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John Bowden 1717–1788 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 MAR 1717

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 05 SEP 1788

Death Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

Father: John Bowden

Mother: Elizabeth Folsom

Spouse(s): Margaret Webb

Children(s): Elias Bowden, Nicholas Bowden, Elizabeth Bowden, Mary Bowden, John Bowden, Frances Bowden, Thomas Bowden, Jesse Bowden, Hannah Bowden, Hiram Bowden, William Bowden, Rhoda Bowden, Cloe Bowden

John Bowden was born in 1717 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, the child of John Bowden And Elizabeth Folsom. John Bowden married Margaret Peggy Webb, and had children including Cloe Bowden, Elias Bowden, Elizabeth Bowden, Frances Franky Bowden, Hannah Bowden, Hiram Bowden, Jesse Bowden, John Bowden, Mary Bomar Bowden, Nicholas I Bowden, Rhoda Bowden, Thomas Bowden, William Bowden. John Bowden passed away in 1788 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • John Bowden was born in 1717 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, the child of John Bowden And Elizabeth Folsom.
  • John Bowden married Margaret Peggy Webb, and had children including Cloe Bowden, Elias Bowden, Elizabeth Bowden, Frances Franky Bowden, Hannah Bowden, Hiram Bowden, Jesse Bowden, John Bowden, Mary Bomar Bowden, Nicholas I Bowden, Rhoda Bowden, Thomas Bowden, William Bowden.
  • John Bowden passed away in 1788 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Bowden
1700–1739
Birth Location: Northampton, Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth Folsom
1705–1742
Birth Location: Delmarva, Maryland Co., VA
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Webb
1726–1795
Birth Location: Southampton, Virginia, United States
MW

Children(s)

Elias Bowden
1763–1843
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
EB
Nicholas Bowden
1741–1820
Birth Location: Isle Wight, Duplin, North Carolina, United States
NB
Elizabeth Bowden
1745–1786
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
EB
Mary Bowden
1748–1776
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
MB
John Bowden
1750–1826
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
JB
Frances Bowden
1752–1797
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Bowden
1754–1824
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
TB
Jesse Bowden
1756–1777
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
JB
Hannah Bowden
1758–1807
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
HB
Hiram Bowden
1758–1780
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
HB
William Bowden
1760–1819
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
WB
Rhoda Bowden
1765–
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
RB
Cloe Bowden
1768–
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
CB

John Bowden's Ancestors

Self
John Bowden
1717–1788
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Parents
John Bowden
1700–1739
Northampton, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth Folsom
1705–1742
Delmarva, Maryland Co., VA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Bowden's Descendants

1.
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John Bowden (10 MAR 1717–05 SEP 1788) m. Margaret (Peggy) Webb (04 OCT 1726–08 SEP 1795)
  1. 1. Elias Bowden 1763–1843 m. Celia (Tynes) Lawrence 1768–1852
    1. 1. Frances Bowden 1787–1866
    2. 2. Dempsey Bowden 1789–1868
    3. 3. Thomas (M) Bowden 1790–1848
    4. 4. Mary Olive 1794–1877
    5. 5. Marytownley Bowden 1794–
    6. 6. Holland Bowden 1797–1842
    7. 7. Margaret (Webb) Bowden 1799–1873
    8. 8. Jacqueline (Lawrence Jackie) Bowden 1801–1884
    9. 9. Jackey (Lawrence) Bowden 1801–1884
    10. 10. Benjamin (Tynes) Bowden 1803–1863
    11. 11. Holland Bowden 1805–
    12. 12. Olive Bowden 1809–1810
    13. 13. Samuel Bowden 1809–
    14. 14. Elias Bowden 1815–1879
    15. 15. Susanna Bowden 1846–
    16. 16. Quintana (Jane) Bowden 1819–1847 m. William (M.) Howard 1806–1877
      1. 1. John Howard 1835–1865
      2. 2. John Howard 1835–1865
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Jane "Jennie") Howard 1837–1883
      4. 4. Elizabeth Howard 1837–
      5. 5. Eliza (Jane) Creedle 1837–1917
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Jane) Howard 1837–1917
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Jane) Howard 1837–1917
      8. 8. Sally Howard 1838–1863
      9. 9. James (Buchanen) Howard 1838–1838
      10. 10. Sally Howard 1838–1863
      11. 11. Jefferson (Davis) Howard 1838–1865 m. Betty Watts 1844–1865
      12. 12. Caroline (Francis) Howard 1838–1863
      13. 13. Caroline (Francis) Howard 1838–1863
      14. 14. Nancy (Belle) Howard 1839–1880
      15. 15. Margaret (Wilmeth) Howard 1840–1863
      16. 16. Margaret (Wilmeth) Howard 1840–1919
      17. 17. Margaret (Wilmeth "Maggie" "Meg") Howard 1840–1919
      18. 18. Margaret (Wilmeth) Howard 1840–1919
      19. 19. George (Thomas) Howard 1842–1911
      20. 20. George (T) Howard 1842–1911
      21. 21. George (Thomas) Howard 1842–1911
      22. 22. George (Thomas) Howard 1842–1911
      23. 23. George (T.) Howard 1842–1911
      24. 24. Carolyn (Frances "Callie") Howard 1842–1863
      25. 25. Caroline (Francis) Howard 1842–
      26. 26. Mary (Ann) Howard 1843–1905
      27. 27. Mary (Ann) Howard 1843–1905
      28. 28. Clementine Howard 1845–1916
      29. 29. May (Clementine) Howard 1845–1916
      30. 30. May (Clementine) Howard 1845–1916
      31. 31. Clementine Howard 1845–1916
      32. 32. May (Clementine) Howard 1845–1916
      33. 33. Clementine Howard 1846–
      34. 34. Issac (Thomas) Howard 1846–1923
      35. 35. Isaac Howard 1848–
      36. 36. Isaac (Thomas) Howard 1848–1923
      37. 37. Isaac (T) Howard 1848–1923
      38. 38. Mary Howard 1848–1905
      39. 39. Mary (Ann) Howard 1848–1905
      40. 40. Mary (Ann) Howard 1848–1905
      41. 41. Elias Howard 1850–
      42. 42. Elias (J) Howard 1850–1879
      43. 43. Elias (Jefferson) Howard 1850–1865
      44. 44. Elias Howard 1850–1879
      45. 45. Louisa Howard 1852–1863
      46. 46. Louisa Howard 1852–1863
      47. 47. Martha Howard 1852–
      48. 48. Martha (L) Howard 1853–1863
      49. 49. Martha (Louisa) Howard 1853–
      50. 50. Martha (L) Howard 1853–
      51. 51. Tirzah (Boyd) Howard 1854–1896
      52. 52. Tirzah (Boyd) Howard 1854–1896
      53. 53. Amanda (Kathryn) Howard 1854–1863
      54. 54. Amanda Howard 1854–
      55. 55. Amanda (Catherine) Howard 1854–1912
      56. 56. Amanda (Kathryn) Howard 1854–1912
      57. 57. Amanda (Catherine) Howard 1854–1912
      58. 58. James (Buchanan) Howard 1856–1878
      59. 59. James (Buchanan) Howard 1856–1878
      60. 60. Nancy Howard 1859–
      61. 61. N (A) Howard 1859–1878
      62. 62. Nancy (Belle) Howard 1859–1837
      63. 63. Nancy (Belle) Howard 1859–1878
      64. 64. Tursey Howard 1864–1898
      65. 65. Tirzah (Boyd) Howard 1864–1896
      66. 66. Tursey Howard 1864–
      67. 67. Tirzah (Boyd) Howard 1864–1898
      68. 68. Nancy (Belle) Howard –1880
      69. 69. Isaac (T) Howard 1848–1923 m. Lucy (J) Bradley 1847–1930
        1. 1. Almus (B) Howard 1871–1961
        2. 2. Edwin (J) Howard 1873–1942
        3. 3. Fayne Howard 1875–1932
        4. 4. Clyde (B) Howard 1888–
      70. 70. Louisa Howard 1831–1863
      71. 71. Clementine Howard 1831–1863
      72. 72. Sally Howard 1831–1863
      73. 73. John Howard 1834–1838
      74. 74. John Howard 1834–1933 m. Carrie Briggs –1892
        1. 1. Harold (Palmer) Howard 1866–
        2. 2. Lydia (Maria) Howard 1870–
        3. 3. Blanche (Olivia) Howard 1875–
      75. 75. John Howard 1835–1865
  2. 2. Nicholas (I) Bowden 1741–1820
  3. 3. Elizabeth Bowden 1745–1786
  4. 4. Mary (Bomar) Bowden 1748–1776
  5. 5. John Bowden 1750–1826
  6. 6. Frances ("Franky") Bowden 1752–1797
  7. 7. Thomas Bowden 1754–1824
  8. 8. Jesse Bowden 1756–1777
  9. 9. Hannah Bowden 1758–1807
  10. 10. Hiram Bowden 1758–1780
  11. 11. William Bowden 1760–1819
  12. 12. Rhoda Bowden 1765–
  13. 13. Cloe Bowden 1768–

John Bowden's Timeline

3 Records

1717
10 MAR 1717
Birth of John Bowden in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
1788
05 SEP 1788
Age 71
Death of John Bowden in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
1807
1807
Age 90
John Bowden resided here in USA
USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 MAR 1717
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: BET 1777 AND 1778
    Event Place: Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 SEP 1788
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: U.S., Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers
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