John
Bowles
Born in Hanover, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Bowles
and Jane Ellenor (Parsons) Bowles
Brother of
Jane Bowles, William Powell Bowles, Thomas Bowles, Charles Bowles, Henry Bowles and Benjamin Bowles
Husband of
Sarah (Knight) Bowles
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Knight Bowles, Benjamin Bowles, William Bowles, Thomas Bowles, Jerusha (Bowles) Mosby and Thomas Bowles
Died
at about age 90
in Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jul 2011
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Biography
John Bowles, born 1680, Hanover, Virginia; died 1770, Virginia.
- Alternative information: born April 1696, Virginia; died 1771, Stoney Run, Hanover, Virginia.
John 3rd (this John) married a Welsh lady named Sarah Knight, born 1785 (in Wales or England), according to one tradition. Another tradition states that John 1st married Sarah Knight.
Children:
- John Knight Bowles (b 1703 Virginia)
- Benjamin Bowles (b 1710, Goochland, Virginia)
- William Bowles (b 1710, Hanover, Virginia)
- Thomas Bowles (b 1715, London)
Sources
- "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR4-TP5 : 28 January 2020), John Bowls, 1680.
- "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRC-M3G : 28 January 2020), John Boules in entry for Boules, 1703.
- Farquhar, Thomas M. The History of The Bowles Family. Philadelphia, 1907. Page 101-102.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L26H-MRW
- Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members): 1, 2
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Wayne Thacker
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
John Doster :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T967505 [compare], FTDNA kit #305325
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~0.39%
Pat (Parfitt) Rodgers :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T967505 [compare], FTDNA kit #305325
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~0.39%
Walter Haden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WF3766620 [compare], Ancestry member WRHadenJr
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~0.39%
Ray Jackson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Raystonwall1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #57033
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~0.39%
William Grant :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A224214 [compare], FTDNA kit #346766
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Rejected matches › John Boles (abt.1680-)
John is 14 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 17 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 23 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 20 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 12 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Bowles-1034 and Bowles-322 appear to represent the same person because: birth dates don't match up, but same wife & nearly same death date - I think they're intended to be the same person. Please merge if you agree. Thanks!