 John Bowie, Hon., Sr., son of Jonathan Bowy and Jane Smith.Born Dec 27, 1688 at Carnock Fife, Sterlingshire, Scotland, died after 24 AFT., Mar at "Brookwood", Prince Georges Co., MD, at least 70 years [316552.ftw] See Historical Document. TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Everette Bowie AUTH Everette Bowie (ebowie2357@aol.com) 6520 Masters Dr. Olive Branch, MS. 38654-8238 (601) 895-9231 MEDI Electronic PAGE In 2/2/98 E-mail from Robert M. Bowie to the Bowie-list TEXT And "Across the Years in Prince Georges County" TITL * * * bowie (Ronald Nelson).FTW TITL http://www.charweb.org/gen/prather/d0001/g0000022.htmI3671 TITL Laurie Ann Bieber AUTH LABieber@aol.com MEDI Electronic PAGE March 26, 1998 12:46 AM E-mail to Pete McLallen TEXT pg 24 of Bowie book TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic PAGE Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 DATE 1705 PLAC Came to America TITL The Original Scots Colonists of Early America AUTH David Dobson PUBL 1612-1783 Johncbaird to Everett Bowie - 5/17/98 MEDI Book TEXT Taken from "The Original Scots Colonists of Early America" 1612-1783 by David TITL The Original Scots Colonists of Early America AUTH David Dobson PUBL 1612-1783 Johncbaird to Everett Bowie - 5/17/98 MEDI Book [bowiemd2.ftw] death proven by will, executed March 24, 1759 possible that parent were scotch covenentors who in 1695 founded the town of upper marlboro col governor of maryland Genealogy And Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, 1996 , reprint of the 1912 book Vol. I. by John W. Jordan, L.L.D. & James Hadden. Pg. 62 - Pennsylvania reports: John Bowie, the first of his name in the annals of Maryland, came from Scotland according t o family tradition, about the year 1705-06, at the invitation of his maternal uncle, John Smi th, who preceding him many years had settled on the Patuxent River, a few miles above the pre sent village of Nottinghame. John Bowie settled in what was Calvert, now Prince Georges coun ty, Maryland. It was one of the most fertile portions of the state, the principal industr y being the raising and shipment of tobacco by means of slave labor. The first mention of J ohn Bowie is in the will of John Smith, bearing date September 23, 1707, in which (pp. 63- Pe nnsylvania) the testator devised to "My nephew John Bowie my house and lot in Nottingham tow n a tract of land called "Brookewood," etc., including five hundred and twenty-five acres o f land and a large amount of personal property consisting of slaves, stock and four "white in dentured servants." John Bowie made his home at "brookewood" where he built a large house wh ich remained standing a century and a half. It is not known whether any members of John Bowi e's family accompanied him to Maryland, but no one spelling the name Bowie is mentioned in an y of the old court or land records of the province prior to 1730. He was very young when h e left Scotland. His testimony before a boundary commission in 1751 shows him to have been b orn in 1688, and he was therefore not of age when his uncle made him his principal legatee . His name constantly appears on the land records of Prince George's county until his death , showing many purchases of property and indicating that at one time he owned five thousand a cres of land, much stock, and many slaves. It is not known that he held any public office, b ut old letters and papers show he was held in high esteem and was a man of importance. His w ill, executed march 14, 1759, proved April 23, of the same year, began: "I, John Bowie, of t he Province of Maryland, gentleman (sic)". He is buried with his wife and several of his c hildren at the family estate "Brookewood." In his last illness he was attended by Dr. Richar d Brooke, who bill was fifty dollars. John Bowie married Mary, daughter of James Mulliken, who lived upon his plantation in Princ e George's county, called "The Level." He (the typist now believes this to mean James Mullik en) is said to have emigrated from Scotland about 1650. He (typist believes James Mulliken ) died in 1715. Children of John Bowie: 1) John , of whom further. (2nd gen. ). 2) Eleanor, born in 1709, married (first) Benjamin Brooke, (second) Edward Claggett, (third ) a Mr. Skinner. 3) James born 1714: he received a tract of land from his father called "Craycroft's Right, " adjoining Mount Calvert Manor; he died September 1744; his will, witnessed by his parent s and Richard Keene, is the first Bowie will recorded in Maryland; he married Martha ______. 4) Allen born 1719, married Mrs. Finch, (second) Susan Fraser. 5. William born 1721, died 1791; married Margaret Sprigg. 6. Thomas, born 1723, married (first) Eshter Sprigg, (second) Hannah Lee. 7. Mary, born 1726, died 1790; married William Beans. (Next, See II. John for continuation o f Bowie info of this book). Genealogy And Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, 1996, reprint of the 1912 boo k Vol. I. by John W. Jordan, L.L.D. & James Hadden. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Here is the same information as interpreted and annotated by Laurie Ann Bieber in an E-mail n ote to Pete McLallen sent 9/17/97: Genealogy And Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, 1996, reprint of the 1912 boo k Vol. I. by John W. Jordan, L.L.D. & James Hadden. Pg. 62 - Pennsylvania reports: (author o f this reference uses The Bowie & Their Kindred book (pub 1899) from pg 22 for reference to J ohn Bowie b. 1688, in SCT). \John Bowie, the first of his name in the annals of Maryland, came from Scotland according t o family tradition, about the year 1705-06, at the invitation of his maternal uncle, John Smi th, who preceding him many years had settled on the Patuxent River, a few miles above the pre sent village of Nottingham. John Bowie settled in what was Calvert, now Prince Georges count y, Maryland. It was one of the most fertile portions of the state, the principal industry be ing the raising and shipment of tobacco by means of slave labor. The first mention of John Bo wie is in the will of John Smith, bearing date September 23, 1707, in which (pp. 63- Pennsylv ania) the testator devised to "My nephew John Bowie my house and lot in Nottingham town a tra ct of land called "Brookewood," etc., including five hundred and twenty-five acres of land an d a large amount of personal property consisting of slaves, stock and four "white indenture d servants." John Bowie made his home at "brookewood" where he built a large house which rema ined standing a century and a half. It is not known whether any members of John Bowie's famil y accompanied him to Maryland, but no one spelling the name Bowie is mentioned in any of th e old court or land records of the province prior to 1730. He was very young when he left Sco tland. His testimony before a boundary commission in 1751 shows him to have been born in 168 8, and he was therefore not of age when his uncle made him his principal legatee. His name co nstantly appears on the land records of Prince George's county until his death, showing man y purchases of property and indicating that at one time he owned five thousand acres of land , much stock, and many slaves. It is not known that he held any public office, but old lette rs and papers show he was held in high esteem and was a man of importance. His will, execute d march 14, 1759, proved April 23, of the same year, began: "I, John Bowie, of the Province o f Maryland, gentleman". He is buried with his wife and several of his children at the famil y estate "Brookewood." In his last illness he was attended by Dr. Richard Brooke, who bill wa s fifty dollars. John Bowie married Mary, daughter of James Mulliken [sic, the Bowie book states the spellin g as Mullikin, who lived upon his plantation in Prince George's county, called "The Level." H e (the typist now believes this to mean James Mullikin) is said to have emigrated from Scotla nd about 1650. He (typist believes this is referring to James Mullikin) died in 1715. Childr en of John Bowie: 1) John , of whom further. (2nd gen. ). 2) Eleanor, born in 1709, married (first) Benjamin Brooke, (second) Edward Claggett, (third ) a Mr. Skinner. 3) James born 1714: he received a tract of land from his father called "Craycroft's Right," a djoining Mount Calvert Manor; he died September 1744; his will, witnessed by his parents an d Richard Keene, is the first Bowie will recorded in Maryland; he married Martha ______. 4) Allen born 1719, married Mrs. Finch, (second) Susan Fraser. 5. William born 1721, died 1791; married Margaret Sprigg. 6. Thomas, born 1723, married (first) Eshter Sprigg, (second) Hannah Lee. 7. Mary, born 1726, died 1790; married William Beans. Married ± Dec ABT., 1707 at "Mulliken's Delight", Prince Georges Co.MD (approximately 43 years married) to:  Mary Mullikin, daughter of James Mulligan and Jane Prather.Born ± ABT. 1685 at Queen Anne's Parish, Prince Georges Co., MD, died 1750 at "Brookwood", Prince Georges Co., MD, approximately 65 years [316552.ftw] TITL * * * bowie (Ronald Nelson).FTW MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree I10365 TITL http://www.charweb.org/gen/prather/d0004/g0000031.htm3785, Date of Import: Oct 7,1996 MEDI Family Archive CD [316552.ftw] _FREL Natural _MREL Natural TITL http://pickle.gsfc.nasa.gov/mdfams/D0031/G0000049.html4406, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TITL Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 406, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996 TITL http://pickle.gsfc.nasa.gov/mdfams/ MEDI Electronic REFN M37451From: Robert M Bowie To: Bowie List Subject: of interest Bowie MD Date: Saturday, February 07, 1998 5:48 PM 6 February 1665 - Queen Anne, last Stuart monach of Great Britain born. Married to Prince George of Denmark, for who Prince George's County,Maryland, is named. They had 17 children but none survived their parents so the throne passed to cousi n German George I of the Hannoverian Dynasty. Best Regards, Cameron, Lori and Bob Bowie of Maine P.O. Box 3751 Brewer, Maine 04412 deemi@juno.com[MCLALLENuds-m.ged] From: Robert M Bowie Children: 1. John Bowie, Jr.Born ± ABT. 1708 at "Brookewood (a Bowie estate)", Nottingham district, Prince George's Co., MD, died ± 5 ABT., Feb at "Thorpland", Prince Georges Co., MD, approximately 45 years [316552.ftw] TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book TITL * * * bowie (Ronald Nelson).FTW MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree I3501 MEDI Book TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic PAGE Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Brderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree 4406, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996 TITL * * * bowie (Ronald Nelson).FTW MEDI Electronic PAGE Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 27 TITL Brderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree I1456[bowiemd2.ftw] land deeded to him in 1737 by Dr. Robert Pottinger, his father in law, a large plantation i n Queen Anne Parish.[MCLALLENuds-m.ged]. . . land deeded to him in 1737 by Dr. Robert Pottinger, his 2. Eleanor BowieBorn 1709 at MD [316552.ftw] TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 546 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 3643 MEDI Family Archive CD TITL James J. Kotmair PUBL http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/o/t/James-J-Kotmair/ MEDI Electronic PAGE http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/o/t/James-J-Kotmair/GENE5-0003.html TITL Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 929.273 SE48rd) - [Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 643, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996] 3. James BowieBorn 1714 at MD, died Sep 1744 at MD, "First Bowie Will recorded in MD", 29 or 30 years [316552.ftw] TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 547 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Laurie Ann Bieber AUTH LABieber@aol.com MEDI Electronic TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL James J. Kotmair PUBL http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/o/t/James-J-Kotmair/ MEDI Electronic WILL DATE 1744 PLAC First Bowie Will recorded in MD TITL Laurie Ann Bieber AUTH LABieber@aol.com MEDI Electronic8/22/97 - Michael Sheridan thinks James Bowie owned the Bowie Estate in Washin gton, DC 9/20/97 from Laurie Ann Bieber a quote from: Genealogy And Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, 1996, reprint of the 1912 boo k Vol. I. by John W. Jordan, L.L.D. & James Hadden. Pg. 62 - Pennsylvania reports: (author of this refe rence uses The Bowie & Their Kindred book (pub 1899) from pg 22 for reference to John Bowie b. 1688, i n SCT). "James born 1714: he received a tract of land from his father called "Craycroft's Right," adj oining Mount Calvert Manor; he died September 1744; his will, witnessed by his parents and Richard K eene, is the first Bowie will recorded in Maryland; he married Martha ______. " 4. Allen BowieBorn 1719 at "Brookwood", Nottingham District, Prince Georges, MD, died Jan 1783 at Prince Georges Co., Maryland, 63 or 64 years [316552.ftw] TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 548 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 4406, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Laurie Ann Bieber AUTH LABieber@aol.com MEDI Electronic 5. Thomas BOWIEBorn ± ABT. 1720 at Nottingham District, Prince Georges Co., MD, died 1758, approximately 38 years [316552.ftw] TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 551 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Laurie Ann Bieber AUTH LABieber@aol.com MEDI Electronic TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Laurie Ann Bieber AUTH LABieber@aol.com MEDI Electronic 6. William Bowie, Capt.Born 1721 at "Brooke Ridge" near Nottingham, MD, died 1791, 69 or 70 years [316552.ftw] TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 549 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic PAGE Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic PAGE Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 4406, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996 TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 549 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic PAGE Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 4406, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996 TITL Laurie Ann Bieber AUTH LABieber@aol.com MEDI Electronic TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic PAGE Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree 4406, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1996 EVEN TYPE Comment 1 DATE ABT. 1775 PLAC A member of the Committee of Correspondence TITL National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution MEDI Book PAGE Volume 14 page 84 (No.13225) EVEN TYPE Event 1 DATE ABT. 1775 PLAC Was one of the signers of the Association of Freemen of Maryland TITL National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution MEDI Book PAGE Volume 14 page 84 (No.13225) _MILT DATE ABT. 1776 PLAC He served with the patriots to organize the Minute Men TITL National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution MEDI Book PAGE Volume 14 page 84 (No.13225)[MCLALLENuds-m.ged] EVEN DATE ABT 1775 PLAC A member of the Committee of Correspondence SOUR TEXT Volume 14 page 84 (No.13225) TITL National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution EVEN DATE ABT 1775 PLAC Was one of the signers of the Association of Freemen of Maryland SOUR TEXT Volume 14 page 84 (No.13225) TITL National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Military DATE ABT 1776 PLAC He served with the patriots to organize the Minute Men SOUR TEXT Volume 14 page 84 (No.13225) TITL National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution "Across the Years in Prince Georges County" page 549 - William "Across the Years in Prince Georges County" page 549 - William Bowie was born at Brooke Ridg e near Nottingham, Prince George County, MD. He was the 4th son. He resided at Brooke Reserve (lat er called Mattaponi) in the same county. He married Margaret Sprigg. 7. Mary BowieBorn 1726 at MD, died 1792, 65 or 66 years [316552.ftw] TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL Across the Years in Prince Georges County AUTH Effie Gwynn Bowie PUBL Originally published in Richmond, VA in 1947 Last 300 pages are a reprint of Walter Worthington Bowie's book "The Bowies and Their Kindred " MEDI Book PAGE 550 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 TITL bowiemd2.ftw MEDI Electronic TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998 | |||