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CreativeGraces.net The family name is explained as being of
Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse origin, a locational surname deriving from Bowscale
near Mungrisdale in Cumberland. It is derived from the Old English
"boga", bow, a short form of the name of the local bow-shaped hill,
(i.e. Bow Fell), with the Old Norse "skali", for a hut, shed, or
temporary building", which in Middle English developed into the word
"scale". While this derivation may account for the local
concentration in Cumbria (see map below), it does not really account for the
concentration of the name very much focused on Nottinghamshire and the West
Riding of Yorkshire. It is possible Norse influence resulted in a similar
sounding name to the Cumbrian reference, however it is also possible it was a
nickname and honorific to a very skilled bowman or archer. The family is based in and around West
Bridgford, SE of the city of Nottingham: John BOWSKILL (1573-1630) of
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire = Alice ARCHER (1575-1647) in 1596 at
Holme Pierrepont (my 10xGGPs), a small village which is situated on the river
Trent east of Nottingham between West Bridgford & Radcliffe on Trent (see
map above). They had the following children: � George
BOWSKILL (1597 HP); � Frances
BOWSKILL (1599 HP), m. 1624 WB = John BAGGELY;
� John
BOWSKILL (1602 HP); � Marie
or Mary BOWSKILL (1604 HP), m. 1628 = Thomas
LEESON; � George
BOWSKILL (1606); � Thomas
BOWSKILL (1607-08 WB); � Michael
BOWSKILL (1609); � John
BOWSKILL (1609); George BOWSKILL (1606-58) & Margaret
HARDING (1602-1676) m. 1620 in West Bridgford (my 9xGGPs) and had the
following children in West Bridgford: � John
BOWSKILL (1622), m. 1640 at Nottingham St. Mary to Margaret
BLOCKSTON* (1619) and had the following children: o
Margaret BOWSKILL (1641)
= John HORNBUCKLE in 1657 in West
Bridgford, my 8xGGPs; � Frances
BOWSKILL (1628); � Walter
BOWSKILL (1630-1690) = Margaret ALCOCKE (1633-86)
of Nuthall, Notts. in 1670 at Attenborough, Notts. Their children: o
Sarah BOWSKILL
(1671); o
John BOWSKILL
(1673-1722) = Anne COWDALE (1675-1757) in 1695 at Wilne, DBY, and had
the following children in Attenborough: � Ann
BOWSKILL (1699); � John
BOWSKILL (1701); � Thomas
BOWSKILL (1709); � William
BOWSKILL (1630); *
After John BOWSKILL's death, Margaret BLOCKSTON married a Richard BALDOCK on 30 Nov 1674 at St. Mary's. The outline above is indicative only and not
necessarily fully correct or complete. |
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