the will of Edward's brother, John Bowman. The Bolling and Bowman families were partners in several land transactions in the early 18th Century.

Title Bowman, Edward.
Publication 1727.
Gen. note Part of index to Henrico County Wills and Administrations (1662-1800)
Note p. 130. Inv. & appr. rec. 4 Sept. 1727.
Deeds & Wills, 1725-1737 (Reel 7a)
Subject - Personal Bowman, Edward.
Subject -Geographic Henrico County (Va.)
Genre/Form Estate inventories.
Added Title Virginia wills and administrations.

In this will, Edward states "To each of my four sons," and names sons Gilbert, Henry and Abraham. He also names three daughters, Elizabeth, Frances and Mary. Thus we know from this will that at the time of its making that Edward Bowman had seven living children, six of whom he names. I here make the assumption that his unnamed fourth son, was Edward Jr, a man born before 1702 because unlike his brother Henry, no provisions are made in the will for his care to the age of 21. Edward Jr was not named specifically in all likelihood because he was the namesake son, possibly the eldest son who was to get the bulk of the plantation, with the younger sons getting smaller specific bequests.
Charles Wesley Bowman traced his family line back to an Edward Bowman born in Amherst County, Virginia, who moved to Burke County, NC about 1775 dying there about 1795. This migrant Edward Bowman was not born until 1715 or after according to Charles Wesley Bowman, and so it cannot be Edward Jr. So, in this speculative line, I designate Charles Wesley Bowman's earliest identified ancestor as Edward III and attach him as a son to the postulated Edward Jr, son of Edward.
While it is virtually certain that Charles Wesley Bowman's branch is out of the Bermuda Hundred family of Bowmans, again, here there is no documentary trail to establish the precise nature of the connection. This highly speculative nature of this line is the reason for the asterisk before the given names, to identify the tentative unsubstantiated nature of this lineage.--jlb 2/13/97

Notes for Margaret LNU:
The identification of Edward's wife as Margaret may be the result of confusion, and may be without any documentary basis. Contemporaneously with the settlement of Robert Bowman, Sr. and his family in the Bermuda Hundred, Edmund Bowman and his wife, some sources call her Margaret and others Eleanor, settled in Accomack County on the eastern shore. Edmund is known to have had two daughters, Gertrude and Elizabeth Sarah (or Sarah Elizabeth) both of whom were born between 1640 and 1655. Elizabeth Sarah married Southey Littleton.
During Governor Berkeley's 1676 withdrawal into Accomack County under pressure from the insurgency lead by Nathaniel Bacon, Edmund Bowman held the rank of Major in the county militia, and Southey Littleton held the rank of Colonel. Both men supported the aged Governor in his travails against the youthful hothead Bacon, who was a cousin to the Governor's new young wife.

http://www.espl.org/MilesFiles2/d4/i0024522.htm
Major Edmund Bowman was born about 1620, being aged 55 in May 1675. He died Mar 1691/92 at 71 years of age. He married four wives, surviving the first three, marrying the fourth, Katherine West by 17 May 1681 in Northampton County, Virginia, for on 17 May 1681 there was a reference to Maj. Edmund Bowman as "marrying the esecutrix of Mrs. Ann Charlton." This must have been Katherine (West) Scarborough.
Katherine was born 9 Jan 1634/35 in Northampton County, Virginia. Katherine, the daughter of Anthony West and Anne (-----) was baptised on 14 Jan 1634/35.
Major Edmund Bowman made his will 26 Feb 1691/92 in Accomack County, Virginia:
To wife and daughter Gertrude Cropper plantation where I now live from the Cowpen Branch to the seaboard side and all marsh belonging to it for life,
then to grandson Sebastian Cropper.
To grandson Edmund Bowman Cropper land called Crurch Neck binding upon Folly Branch.
To grandson Nathaniel Cropper land between small beare branch and Cowpen branch.
To grandaughter Elizabeth Atkins 200 acres.
Land on Messongo to be sold for the good of my estate.
To grandson Southy Littleton.
To granddaughter Gertrude Littleton.
Wife (no name) and daughter Gertrude Cropper residual legatees and Extrs.
Witt: William Parker, William Bunting and William Martiall.

Edmund's will was probated 15 Mar 1691/92 in Accomack Co, VA.(10176)

Maj. Edmund Bowman was survived by daughter Gertrude Cropper, but Sarah Littleton predeceased him. Sarah Bowman, born circa 1645, died before 1679. She had married Col. Southey Littleton circa 1665. Colonel Littleton was born 1646 in Northampton County, Virginia, the son of Col. Nathaniel Littleton and Ann Southey. Southey Littleton died 1679 in Albany, New York, at 33 years of age. [Some researchers of the Bermuda Hundred line try to place the marriage of Sarah Bowman and Colonel Southey Littleton almost a hundred years later than its actual date of occurence and try to establish this as a marriage for a similarly named Sarah, the daughter of John Bowman III of Chesterfield County.]
Major Edmund Bowman established a plantation in Accomack with a fine manor house, naming it Bowman's Folly, a term that in 17th Century parlance did not connote foolishness, but rather indicated a place of delight and leisure. Gertrude's descendants inherited the plantation and during the Revolution it was the home of General John Cropper, who distinguished himself as an officer and hero in the cause of American independence.
Other than the coincidence of similar names and British origins there is no proven connection between the Accomack and the Bermuda Hundred families named Bowman.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/schools/wmmary/notes0017.txt
Col. Southey Littleton appears to have married twice, (1) Sarah, who, in 1665, is mentioned as "the wife of Soluthey Littleton, of Nadua, gent.", and (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Major Edmund Bowman. In 1679, Major Bowman gave 2,264 acres to Bowman Littleton, son of Col Southey Littleton, and grandson of said Bowman. There is an order entered November 16, 1692, against Catherine Bowman, widow of Edmund Bowman, and Gertrude Cropper, widow of John Cropper, to recover a silver bowl, etc., given the children of Elizabeth Littleton by her father, Edmund Bowman, 22 December, 1681. Gertrude Bowman was the sister of Elizabeth Littleton, and the wife of the first John Cropper. The estate of
Major Bowman, called "Bowman's Folly", on Folly Creek, as descended to John Cropper, Esq., of Washington City, he representing the eighth generation which has lived on the land.
(See also "Memoirs of Gen. John Cropper", Virginia Historical Society Collections, XI, pp.
275-315). Historical Notes and Queries -- William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1. (Jul., 1900), pp. 60-64. Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb

Bacon's insurgency was based on a variety of complaints for the colonists. Amongst the leading issues were the depressed prices for tobacco the only cash crop in Virginia and the major unit of exchange in the colony's economy, smouldering resentment about unpunished Indian attacks which left a trail of wounded and dead colonists and burnt plantations, a suspicion that the Governor was too old to adequately respond to and deal with the intermittent assaults and outrages committed by Indians against the outlying colonists at the edge of settlement, belief that the Governor and his cronies profitted by fur trade with the Indians and so cared nothing about the deaths of small planters at the hands of Indians, rising taxes and fees imposed by the Crown or by the Governor while incomes were stagnant or shrinking, and the feeling that the government was stagnant and unrepresentative and in need of change through new elections.
Nathaniel Bacon was a relative newcomer to Virginia. He settled at Curles, later one of the seats of the Randolph family. This places him in proximity to the Bermuda Hundred family of Robert Bowman, Sr. Indeed, it is highly probable that the Bermuda Hundred family sympathized with and actively supported Bacon's efforts to address the complaints of the inland families. There is some suspicion that Robert Bowman Jr. removed from the colony about 1676, at more or less the same time that "Bacon's Rebellion" failed due to the supposed untimely death of its charismatic leader. Bacon's grave was never revealed to authorities, ostensibly due to suspicions they would dig it up and dishonor it.
The turmoil of 1676 which swirled around the person of Nathaniel Bacon is important in our Bowman family history because he was their neighbor, and very likely it was their cause which he espoused. This disruption may be an explanation for the disappearance of Robert Bowman, Jr. from the colonial records. He may have moved on to other parts to avoid the local consequences of association with Bacon, or he may have returned to England to put forward the case of either the Governor or his opposition. Further, because Edmund Bowman and his family in Accomack were clearly of the Governor's party, it makes it seem less likely that there is any close connection between the Bowman families in Accomack and in the Bermuda Hundred.

	ii.	Robert Bowman III, born Abt. 1660.
256	iii.	John Bowman, born Abt. 1661 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Parish, Va. (probably); died Abt. 1725 in Henrico Parish, Virginia; married Sarah Royall Abt. 1685 in Henrico Parish, Virginia.
	iv.	William Bowman, born Aft. December 18, 1664 in Henrico County, Virginia; died Aft. December 18, 1695 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia; married Elizabeth.

Notes for William Bowman:
William Bowman was under age on December 18, 1685 when John Bowman (a brother, cousin or uncle) brought suit to recover a mare detained by Major Thomas Chamberlain which Robert Bowman (a cousin, brother or uncle to William) had left behind when he went to England. John stated to the Orphan's Court that Robert Bowman had promised the first foal of the mare to William Bowman. The court ruled that there was no record of the promise and denied the suit brought by John Bowman to recover the foal for the benefit of William.
This putative son of Robert Bowman Jr is the man to whom the Bowmans of Carroll County, Virginia trace their line of the family. The very sketchy line I have is derived from a webpage posting by Jody Goad, downloaded from his genealogy site at www.jogoad.simplenet.com/ on May 26, 1997. Jody Goad gave as his source a "book" on the Carroll County branch of the Bowman family, presumably that would be "Origins of the Bowmans of Carroll County, Va.: the Bowman Family History," by Iva Bowman Manley and Regina Bowman Manuel, privately publishe by I.B. Manley in 1984. A copy of this book is at the Library of Virginia; the New York Public Library collection also holds a copy.
That web address for Jody Goad given above may no longer be valid in 2004, but the following address is still active: http://www.jodygoad.com/d0002/g0000054.html#I0801. This is where Jody begins his internet family tree for descent from William Bowman, son of Robert Bowman, Jr.

Elizabeth Bowman, born Abt. 1665 in Virginia; married Michael Ezzell 1685 in Virginia; born Abt. 1663; died 1718 in Surrey County, Va..

More About Michael Ezzell and Elizabeth Bowman:
Marriage: 1685, Virginia

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