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SEVENTH GENERATION
97. George BOWLBY
(382)(5)
(383)
(384)(385)
(7)(8) was born on 6 Feb 1711
in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England.
(386)(387)
(388) He was christened on 5 Apr 1711 in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire,
England.(389)
(390)(391) He signed a will
on 27 Apr 1773.(392)
(393) His will was proved 19 Nov 1773. He died between 27 Apr 1773
and 19 Nov 1773 in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
(394)(395)
(396)
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.
(397)(398)
(399)
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:
+122 i.
John BOWLBY.
+123 ii.
George BOWLSBY.
124 iii.
Thomas BOWLBY(3)
(5)(383)
(400)(384)
(7)(8) died probably in the 1740s
in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
(400) 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.
+125 iv.
Edward BOWLSBY.
+126 v.
Samuel BOWLSBY.
+127 vi.
Charles BOWLSBY.
128 vii.
Richard BOWLBY(3)
(5)(383)
(400)(384)
(7)(8) was born after 1753 in
Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey.(400)
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. |