Hughes Relations:  Bowman Family

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated August 7, 2002.
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This Bowman family came from the Netherlands, settling in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Kentucky.

Joseph Bowman & Nancy ---

• Joseph (b. 1 Apr. 1744, Netherlands)
• Nancy (b. 24 Apr. 1750, Netherlands)
1. son Isaac Bowman b.
2. dau. Elizabeth Bowman b. [m. John Gay]
3. 1784, son David Bowman b. Bucks Co., Pennsylvania [d. 1879]
4. dau. Esther Bowman b. [m. Michael Arnspiger 1804]
5. son Joseph Bowman b. [m. Elizabeth Bruner 1800]
6. 27 Feb. 1790, dau. Mary Bowman b. Hagerstown, Frederick Co., Maryland [m. Frederick Dillman 1811]
7. dau. Barbara Bowman b. [m. Michael Reed]
8. dau. Nancy Bowman b. [m. Joseph Switzer]
• 5 Feb. 1831, Joseph d.
• 14 July 1835, Nancy d.
• Census Records:
• 1790, census Washington Co., Maryland (Joseph Bowman, 225)
• 1810, census Jessamine Co., Kentucky (Joseph Bowman Sr., 01101-01101)
• 1820, census Jessamine Co., Kentucky (Joseph Bowmer, 00101-00101)
• 1830, census Jessamine Co., Kentucky (Joseph Bowman, 00000000001-0000000001)
• Unmarried children:
• 1820, census Jessamine Co., Kentucky (David Bowman, 0001-0)

Joseph Bowman served as a private from Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War.  (Sources:  C1790, C1810, C1820, C1830, Clift, DARPI, Dillman, Young)

Joseph Bowman & Elizabeth Bruner

• Joseph, son of Joseph Bowman & Nancy ---
• 25 Nov. 1800, m. Jessamine Co., Kentucky
• 25 Aug. 1859, Joseph d.
• Census Records:
• 1810, census Jessamine Co., Kentucky (Joseph Bowman Jr., 1001-001)
• 1820, census Jessamine Co., Kentucky (Joseph Bowman, 2101-1001)
• 1830, census Jessamine Co., Kentucky (Joseph Bowman, 00200001-0100001)

(Sources:  C1810, C1820, C1830, Dillman)