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257. Enos BOWLSBY ⁽³⁾⁽¹⁶³⁶⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1772 in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey.⁽¹⁶³⁷⁾
Raymond Edwin Bowlby wrote:

Only his name appears in the Stiles family history as the third child of George and Phebe Bowlsby. The chart of early Bowlby generations by William A. Reeves lists Enos as a son of George Bowlby and states that he married Abigail Hayward. Abilgail Bowlsby was named as a daughter in the will of John Hayward who died testate in Hanover, New Jersey, administration granted 26 February, 1808. Enos emigrated north into Saratoga County, New York, with his brothers, John and George, and his sisters, Betty and Polly. Enos then moved further north and settled in Brideport, Addison County, Vermont, where he was head of household in the 1800 census... After 1800, Enos' family removed to Ohio. In 1814, Enos Bowlsby purchased land in Union County, Indiana, and the following year Enos and "Abi" Bowlsby of Butler County, Ohio, purchased more land in the same place. In 1820, they were established in Franklin County, Indiana, with their married son, Levi, as a neighbor. A biography and family chart concerning William Henry Harrison Bowlsby may be found in the APTF, or vertical file, of the New York Public Library. These papers were updated by Madison Henry Compton, Route #1, Box 430, Hawthorne, California, in 1931. With exception to two statements at the beginning of the chart, the given genealogy is obviously applicable to the family of Enos and Abigail (Hayward) Bowlsby. The two statements are that the grandfather of William H. H. Bowlsby (name not given) was born and raised in Ireland, then moved to Vermont, and that William's father, who was born in 1746 in Vermont, moved in early youth to Hamilton County, Ohio, and died in Union County, Indiana, at the age of 84 years when William was fifteen years old. Since the names of both the grandfather and father of William H. H. Bowlsby are not given on the chart, the information concerning them may be accounted as inaccurate family tradition. The chart of William H. H. Bowlsby's family shows that his father had seven children, but only the names of six are given. It is most persuasive evidence that Enos and Abigail (Hayward) were the parents of the mentioned children in that several of these same names are found and associated as children of Enos in the records of Union, Franklin, and Delaware counties of Indiana. Two Union County, Indiana, marriage records remain a mystery. Aby Bowlsby married Josiah Garrison on 2 Jan 1824; this may have been an unknown daughter of Enos. Abi Bowlsby married Nathan Hamilton on 16 Sept, 1830; this may have been the widow of Enos, since the biography of William H. H. Bowlsby says that his father died in Indiana around 1829.

He was married to Abigail HAYWARD.⁽¹⁶³⁸⁾ Abigail HAYWARD⁽³⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1775/76.⁽¹⁶³⁹⁾ Enos BOWLSBY and Abigail HAYWARD had the following children:

+605 i. Levi BOWLSBY.
+606 ii. Maria BOWLSBY.
607 iii. Wilson BOWLSBY⁽¹⁶⁴⁰⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾.
608 iv. Louisa BOWLSBY⁽¹⁶⁴¹⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾.
609 v. Susan BOWLSBY⁽¹⁶⁴²⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾. She appears as an older sister of William H. H. Bowlsby and is said to have lived in his home. Susan Bowlsby is mentioned in Early Landowners of Union County Indiana. She was apparently the Susan born around 1800 who was living with her nephew James Finley Bowlsby in Madison County, Iowa at the time of the 1870 Census.
+610 vi. Aby BOWLSBY.
+611 vii. William Henry Harrison BOWLSBY.