James Nowlin (abt. 1685 - 1751)

Born about 1685 in Carlow, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Ward) Nowlin — married about 1710 in Goochland Co VA

Descendants

Died Mar 1751 at about age 66 in Goochland County, Virginia colony

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Biography

James Nowlin

His Goochland Co VA will, dated 1749/54, names sons David, James, Daniel, Stephen, and John. - Last Will of JAMES NOWLING of Goochland County, written 5 October 1749: Wife SARAH NOWLIN, son DAVID NOWLIN, grandson Samuel Nowlin, a son of David, daughter MARY NOWLIN, son JOHN NOWLIN, daughter MARTHA HENSON, son JAMES NOWLIN, daughter JUDITH FALLWELL, son DANIEL NOWLIN... Executors, wife SARAH and her sons STEPHEN NOWLIN & JNO. NOWLIN. Wit: Thomas Murrell & Philemon Perkins. Recorded: 20 March 1749, GCDB 6 (1748-1755): 34-35. ^[1]

To son, Stephen Nowlin, 150 acres northside 1777jacent to Edmd. Lily and Thomas Cobb. To son, Stephen Nowlin, 150 acres northside Buffalo Branch adjoining land of Wm Gay and Col. Bolling. To dau. Mary Nowlin, 80 acres adjoining Col. Bolling. To son, John Nowlin, my manor plantation containing 200 acres adjoining Stephen Nowlin, Thos. Pleasants and Col. Jno. Bolling. Should John die without issue, then my son David Nowlin's son, Saml. Nowlin, to have the land. To dau. Martha Henson 1 heifer. To son, James Nowlin, one shilling sterling money. To son David Nowlin, one shipping sterling money. To dau. Judith Fallwell, 1 cow and calf. To son Daniel Nowlin, 1 cow and calf. To wife Sarah Nowlin, 2 slaves, but should she remarry then to my 2 sons, Stephen and John. She also to have one bed and furniture. To son John and dau., Mary Nowling each one feather bed and furniture. Ex: wife Sarah Nowlin, Stephen and John Nowlin. Wit. Thos Murrell, Philemon Perkins. ^[2]

JAMES5 NOWLIN (JOHN4 NOWLAN, PATRICK3, DANIEL2, JOHN1) was born 1685 in County Carlow, Ireland, and died March 1750/51 in St. James Parish, Goochland County, VA. He married (1) CATHERINE WARD. She was born ca. 1690 in County Carlow, Ireland, and died in St. James Parish, Goochland County, VA. He married (2) SARAH WARD.

After losing all his land (during the Irish Rebellion), James indentured himself to an Englishman by the name of Ward to gain passage to the United States. The ship sailed around 1700 and is said to have docked in Jamestown, VA. James was sold as an indentured servant to a man by the name of Ward. James married his daughter. Became known as James Nowlin of Virginia. ^[3]

The Nowlin-Stone Genealogy by James Edmund Nowlin

GOOCHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS AND DEEDS, 1736-1742. 1740 - JAMES NOWLIN, Sr., of St. James Parish, Goochland Co to John Hinson of same, for £40,366 acres on branches of Byrd Creek, bounded by Ebenezer Adams. Wit: Henry (0) Lanceford, STEPHEN NOWLIN, Thos. Murrell. Signed: JAMES NOWLIN. Recorded 20 May 1740. Benjamin B. Weisiger III, comp. Goochland Co VA Wills and Deeds 1736-1742 (Richmond: 1984): 41.

GOOCHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA TITHE LISTS, 1735-47 & 1748-49. 1748 - JAMES NOWLIN and STEPHEN NOWLIN with 4 tithes in Goochland County. A. Jean Lurvey, trans. Goochland Co. Virginia Tithe Lists, 1735-47 & 1748-1749 (Springfield Mo., Pub. by author, 1979): 8 & 10.

"HISTORY OF VIRGINIA" From the DAR office, Washington, DC, page 404:

       James Nowlan who was a native of Ireland, who was a zealous communicant of the Catholic Church and who lost his material possessions in Ireland through his participation in one of the numerous religious wars in that volatile island. In order to defray the expenses of his passage to America, he indentured himself for a prescribed period to the captain of the vessel which brought him to Virginia about the year 1700. In this colony, he was reindentured to a planter named Bryan Ward, of Pittsylvania Co. In the course of time, this sterling ancestor changed the spelling of his surname from the original Nowlan to the present form of Nowlin. He married Catherine, a daughter of Bryan Ward, above mentioned, and they became the parents of several children, one of whom, James [sic] in turn grew to manhood, married and reared children, including a son to whom was given the name of Abraham. This Abraham Nowlin married Mildred Watkins, and their son, Captain Bryan Watkins Nowlin, the eldest in a family of eight children, maried Mary Spencer, the children of this union being as here designated: Virginia C. (Mrs. John P. Hughes), Marie E. (who became the wife of Captain S. H. Overton), John H., Julia, (died in infancy), Bryan Ward (died in infancy, and William C. (married to Virginia Watkins.

Goochland DB 4, p.401 21 Aug 1744 James Nowland of Goochland to Wm Ray. N side James. On Majr John Bollings line ..John Burk ..on Joseph Woodson ...Ebenezar Adams 150 acres part of 300 acres granted to James Nowlin. 12 Mar 1739. Signed: James Nowlin, Sarah [X] Nowlin. Witness: Stephen [X] Nowling, David Nowlin, Edward McBride; Goochland DB 6, p.218 Appraisal & Inventory of the Estate of William Redford, dec'd. Richard Pleasants, William Rea Goochland DB 7, p.61 20 Jan 1756. William RAY of Goochland to Ambrose Hundley of Hanover. 40#'s North side James River. Maj John Bollings line, John Burks, Joseph Woodson, Ebenezar Adams Dec'd. 150 acres part of 300 acres granted to James Nowlin by patent 12 Mar 1739. Signed: William REA Wit: Geo Colebrooke, Thos. Pleasants. Ro. Abraham.

Marriage

Husband: James Nowlin

Wife: Catherine Ward

Marriage: ABT 1708 Goochland Co VA

Child: Daniel Nowlin

Child: David Nowlin

Child: Martha Nowlin

Child: Judith Nowlin

Child: James Nowlin

Child: Mary Nowlin

Child: Stephen Nowlin

Child: John Nowlin

Sources

1. ↑ Will of James Nowling dated 5 Oct 1749, proved 20 Mar 1749/50. Goochland Co. Deed Book 6, p. 34-36.
2. ↑ : More detail is given in this extract from Genforum: 975.5455/P28h Goochland Co. VA Abst. Of Wills 1727-1777 adjacent to Edmd. Lily and Thomas Cobb.
3. ↑ History of County Carlow, Ireland by John Ryan

See also:

• Nolan, Roger, Shangarry Nolan - an Ocean Apart 300 Years Ago, taken from The Nolan Families.org Clan Newsletter, December 2006. https://nolanfamilies.org/research-articles/shangarry-nolans-an-ocean-apart/

• Nowlin, James Edmund, Nowlin-Stone Genealogy, Publ: Salt Lake City, UT, 1916. available @ Archive.org https://archive.org/details/nowlinstonegenea00nowl/page/n43/mode/2up?q=James