Bowdoin COSTIN^{[1, 2]}

1796 - 1860  (63 years)

• Name	Bowdoin COSTIN
  Birth	11 Nov 1796	, Virginia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  marriage bond	21 Nov 1826	Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  Death	30 Jan 1860  [3]
  Burial	Northampton Co, VA   [3]
  Person ID	I21546	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel COSTIN   d. 1806
  Mother	Polly ROBERTS   d. Aft 16 Mar 1819
  Notes	SEE HARD FILE FOR WILL OF NATHANIEL COSTIN WHICH PROVIDES PROF OF THIS SECOND MARRIAGE.
  Family ID	F2427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary ELLIOT,   b. 24 Oct 1809   d. 4 Sep 1875 (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. John E. COSTIN,   b. 21 Mar 1845, , Virginia d. 23 Jan 1873 (Age 27 years)   2. Elizabeth B. COSTIN,   b. 1829, , Virginia   3. Lucretia COSTIN,   b. 1830   4. William F. COSTIN,   b. 1834, , Virginia   5. James COSTIN,   b. 1835, , Virginia   6. Mary A. COSTIN,   b. 1836, , Virginia   7. Clara G. COSTIN,   b. 20 Apr 1837, , Virginia d. 4 Dec 1918 (Age 81 years)   8. Joseph COSTIN,   b. 1839, , Virginia   9. Samuel H. COSTIN,   b. 1847, , Virginia
  Family ID	F881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S254] Stratton Nottingham, compiler, Nottingham, Virginia Land Causes, Lancaster County, 1795 - 1848, Northampton County,1731 - 1868, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991), ISBN 1-55613-438-X. pp. 90-91: Robert Haley et all v. Amelia Spady & Evelina Jones. [S4574] will / Costin, Francis [1750], Northampton Co, VA. [S262] Jean M. Mihalyka, compiler, Mihalyka, Gravestone Inscriptions In Northampton County Virginia, ((Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1984)), ISBN 0-88490-121-1. p. 19. [S52] George Holbert Tucker, compiled & annotated by, Tucker, Abstracts from Norfolk City Marriage Bonds (1797-1850) and Other Genealogical Data, ((Norfolk, VA: William H. Delaney, 1934)), F234.N8 T7. p. 106.