John Bowie, Sr. was born in Scotland in 1688 and died in Maryland in April 1759.[1] He was the first of the Bowie family to arrive in colonial Maryland, emigrating from Scotland between 1705 and 1706 and settling near Nottingham, Prince George's County, Maryland on the Patuxent River.[2] He and his wife established the colonial manor, Brookridge near Nottingham.[2]
He was the father of Captain William Bowie and the grandfather of Walter Bowie, Robert Bowie and James Bowie.[2][1]