This may be old news but I came across these so I thought I would post this just in case. The British National Archives has the following two wills of US Bowles which can be viewed online for 3 pound 50: Will of James Bowles, Merchant of Saint Mary's County Province of Maryland, North America 23 June 1729 and Will of Tobias Bowles of Saint Philip in the State of South Caroline , North America 04 October 1811 You can search for these records at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Tom LaPorte

James Bowles was the son of Tobias and the nephew of Valentine Bowles He m Jane Lowe James was a member of the council of Maryland from 1720 to 1727 I believe Valentine to be in my line Thanks for the infro Dale Bowles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom LaPorte" <tlaporte@mts.net> To: <BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:50 PM Subject: US Bowles wills in British Archives > This may be old news but I came across these so I thought I would post > this just in case. > > The British National Archives has the following two wills of US Bowles > which can be viewed online for 3 pound 50: > > Will of James Bowles, Merchant of Saint Mary's County Province of > Maryland, North America 23 June 1729 > > and > > Will of Tobias Bowles of Saint Philip in the State of South Caroline , > North America 04 October 1811 > > > You can search for these records at: > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 > > Tom LaPorte >