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From: The Thorpes <>
Subject: [GenConnecticut-L] BOWLES/CANDLISH
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:04:05 -0300

Dear Listers,
I have just joined your list and am interested in the Bowles name in
Connecticut pre-revolutionary war times.
My known Bowles ancestor was Alexander Bowles who married Elizabeth
Candlish. They were born about 1750 and their first child, Mary Jane,
born in 1774, married a William Nesbit.
Alexander Bols (aka Boles, Bowls, Bowles) bought land in Cornwallis
Township, near Berwick, Nova Scotia, in 1787. Family oral tradition is
that they were "strict Scottish Presbyterians". Although the name of
Bowles to me does not sound Scottish, the name of his wife (Candlish) is
quite prevalent in the South West parts of Scotland (around Ayr).
The names given to their sons were:
1. William
2. Alexander -twin to William
3. John
4. Hugh Graham (named after the first Presbyterian minister in
Cornwallis Township)
I include this information as perhaps the naming pattern suggests that
the father of Alexander Bowles was William.
There was a William Bowles who came to Annapolis Royal from Boston in
1760 on the 'Charming Molly'. If he were the father of my Alexander,
then the family must have first come to one of the 13 colonies before
the Revolutionary War.
Thus my interest in the Bowles of Connecticut.
Hoping there is someone on this list who might help me figure out who
the parents of Alexander Bowles were. My Bishop ancestors came to N.S.
in 1760 from New London, Connecticut, and several other Planter lines
(eg. Newcomb) came from Lebanon, Connecticut.
Cheers!
Doris of Dartmouth, N.S.

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