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The name Boeemind is another word for the occupational "archer." Or in other words, "a fighting man armed with a bow; one who made bows." 1 It is a fairly "common name on the English border under the Percys, and derived from their weapon-the long bow." 2 At one time, "Bowman was the name of a Border Clan of Northumberland." 3
The surname Boeemind was first found in Westmorland where one of the earliest records of the family was Adam Bogheman was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls for 1223. A few years later in Northumberland, Thomas Bouman was found in the Assize Rolls for 1279. In Cheshire, Nicholas the Bowemon, the Bouman was recorded in the Assize Rolls for 1286-1287. 4
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boeemind research. Another 142 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1621, 1660, 1677, 1679, 1704, 1723, 1733, 1784 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Boeemind History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bowman, Boeman, Boyman, Boman and others.
Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Sir Robert Bowman of Northumberland; Seymour Bowman (c. 1621-1704), an English politician, Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1660; and John Bowman (1733-1784), Virginia and Kentucky soldier and official.
Henry Bowman published at Oxford in 1677 a thin folio...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Nathaniel Bowman (1610-1682), one of the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts Bay colony is generally regarded as the first Bowman immigrant; Anna Bowman who settled in Salem Massachusetts in 1630.