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SEVENTH GENERATION

109. George BOWLBY (580)(5) (581) (582)(583) (7)(8) was born on 6 Feb 1711 in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England. (584)(585) (586) He was christened on 5 Apr 1711 in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England.(587) (588)(589) He signed a will on 27 Apr 1773.(590) (591) His will was proved 19 Nov 1773. He died between 27 Apr 1773 and 19 Nov 1773 in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey. (592)(593) (594)
Raymond Edwin Bowlby writes:

He came to Burlington, West New Jersey, in 1727 with his father and two brothers, John and Richard. He was 20 years old when his father died in Burlington, and his father's will of 1731 left him a bequest of 300 acres of land near Whippany, to be added to 200 acres he had previously inherited from his maternal grandfather, Samuel Barker.

From: History of Morris County as obtained in genealogylibrary.com

PARSIPPANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

In point of age the next congregation in the township is that of the Presbyterians in Parsippany, erected into a distinct organization in 1760. A church edifice had been built in 1755 in the old burying ground of the village. This lot had been deeded for the purpose in the year 1745, by George Bowlsby, and contained two and a quarter acres. The following extract from the body of this old conveyance, still in the archives of the church, exhibits somewhat of the religious feeling of the age and the community:

"To have and to hold the said piece of land, containing two acres and one quarter &c., unto said Ichabod Tompkins &c., to the use and uses hereinafter mentioned and expressed, and to no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever; that is to say, to the use and uses, benefit and behoof of the people belonging to the religious society of people commonly called Presbyterians in the township of Hanover aforesaid and parts adjacent, forever, and for a place for the erecting a meeting-house upon, and for a burying place for the use and service of the people called Presbyterians which are or shall be and continue in unity and society of those Presbyterians in Hanover aforesaid and parts adjacent, who shall meet and assemble themselves together on the premises above mentioned to worship God in the Presbyterian manner. Provided always, and it is the intention and meaning hereof and of all the said parties hereto, that no person or persons who shall not belong to said society, or join with the major part of them that shall meet together at the place aforesaid, shall have any rights or interest in the said piece of land, meeting-house or any part thereof, while they shall remain out of the said society of Presbyterians, or shall not in a constant and common way meet at the place aforesaid with them and join with them in their public worship."

He was married to Elizabeth TONKIN on 17 Aug 1737 in Burlington Co., NJ. (595)(596) (597)
Raymond Edwin Bowlby writes:

George must have settled in Hanover Township, Morris County, soon after his marriage since all later documents designate that as his residence. "Bowlesby" is among the names of early settlers at Morristown who "... found here a primeval forest and many wild animals. Both had to be conquered before progress could be made, and it was also necessary to establish peaceable relations with the Whippanongs, the Indian tribe then inhabiting that section of the State." This quote is from PROCEEDINGS NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NEW SERIES, VOLUME XIV, "Early Days in Morristown," by Mrs. Edward M. Field. HISTORY OF THE PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH by Annette C. Ball, 1928, reproduced the original deed from George Bowlby covering the Parsippany burying-ground, dated 30 November, 1745. George was party to the indenture of 14 May 1747, wherein his father's heirs surrendered any further claim to land to the executor of his father's will, John Bowlby, George's older brother. George BOWLBY and Elizabeth TONKIN had the following children:

child+150 i. John BOWLBY.
child+151 ii. George BOWLSBY.
child152 iii. Thomas BOWLBY(3) (5)(581) (598)(582) (7)(8) died probably in the 1740s in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey. (598) He was evidently the third son of George and Elizabeth. Thomas remained in New Jersey throughout the American Revolution and may have been the Thomas Bowlsby who served as a private in the Morris County Militia, even though four of his brothers were declared Loyalists.

Thomas inherited the land upon which his father lived, and was to share the support of his mother and the use of the family mill with his brothers, according to his father's will of 1773.

There is no indication that Thomas ever married. His Will is a valuable genealogical document, because his property was distributed throughout his brothers or their widows, nephews and nieces, identifying relationships of each.
child+153 iv. Edward BOWLSBY.
child+154 v. Samuel BOWLSBY.
child+155 vi. Charles BOWLSBY.
child156 vii. Richard BOWLBY(3) (5)(581) (598)(582) (7)(8) was born after 1753 in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey.(598) He inherited 274 acres of land in Roxbury Township conjointly with his brother Charles. Inquisition in Morris County, 14 May 1778, declared he had joined the British against his country. His property was confiscated and sold 22 July 1778. His brother Edward's loyalist papers contain a statement that Richard, Edward's brother, died intestate while serving in the British Army. There is no evidence that he ever married.