John Bowie Sr.

John Bowie Sr. (1688 – April 1759) was an early settler in colonial Maryland.

[2] He and his wife, Mary Mulliken,[3] established the colonial manor, Brookridge, near Nottingham after their marriage in 1707.

[2] They purchased a large tract of land called "Brooke's Reserve" about two miles from Nottingham for a son, Captain William Bowie, when the son was twenty-one years old.

A large brick house called Mattaponi was erected there and later, another built on the foundation of the first.

[2] The Bowie family went on to have extensive landholdings in the county and other colonial areas.