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Genealogy of the Bowen Family before Sterling Bowen
(Pre 1800)


"Living Made Simple"
By D E Bowen



B&W Photos
1880-1950


from Elise Brown Bowen

from Eunice Bowen Branyon


Very Early Bowens

Quick Summary of the pre1800 history

1050
Starting in Wales and the Crest


Welsh Immigration Time Line

Bowen's of Bristol Parish

1730
Bristol Parish Bowens


??-1762
William and Amy Bowen


??-1780's
Robert Bowen


1730
William,Jr son of William & Amy


1731-1804
David,Sr son of William & Amy


1732-1790
Ephraim son of Robert & Avis Bowen


1734-1797
Jesse son of William & Amy


Bowen's of Mecklenburg County

1740-80
Bowens of Mecklenburg County


1750-1822
Sterling Bowen


1787??
Drury, Sterling, & Isaac Bowen's Move to Abbeville County, SC


1750?-1817
Charles Bowen


Families associated with the Bowens in Mecklenburg County

Vaughan

Avis

Andrews
Drumright
Gee


Turner

Kirks

More Info & Bowen's of Mecklenburg County

1748-1764
Lunenburg Tithes before 1770


1780
Mecklenburg Census


1782
Mecklenburg Taxes


1782
Mecklenburg Land Taxes


1780???
John Bowen


????-1787
Hicks Bowen


????-1819
Littleberry Bowen


????-1824
William Bowen III


????-1821
Isham Bowen


????-1826
James Bowen


????-1832
Asa Bowen


????-1815
David Bowen, Jr.


1762-182?
Bracy Bowen


1767-???
Littleberry Bowen Kirks


1805-????
Edwin Bowen


Other Stuff

1840's-1900's
Bible Records of Thomas Adam Bowen


1841-1911
James Bryant Bowen


1806
Mecklenburg Taxes


1824
Mecklenburg Land Taxes


Pre 1890
Bowen Marriage Records in Virginia


Eunice Bowen Branyon
1907-1980


Elise Brown Bowen
1920-2012





Bowen Coat of Arms



Virginia

Includes Boan, Bowan & Bowin
(A ** after the name = Bowin, ## = Boan and # = Bowan)

BOWEN SPOUSE DATE COUNTY
Absalom Aailsa Trigg Feb 12, 1818 Kanawha
Adeline William Dobbs Jul 16, 1854 Albemarle
Agness Claborn Neely May 16, 1839 Scott
Alderson Ann Shelton Oct 21, 1830 Cabell
Alen Ann Pennell Oct 26, 1831 Greenbrier
Alexander Sarah French Feb 24, 1803 Loudoun
Allen Elizabeth Tillotson Jul 23, 1829 Mecklenburg
Angelina Thomas Kirk Sep 22, 1821 Mecklenburg
Ann Benj Hawkins Oct 29, 1764 Fauquier
Ann Samuel Aden Feb 24, 1833 Lee
Ann William Warren Dec 15, 1819 Fredericksburg
Ann C George Freeman Dec 4, 1815 Fauquier
Anne John R Baylor Jan 5, 1846 Albemarle
Asa Charlotte Bowen Dec 6, 1796 Mecklenburg
Avey Levin H Bowles Nov 2, 1821 Chesterfield
Barbara Noah Corbin Oct 10, 1844 Page
Batha ## Anthony Jan 11, 1789 Botetourt
Benjamin Martha Sparks Sep 12, 1803 Mecklenburg
Betsey Drury Reed Nov 22, 1798 Washington
Blendena John Gaffing Dec 23, 1794 Goochland
Briant Tabitha Bing Jul 27, 1839 Mecklenburg
Caroline Louis Lefave Mar 6, 1837 Richmond
Caroline R Alex Johnson Sep 6, 1849 Brunswick
Catharine G William Bowen Dec 17, 1849 Mecklenburg
Catherine Alexander Carpenter May 21, 1840 Fredrick
Catherine William Aderson Apr 20, 1828 Ohio
Catharine David Taylor Mar 25, 1829 Mecklenburg
Cathrine James Caldwell Dec 30, 1845 Montgomery
Caty Thomas McCarter Jun 23, 1803 Mecklenburg
Chandler Amey Sandidge Nov 6, 1805 Amherst
Charlotte David Griffin Sep 27, 1822 Southampton
Charnel Omoa Bowen Oct 15, 1805 Mecklenburg
Charles Elizabeth Westley Sep 17, 1840 Mason
Charles Nancy Howard Feb 8, 1803 Frederick
Charlotte Asa Bowen Dec 6, 1796 Mecklenburg
Charnel Omea Bowen Oct 15, 1805 Mecklenburg
Christina Jesse Bailey Jun 4, 1816 Shenandoah
Daniel Y Virginia Bargamin Nov 29, 1849 Richmond
David Nancy A Bowen Dec 24, 1838 Mecklenburg
David Margaret Likens Jun 23, 1850 Jefferson
Dolly ** Peyton T Henley Dec 4, 1827 Richmond
E V V W Landrum Dec 25, 1899 Albemarle
Eaves C William S Thompson Mar 1, 1813 Albemarle
Edwin Mary S Bryarly 1836 Clarke
Edwin Eliza F Johnston Mar 26, 1844 Warren
Edwin H Martha L Meldrum Sep 27, 1827 Mecklenburg
Elay William Rutledge Sep 3, 1811 Lunenburg
Elijah ** Polly Tankenly Jul 18, 1824 Rockingham
Elisha Magdala(lene) Salley Aug 24, 1803 Mecklenburg
Eliza Lewis Johnston Mar 19, 1803 Southampton
Elizabeth ## Jacob Begoley Aug 4, 1746 Stafford
Elizabeth ** Stephen Linn Dec 15, 1810 Henrico
Elizabeth David Brown Oct 8, 1831 Frederick
Elizabeth Edward Mason May 21, 1798 York
Elizabeth Joseph Gholson May 1, 1826 Halifax
Elizabeth John Southern Sep 2, 1792 Charles River
Elizabeth John Epperson Dec 22, 1788 Albemarle
Elizabeth Lyman Amison Jul 13, 1848 Cabell
Elizabeth Martin Dobbs Sep 27, 1820 Albemarle
Elizabeth William Paull Nov 2, 1772 Frederick
Elizabeth William Skidmore May 11, 1747 Gige
Elizabeth Rees Ward Jan 29, 1819 Tazewell
Elizabeth Ann John t Tablet Apr 16, 1835 Frederick
Elizabeth A James W Dettor Feb 19, 1851 Albemarle
Elizabeth Jane Joshua McGrath Nov 26, 1845 Marshall
Eliza M George M Bowen Jun 30, 1855 Albemarle
Ellen E Charles C Taylor Sep 22, 1840 Tazewell
Ellen Stuart William Lafayette Watkins Oct 9, 1855 Tazewell
Emily S William L Chipley Apr 9, 1829 Frederick
Ephraim Elizabeth E W Chandler Jul 6, 1829 Nelson
Ephriam Polly Leathers Dec 27, 1813 Orange
Ephran Lucy Gillaspie Dec 12, 1811 Albemarle
F M E L Harris Aug 8, 1896 Albemarle
Francis Milly Yates Dec 7, 1788 Culpeper
Frances Henry Sisler Nov 2, 1848 Augusta
Frances E Joseph R Giles May 25, 1858 Albemarle
Frances Ellen Goseph S Giles May 26, 1859 Albemarle
Frederick F Mary Albinia Bowen Apr 28, 1842 Fauquier
George M Eliza M Bowen Jun 30, 1855 Albemarle
George A Frances E Brent Jan 26, 1841 Frederick
George A Lucy J Via Jan 26, 1865 Albemarle
George W Elizabeth McMillon May 30, 1848 Greenbrier
George Nancy Parkerson Apr 3, 1814 Isle of Wright
Geo W J H Griffin Oct 19, 1892 Albemarle
Hannah A Simeon Riggs Jan 16, 1845 Marshall
Harriett George Bright Feb 7, 1834 Greenbrier
Harrison Mary Turner Dec 26, 1821 Lunenburg
Helena Christopher Francisco May 29, 1841 Montgomery
Henry Ellen Tate Aug 3, 1797 Washington
Henry Sally Murray Jan 14, 1818 Mecklenburg
Henry S Jane Black Dec 29, 1845 Montgomery
Henry S Mary Elizabeth Miller May 21, 1850 Wythe
Hiram Ann Rebecca Morrow Dec 18, 1828 Berkeley
Hiram Sarah Ellen Harris Aug 29, 1848 Frederick
Hugh Elizabeth Owen Jun 18, 1805 Montgomery
Hugh Jincy Finn Nov 30, 1801 Mecklenburg
Hughke Jiney Finn Nov 30, 1801 Mecklenburg
Irby S Susan Turner Dec 24, 1833 Lunenburg
Isaac Jane Sumers Jun 5, 1805 Frederick
J Walter Martha H Amner Feb 23, 1871 Albemarle
James Amelia Pollard Nov 16, 1815 Chesterfield
James Catherine Bosters Jan 7, 1815 Montgomery
James Jane Martin Feb 1824 Albemarle
James Ann Foushee Jan 6, 1814 Culpeper
James Amelia Nov 6, 1815 Culpeper
James Mary Hammons Nov 14, 1843 Scott
James Nancy Kemper Nov 20, 1821 Fauquier
James Nancy McClintic Oct 29, 1833 Bath
James Nancy Newton Nov 29, 1831 Mecklenburg
James Harriet Wheatley Apr 28, 1820 Fauquier
James Rachael Bower Dec 17, 1781 Fauquier
James Nancy Moore Dec 28, 1808 Lancaster
James E Martha Overbey Jun 21, 1847 Mecklenburg
James H Lucinda Wilkinson Nov 18, 1823 Frederick
James H L L Tucker Nov 9, 1898 Albemarle
Jane William Nunn Aug 17, 1830 Mecklenburg
Jas Wm Mary Sipes Mar 17, 1884 Albemarle
Jean C Andrew Edmonson Nov 10, 1814 Tazewell
Jefferson B Mary Ann Booten Feb 22, 1838 Cabell
Jemima Jacob Kessler May 21, 1847 Montgomery
Jesse Elizabeth Payne Nov 7, 1822 Fauquier
Jesse Margaret Blue Mar 1, 1836 Berkeley
Jesse Sarah E Mitchell Sep 4, 1849 Warren
Joan Sinpson Booten Jun 21, 1827 Cabell
Johannah David Thornburg May 21, 1849 Cabell
John Bezy Kinser May 16, 1805 Wythe
John Elizabeth Bowles Jul 31, 1827 Chesterfield
John Elizabeth Brown Jul 11, 1807 Princess Ann
John Joanna Craft Apr 15, 1829 Pitsylvania
John Lucinda Hudson Oct 22, 1833 Chesterfield
John Mary Hail Apr 13, 1786 Albemarle
John Letty Thacker Oct 31, 1832 Albemarle
John Susan Tooley Aug 12, 1845 Albemarle
John Margaret Williams Jun 6, 1799 Washington
John Rachell Drake Feb 5, 1787 Westmoreland
John Maria Marshall Dec 20, 1837 Westmoreland
John Mary Hail Mrs Apr 13, 1786 Albermarle
John Nancy Murray Jan 8, 1816 Mecklenburg
John Rachel Mills Aug 3, 1803 Montgomery
John Rebecca Morris feb 24, 1817 York
John Ruth Mozingo Dec 25, 1844 Westmoreland
John Sally Seal Jan 3, 1811 Orange
John Sarah Brady Jul 7, 1830 Orange
John B Patty Stockton Sep 15, 1808 Bedford
John Jr Margaret Maney Feb 2, 1826 York
Johnson Nancy Harless Oct 14, 1840 Giles
Jonathan Sarah Paris Dec 29, 1811 Westmoreland
Jonathan R Mary Hoover Jan 30, 1840 Frederick
Jonathan R Rebecca Jane Sloats Jun 6, 1850 Frederick
Jordon Nancy Pearry Mar 25, 1804 Mecklenburg
Joseph Sarah Nalle Feb 1, 1816 Chesterfield
Joseph Nancy Gibson Mar 7, 1797 Culpeper
Joseph C Margaret Pullen Dec 29, 1846 Rappahannock
Joseph H Sarah Spicer Jan 28, 1847 Chesterfield
Judy Reuben Booker Jun 19, 1801 Mecklenburg
Kelly H Mariah Fegget Dec 12, 1827 Westmoreland
L Elizabeth Atkinson Mar 13, 1845 Mason
Labi(e)n Betsy Cooper Feb 25, 1811 Botetourt
Laura Esteline John James Weeks Dec 12, 1871 Albemarle
Leonard Priscilla Paup Aug 13, 1798 Brunswick
Levicie Rees Gillespie Aug 6, 1802 Tazewell
Levicy Hugh Young Jan 16, 1823 Tazewell
Levinna Joseph Harlan Apr 23, 1851 Albemarle
Levise S John W Johnston Oct 7, 1817 Tazewell
Lilley Jeffery Hildrig May 17, 1785 Washington
Lilly Jeffery Hildreth Feb 3, 1785 Washington
Lilly Rees B Duff Oct 3, 1820 Tazewell
Lively Salathiel Bowen May 18, 1811 Mecklenburg
Liza James McCarter Dec 3, 1804 Mecklenburg
Lowry Lucy Barnett Nov 19, 1818 Mecklenburg
Lucy Ann George P Calmes Jul 14, 1831 Frederick
M E R B Pace Oct 21, 1892 Charlotte
Magdalin William Atkins Jul 25, 1806 Montgomery
Mahala William Caldwell Mar 26, 1836 Montgomery
Malinda M Joseph F Gregory Jul 8, 1851 Albemarle
Margaret Ephriam Orebaugh Jul 7, 1847 Augusta
Margaret Joseph Wishong Jul 16, 1829 Montgomery
Margaret Johnson Brackett Aug 10, 1831 Richmond
Margaret William Macklin Fortune Jul 28, 1848 Chesterfield
Margaret A R Sidney Robinson Jul 9, 1849 Clarke
Margaret S A Richard P Mundin Jan 12, 1841 Richmond
Maria S James A Jones Dec 7, 1846 Mecklenburg
Marian ** Mary K Jarman Jul 11, 1868 Albemarle
Martha E Adam Luttrell Dec 24, 1846 Morgon
Martha Ellen Frederick Eichholtz Feb 20, 1845 Frederick
Martha Hicks Archelus Morgon May 24, 1814 Mecklenburg
Martha Michael O Connor Oct 17, 1855 Albemarle
Martha Joseph Ross Oct 12, 1850 Albemarle
Martha John Redd Oct 11, 1841 Halifax
Martha Richard Moon Jan 5, 1851 Albemarle
Mary ## William Steward May 23, 1816 Wood
Mary Benjamin Moore Feb 6, 1830 Albemarle
Mary D O R Funsten Jan 10, 1854 Albemarle
Mary Benjamin S Moore Feb 14, 1854 Albemarle
Mary Bennet Williams Oct 2, 1806 Washington
Mary Conrod Gross Dec 12, 1814 Botetourt
Mary Cornelius Murphy Apr 2, 1829 Henrico
Mary George Sarver Dec 3, 1832 Montgomery
Mary Isaac Caldwell Nov 21, 1840 Montgomery
Mary E Benj F Powell Feb 7, 1854 Albemarle
Mary E Jno J Grantham Mar 18, 1863 Albemarle
Mary M James H Jenison May 25, 1846 Fauquier
Mary Albinia Frederick  F Bowen Apr 28, 1842 Fauquier
Mary Jane Franklin Little Dec 2, 1834 Frederick
Matthew Eliz Wood May 6, 1708 Middlesex
Matthias Polly Webster Aug 2, 1858 Franklin
Meredith Lucy Drake Nov 15, 1810 Frederick
Meredith Catherine Carper May 24, 1819 Frederick
Meredith Sarah H Grove Jan 31, 1840 Frederick
Michael Jane Bargamin May 16, 1838 Richmond
Miles Jane Battles Aug 1, 1860 Albemarle
Milly Jane William Dunn Jan 9, 1845 Frederick
Morton Elizabeth Greenlee Dec 16, 1819 Frederick
Nancy Gilbert Pinson Sep 29, 1824 Mecklenburg
Nancy George Dudley Nov 3, 1836 Albemarle
Nancy John Beem Feb 4, 1813 Culpeper
Nancy John Byer Mar 17, 1791 Washington
Nancy Josiah Ozburn Aug 16, 1831 Greenbrier
Nancy Mcdaniel Rottenberry Mar 3, 1797 Mecklenburg
Nancy Isaiah Adkins Dec 26, 1822 Cabell
Nancy Sherod Harlow Feb 7, 1807 Albermarle
Nancy William Colbert Jun 2, 1827 Caroline
Nancy A David Bowen Dec 24, 1838 Mecklenburg
Omoa Charnel Bowen Oct 15, 1805 Mecklenburg
Patsey Benjamin Bradshaw Feb 17, 1817 Southampton
Peggy Abraham Bright Jan 24, 1833 Greenbrier
Peter B Sarah Fishback Jun 8, 1815 Culpeper
Peter B Emily M A Spindle Feb 20, 1838 Rappahannock
Phoebe Jonas Myers Sep 17, 1845 Rappahannock
Polly Joseph Adkins Jul 5, 1804 Washington
Ranson Elizabeth Owen Sep 16, 1822 Mecklenburg
Rebecca S Asa B CAbiness Nov 17, 1823 Mecklenburg
Rebecca Isaac Johnson Jan 30, 1802 Mecklenburg
Rebeccah William Johnson Mar 3, 1813 Mecklenburg
Rees Lusinda Blankenship Sep 25, 1827 Tazewell
Rees T Maria Louisa Peery Jan 13, 1835 Tazewell
Reuben H Permelia Craft Feb 16, 1836 Pittsylvania
Reuben Nancy Drumheller Dec 17, 1825 Albemarle
Richard ## Clarissa Spencer May 20, 1829 Richmond
Richard Elizabeth Lindsay Jun 18, 1788 Frederick
Richard Jones Betsey S Kirks Nov 22, 1808 Mecklenburg
Robert Thomas Eleanor Archibald Freeman Feb 20, 1845 Culpeper
Sally William Murphy Dec 16, 1790 Fauquier
Samuel Susan Shiflett Aug 8, 1887 Albemarle
Sarah  # Jacob Trocksal Dec 4, 1824 Grayson
Sarah StClair Johnston Nov 7, 1833 Greenbrier
Sarah Zachariah Matthews Mar 25, 1820 Isle of Wight
Silas Mary Alice Ross Nov 20, 1879 Albemarle
Silas C Hetty M McCauley Sep 23, 1886 Albemarle
Salathiel Lively Bowen May 18, 1811 Mecklenburg
Sarah A Fielding R Jones Jan 14, 1845 Frederick
Stacy Reuben Cardin Jan 8, 1793 Mecklenburg
Stephen Sarah Bell Dec 30, 1801 Fauquier
Susan David W Rairden Oct 13, 1850 Jackson
Susan William Shackelford Dec 30, 1818 Albemarle
Susan James Wilson Jun 16, 1828 Westmoreland
Susan Samuel C Brown Aug 12, 1841 Greenbrier
Susan A James W Taylor Nov 2, 1848 Lunenburg
Susanah Christian Sidel Oct 8, 1796 Rockingham
Thomas Sally Winterton Dec 11, 1781 Fauquier
Thomas C Eliza A Wheatley Jul 15, 1835 Chesterfield
Thomas C Margaret B Timberlake Jul 23, 1839 Clarke
Thomas P Druscilla J Yates Dec 15, 1843 Rappahannock
Thomas Ann Burr Feb 8, 1837 Westmoreland
Thomas Ruth Vance Nov 19, 1812 Fredrick
Thornton W Maria E Cleveland Feb 14, 1825 Fredrick
Wesley W Elizabeth Kirks Dec 22, 1835 Mecklenburg
William A Eliza George Sep 4, 1821 Fauquier
William A Ellen D Fitzhugh Nov 10, 1836 Chesterfield
William Adelaid Templeton Mar 13, 1845 Cabell
William Anna Bochin Nov 5, 1818 Shenandoah
William Barbara Shuh Feb 23, 1833 Berkeley
William Catharine G Bowen Dec 17, 1849 Mecklenburg
William Elizabeth Hite Dec 18, 1834 Halifax
William Lucy Wilkins Dec 17, 1838 Halifax
William Mary Rudder Apr 3, 1775 York
William Polly Partlow May 25, 1815 Culpeper
William Elizabeth Smith Aug 24, 1795 Botetourt
William Oeachy Wash Mar 19, 1828 Albemarle
William Virginia Coxen Jun 20, 1833 Richmond
William Martha Overby Dec 22, 1817 Mecklenburg
William Mary (May) Morris May 11, 1854 Albemarle
William Mary Glasscock Dec 7, 1846 Mecklenburg
William Peachy Wash Mar 19, 1828 Albermarle
William Susan M Harrison Jun 25, 1846 Greensville
Wilmer Alex Spencer Apr 3, 1851 Albemarle
Zaza Mary Knight Jun 25, 1827 Cabell
Zech Mavel Drummond Oct 2, 1795 Mecklenburg