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James Thomas Powhatan Bowling 1735–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Jul 1735

Birth Location: Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 7 Aug 1804

Death Location: Marcum, Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: Major Bolling)***

Mother: Elizabeth Bland

Spouse(s): Mary Bolling\Bowling

Children(s): Mary Bowling\Gilbert, Katherine Baker, John Sr

James Thomas Powhatan Bowling was born in 1735 in Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA, the child of Major Col John Kennon Bolling Red Bolling And Elizabeth Bolling Bland. James Thomas Powhatan Bowling married Mary Sarah Bolling Bowling, and had children including John Elijah Bowling Sr, Katherine Katie Amis Baker, Mary Molly Bowling Gilbert. James Thomas Powhatan Bowling passed away in 1804 in Marcum, Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Thomas Powhatan Bowling was born in 1735 in Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA, the child of Major Col John Kennon Bolling Red Bolling And Elizabeth Bolling Bland.
  • James Thomas Powhatan Bowling married Mary Sarah Bolling Bowling, and had children including John Elijah Bowling Sr, Katherine Katie Amis Baker, Mary Molly Bowling Gilbert.
  • James Thomas Powhatan Bowling passed away in 1804 in Marcum, Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Bowling's Ancestors

Self
James Bowling
1735–1804
Birth Place: Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Parents
Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling)***
1700–1757
Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia, British America
Elizabeth (Bolling) Bland
1708–1775
Williamsburg West, James City County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
John (Fairfax Bolling) (Col)
1676–1729
Kippax Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Colonel Bolling
1646–1709
Jane (5-ROLFE)
1650–1676
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John *
1615–1648
Mary Tabb
1620–1648
Thomas Rolfe
1615–1680
Jane Poythress
1630–1680

James Bowling's Descendants

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James (Thomas Powhatan) Bowling (7 Jul 1735–7 Aug 1804) m. Mary (Sarah) Bolling\Bowling (1757–1833)
  1. 1. Mary (Molly) Bowling\Gilbert 1779–1848
    1. 1. Abijah (B) Gilbert 1815–1903 m. Martha (Jane) Gibson 1818–1898
      1. 1. John (Robert) Gilbert 1841–1913 m. Ann Minter 1844–1921
        1. 1. Mary (Jane "Granny" (Gilbert)) Banks 1878–1965
  2. 2. Katherine (Katie Amis) Baker 1776–1850
  3. 3. John (Elijah Bowling) Sr 1777–1827

James Bowling's Timeline

2 Records

1735
7 Jul 1735
Birth of James Thomas Powhatan Bowling in Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA
1804
7 Aug 1804
Age 69
Death of James Thomas Powhatan Bowling in Cobbs, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
Cobbs, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Jul 1735
    Event Place: Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Aug 1804
    Event Place: Cobbs, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Marcum, Clay County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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