The Migration from the Eastern Shore to Ohio
Location: Dorchester, Maryland, United States
Surnames/tags: Bowdle Sisk Mills
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The Migration from the Eastern Shore to Ohio
"The Migration from the Eastern Shore to Ohio", was submitted by contributors Margaret Withgott, Charles W. Hurst, and John P. Mills to the Maryland State Archives Special Collections. The document is not dated; however, it was published by Margaret Withgott, et al.., in Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Volume 4; January 1963. Charles Hurst died in 1974, John P. Mills died in 1976, and Margaret Withgott died in 1983.
People Mentioned:
- Henry Bowdle
- Thomas Bowdle
- Thomas Withgott
- James Sisk
- Prichard Mills
- Levin Mills
- Thomas Bowdle, (Gentleman)
- Elizabeth Sisk
- Sarah Withgott
- Elizabeth Orem
- Mary Bowdle
- Levi Hurst
- Robert McCollister
- Samuel Bradley
- White Brown
- Freeborn Garrettson; jailed in Dorchester for his stance on slavery.
Research Notes
Henry, Thomas, and Mary's father John Bowdle died in 1778 in Dorchester County, Maryland. John is listed on the 1776 Census for Dorchester County, Transquakin Hundred, Maryland. In addition to himself and his wife Elizabeth (Delahay) Bowdle (both in 40-50) John Boudle is listed as having 1 Male, age 21-30 (son Thomas would be 21 yrs), and 1 Female, age 10-16 (Mary would be 15). He is listed as having 6 Negros. His oldest son Henry is listed on the next line down as head of his own household[1].
On 12 Sep 1778, a memorandum of Deed was recorded for an Indenture made on 22 Aug 1778 between Elizabeth Bowdle, Spinster, on one part, and Henry Bowdle, Thomas Bowdle, and Mary Bowdle on the other part. Elizabeth, the wife of John Bowdle, Dorchester County, deceased, and mother of the above-named. This indenture for 20 pounds current money, allows her to keep 1/3 of John's estate as long as she does not remarry[2]. On 28 Oct 1779, the memorandum of Deed was updated/recorded to 10,000 pounds current money.
John's estate was appraised at 147 pounds, 19 shillings, and 10 pence. Negroes, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and other goods & chattels during her widowhood[3].
I have not found records where Thomas Bowdle is referred to as “Gentlemen”. During his seven-year indenture to William Parker (1662-1669), Thomas is referred to as “Tailor”. In 1675 Thomas is referred to as “Planter”[4]. Thomas was also a Commissioner[5], and a Justice[6] of Talbot County.
Sources
- ↑ 1776 Census: "Maryland, U.S., Colonial Census, 1776"; Original data: Taken from Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 held by the Maryland State Archives; Ancestry Record 4247 #1256 (accessed 15 September 2023); John Boudle in Transquakin, Dorchester, Maryland.
- ↑ Dorchester County Court (Land Records), JCH 1, Maryland State Archives, CE 46-30, folio 135.
- ↑ Dorchester County Court (Land Records), JCH 1, Maryland State Archives, CE 46-30, folio 276.
- ↑ Maryland State Archives; Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675; Liber MM, page 571.
- ↑ "Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1693-1697," Maryland State Archives, Volume 20, page 65.
- ↑ "The Maryland Calendar of Wills: Wills from 1685 to 1702," Kohn &, Pollock, 1901, Jane Baldwin Cotton, page 127.
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