Peter Bowman (1761–1835) – "Among the graves of distinguished Revolutionary War soldiers in Onondaga County [New York] is that of Peter Bowman, an aide of Gen. George Washington, who is buried in Belle Isle Cemetery. [1]
Research Notes
Father source is tenuous - Ancestry family trees only.
Said to have joined the Revolutionary War at Middlesex, New Jersey. [2]
Sources
↑https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_aides-de-camp citing "Marking of Revolutionary War Graves By D.A.R. Signals Start of Campaign to Identify 595 in Onondaga County". Syracuse Herald. Transcribed 2007 by Richard Hillenbrand, Upstate New York Genealogy. June 28, 1931. Section 3, pp. 3, 9. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05.
↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-MVPM : 26 September 2022), Peter Bowman, ; citing Military Service, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711080.
"Peter Bowman" in Beauchamp, Revolutionary Soldiers Resident Or Dying in Onondaga County, N. Y. 1913. p. 6. Google Books
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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 Peter:
In the Rev War rolls on ancestry there is a Peter Bowman as 2nd Lieutenant in Tryon County, New York under command of Col. Nic Herkheimer (Kerkimer) Herkimer-11 Esq. and one as a Private in 1st Pennsylvania, no superior officers listed.
edited by Beryl Meehan