BOWES ONE-NAME STUDY

Y-DNA Marker Results Kit #147853

This line has tested negative for L48 and L257. This makes him part of a small group called R-U106x.

Here’s a basic tree, starting with my grandfather Harold.

http://www.bowe.info/family/grpf001.html

I have pretty good doc that traces my line back to Alexander Bowe, arriving to the US about 1650 from England. (I can scan my docs and send them in if needed) 

Captured in Battle of Dunbar?

I have some circumstantial evidence that he may have been a captured Scot in the Battle of Dunbar, and arrived on the Unity ... no passenger list.

http://www.scotwars.com/html/battle_of_dunbar.htm

and sold as an indentured servant to the Saugus Iron Works in Lynn, MA. When the Iron works went bust in 1656, the Scots working there where freed and given land.

http://members.tripod.com/graytim/Saugus.htm

http://www.archive.org/stream/charlestownlandr00charl/charlestownlandr00charl_djvu.txt

search link for Alexander Bow

lot next to him:

Daniell King - of Lynn, age 27, deposed in court DEC 24, 1650 in connection with Mr. Giffards of Lynn (who purchased servants for the iron works)

http://books.google.com/books?id=r74UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=Daniell+King+1650&source=bl&ots=QUlhf0EpFO&sig=trFBAE4XrIRhByKz76m1GZI3dc8&hl=en&ei=yT6lSa7NJo_ftgfWuJXXBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA132,M1

Captured in Battle of Worcester?

This just jumped out at me today, page 160. I have seen this passenger list "John and Sara" before, but missed this.

Apparently, there are a lot of transcription errors:

Cowe, Alester     Lowe, Alester

http://books.google.com/books?id=wl7r1iKsyNMC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=unity+passenger+list+dunbar&source=bl&ots=kuHPwfIYaz&sig=baJA_wcz6_1Sl_sEHMRxHNbx7hM&hl=en&ei=8BVeS66ZAYH20gTG9Zj1BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Alester was most likely Alexander (Alasdair being Gaelic for Alexander) and was it Cowe, Lowe or maybe even BOWE? In fact, since this list anglicizes Gaelic names according to phoenetics, it may be none of those!

Complete list here:

http://files.usgwarchives.org/nh/strafford/history/scotchprisonrs.txt

List shows a few Ross & Queen. Could it be significant that I have some DNA matches to Ross & Queen/McCowin?  Related clansman captured together?

Right now I'm trying to research this further:

http://www.electricscotland.com/hiStory/articles/worcester.htm

Hopefully, DNA can show a link to some Scottish Bowes.

I used some software that generated the webpage, I think it dropped the 1st wife:

From source “COE-WARD Memorial”

“His first wife was Sarah, who died 16th April, 1665, and he married 2d Rebecca Hughes of Guilford, Nov 26th, 1673. He died 6th Nov, 1678.”

Children of Alexander and Sarah.

Samuel, b. 28th Jan, 1659 ………………..(Hundreds of Bowes seem to have sprung from Middletown, CT from Samuel and offspring)

Sarah & Mary. Mary died in 2 months.

Children of Alexander and Rebecca.

Anna, Mary & Rebecca.

I have his probate record that confirms the ages of his children & 2nd wife, Samuel was listed as age 19 at his death. 

I’d use b 1630 in England loosely. There are no definitive records. I have seen genealogies in books suggesting that he came from England, so I had originally entered that.

He’s a bit of a mystery, I’ve looked for years to come up recently with the “Scot” theory. The captured Scots where marched to London and the Unity left from there, so that would mean he did “arrive” from England. 

The 1656 Charlestown land record is the first “real” record we have of him.

A lot was also given to a James Grant (another co-incidence?). These guys appear to have the same M.O.s 

James Grant – “taken in arms for Charles I”

http://books.google.com/books?id=NMV8ijlqeA0C&pg=PA471&lpg=PA471&dq=James+Grant+%E2%80%9Cthe+Drummer%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=l9X1heRys_&sig=3wed5OhESfQ0AnzzTTDVKTVSF1U

or

http://www.swanstrom.org/grant.html

13. James Grant “the Drummer” (abt 1605-1683), captured at the Battle of Worcester (1651) and deported to America. He left property to Peter Grant, to Peter Grant’s son James, and to his own foster daughter Elizabeth Grant, the daughter of Peter’s brother James, but without naming his relationship to any of them. 

Another lot to Edward Wyer - Charlestown 1658, came from Scotland, m. 5 Jan. 1659, Elizabeth Johnson

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk4/wrotham-yardley.htm

Another possibility is that Alexander was a ‘Northern’ English Yorkshire Royalist fighting with the Scots. 

http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/military/1648-preston.htm

It appears the Bowes of Streatham were Royalist:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ksiEiJoaBaEC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=Bowes+Streatlam+royalist&source=bl&ots=2fWirkMeJx&sig=_MBuBBWDYIijT_RnN2JaYRDbv5M

George Bowes of Streathlam was captured with Sir Langdale in Jul 1,1648 died in Newcastle prison.

William Bowes died in London may, 1650

The scots where marched to the Durham Cathedral, so maybe Alexander was already a prisoner there.

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