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who married, probably, d Macken. and
had DR.. Thomas NIacken Boswnll and

who married, probably, d Macken. aud
had Dr. Thomas Macken Boswell. and
Jane. who married {1rsD
Thornton ana (second) John Scaweil. OF y
Gloucester. and probably Molly, who
married GT75) Churchill Armistead.
Captain Thomas Boswell advertised
f23 acres in iSingsto,t Parish. 1884,
tNirslnia Gazctte). Colonel Macken
Roswell was administrator, of Thomas
Boswell, and was captain III Second
Nirginia state Regiment, ITS. NIator
Thomas Boswell. gent. IN the Virginia
state Line In the Revolution anu OF tho
Gloucester Militia. 1775 (Virginia Ga
zette, l7T5). DIR. aIacken Boswell (wtll
lI93 or 1880, executors, Benjamin
hahney and John Scawell; witnesses.
elann Page and Francis Waiting; chill
dren. Thomas, Elizabeth, married. (nrst1s
1905. Ralph 1Yorm!ey. and tsecondls
Garter NJ Rraxton; Martha, married
Roy.
John and Jane Boswell. 1859. owned
400 acres Oh Ware River, on Ieferson's
Greek. next 10 Mlordecai Booth aud
Richard Eansone, Els acres of which
wnr John Boswell's share. and Jane
Boswell, now OF London, made Captain
Gwyn Reade attorney for her part.
Thomas. BENJAMIN and George Booth
al had land In Ware Neck in 1854.
John Boswell and wife. Phoebe. lived
III Abingdon Parish. and had John.
horn 1922; Robert, 1875; Joseph 1900.
The Boswells inSermarried with Iverson
and Nuttall and New families, of Glou-
cesterM John Boswell married Ann,
daughter OF Charles Nuttall. and had
George William Frederick Boswell.
born 1921, who married his cousin.
| Ann New Nnttall, granddaughter OF
Charles Ntttall. above. and moved 10
Granville county, r.. c.. i1730.
Iverson Jacobs Boswell. of Cilouces
ter. married daughter of Reuben Da-S
vis, whose estate was settled III 1905
(Note Abraham Iverson was justice IL
Gloucester, 1866, with sons. Richard
and Abraham. Jr Gregory and Ricnerd
lyerson III Gloucester, ISL: Abraham
1yerson executor Of will of Ambrose
Bohannon, 1853. with Richard Gregory
.witness.l John Iverson Boswell, Sir.
born Gloucester county 176l. married
flrsD, 1854, Mary Coleman. borl, 1865,
; died 1875. and (second). 1877, Barbara
Walker and had. among thirteen chill
oren, John lverson, u. (born 1896.
died iS4s). married (nrst), 1878 Nancy
d. Coleman and (second), 1875 Ellen
Josephine sommervilie, and had. among
others, John Iverson. born 1929, father
of Ballard Boswell and others.
This branch has long been settled in
Mecklenbnrg county, Va. The descend
ants OF Edwin, francis and Thomas
Boswell. Of Gloucester county, are now
widely scattered throughout the South
Queries.
Dear Editor,-Can ycu give me infcr-.
matlcn about the ancestors Of Mary
Bowles. who married Henry Armistead
son OF Colonel William Armistead?
Mary Bowies and Henry Armistead had
SOIL, Bowles Armistead. who married
Mary Fontaine, and their son, Peter
Rowies Fontaine, married Martha Win
ston. In looking over the Bowles HIS
tory, in the Virginia State Library. I
read on page 176. william and Mary
College Quarterly. Vols. l. and II,,lnen
tionin6 the marriage OF members of tho
Maryland family to yirginians: "James
Bowles made his Will June 10. 1877, and
/ names wife. Rebecca: daughters, Ell
feanor. Mary and Jean, and uncle,
George BoVles Eleanor Bowles mar
ried twice-first. Colonel William
Gooch. son OF Governor Gooch. Of yir-
Einia. and, second Eleanor Bowlea
C1ooch married Colonel Warner LOWS
( OF Warner Hall. Gloucester county. VA
Mary Bowies married Colonel William
Armistead, son of Colonel Henry Armi-
stead. of Gloucester county. james
{ Bowless wife, Rebecca, was grand
daughter of Admiral John Addison of
| the British navy Rebecca Addison
Bowles. us widow, married Sir Robert
Henley. Lord Chancellor OF England
and Earl OF Northing tom
In Tho history. on page l2o, it reads
thus: There was connection between
the Hanover BowIcses and tho Lewis
family. OF Gloucester county. before
the Revolution. One of Thomas PHILIP
Bowlcs's, OF Hanover county. Va, Sis
tiers married n Mr.. Lewis, and Robert
Bowles was member Of Captain John
Lewls's Company in the Dunmcre War,
1774 The Virginia and Maryland
Bowles families then touch through the
Lewis family for Eleanor Bowles, OF
Maryland. had married Colonel Warner
Lewis, OF Gloucester. Thomas Philip
Bowles married Sarah Bacon, OF New
Kent"
Nov, what Mrs. Perry wants to know
Is VINO is tho ancestor of this Eleanor
Mary and Thomas Bowles, and what be-
came Of Jean Bowles? Who was
James Bowlcs's father? In this sarnn
history read on page ae3; "William
Bacon Bowles married Susan Winston
Grnbbs. Of Hanover county. Va. daugh-
ter Of Anderson Grubbs and Susan
Winston
Airs. Perry has the history of the
Winston family, which shows that Mar
tha Winston and Peter Fontaine Armi-
stead we're third cousins. Peter Fon-
tainc. rector OF MISSIONER Parish, and
Mrs. Matthew Maury were sister and
brother. II you or your readers of the 4
Genealogical Column can help Mrs
Perry, it will be appreciated S.
James Bowles was brother OF Gem
oral Bowles or the British army. and
son of Tobias Bowles, London mer-
chant. James Bowles married Rebecca,
the daughter Of Thomas Addison. who
was son Of John Addison, admiral in
the British navy. Thomas Addison
married Elizabeth Tasker. daughter OF
lion John Tasker, of Maryland Hon.
John Tasker married Eleanor Brooke
daughter of Hon. Thomas Brooke,
manor in Mnryland.-E Editor.
Dear Silt am Undertaking an ef.
tort In which i solicit Your assistance
J want to gain all the information !
can regarding the Cobb family. Of
SOUTHAMPTON county. Va. I am a de-
scendant of William Walter Cobb. who