Individual Details

Ann was baptized by Reverend William FRAZER. She was the fourth of Samuel's four daughters named in her grandfather's will of 1779 to receive half an acre at Johnson's Mill, now New Hampton. When she sold this land 2 FEB 1800, she was the wife of Garret LACEY (also spelled "LACY" and "LEACY"). Garret and his brother, John, who married Mary BOWLBY, were the sons of Garret LACEY, a Justice of the Peace in Sussex County. Ann was deceased before 1823 when her father's heirs were named. On 22 NOV 1823, a petition for the partition of Samuel BOWLBY's lands was presented in the perogative court of Sussex County by Garret LACEY on behalf of Mary LACEY ". . . a minor under fourteen years of age of whose person and estate the said Garret LACEY hath been appointed guardian. . . " Garret LACEY, Esquire, could have been Mary's father, but a reasonable interpretation of this situation is that Ann and her husband were both deceased before 1823 leaving a daughter, Mary, whose appointed guardian was her paternal grandfather. A daughter of Ann would be heir to her mother's portion of her grandfather's estate. Garret LACEY, Ann's husband, would have been natural guardian of their daughter with no need of appointment. Garret LACEY, the grandfather, would probably be appointed guardian if his son and daughter-in-law were both deceased.

An Imlaydale Grave Marker Transcription, from a stone now buried beneath the porch foundation on the colonial house closest to the Musconetcong River on Imlaydale, reads:
"In memory of Ann Lacey, wife of Garrett Lacey who departed this life February 18th AD 1816 aged 47 years 2 months and 14 days."

Birth	ABT 4 DEC 1768
Baptism	25 DEC 1768
Marriage		Garret LACEY/LACY/LEACY
Death	18 FEB 1816
Burial		Bowlby Cem., Imlaydale, Hunterdon Co., NJ

Spouse	Garret LACEY/LACY/LEACY ( - 1823)
Child	Samuel LACEY ( - )
Child	Elizabeth LACEY ( - )
Child	Esther LACEY (1793 - 1800)
Child	Benjamin LACEY (1796 - 1800)
Child	Ann LACEY (1800 - 1808)
Child	Mary LACEY (1823 - )

Father	Samuel BOWLSBY/BOWLBY (1735 - 1823)
Mother	Elizabeth DUNN/DURAN/DAVIS (1739 - 1816)
Sibling	Samuel BOWLBY (1753 - 1827)
Sibling	John BOWLSBY/BOWLBY (1760 - 1800)
Sibling	Mary Ann BOWLBY (1765 - 1870)
Sibling	Hannah BOWLBY (1765 - 1842)
Sibling	Sarah "Sally" BOWLBY (1765 - 1851)
Sibling	James BOWLSBY/BOWLBY (1779 - 1862)