481. GRACE⁷ STRINGER (ELISHE⁶ HARMANSON, ELIZABETH⁵ YEARDLEY, SARAH⁴ MICHAEL, ELIZABETH³ THOROWGOOD, ADAM², WILLIAM¹) was born in Northampton Co., VA about 1731. GRACE died before September 11, 1792 in Northampton Co., VA, at approximately 61 years of age.

She married JOHN BOWDOIN in Northampton Co., VA, 1754. JOHN was born in Northampton Co., VA 1732. JOHN was the son of PETER BOWDOIN and GRACE ADAH HARMANSON. JOHN died before November 14, 1775 in Northampton Co., VA, at approximately 43 years of age. He was a Justice in February, 1766-7 and together with Littleton Eyre and Nathaniel Savage, the Northampton Co. Court responded to the English Stamp Act in 1764, declaring that the Act was not binding on the Colony. The family moved to Isle of Wight, then to North Carolina. (Ralph Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore, p. 132, 260, 294; Bill Wilkins)

GRACE STRINGER and JOHN BOWDOIN had the following children:

701 i. FRANCES⁸ BOWDOIN.

702 ii. ELIZABETH BOWDOIN was born in Northampton Co., VA December 16, 1754. She married SAMUEL SMITH MCCROSKY (Rev.) in Northampton Co., VA, November 24, 1780. SAMUEL was born 1754. SAMUEL died April 25, 1803 in Northampton Co., VA, at 48 years of age. She was under 21 in 1770.

+ 703 iii. JOHN BOWDOIN (Jr.) was born 1756.

+ 704 iv. MARGARET BOWDOIN was born 1758.

+ 705 v. PETER BOWDOIN was born 1761.

706 vi. MARY BOWDOIN was born in Northampton Co., VA January 18, 1764. She married A. TULLY WISE in Northampton Co., VA, February 11, 1795.

707 vii. HANNAH BOWDOIN was born in Northampton Co., VA about 1765.

708 viii. JAMES BOWDOIN was born in Northampton Co., VA 1766. JAMES died about 1775. He was under 21 in 1770.

709 ix. SARAH BOWDOIN was born in Northampton Co., VA 1768. SARAH died after 1775. She married ROBERT SAUNDERS. She was under 21 in 1770.

710 x. SUSANNA BOWDOIN was born in Northampton Co., VA about 1773. SUSANNA died 1836 at 63 years of age.

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