He married MARY "POLLY" TRUITT. MARY was the daughter of PATTEY TRUITT and RACHEL JENKINS.
(information on his descendants from letter by Littleton Purnell Bowen, researched by Janet Hunter)
An Elizabeth Bowen, widow of
Whittington Bowen, married Meshach Gaskins, bond January 31, 1831, Accomack Co., VA (Nora M. Turman, Marriage Licenses of Accomack Co., VA)
JAMES BOWEN and MARY "POLLY" TRUITT had the following children:
129
i.
NANCY6 BOWEN.
130
ii.
WHITTINGTON BOWEN. An Elizabeth Bowen, widow of Whittington Bowen, married Meshach Gaskins, bond January 31, 1831,
Accomack Co., VA (Nora M. Turman, Marriage Licenses of Accomack Co., VA)
131
iii.
TENNANT BOWEN.
132
iv.
ELIZABETH RICHARDS BOWEN. She married SETH WHALEY.
133
v.
RHODA BOWEN.
134
vi.
WILLIAM BOWEN.
135
vii.
GILBERT LODOWICK BOWEN.
136
viii.
ROBERT FLEMING BOWEN was born in Worcester Co., MD 1797. ROBERT died after 1870. He married ANDASIA IRONSHIRE. ANDASIA was born 1789. ANDASIA died 1864 in Worcester Co.,
MD. 1850 census of Berlin, Worcester County, shows Robert, 53, carpenter, with Andazia, 61, Eleanor, Charlotte, Robert J., William
and Littleton.