Update History

Our Bowers and Anderson Ancestors

Update History

New Families Added:

7 September 2001: Initial families added.

13 April 2002: Family of Rev. James Lear and Sarah Hamilton added, along with the families of their children, including the family of our ancestors, William Lair and Nancy Franklin.

3 May 2002: Family of William and Nancy Franklin added, along with the families of their children, including the family of our ancestors, James Franklin and Sarah Rus.

14 Aug 2002: Family of Charles Hamilton and Hannah Henry added, along with the families of their children.

9 Sep 2003: Family of William Lear added, along with the families of his children by his unknown first wife. This includes a lengthy research memorandum examining all the Lears and Lairs of early Garrard County, Kentucky.

22 May 2005: Family of Andrew Bower (Sr.) added, along with the families of his known children.

27 Dec 2005: Family of George Bowers of Grayson/Carroll County, Virginia added. Previously, George was only suspected to be a son of our Andrew (Sr.).

27 Dec 2005: Family of Henry Bowers (Sr.) of Berkeley County, (West) Virginia added, along with the families of his known children. Henry (Sr.) was the father of Andrew (Sr.).

26 Jun 2006: Family of Elias Majors and Margaret Floyd of Roane County, Tennessee added. Although subject to ongoing research, limited information on Elias' ancestors has also been added.

7 Mar 2007: Our full line of Majors going back to Peter Majors and Mary Slider of Baltimore Co., MD was added.

7 Mar 2007: Our full line of Fullers going back to John Fuller and Hester Enloes of Baltimore Co., MD was added. (Thomas Majors of Rhea Co., TN married two different great grandaughters of John and Hester.)

23 Jan 2008: The extended family of John Lear of Culpeper Co., VA was added. This research disproves most of what others have written about this family.

20 Apr 2008: The family of Stephen Lefew/Lephew of Rockingham Co., NC was added.

Significant Revisions:

24 January 2002: Revised discussion of parentage of Eliza Lair. Mary Lair, who appears in the 1860 household of John Wesley and Eliza Branscomb, has been identified as a daughter of William Lair, providing further proof that William was also Eliza's father.

14 Aug 2002: After further study, Mary Lair was added as a daughter of Rev. James and Sarah (Hamilton) Lear. She was the wife of Austin Franklin.

4 Sep 2004: Some progress has been made on the family of John Williams and Nancy Hamilton. Of particular interest is the fact John Williams wrote a book of hymns in 1820, which included memorial hymns to two deceased children and to Charles Hamilton, his father-in-law. These have been transcribed.

4 Sep 2004: The pages for Philip Anderson and Richard Anderson have been reworked, based on some new information.

22 May 2005: Information on Jacob Bower, presumed son of Andrew Bower and Katherine Howeth, has been added.

27 Dec 2005: Research detail added for Andrew Bower (Sr.). Additional counties researched: York County, Pennsylvania; Berkeley County, (West) Virginia; Rockbridge County, Virginia; Grayson County, Virginia; and Montgomery County, Indiana.

26 Jun 2006: Corrections and additions made to the family of Thomas Majors and Phebe Leffew.

7 Mar 2007: Added results of Y-DNA testing to page for Philip Anderson.

7 Mar 2007: Added results of Y-DNA testing to page for Henry Bowers (Sr.).

13 May 2007: Added information on the family of David Bowers of Shelby Co., IN.

13 May 2007: Added records of German Reformed Church of Philadelphia regarding family of Heinrick Baur and Anna Catharine Ries.

17 May 2008: Made changes and added information for the family of George Bowers of Carroll Co., VA.

8 Mar 2009: Reexamined the family of Thomas Majors of Grainger Co., TN, and added significant new information, most notably that Thomas remarried after the death of his first wife, Phebe, and had additional children.

12 Jul 2011: Reexamined the Leffew families of Grainger Co., TN, and added significant new information.

Created by Robert E. Strong, Jr.