My Bowden connection starts with the following: 1. William – b 1780 (Worcester Co., MD); married An Hickman (Chincoteague Island, VA) 2 Parker Bowden – 1805(Worc. Co., MD) m. Mary Anne Russell. 3. Ira Bowden – 1839-1907 (Woc. Co., Md); m. Mary Ann Daisey (Worc. Co., MD) 4. Sarah Jane Bowden – my grandmother 1873-1938 (Acomack Co., VA) m. Iaac Lewis Merritt (Accomack Co., VA) second marriage to Emery T Bowden. Bowdoin, Peter 1703-1746 –Northampton County, VA m. Susannah Stockley from Chincoteague Island, VA Daughter Arabella Bowdoin, b. 1734, Northampton County, VA. Hope that this information connects with someone else. Thanks for any responses. Sharon