MARGARET BOWELL was born 1748, probably in Hampshire Co., Virginia, the fifth child of William Bowell and Ann Roberts. The Bowells were prominent early German settlers in Frederick Co., Maryland, adjacent to Hampshire Co., Virginia. The name was probably Paulus in Germany and transformed to Bowlus and then to Bowell. Margaret's sister Sarah married William Craycraft, doubly unifying these families.
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