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Descendants of Joseph Matthew Commander

 

There is a very interesting direction taken by the Tooke Line

Generation No. 1

 

OSEPH MATTHEW1 COMMANDER. He married DOROTHY TOOKE, daughter of THOMAS TOOKE and MARY LNU .

 

Child of JOSEPH COMMANDER and DOROTHY TOOKE is:

2. i. THOMAS

Generation No. 2

 

HOMAS2 COMMANDER (JOSEPH MATTHEW1). He married FNU HARVEY.

 

Child of THOMAS COMMANDER and FNU HARVEY is:

3. i. SAMUEL

Generation No. 3

 

AMUEL3 COMMANDER (THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1) was born 1680 in in Prince George Parish, Craven CO, SC, and died September 17, 1733 in in (Black River) Prince George Parish Barnwell County, South Carolina. He married ELIZABETH SCREVEN 1705.

Notes for SAMUEL COMMANDER:

The Commanders were dissenters or anabaptist and came to South Carolina from New England with the Screvens.

 

 

 

Child of SAMUEL COMMANDER and ELIZABETH SCREVEN is:

4. i. ELIZABETH

Generation No. 4

 

LIZABETH4 COMMANDER (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1) was born 1715 in in CRAVEN COUNTY, SC, and died January 08, 1732/33 in Barnwell County, S.c.. She married BURTONHEAD BOUTWELL January 08, 1732/33 in in S C, son of SAMUEL BOUTWELL and ANNA SPRUILL .

 

Children of ELIZABETH COMMANDER and BURTONHEAD BOUTWELL are:

5. i. NANCY

Generation No. 5

 

ANCY5 BOUTWELL (ELIZABETH4 COMMANDER, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1) was born 1763 in Virginia, and died in Jeffries Creek, S.C.. She married JOHN DOWLING , AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1783, son of ROBERT DOWLING and SARAH GUINN .

Notes for NANCY BOUTWELL:

BURIAL: first buried in the Zion Methodist Cemetery in Dale Co., AL, then to the Ebenezer-Zio n Cemetery in Dale Co., AL and has now been moved to the Claybank Cemetery in Ozark, Dale Co. , AL.

 

 

Notes for JOHN DOWLING , AMERICAN REVOLUTION:

1 AUTH disappeared from rolls 1782

1 AGNC Guerilla with "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion with father James

 

 

Children of NANCY BOUTWELL and JOHN DOWLING are:

7. i. DEMPSEY

6. MARY5 BOUTWELL (ELIZABETH4 COMMANDER, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1). She married JAMES DOWLING , AMERICAN REVOLUTION, son of ROBERT DOWLING and SARAH GUINN.

 

Children of MARY BOUTWELL and JAMES DOWLING are:

i. SALLIE

Generation No. 6

 

EMPSEY6 DOWLING , REV. AMERICAN REVOLUTION (NANCY5 BOUTWELL, ELIZABETH4 COMMANDER, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1) was born December 14, 1783 in Jeffries Creek, Darlington District, SC, and died April 28, 1865 in Claybank Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama. He married MARTHA STOKES, daughter of JOHN STOKES and NANCY VICKERS .

Notes for DEMPSEY DOWLING , REV. AMERICAN REVOLUTION:

1 AUTH Mar 1st, 1826 crossed Chattahoochee at Ft. Gaines

1 AGNC began new life in Alabama at Richmond

1 DEST 111 grandchildren

1 MEDI 42 preachers descended

 

 

Notes for MARTHA STOKES:

1 AUTH when died proclaimed, Glory, Glory, My room is filled with a heavenly light.

 

from A Dowling Family of the South: R.A. Dowlin

The day before she died she appeared to be in better health thanusual. After eating a h earty supper she and Dempsey and a few of thegrandchildren joined in family prayer. A shor t time after retiring, shearoused her companion by giving signs of the arm, and a few minutes after, she sank in the arms of death. As she went she shouted, "Glory,glory", and told thos e present that she would soon be in heaven; that "myroom is full of heavenly light."

She was an affectionate mother, a dutiful and kind wife, a generousmistress. She raise d fourteen children of whom two are Methodistpreachers. At her burial there were 108 of he r descendants present.

 

Children of DEMPSEY DOWLING and MARTHA STOKES are:

8. i. JOHN

Generation No. 7

 

OHN7 DOWLING (DEMPSEY6, NANCY5 BOUTWELL, ELIZABETH4 COMMANDER, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1) was born July 29, 1818 in Jeffries Creek, S.C., and died February 28, 1900 in Alabama, Claybank Cemetery. He married CHARLOTTE BRACKIN January 10, 1841, daughter of ISAAC BRACKIN and RACHEL STALCOP .

 

Children of JOHN DOWLING and CHARLOTTE BRACKIN are:

10. i. NOEL BAXTER

9. EDWARD7 DOWLING (DEMPSEY6, NANCY5 BOUTWELL, ELIZABETH4 COMMANDER, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1) was born 1820 in Jeffries Creek SC, and died May 21, 1906. He married ANNA OATES October 24, 1841, daughter of STEPHEN OATES and ELIZABETH SHIPP.

 

Child of EDWARD DOWLING and ANNA OATES is:

i. LIZZIE

Generation No. 8

 

OEL BAXTER8 DOWLING (JOHN7, DEMPSEY6, NANCY5 BOUTWELL, ELIZABETH4 COMMANDER, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, JOSEPH MATTHEW1) was born August 15, 1853 in Ozark, Alabama Dale County, and died March 28, 1915 in Alabama, buried at Claybank Cemetery. He married ELIZABETH WELLS (LIZZIE E. WELLS) May 1874, daughter of EBEN WELLS and TAMSEY JOHNSON .

Notes for NOEL BAXTER DOWLING:

Ramsey house on Alice Street was town house for Pinckard residence forNoel Dowling.

 

 

Children of NOEL DOWLING and ELIZABETH WELLS) are:

i. CORA LEE