Gabriel Fowlkes

1690 - 1770  (80 years)

• Name	Gabriel Fowlkes
  Birth	1690	, , Wales
  Gender	Male
  Death	1770	, , Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I6832	Master
  Last Modified	11 May 2012

  
  

  Children	+ 1. John Fowlkes,   b. 1722   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Gabriel Fowlkes, Jr,   b. 1725   d. 1793 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1690 - , , Wales Death - 1770 - , , Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The earliest known Fowlkes ancestor, Gabriel Fowlkes, was born about 1690 in Wales and came to America from Denbigh County, Wales. By May 1721 he settled in St. John's Parish, King William (now Caroline) County, Virginia. He was living on land he acquired on the north side of the North Anna River near Hawkins Creek. He was a neighbor of Thomas Dickenson and his brothers, William Dickenson and Griffith Dickenson. Thomas Dickenson later bought land from Fowlkes. Gabriel and his wife, whose name we do not know, had at least six children: Gabriel Jr., John, Joseph, Richard, Mary, and Sarah Fowlkes. Gabriel's name appeared in the 1756 accounts of the Thomas Partridge & Co. General Store in Hanover, across the North Anna. His purchases included six plates, a dish, two basins, some lace, and a prayer book. Gabriel died in Caroline County before 1775. In the early days of Amelia County, they pronounced “Fowlkes” as though it was “Fulks”. Many Virginians still pronounce it this way. The history of Gabriel's family has been created from a variety of sources. The incomplete records of Nottoway County limit the dependability of this history.