Born about in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Johann Nicholas Paulus
and Anna Margaretha Paulus
Brother of
John J Bowlus, Jacob Bowlus, Mary Magdalene (Paulus) Coblentz, William Daniel Powless, Henry Richard Bowlus Sr, Barbara (Paulus) Wise, Elizabeth (Bowlus) Floyd, Anna Margaretha (Paulus) Crist and Catharina (Paulus) Holler
Husband of
Catherine (Orndorf) Bowlus
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Bowlus) Coblentz, Maria (Bowlus) Remsburg, Catherine (Bowlus) Lighter, Samuel Bowlus, Nicholas Bowlus, Lewis James Bowlus, Stephen Bowlus and Scharlotte Sarah Bowlus
Died about
at about age 40
in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2017
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Biography
Nicholas was born about 1786.[1]
Nicholas is named in his father Nicholas's 1805 will.[2]
Nicholas wrote his will on 3 January 1826; it was probated on 21 February 1827. The will names wife Catherine and children Elizabeth, Maria, Catherine, Samuel, Nicholas, Lewis, Stephen, and Scharlotte Sara.[3]
An 1840 Frederick County equity court case over Nicholas's estate says that his widow Catherine died 18 July 1848; it names these children:[4]
- daughter Elizabeth Coblentz
- daughter Maria wife of Samuel Ramsburg
- daughter Catharine wife of Lawson Lighter
- son Samuel Bowlus
- son Stephen Bowlus
- son Nicholas Bowlus, Jr., later died intestate, no issue
- son Lewis J. Bowlus, lived in Ohio and since deceased, leaving wife Rebecca Catharine (Williamson) and two children:
- Silas M. Bowlus, a minor
- Amos S. Bowlus, a minor
- daughter Charlotte Sarah Bowlus, later died intestate, no issue
Sources
- ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F488-3MK : 12 December 2014), Johann Nicolaus Paulus, 27 Sep 1786; citing ; FHL microfilm 13,200.
- ↑ Will of Nicholas Boulas/Bowlus, Frederick County, Maryland, Liber GMRB-1-160. Viewable online at "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT15-9625?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-FMS%3A146535301%2C147321401 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1803-1809 vol 1 > image 92 of 237; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
- ↑ Will of Nicholas Bowlus, Frederick County, Maryland, Liber HS-3-530. Viewable online at "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T1V-YRG?cc=1803986&wc=SNYH-BZ7%3A146535301%2C147348101 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1822-1828 vol 3 > image 284 of 339; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
- ↑ Elizabeth COBLENTZ, Samuel RAMSBURG & Others vs Rebecca BOWLUS & Others. Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland, Liber WBT-4. pp. 19-27. Abstracted by Dorinda Shepley at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~midmdroots/county/frederick/equity/wbt04.htm.
- Williams, T.J.C., and Folger McKinsey. History of Frederick County, MD, with a Biographical record of Representative Families. Reprinted from the original 1910 edition. Regional Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1979. Biography of Lewis H. Bowlus, pp. 1255-1256.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicholas 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 Nicholas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicholas 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 Nicholas:
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