| 33. | i. | ELIZABETH LAWSON4 BOWIE, b. 1752. | |
| 34. | ii. | BARBARA BOWIE, b. Nov 13, 1756; d. Feb 26, 1805. | |
| iii. | DANIEL (CAPT) BOWIE, b. 1754; d. Aft. 1776. |
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Notes for DANIEL (CAPT) BOWIE: Mortally wounded at battle of long lsland, aug 27,l776 taken prisoner and died in captivity shortly afterwards lst lt of smallwood marlyand regiment l4, jan. l776 captain feb l776 McLallenuds-m-ged Bowiemd2ftw The Bowies & Their Kindred by Walter Worthington Bowie Mortally wounded at the battle of Long Island Aug. 27,l776. He was educated at the school presided over by the Rev. Thomas Cardock near Baltimore, where he fitted himself to become a civil engineer or surveyor. Upon the commencement of hostilities he raised a company and in l775 was made firt lietenant. In May l776 was commissioned captain of the Eighth Regiment Smallwood's Battaion, Maryland Regulars, and ordered to NMew york. At the disastrous battle of Long Island, Washington, seeing that his entire army would be destoyed unless he could retrate via new york city, determined upon the desperate device of scrificing a portion of his men to preservethe rest. For this purpose he selected a part of the Mayland line, consisting of four hundred men led by Mordaca Gst, who he ordered to attack and hold the enemyu n check whl he effected that masterly retreat whch mltary wrters concede to have been one of the greatest ever recorded. n the words of a wrter of that perod "the Maryland troops were principally sons of wealthy planters raised in the lap of luxury, and had never been tried on the field of battle, thought they had excted General comment upon ther superb equipment and dscplne. Under the lead of brave Mordaca Gst, they at once attacked the man body of the enemy, chargng with the bayonet those trained warriors from the battlefield of Europe. The little band of four hundred Marylanders fiercely hurled themselves upon the advancing and victorious foe, consisting of five thousand men, as the ascended a hill, now within the city of Brooklyn'slimits. At the foot of this hill there was a marsh through which ran a stream called Gowanus Creek. This was the first time the bayonet had ever been used by American troops, but the carge was so determined the British regulars recoiled in amazement. The devoted band closed up their ransk and again rushed upon the English. Five successive timed idd they thus meet the foe hand to hand before they were overwhelmed and crushed by numbers. A few escaped by swimming the creek, but the larger portion, disdainig to ask quarter, were slain where they stood or else being wounded were taken prisoners. Daneil Bowie was amon the latter and died a few years later. The Marylanders had succeeded in checking the enmey long enough to allow the rest of thearmy to crossthe Eat River in safety, while Washington standing upon an eminence beheld the slaughter. Wringing his hands, with tears in his eyes he eclaimed "My God ! that I should lose such gallant men!" A handsome monument has recently been erected on the spot in Brooklyn to commemorate the death of those intrepid Marylanders. Daniel Bowie appears to have had a presentment that he woulld fall in ths battle, as,on the day prevous he executed a will which was sent home wth his paper. In it he say "I earnestly request if I faill in battle, whereever t may be that my body be sent home to myu plantation near collington and there nterred in a wault about twenty feet from the graden walk, near the vault containing my fathers body." He devised personal property to hs tow full sisters, as well as to his half siter Lettice and half brother Joseph JSprigg Jr. A mourning ring to his Aunt Eleanor Skinner of Baltmore County, and another to Ms Milcent Tyler. His books and mathematical instruments to my friend Walter Bowie (who was his first cousn), and requested ths cousin to administer his estate source http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/i/e/Laurie-A-Bieber/ODT2-0002.html source http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/c/l/J-Pete-I-MCLallen/GENE2-00ll.html |
| i. | MARY ANNE BRADLEY4 BEAN, m. ? MAGRUDER. |
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Notes for MARY ANNE BRADLEY BEAN: source the bowies & their kindred by Walter Worthington bowie |
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| 35. | ii. | COLMORE (DR.) BEAN, b. 1750. | |
| 36. | iii. | ELIZABETH BEAN, b. 1721. | |
| iv. | DR. WILLIAM BEAN, b. Jan 24, 1748/49; d. Oct 12, 1823; m. SARAH HAWKINS, Nov 25, 1773. |
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Notes for DR. WILLIAM BEAN: The Bowie & Their Kindred by Walter Worthington Bowie He is buried near where their dwelling stood on Academy Hill, Upper Marlborough. Marble slabs mark their graves, which are surrounded by a brick wall. Dr. Beans is said to have been highly educated, a physician of much ability, widely known, and respected. He attend his cousin Gov. Robert Bowie, in his last illness and witnessed his will . In l8l4 when the British encamped at Marlborough on their way to Washington, the officers made their headquarters at Dr. Beans house, which tey described as one of the best in the village, and the Doctor as a man of polished manners and high literary attainments. On their return after burning Washington, they learned that Dr. Beans had headed a party which mad prisoners of some of their soldiers, and in revenge, carried him away to their fleet, trating him with great harshness. As Dr. Beans stood so high with his acquaintances, efforts were at once made to effect his release, and Francis Scott Key was sent to Admiral Cockburn, with a flag of truce, to demand the surrender of his prisoner. who shoudl havbe been treated as a non-combatant. The enemy was about to bombard Fort McHenry when Key reacthed the falgship. He was compelled to remain on board all night and witness the bombardment. In the arly morining, while the fog obscured the view, he anxiously endeavored to peer through the gloom, hoping that our flag still prodly floating in the breese, his entusiams was so great he at once composed the lines which became our National Athem. Thuys Dr. Bens name became assoicated with Keys Star Spangled Banner. |
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| v. | ANNA FENDALL BEAN, b. 1752; m. ? BEALL. |
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| 37. | vi. | JOHN (COL) HANCOCK BEAN, b. 1755. | |
| vii. | MARY BOWIE BEAN, b. 1757; m. BAURCH DUCKETT, Jan 11, 1783. |
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| 38. | viii. | WILLIAM BRADLEY (*MAJ) BEAN, b. 1759. | |
| 39. | ix. | ELEANOR BEAN, b. 1761. |
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