'Bowles2'
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Families covered: Boles of Kilbree, Bowles of Mountprospect, Bowles of Shaftesbury
| BLG1886 starts its article on the following family with "This family, the name of which has been variously spelt, is, according to an old tradition, descended from a branch of the same family as that of Colonel Richard Boles who fell in 1643 whilst gallantly defending himself in Altoin Church, Hants". BLG1866 & BLG1912 start with 2 brothers whom we show as sons of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Boles | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Boles of Cork (b 1608, s 26.06.1683, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Boles of Kilbree then Inch (d before 08.05.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Boles | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1694) Samuel Hodder of Fountainstown | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Boles | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1700) Randal Warner of Liscremin | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Boles of Kilbree then Inch (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Boles of Ballinacurra (b 13.04.1646, a 11.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1682) Elizabeth Downing (dau of John Downing of Broomfield) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Boles 'of Youghal' | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Boles of Kilbree & Carrig | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anne Boles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Bowles of Glenaboy & Youghal @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mary Boles | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Peard of Peardmount | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Boles of Woodstock then Carringnashinny (d 1739) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Colborne (dau of John Colborne of Ballintubber) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Boles of Springfield | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1716) Elizabeth Croker (dau of John Croker of Ballyanker) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Jonathan Boles (dspm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1731) Katherine Benjer (dau of Richard Benjer of Springfield) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Spotswood Boles (dsp, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | George Boles, later Bowles of Mountprospect | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1764) Dorothy Hunt (b c1744, d 1838, dau of Henry Hunt of Friarstown) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Bowles of Glanaboy & Youghal (dspm 1824) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Boles (dau of Thomas Boles of Youghal) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Bowles of Mountprospect (Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Nason (dsps, dau of John Nason of Newtown) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine Jones Hall (dau of William Hall of Bath) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Bowles of Mountprospect (d 15.05.1879) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Harry Bowles (d 14.09.1864) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Bowles (d unm 1879) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Spotswood Bowles of Ahern, co. Cork (b 1784, d 02.02.1864) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1812) Jane John (d 24.12.1885, dau of Thomas John of Youghal) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anna Christina Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Woodley of Leades | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Catherine Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Creighton (Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Dorothea Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Oakes, 2nd Bart of Mitcham (Lt. General) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Margaret Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Ralph Wartar Wilson of Kilcummer | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Charlotte Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Palmer | |||||||||||||||
| (9) | Maria Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Browning (Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Bradich (Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (10) | Sophia Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Corban | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Benjamin Bloomfield | |||||||||||||||
| (11) | Harriet Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Alexander (Major General) | |||||||||||||||
| (12) | Isabella de Vere Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Woodley of Cork | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Boles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Nixon Green of Youghal | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Boles (b 1614, d 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1645) Abigail Ende of Cork | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Boles | ||||||||||||||
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| John Bowles of Burcomb, Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Bowles of Shaftsbury (Shaftesbury), Dorset (d 1717, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Davies (d 1717, dau/coheir of Matthew Davies or Davys of Chicksgrove & Shaftesbury, niece of Sir John Davies (Attorney General in Ireland)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Bowles of Shaftesbury (b c1649, dvp before 05.12.1700, MP) ancestor of Bowles of Heale, Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||
| Baker identifies John's wife as Catherine (d 1705), dau of John Clarke, but HoP ("John Bowles") shows that he married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1675) Katherine Joyliffe (dau/heir of George Joyliffe of Garlick Hill, London) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | 3 sons + 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Matthew Bowles of Corfe Castle, Dorset (b c1652, d 1742, rector of Donhead St. Andrew) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Thomas (d 1742, dau of Walter Thomas of Lockerby) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Bowles (b 1695-6, bur 13.08.1773, vicar of Brackley, rector of Llanwifen) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1727) Elizabeth Lisle (bur 14.08.1762, dau of William Lisle of Evenley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Thomas Bowles (d 1786, vicar of King's Sutton, recor of Uphill & Brean) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.09.1760) Bridget Grey (dau of Rev. Richard Grey of Hinton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Bowles (bpt 25.09.1762, vicar of Bremhill in Wiltshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalen Wake (dau of Rev. Charles Wake (prebendary of Westminster)) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Charles Bowles of Shaftesbury (bpt 07.05.1766, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Henrietta Holloway (d 1795, dau of Richard Holloway ofWinchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Margaret Amy Bowles (b 1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Shipley | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Bowles (bpt 22.06.1761, d 1818) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Edward Lambert | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Margaret Bowles (d 1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Christ. Ede of Turnworth (d 1817) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Amy Bowles | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Peregrine Bingham (d 1827, rector of Radclive) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Robert Williams (of Portsmouth?) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Sarah Bowles (b 1774, d 1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Burlton | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - Henry (bpt 05.04.1765, dsp 1804, physician), Lucy (bpt 03.03.1764, bur 27.03.1764), Mary (bpt 05.04.1765, d 1774) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Barbara Bowles (d 1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Wray (d 1792) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Bowles (bpt 29.10.1730, d 1800) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Just Alt (bur 21.06.1811, rector of Mixbury) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Catherine Bowles (bpt 23.11.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.06.1763) John Phillips (bur 1805, rector of Alford) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Bowles (bpt 10.08.1738, bur 06.08.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Johnston (d 1816) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Amy Bowles (b 1704, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isaac Lester of Poole | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Bowles (b 1706, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Samuel Bowles | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Rev. Thomas Coker | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anne Bowles (b 1707, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Nairne (minister of Poole) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - William (b 1694, d 1781, rector of Donhead St. Andrew), Matthew of Shaftsbury (b 1697, d unm 1769), Henry (b 169, dsp 1765), Charles (b 1711, d 1768, rector of Ditton) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BLGI1912 ('Bowles of Ahern'), BLG1866 ("Bowles of Ahern')
(2) For lower section : 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton' (George Baker, vol 1, 1830, 'Lisle and Bowles of Brackley and Evenley', p612)
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