WILLIAM BOWLING[1]
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Name WILLIAM BOWLING Born ENGLAND Gender Male Died VIRGINIA Buried GLOUCHESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA Person ID I6060 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Children 1. MR. BOWLING, b. VIRGINIA , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2191 Group Sheet
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Notes - ACCORDING TO JUDY BOWLING GOUGH OF WALDORF, MD.,
WILLIAM MAY NOT BE WALLACE BOWLING'S ANCESTOR. IT
MAY BE THOMAS BOWLING. SHE'S STILL WORKING ON IT.
GARTH E. BOWLING, JR. FROM LAPLATA, MARYLAND AND JUDY BOWLING GOUGH
FROM WALDORF, MARYLAND WRITE IN THEIR FIRST NEWSLETTER THAT "...THE
BOWLINGS ARE PROBABLY THE LARGEST GROUP OF RELATED PEOPLE IN CHARLES
COUNTY. IN FACT, THE LAPLATA-LEONARDTOWN AREA TELEPHONE BOOK LISTS OVER
100 BOWLING FAMILIES. NATIONALLY, THERE ARE OVER 6000 BOWLING FAMILIES
WITH THE LARGEST NUMBERS LIVING IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY. IN MARYLAND, THE
VAST MAJORITY LIVE IN CHARLES COUNTY."
"WITHIN CHARLES COUNTY, THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT CLANS. THOSE BOWLINGS WHO
HAVE ROOTS IN THE BRYANTOWN AREA GENERALLY BELONG TO ONE CLAN. THEIR
DESCENDANTS HAVE BEEN IN CHARLES COUNTY THE LONGEST, GOING BACK TO THE
1600'S. THE OTHER CLAN OF BOWLINGS, WHICH IS BY FAR THE LARGEST, HAVE
ROOTS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, GENERALLY COMING FROM FAULKNER,
GLASVA, NEWBURG, ALLENS FRESH, NEWPORT, AND WICOMICO. THIS CLAN CAN
TRACE ITS ORIGIN BACK TO ONE MAN, WALLACE BOWLING" WILLIAM'S FOURTH GREAT
GRANDCHILD.
"THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THESE CLANS ARE RELATED. A ROBERT BOWLING CAME
TO VIRGINIA FROM ENGLAND IN 1660, AND MARRIED THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF
POCAHONTAS. MANY OF HIS DESCENDANTS LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY."
"IN ADDITION TO THIS BOWLING, A WILLIAM BOWLING, WALLACE'S
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER, IS RECORDED AS HAVING RECEIVED A LAND
GRANT OF 887 ACRES IN GLOUCHESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN 1668."
"THIS WILLIAM BOWLING WAS LIKELY THE UNCLE OR FIRST COUSIN OF ROBERT
BOWLING - PROBABLY THE LATTER. IT WOULD SEEM LOGICAL THAT WILLIAM ARRIVED
IN VIRGINIA A FEW YEARS AFTER ROBERT. THE BRYANTOWN [BOWLING] CLAN TRACE
THEIR ANCESTRY TO ROBERT, WHEREAS, THE WALLACE BOWLING CLAN DESCENDS FROM
WILLIAM. IN SHORT BOTH THE CHARLES COUNTY CLANS ARE FROM THE SAME
ORIGIN, BUT WE HAVE TO GO BACK OVER 300 YEARS TO ENGLAND TO CONNECT WITH
OUR COMMON ANCESTOR."
"THE FIRST BOWLING (SOMETIMES SPELLED BOLLING) RECORDED IN HISTORY WAS IN
1086 IN YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. BOLLING HALL, THE HOME OF THE EARLIEST
BOWLINGS, STILL STANDS IN BRANDFORD, ENGLAND, AND IS NOW A MUSEUM."
"WILLIAM AND HIS DESCENDANTS CHOSE "...TO STAY IN VIRGINIA DURING
APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN AMERICA. THEY MIGRATED UP
THE POTOMAC RIVER VALLEY FROM GLOUCHESTER COUNTY TO PRINCE WILLIAM
COUNTY, AND EVENTUALLY TO FAIRFAX COUNTY. THESE BOWINGS WERE WELL-TO-DO
TOBACCO PLANTERS."
- ACCORDING TO JUDY BOWLING GOUGH OF WALDORF, MD.,
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Sources - [S6767] BOWLING FAMILY RESEARCH RESULTS BY GARTH E.BOWLI.
- [S6767] BOWLING FAMILY RESEARCH RESULTS BY GARTH E.BOWLI.
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