The History of the Bowles Family Containing An Accurate Historical Lineage of T
The History of the Bowles Family Containing An Accurate Historical Lineage of T
Thomas M Thomas Mulford Farquhar
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THE BOWLES FAMILY 177 Eleanor married (i) Col. Wm. Gooch, son cf Governor Gooch of Virginia, (2) Col. Warner Lewis, of Warner Hall, Gloucester county, Va. Mary married Colonel Wm. Armistead, son of Colonel Henry Armistead of Gloucester county. James Bowles' wife Rebecca was a granddaughter of Admiral John Addison of the British navy. Rebecca Addison Bowles, as widow, married Sir Robert Henley, Lord Chancellor of England and Earl of Northington. i8o THE HISTORY OF THE BOWLES FAMILY 185 Zhe Bew E...nolanb Brancb. The first recorded bearer of the Bowles name in New England was William Bowles, who was Clerk of the Council for New. England in 1622. 18 The most distinguished line of the name in New England, both for the clarity of its descent and the eminence of the men it has contributed to the nation's greatness, is called by genealogists the "Roxbury Bowleses. " The founder of the Roxbury line was John Bowles, who came from England in the ship ''Hopewell" in 1636. 19 He was long a member of ihe Massachu- setts Company, for as early as March, 1629, he had contributed 25 pounds to its treasury.
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