Hi Leathel, The info you sent is very interesting. I await "the rest of the story". In the meantime, I found some info I am not sure you have seen. It is about the Bowles family in Henrico, Goochland, and Cumberland Counties and the elusive Gideon Bowles. It also addresses some interesting connections with the Bowles/Knight connections and their connections in Antigua and Barbados. The web site is: _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~amcolan/Bowles/who_was_gideon_bowles.html_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~amcolan/Bowles/who_was_gideon_bowles.html) Do you have any into on the connection between the Boles/Bowles family and the Richards family from Montgomery Co., VA? Susan Walters