BOWDEN

BOWDEN. BOAVDON. The B.'s. were of Bowdon Hall, co. Derby, in the XV. cent. Yet they have a tradition tliat they are of Norman descent, and that the name was originally Bodin. In 1572 two protestant Walloons, Nich. and John Bowden, settled at R3-e. Lansd. MS. 15. 70.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.