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See also The Bowles of Roscommon
and The Bowles of Chatham for
more on this family
Hon. Major Gen. Phineas Bowles,
First Secretary of the Admiralty
(raised the Phineas Bowles'
Regiment of Dragoons July 22, 1715; renamed the 12th Royal Lancers
in 1751 and the Prince of Wales Dragoons in 1768)
m. ? (one
Phineas Bowles married a Sarah Scott in St. Michael, Barbados in
April 24, 1692 but record is not confirmed and does not match with
son's birth date below)
1. Lieutenant General Phineas
Bowles b. 1687
(arrived in Ireland in 1718 as an
officer in his father's Dragoon's Regiment; succeeded to command of
the regiment
Mar.
23, 1719; acquired land in Dublin, Tipperary, Cavan and
Roscommon)
m. Alithea Maria (Mary) Hill
(father: Samuel Hill of Kilmainham, Dublin) June 10, 1724 St.
Mary's, Dublin
(inherited vast holdings in Ireland
from her father)
1.1 William Phineas I b.
possibly 1725
(inherited his father's land in
1749 but not the Hill Estates as he died before his mother)
1.1.1 William Phineas II b. about
1745 (still a minor in 1760)
(illegitimate son by Hannah Crofton)
(would have inherited his father's
entailed land)
1.1.1.1
possibly William Phineas III b. ~
1770
a Bail Commissioner in Ireland in
1822 (ref: EPPI site)
possibly emigrated to Australia
m. Sarah
d. 1835 Sydney, Australia
(based on a
William Phineas Bowles
from Roscommon was hung in Australia
in 1835 for murdering his wife Sarah)
William Phineas I d. 1760
1.2 Richard (inherited Hill
estates from his mother in 1761)
m. ?
1.2.1 Thomas
1.2.2 a daughter (inherited
from her father)
m. Mr. Stewart
1.3 Anna Maria m. Mr. Haywood
Lieutenant General Phineas d. Oct. 22, 1749 Bath, England
Alithea Maria d. 1771
2. Benjamin Bowles
3. Richard Bowles
Major Gen. Phineas Bowles d. 1714 or 1722 (1714 in
Bowles Family Pedigree at Medway Archives,
Rochester and also in
The Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography; 1722 also in
The Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography plus the Prince of Wales
Dragoons claim him as their Colonel from 1715 to 1719 when he was
replaced by his son so 1722 does seem more likely)
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