Dear Gracie, Wow, because Jabel nearly drove me crazy until I figured out there were two of them, I have gathered a pile of information. Was sure we were all connected somehow until my gg grandfather turned out to be Alexander Hamilton Bowles - the DNA didn't match. I was depressed for a while over that one. Will go through some more of these papers and see what I can find. Jeptha and Jeremiah - who would have thunk it. Frances Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gracie Stover" <ggracie@cox.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Jereiah and Jeptha Bowles >I have an interest in Jeptha Bowles who moved over to WV. My direct line is > Jeremiah Bowles, who md Elizabeth Martin, and his son Jeremiah who md Mary > Ann Waldon in Franklin Co, and moved to Putnam Co, VA/WV by the 1850 > census. > His sons were James, Francis Marion, Allen (my direct line), and John. > Through the Bowles DNA project, I have learned that Jeremiah and Jeptha > were related, but we aren't sure how yet. A descendant of Jeptha and one > of > my male Bowles cousins match exactly. There is a thrid match to us, so we > all three know we are related, but not sure exactly how. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rebecca.dyer@cox.net> > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <vafrankl-request@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:02 AM > Subject: [VAFRANKL] Mason/Warren > > >> FROM FRANCES ANNE BOWLES: >> >> Reference: Jackson County History (Lower Mill Creek), page 17 >> >> MASON FAMILY >> >> Jeptha Mason, together with Jabel Bowles and Gilbert Boswell, of Franklin >> County, Virginia, settled on Parchment about 1818. Jeptha was a son of >> Nathan & Elizabeth Mason. He married Rachel Lewis. Some of their children >> were: Nathan, Mary, Allen, Lucinda, Hannah and Nancy. >> >> BOWLES FAMILY >> >> The Rev. Jabel Bowles (1788-1875) was a son of Jeptha Bowles. He married, >> Nancy, a sister of Jeptha Mason. Some of their children were: Dr. Nathan >> M. Bowles, who M. Sarah (1815-1884), D. of Joseph & Patsy (Childers) >> Stout, Oct. 3, 1833. Frances (1814-1878), M. Job Kessel, March 11, 1830. >> Ona (1807-1867), did not marry. >> Note: Elizabeth, a sister of Jeptha Mason, married Gilbert Boswell Sr., >> June 5, 1809 in Franklin Co., Virginia. >> >> This is what I found in my notes. >> Frances Anne >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Frances A Bowles >> To: robt_hill_research_group@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:37 AM >> Subject: Re: [robt_hill_research_group] Query on Franklin Co VA Rootsweb >> >> If my memory serves me correctly. (Am searching for my notes on him now. >> This is not related to my great grandfather Jabel that I know of.) There >> was a Jeptha Bowles in Franklin County, Virginia about 1750? who was the >> father of a Jabel Bowles. This Jabel Bowles went off to what is now West >> Virginia about 1817 as he didn't believe in slavery. There is a Jeptha >> Bowles who went to Illinois and purchased 6 or 7,000 acres of land in the >> 1800s but there was a Jeptha before him who also went out west and >> purchased thousands of acres of land. Will continue searching to verify >> or >> refute my memory. Since the Bowles family intermarried with the Hill >> family this Jeptha could have easily been involved with them also. Right >> place, right time. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message