Elizabeth Bowman

Notes

Further info found at genealogy.com says:

John Bowman of Roxdale, he and his wife Elizabeth Nunnelly Bowman, the widow of Daniel Nunnelly of Charles City County, sold the plantation Bull Hill in Charles City County, devised to her by the will of Daniel Nunnelly, to Daniel Nunnelly's son, Walter Nunnelly, on April 20, 1693, for 1200 pounds of tobacco. The deed was not recorded until March 1, 1707. John Bowman's will no longer survives, but he devised the 130 acres purchased from Martin Elam to Elizabeth, and on December 9, 1718 she sold that parcel to Major John Bolling. [1] Henrico County VA - 1706 Deeds File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Patty B. White

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bowman-852

Origins

Elizabeth Bowman was not a known daughter of Dr. Christopher Wren, Dean of Windsor and Wolverhampton & Mary Wren.

“ Elizabeth Elam was said to be the daughter of Martin Elam and Elizabeth Bolling, who was said to be the daughter of John Bolling and Elizabeth Bowling.”

Seen as daughter of Martin Elam, I (1636-1695) Note: he names “my three daughters” in his 1695 will - Mary, Frances, Martha - and does not specify Elizabeth at all.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nunnally-8

It appears that Daniel Nunnally had at least two known sons, Richard and Walter Nunnally, whose descendants lived primarily in Charles City and Prince George, Henrico and Dinwiddie Counties.

• Elizabeth married second John Bowman
• Daniel has 2 court proceedings 1665/6 and 1687
• 30 Oct 1686 Bristol Parish Charles City Co. VA patent with Robert Bowling for 347 - abandoned in 1690
• Walter and Richard with John Bowman have joint administration 4 Feb 1689/90 Charles City
• deed 20 Apr 1693 recorded 1 Mar 1707 pg 83 Henrico Co. VA John Bowman and wife Elizabeth deed land “Bull Run” (sd Daniel left to wife) in Charles City Co. VA to Walter Nunnally son of Daniel

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bowman-852

Subsequently most surviving Henrico land and court records distinguished between the two contemporaneous John Bowmans by calling them Sr and Jr in their respective legal dealings. John Sr married about 1685 to the widow Elizabeth (Elam?) Nunnally, relict of Daniel Nunnally. By said marriage Daniel Nunnally's estate Bull Hill came under the control of John Bowman Sr. Bull Hill was on the south side of the Appomatox River near City Point and its site now lays within Prince George County.

The John Bowman Sr - Elizabeth Nunnally marriage produced a daughter, Elizabeth Bowman born about 1690, who married Jeffrey Robertson about 1705 in Henrico. John Sr's death date is inferred by Elizabeth Nunnally Bowman entering land transactions in 1718 in her own name, indicating she was then a widow.

John Jr, contemporaneously is married to a Sarah, but no marriage record has survived which clearly identifies her maiden name.

References

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCMD-SFF Has errors