Elizabeth Bowman

The Virginia Genealogist, Vol 27, No. 4.

I, ALSO, HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFO ON ELIZABETH BOWMAN RUDDELL. HER FATHER WAS GEORGE BOWMAN AND HER MOTHER WAS MARY HITE . MARY HITE 'S FATHER WAS JOIST HITE AND HER MOTHER WAS ANNA MARIA DUBOIS. ANNA MARIA'S FATHER WAS LOUIS DUBOIS. JOIST HITE (HANS JOST HEYDT) CAME FROM GERMANY VIA HOLLAND IN HIS OWN SHIP, THE SWIFT, BRINGING WITH HIM SIXTEEN FAMILIES TO KINSTON, LONG ISLAND, N.Y. IN 1710. IN 1716 HE SETTLED IN GERMANTOWN, PA. HE PLAYED A PROMINENT PART IN THE EARLY LIFE OF VA AND WAS JUSTIVE OF THE FIRST COURT OF ORANGE CO.

HE DIED IN 1750. THE HITES AND RUDDELLS WERE FOR A CENTURY CLOSE FRIEND AND NEIGHBORS IN PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, AND KENTUCKY.