Adams-Butler	11/7/99   10:29   PM
BOWSER/ BOWZER FAMILY
1.   Richard Bowser, born say 1720, was a "free Negroe," who was buried near the ferry to Kent Island on 24 July 1769. His wife was probably Rachel Bowser who was buried there two years later on 29 July 1771 [Wright, Vital Records of the Jesuit Mission, Cordova, 8, 11]. They were probably related to the Bowser family of Virginia and North Carolina. Their descendants may have been
i. Ruth, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 6 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Percy, head of a Dorchester County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:691].
iii. Simon, head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:145].
iv. Nancy, married Joseph Wilson, "free blacks," 8 September 1810 in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, 1:67].
BROWN  FAMILY
1.   Elizabeth Browne, born say 1690, was the servant of John Carville of Kent County, Maryland on 24 March 1707/8 when she admitted in court that she had a child by William Jenkins, one of her master's slaves. The court ordered that she receive twenty lashes, serve her master an additional six months, that her child serve her master according to law, and that he deliver her to the court at the expiration of her term of service as the law in such cases provided [Proceedings 1707-9, fol. 49]. She may have been the ancestor of some of the following members of the Brown family:
i. Margarite, "Negro" head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Darky, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 3 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Harry, head of a Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:145].
iv. John, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:145].
v. Thomas, head of a Kent County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:145].
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