John Bowles of Eltham's Family Tree

See also The Bowles of Eltham for more on this family and Charles Bowles of Chatham's Family Tree to see where this branch fits in.

2. John b. 1640

(of Mark Lane and Eltham. Set up factory at Ratcliffe, Southwark in 1677 to manufacture crown glass. In 1695 was a Commissioner for managing the duty of glass. Factory passed down through four generations until it was destroyed by fire in 1794. ref. This is the John Bowles mentioned as a friend of Samuel Pepys in his diaries.)

m.(1) Sarah Knight (not confirmed)

m.(2) Mary

2.1 Charles Bowles (of Southwark and of Wolverley, Worcestershire) b. 1662

m.(1) Jane Wall

m.(2) Dorothy Hunt (Mr. Hunt of Lower Areley, Worcestershire)

2.1.1 Charles (living in 1727)

2.1.2 Edward (of Bartlett’s Buildings, Holborn and Enfield)

m. Anne Draper (of Hitchin, Herts)

2.1.2.1 Edward (of Bartlett’s Buildings and Enfield)

m. Bridget Downing (father: Dickson Downing)

2.1.2.1.1 Charles (Recorder of Weymouth)

2.1.2.1.2 Edward (Rev., Vicar of Bradford, Wilts.)

m. Jane Middleton (Thomas)

2.1.2.1.2.1 George Downing (Rev. of Fawley, Hants.)

m. Anne Stillingfleet (Rev. James, Preby of Worcester)

2.1.2.1.2.1.1 Charles James Stillingfleet (of Great Malvern)

m. Elizabeth Augusta Clarke (Rev. W. H. of Cold Higham)

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.1 Edward Stillingfleet d. in infancy 1854

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.2 Sholto Stillingfleet b. Oct. 1, 1854

m. Edith Mary Nelson (Richard of Barton Hill, Yorks)

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1 Aleyone

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.3 Charles William (a tea planter in Ceylon)

Charles William d. Dec. 17, 1896

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.4 George Downing b. Apr. 3, 1860

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.5 Lionel Oliver b. July 18, 1860

m. Maud Chudleigh

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.5.1 George Edwin

2.1.2.1.2.1.1.5.2 Gwendoline

Charles James Stillingfleet d. Nov. 23, 1905

2.1.2.1.2.1.2 George Downing (Rev., Rector of Wendlebury, Oxon.)

George Downing d. unm. 1901

2.1.2.1.2.1.3 Edward Stillingfleet b. 1828 d. 1832

2.1.2.1.2.1.4 Caroline Anne m. Richard Strachey (General Sir)

George d. 1863 Paris

2.1.2.1.2.2 Frances Middleton

m. Edward Bowles Fripp of Bristol

2.1.2.1.2.3 Bridget Downing

m. Charles Hare of Bristol

Edward d. 1808

2.1.2.1.3 Anne

m. Rev. Richard Symes (of Westbury near Bristol)

2.1.2.1.4 Lydia

m. James Fripp (of Bristol)

2.1.2.1.5 Dorothy

m. Samuel Fripp (of Bristol)

Edward d. 1800 bur. St. Michael’s Church, Bristol

2.1.2.2 George b. 1737

2.1.2.3 Anne

2.1.2.4 Sarah

2.1.2.5 Charles b. 1742 (Captain, The East India Company)

m. Anne Burrard (George)

2.1.2.5.1 Caroline b. 1786 Lymington

m. Robert Southey, Poet Laureate

Caroline Southey Bowles d. 1854

Edward d. 1753 bur. Enfield, Middlesex

Charles d. 1727

2.2 Phineas Bowles b. 1664 (of Loughborough House, St. Michael's Lane, London;

merchant and partner in family glass business at Southwark)

m. Margaret Dockwra (b. 1664, William of London, merchant, Rebekah)

Sept. 11, 1684 St. James, Clerkenwell

(note: Margaret’s father, William Dockwra was the founder of the Penny Post in London in 1680)

2.2.1 William Bowles b. Feb. 11, 1686 Little St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate

(acquired Tenbury, Worcester in 1720, M.P. for Bewdley and owner of the Vauxhall Glass Works in London, built Burford House in 1728 and purchased Wanstead Grove)

m. Sarah

William d. May 14, 1748

2.2.2 Mary b. Mar. 31, 1687 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London d. in infancy

2.2.3 John b. Sept. 11, 1688 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London

(excluded from his Father’s Will whom he had fallen out with; he is not mentioned again in the family's papers)

2.2.4 Phineas b. Jan. 24, 1689/90 (old date format) Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London

(Lieutenant General; succeeded 4.1 Phineas as Colonel of his regiment in March 23, 1719; MP for Bewdley in 1734; later Governor of Limerick 1739 and Governor of Londonderry 1745; had a house in Dublin and a country house called Beaulieu near Drogheda)

m. Alethia Maria Hill (father: Samuel Hill of Kilmainham, Dublin) June 10, 1724 St. Mary, Dublin

2.2.4.1 William Phineas Bowles b. 1725

an illegitimate son by Hannah Crofton who assumed the name Bowles

d. 1760

2.2.4.2 Richard Bowles of Sayes Court (near Chertsey)

(inherited property in Ireland in 1771 on Mother’s death and from Henry Brownrigg in 1780)

m. ?

2.2.4.2.1 Thomas

2.2.4.2.2 Mary Anne m. Stewart

Richard d. 1798

2.2.4.3 Anna Maria m. Lieut. Col. Nathaniel Heywood (Coldstream Guards) by 1752

(no children)

Phineas Jr. d. Oct. 22, 1749 Bath, England (Will dated Sept. 11, 1749)

Alethia Maria (Hill) Bowles m(2) Henry Brownrigg July 17, 1757 St. Mary's, Dublin

Alethia Maria (Hill, Bowles) Brownrigg d. Oct. 1771

Henry Brownrigg d. 1780 (left his estate to step-son Richard Bowles and nephew Thomas Brownrigg)

2.2.5 Rebecca b. Apr. 26, 1691 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London

m. Sir Robert Henley

(no children)

Sir Henry d. 1740

Rebecca d. Mar. 27, 1743 bur. Eltham church

2.2.6 Thomas b. July 17, 1692 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London

m. ?

2.2.6.1 William b. ~ 1712 (settled in Ireland with his Aunt Katherina and husband Henry Brownrigg)

2.2.6.2 Phineas d. ~ 1744

2.2.6.3 Benjamin

Thomas d.

2.2.7 Charles b. Oct. 14, 1693 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London; d. betw. 1712 and 1715 in America

2.2.8 Peter b. Apr. 2, 1695 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London d. < 1718

2.2.9 Mary b. June 16, 1696 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London d. < 1718

2.2.10 Edward b. Sept. 14, 1697 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London d. in infancy

2.2.11 Margaret b. Apr. 4, 1698 Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London d. < 1718

2.2.12 Humphrey b. Jan. 14, 1700/01 (old date format) Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London

(of Burford Manor, co. Shropshire and Wanstead Grove, co. Essex; in Burford Rectory records as Patron from 1754 to 1783; junior partner in brother William's glass business; lived at Wanstead)

m. Hannah Hurst 1730

2.2.12.1 George d. unm. Apr. 30, 1817

2.2.12.2 Rebecca b. 1740

m. Sir John Rushout (b. July 12, 1738), First Lord Northwick June 8, 1766

2.2.12.2.1 Anne Rushout

2.2.12.2.2 Sir John Rushout b. Feb. 16, 1770, Second Lord Northwick

2.2.12.2.3 George Rushout b. July 30, 1772 , the Hon. and Rev., assumed the name Rushout-Bowles to inherit from his Uncle George

m. Lady Caroline Stewart (John, 7th Earl of Galloway)

Children: Caroline 1803, Georgiana, George, Harriot, George, Elizabeth

Lady Caroline d. May 22, 1818

The Hon. and Rev. George Rushout Bowles d. 1842

2.2.12.2.4 Harriet m. Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart. Feb. 13, 1808

2.2.12.2.5 Elizabeth b. Dec.6, 1774

m.(1) Sydney Bowles (her first cousin) June 24, 1797

m.(2) John-Wallis Grieve Aug. 7, 1819

Sir John Rushout d. Oct. 20, 1800

Rebecca d. Oct. 3, 1818

2.2.12.3 Thomas

2.2.12.4 Charles Bowles

(of Ratcliffe (St. Dunstan Stepney) (to 1789) and Sheen House, East Sheen, Surrey (after 1792) See also The Bowles of Surrey)

m. Mary Galliard 1774

(Charles was Sheriff of Surrey in 1794; they were given Bury Farm, the demesne farm of Edmonton Manor, Middlesex by Mary’s father, Pierce Galliard in 1786, it was eventually sold by Arthur Humphrey Bowles; see below)

2.2.12.4.1 Humphrey Bowles b. Nov. 19, 1781 Bradshaw, Lancs.

m. Harriet Atkinson (father: Second Earl of Onslow) Oct. 15, 1804 Chelmsford, Essex

2.2.12.4.1.1 Charles Bradshaw Bowles b. Oct. 3, 1806 Hull, Yorkshire

See the above link for the continuation of this line

2.2.12.4.1.2 Rev. George Cranley Bowles b. Nov. 23, 1807 Richmond, Surrey

(Capt. Royal Fusiliers, Rector of East Thorpe, Kelvedon)

m. Jane Lucy Locker (b. ~ 1813; John) Nov. 2, 1833

2.2.12.4.1.2.1 George Herbert bp. Sept. 20, 1838 Holy Trinity, Brathay, Lancs.

2.2.12.4.1.2.2 Anne Galliard b. March 1843 Whittington, Lanc.

m. Henry Brackenbury (b. July 30, 1829; Rev. William, Juliet Langton) Nov. 3, 1864 Lexden, Essex

2.2.12.4.1.3 Mary Ann Bowles b. 1805

2.2.12.4.1.4 Rev. Henry Albany Bowles of Artington Rectory, Barnstaple, Somerset

(Vicar of otterbourne)

m. Louisa Alethea Yonge (Julian Bargus Yonge, Emma Frances) Aug. 7, 1884 (?)

2.2.12.4.1.4.1 Reginald Julian Albany

2.2.12.4.1.4.2 Phyllis Alan

2.2.12.4.1.4.3 Marjorie Joan Georgiana

2.2.12.4.1.4.4 Margaret Ernestine

2.2.12.4.1.4.5 Cicely Gertrude

Humphrey d. Aug. 12, 1859

Charles Bowles d. Feb. 15, 1795 (while in his year of Office as High Sheriff for co. Surrey)

Mary d. 1832-1835

2.2.12.5 Margaret

2.2.12.6 Mary

2.2.12.7 James

m. Sarah Hale (William of Kingswalden Park, Herts) 1770

2.2.12.7.1 William Sidney b. Feb. 26, 1778

m. Elizabeth Rushout (his first cousin) June 24, 1797

William Sidney d. 1806 Rome

2.2.12.7.2 Humphrey, Captain 10th Dragoons

Humphrey d. 1870

2.2.12.7.3 James

2.2.12.8 William of Kingston-upon-Thames

Humphrey d. Feb. 13, 1784

2.2.13 Richard b. Feb. 5, 1701/02 (old date format) Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London

(Lieut. Col. 7^th Foot Regiment

m. Mary (b. ~ 1703)

2.2.13.1 St. George Bowles (Lieut. Royal Reg’t of Horse Guards) b. ~ 1730

m. Mary

2.2.13.1.1 St. George (Rev’d.) Bowles b. May 30, bp. June 27, 1758 Westminster, London

m. Hannah Robinson Feb. 5, 1788

(no children)

St. George d. Sept. 1804

St. George d. Aug. 28, 1800 Lichfield

Mary d. May 10, 1757

Richard d. Oct. 31, 1769 Bristol bur. Westbury Church (Will dated June 4, 1757)

2.2.14 Edward b. Mar. 17, 1702/03 (old date format) Fen Court, St. Michael’s, London

d. 1756 Newport Pagnell, Bucks.

2.2.15 Benjamin b. 1703 (probably at Loughbrough House)

m. ?

2.2.15.1 Thomas

Benjamin d. Sept. 1766 Croydon (shooting accident)

2.2.16 Anna Katherina b. ~ 1710 (probably at Loughbrough House)

m.(1) Rev’d. William Crosse, Dean of Leighton and Rector of St. Mary’s Dublin

2.2.16.1 Anna Katherina Crosse

m.(2) Major Henry Brownrigg Feb. 16, 1750 (of Dublin in 1750, of Altidore Castle in 1754)

(no children)

She then adopted her brother Thomas’ son William who settled in Ireland (mentioned as having traveled from Ireland in 1784 to attend his Uncle Humphrey's funeral)

Katherina d. June 5, 1754 Altidore Castle, co. Wicklow

Henry Brownrigg m(2) Alithea Maria (Hill) Bowles July 17, 1757 St. Mary's, Dublin (see above)

Alethia Maria (Hill, Bowles) Brownrigg d. Oct. 1771

Henry Brownrigg d. 1780 (left his estate to step-son Richard Bowles and nephew Thomas Brownrigg)

Phineas d. June 27, 1718 bur. July 10 Eltham Church

(Will dated Nov. 8, 1712 with a codicil added in 1715 limiting his son John’s inheritance)

Margaret d. Jan. 13, 1740 Westminster, London

John d. 1709

Also see Sorting Out the Various Phineas Bowles