List, I am going to try a couple of different guesses to identify my Barsheba Bowles of Orange Co, NC in 1805. Perhaps one of you will recognize the proper family. Barsheba is one of my brick walls and I sure could use some help. Barsheba Bowles married Vincent Roberts in Orange Co, NC on 5 Feb 1805. The bondsman was John Henry Foss. From later census data, she was born about 1773 in NC, so she was about age 32 at the time of the marriage. In Vincent Roberts' will on 10 Jan 1816 in Orange Co, NC, he mentions " my wife's daughter Nancy". Her age at the marriage and the fact that she had a daughter who was not the daughter of Vincent, suggests that Bowles (or Bowls) was Barsheba's married name by a previous marriage. Also, in 1811 Vincent Roberts was the bondsman at the marriage of a James Bowles in Orange Co, NC. Could James Bowles be the son of Barsheba? If James Bowles was about 20 years old in 1811, he could have been born about 1791. Barsheba would have been about 18 years old in 1791. Thus, I could be looking for the marriage of a Barsheba Unknown to a Bowles about 1790. This Bowles must have died before 1805, probably in Orange Co, NC. In 1800, I find three Bowles families in Orange Co, NC, James, John and Thomas. In 1790 the Bowles (Bowls) families in Orange Co are William and Thomas. Thomas Bowles died in Orange Co, NC in 1791. This Thomas Bowles may have been born about 1712 in London, England and migrated through MD sometime after 1735. Could Barsheba Bowles have been Barsheba Foss since the bondsman is often a relative? Or Could Barsheba have been Barsheba Henderson? In Vincent Roberts' will, a son, Calvin Henderson Roberts, was the only child listed with a middle name. Also, I noticed that the name Henderson appears in other Bowles descendants names. Do any of you know of a connection of the Foss family or Henderson family with the Bowles (Bowls) family of the Orange Co, NC area? Wayne Beck hwbeck@houston.rr.com