Two new sets of results are just in: kit #30760 and kit #31654. These are 12 marker results, with the 13-25 marker results yet to come. On 12 markers, kit #30760 is a 12/12 match with kit #29409. #30760 traces back to Jeremiah Bowles who was born in Franklin Co VA in 1816; #29409 goes back to Joseph Bowles who was born in 1818 in VA, and was located in Henry Co VA by 1850. Since Franklin and Henry Counties are neighboring counties in Virginia, this 12 marker match is promising, but we need to wait for the rest of the results to know for sure. Kit #31654 traces back to Alexander H. Bowles who was born about 1791 in VA, and was in Franklin County VA by 1820 according to census records. However, the 12 marker results for this kit do not match the ones described above, so we are looking at a different line in that area. For all the results so far, go to our webpage at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/bowlesdna.html . Charlie Hartley Bowles DNA Project Administrator [mailto:hartley@iglou.com]
This could get interesting. :) My line is the JEremiah Bowles line that was tested, and he married Mary Ann Walden in Franklin County in 1838. They are in Putnam County, VA/WV by the 1850 census.I don't know what happened to Mary Ann, but Jeremiah marries again in 1852, in 1877, and in 1866. His civil war roster shows that he returned to Franklin County, VA to sign his oath of allegiance after the civil was and marries in 1886 to Elmira Akers, whose family is also from Franklin County. but he ends up back in Putnam Co to marry again in 1877. Interesting to me is the fact that he signed his name very well when he collected his pay, but when he signed his oath, he used an 'X'. I wonder if that was his way of denying that oath? He had to sign something, but didn't really mean it? :) So, we match on the 12 markers, but it's not really conclusive until we get the other markers in? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hartley" <hartley@iglou.com> To: <BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 3:45 PM Subject: Bowles DNA Project Update - 20 Apr 05 > Two new sets of results are just in: kit #30760 and kit #31654. These are > 12 marker results, with the 13-25 marker results yet to come. > > On 12 markers, kit #30760 is a 12/12 match with kit #29409. #30760 traces > back to Jeremiah Bowles who was born in Franklin Co VA in 1816; #29409 > goes back to Joseph Bowles who was born in 1818 in VA, and was located in > Henry Co VA by 1850. Since Franklin and Henry Counties are neighboring > counties in Virginia, this 12 marker match is promising, but we need to > wait for the rest of the results to know for sure. > > Kit #31654 traces back to Alexander H. Bowles who was born about 1791 in > VA, and was in Franklin County VA by 1820 according to census records. > However, the 12 marker results for this kit do not match the ones > described above, so we are looking at a different line in that area. > > For all the results so far, go to our webpage at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/bowlesdna.html . > > Charlie Hartley > Bowles DNA Project Administrator > [mailto:hartley@iglou.com] >