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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.