Click on Photos to Enlarge!
This Sterling Silver Stock Buckle belonging to the first Bowlby immigrant, Thomas Bryan Bowlby (1665-1729/30), is now in the possession of Robert Ross Bowlby and photographed by myself in March 2000. This clothing accessory was used by gentlemen of that time to secure their wide lace collar or scarf (known as a stock) at the back of the neck.
=======================================
This is a portrait of Martha Barker, future wife of Thomas Bryan Bowlby, at the age of 13 and was painted in about 1684. Photo courtesy of John Marshall whose great, great, great grandfather, Joseph Harrison, Jr., who owned the painting, put it in a book he wrote entitled, "King Solomon and the Iron Worker".
=========================================================
William Whitfield Bowlby (1836-1886)
Assistant Surgeon New Jersey 2nd Cavalry c. 1863
< photo copyright: John Kuhl>
=========================================================
William Morton Bowlby, Lulu Belle (Henderson) Bowlby
and daughter, Ruth Herriott Bowlby c. 1894
======================================================
Lucy "Lucille" Phoebe Bowlby on right
with friend. c. 1915-1919
======================================================
Wilber Eugene Bowlby
Lost at sea when the cruiser, USS Houston was sunk in 1942