There was a prominent family of war heroes who were granted land in Tennessee following the revolutionary war. One member of that family went on to be a Governor of Tennessee. Their name was Bowen. They were descended from the Evan Ap Owen family that came to America from Wales. William Berry Bowen of this family married a Malissa Bradley who's father was James Bradley. James Bradley had another daughter named Clementine Bradley. Clementine married James Daniel Bowen. They had a son named William Rich Bowen, who was my Great Grandfather. James Daniel Bowen's family traces back through the Bowen>Boren> Boring line back to England.
So, although both of those families became Bowens there is apparently no relationship between them. We are connected to the line from Wales only by the marriage through the Bradley family.
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