WILLIAM BOWLING[1]

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  • Name  WILLIAM BOWLING 
    Born  ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  VIRGINIA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  GLOUCHESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I6060  Caudle Descendants
    Last Modified  29 Dec 2004 

    Children 
    Married: 1x1. MR. BOWLING,   b. VIRGINIA Find all individuals with events at this location,   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."

  • Sources 
    1. [S6767] BOWLING FAMILY RESEARCH RESULTS BY GARTH E.BOWLI.


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