General Notes

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From "Kissing Kin" by Katherine Childress Hillers page 174
a "IX-6 John Fowler, land grants, Henrico Co, VA 1662" 18
, John Fowler (4) was born in 1638 in England. (1) He die
d in 1687. (1) John Fowler came to America somewhere betwee
n 1650 and 1660, but in 1662 he recieved grants of land o
n the Appomatox River. In 1673 he received another grant o
f land from Sir William Berkley, govenor, for the transport
ation of eight persons to the colony. The territory in whic
h John Fowler settled was then on the bordr of civilization
. When the first colonist sought a site for a settlement i
n the vicinity in 1607, they found an Indian town near th
e mouth of the Appomatox, present site of Petersburg, and n
earby was the village of Matoax, home of Pocahontus, one o
f Virginis's most romantic figures. Fort Henry was bult b
y Governor Berklely in 1646, and many exploring expedition
s went out from this frontier post. The nearby Indian tradi
ng post called Peters Point, established by Major Peter Jon
es, later grew into the present city of Petersburg. John Fo
wler settled just across the Appomattox from Fort Henry an
d there laid the foundation in America for the House of Fow
ler. John Fowler was no doubt a member of the Society of Fr
iends before he came to America and perhaps he knew Georg
e Fox, the Puritan silk weaver who, at the age of 25 establ
islhed the Society of Friends, who later came to be known a
s "Quakers." George Fox visited John Fowler's home on a vis
it to America in 1672, and it was from the vicinity in Joh
n Fowler lived that so many of the members of that faith we
nt forth to establish the Society of Friends in other secti
ons. Godfrey Fowler, youngest son of John Fowler, was als
o a Quaker and was prominent in their councils. SOURCES--Se
e previous notes.