Gideon Bowles

• General Notes
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=RlU3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA241
    
    http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbowlesf00farq/historyofbowlesf00farq_djvu.txt
    
    GIDEON BOWLES of Oxford, England, was
    a merchant in Dublin, Ire., in 1752. His oldest son
    John married Eleanor, the granddaughter of Sir William
    Parsons. Of the sons of John and Eleanor five came
    to Virginia. One, Gideon, went to Goochland county;
    James went to Leesburg, Loudon county, and John
    went to Winchester, Frederick county, Va. The
    other two emigrant brothers were Stephen and Hugh.
    The family is mentioned in "Notes of the Parsons
    Family."