My Wood Family
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NOTE ON THE FRAMPTON DOWLING CONNECTION From "A Dowling Family of the South" On August 1, 1643, a Frampton Dowling arrived in Virginia on board Captain Samuel Matthews's; ship. It is not known whether he was the father of a Corporal William Dowling mentioned in Maryland records of 1694 nor whether he was kin to the Robert Dowling referred to in the Augusta County records of Virginia in 1700. I have seen many pages on the web that claim to have traced my Robert Dowling family back to Frampton Dowling. Some even claim ancestry of Frampton back to Ireland. Every author of these claims that I have questioned could not provide source information or they have claimed that “A Dowling Family of the South” (DFS) has made this claim. The two good sources of information are DFS and “to Dowlings who served in America’s Wars” (Dowlings Who Served). I also have a copy of the Fr. Dowling reference. Neither of these provides proof of a link between Robert and Frampton. A 2002 book The Dowling Family, Their Ancestors and Descendants indicates that Frampton is not a direct ancestor to Robert Dowling. This book also states that William Dowling is the brother of Robert and not his son. It also states that both Robert and William are sons of Michael Dowling (c 1698 - before 1751). Maud Dowling Turner, the author of “to the Dowlings who served in America’s Wars” states: (emphasis added) “It is my belief that the Robert Dowling line which we honor, memorialize and from which we are directly descended was originated here through Fr. (Frampton) Dowling who arrived in Virginia August 1, 1643 - over three hundred years ago. Fr. Dowling was eighth on the list of passengers with Captain Samuel Matthews, who sailed from Bristol Channel ports with numerous colonists. In accordance with the practice of the time Captain Matthews received a large tract of land (4,000 acres) for bringing over colonists and Fr. Dowling took adjacent land as a grant from the Crown. The Matthews tract was on the North side of the Rappahannock River, was bounded on the West by Cassawomac Creek, on the South by the head of the Wiccomocco River and the Rappahannock River and on the East by the main bay of the Chesapeake (see Patent Book No. 1. p. 882 recorded by Sir John Harvey). This region, in 1643, was a virtual wilderness - the first colonists coming to this point about 1634. By 1652 it was well settled. Fr. Dowling came between those two periods. This section is today Lancaster County, Virginia. It was but a few miles north by water - the only means of communication - to St. Mary's, in Maryland, the area next settled, where many records refer to Dowlings of a generation or so later. Some of the children of Fr. Dowling, finding the original lands taken up, might have moved up on the next neck of and into what is today Maryland. Others might have moved westward. A Robert Dowling is referred to in the record of Augusta County, Virginia (in Volume 1, P. 174) about the year 1700. One Jeremiah Dowling is referred to in the same Virginia records (in Volume II, pp. 316 - 329) under date of 1795 and 1798 - long after Robert Dowling II (from whom our group traces its descent) is known to have settled or, at least moved, to South Carolina.” A complete copy of this publication and the history quoted from is here. If you have proof of the ancestry of Robert Dowling please Email Me. If you are claiming a connection between Frampton, Robert and Robert without documentation and publishing this on the web without disclaimers, I encourage you to consider removing this information or adding a disclaimer. The book A Dowling Family of the South is currently out of print. The author's son has had it retyped but has never released it. In the meantime I have a copy and may be able to respond to limited questions on information found in the book. This page last updated on Saturday, August 22, 2009 |
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