The Bowles of Wexford

There were a couple of so far unconnected Bowles lines in Wexford. Two of which have strong connections to my own my own Bowles in Ballickmoyler, co. Laois line and so probably have a connection to each other as well but I have not found that connection in the Wexford sources I've studied so far.

The most important one to my own line is William Bowles of Wingfield at the extreme northern end of Wexford on the border with Wicklow. William is a "99% certain" link which ties my "absolutely sure" line in Ballickmoyler to that of Phineas Bowles of Kilmainham, Dublin and through him back to my family's origin in Chatham, co. Kent, England.

The other line is The Bowles of New Ross and the Camross Area who have strong indicative ties to Coopers, who were my Bowles' landlords in Ballickmoyler and also to Bowles in Carlow where my own line settled in the same period.

Another link to Ballickmoyler would be the marriage of Francis Young of the Parish of Newtown Barry (now called Bunclody) co. Wexford and Ann Bowles of Ballickmoyler at the Castletown church on June 28, 1808.

Also see Bowles births, marriages and deaths references in Wexford