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 Bowen Coat of Arms Benjamin Bowing/Boring According to Early Settlers of Mecklenburg Co, Virginia, when Brunswick Co was first cut from Prince George Co. in 1720, "jurisdiction was to remain in the Court of Prince George Co., until a government for the county was organized. .... The first meeting of a court for Brunswick was not held until 2 May 1732. It is assumed that deeds, wills and other documents were recorded in Prince George Co. prior to the meeting of the first court in 1732." It is believed that some of these deeds recorded during this period were lost because of the entry below. "At a later date, someone in the Clerk's Office wrote on the margin of this page '52 deeds apparently not recorded'." Brunswick Order Book 1 page 99, entry of 52 deeds on 3 July 1735. "Thomas Wilson came into Court & presented & acknowledged deeds of lease & release to Mason Bishop, Michael C. Young, James Rigby, Richard Ramsey, Charles Golstone, John Fountain, Robert Andrews, Henry Beverly, John Merritt, Samuel Crawley, John Adcock, Henry Morris, Samuel Manning, John Blackstone, Richard York, Thomas Couch Jr., Benjamin [Bowing/Boring?], Wm. Couch, James Couch, John Barnes, John Thomason, Richard Watts, Patrick Dorum, Seth Pettypool, Thomas Shelton, John Wilson, Philip Morgan, John Thomason Jr., James Dockery, Thomas Rawlins, William Douglas, James Arnold, Matthew Creed, Aaron Johnson, John Humphries, Henry Rottenberry Jr., Wm Fletcher, Thomas Robertson, Aaron Pinson, Joseph Coleson, Robert Alen, Francis Rayney, Joseph Dunman, Thomas Haney, John Mealey, Wm. Pennington, Henry Rottenbury Senr., and William Manning, which at the motion of the said Mason Bishop, Michael Cadet Young and all if the aforenamed persons they are ordered to be recorded." I have seen the name in this record transcribed as Boing, but when I saw the original document, I realized this looked exactly like the Boring or Boreing name I had seen before. At first glance, the name appears to be Boring, but a closer examination reveals that what looks like an r is more likely a careless w. On 28 September 1728, Thomas Wilson of Surry Co was granted a patent for 1000 acres in Brunswick Co near the Governor's road. Patents 14, p 84. Perhaps it was this land that was divided and sold but never recorded. No other records for a Benjamin [Bowing/Boring?] during this time frame have been found. |