The Reinvention of the Alleged Vermont and New Hampshire Abenakis: 09/01/25

Still Here: Remembering Jesse E. Bowman (1887–1970)

Jesse’s life wove together deep Indigenous ancestry

😂 Three Centuries Ago 😂

is not making the Bruchac Family

Abenakis

😂

Jo Bruchac's two sons' Jesse and James Bruchac's stated on August 25, 2025 that their great-grandfather Jesse E. Bowman was born on August 31, 1887 in Porter Corners, a hamlet in the town of Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York.

Jesse E. Bowman WWI 1917-1918 Registration Draft Card

Caucasian (White)

Born August 31, 1887

Jesse E. Bowman was born August 31st, 1886

Clarence Franklin (1875-1905) Bowman's Bible

This Bible in the possession of Robert Howard Bowman

Louis (Lewis) (1844-1918) claimed this was HIS Bible

in his Civil War Pension Record.

Both Jesse E. Bowman and Katherine (Gray) Ritchie were White in December 1911.

Both Jesse E. Bowman and his second wife Marion (Dunham) were White in January 1920.

Jean-Pierre Beaudry lining up

genetically under the SAME Haplogroup

as Robert H. Bowman of Queensbury, NY

cousin to the Bruchac's.

We now know (since early 2016) that Louis (1844-1918) Bowman was in fact, a genetic descendant of the VAUDRY lineage.

(son of Louis Pierre ("Charles") Vaudry dit Beaudry of Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

September 08, 1820

Louis Pierre Vaudry Baptismal

Son of Simon Vaudry and Catherine (Chagnon)

[Simon's 2nd wife]

Basilique Notre Dame, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Godparents: Charles Genest and Marie Vaudry

September 21, 1846

Charles Vaudry and Joséphine (Josephte) Soucisse Marriage

Notre Dame Basilique, Montréal, Québec, Canada

December 09, 1848

Charles Vaudry dit Beaudry Baptismal

Notre Dame de Basilique, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Son of

Charles Vaudry dit Beaudry, journalier, and Joséphine (Josephte) Soucisse

Godfather was David Mailhot

Godmother was Félicité Beaudry

Side note:

U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865:

Name: Charles Vawdrey

Side: Union

Regiment State/Origin: New York

Regiment: 10th Regiment, New York Infantry

Rank In: Private

Film Number: M551 roll 145

Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865:

Name: Charles Vandry

Enlistment Age: 18

Birth Date: abt. 1846

Enlistment Date: 24 Aug 1864

Enlistment Place: Troy, New York

Enlistment Rank: Private

Muster Date: 24 Aug 1864

Muster Place: New York

Muster Company: U

Muster Regiment: 10th Infantry

Muster Regiment Type: Infantry

Muster Information: Enlisted

Side of War: Union

Title: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General 1893-1906

New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900:

Name: Charles Vawdry

Age: 18

Birth Year: abt 1846

Enlistment Year: 1864

Enlistment Location: Troy, New York, USA

Muster Year: 1864

Muster Regiment: 10th Infantry

Separation Details: Dropped [August 24, 1864]

Remarks: Substitute Name only appears on Recruit Roll – No further information on Register.

"Dropped" implies not fit for service. He enlisted and said he was 18 years old. In fact he was 16.

Five days later on August 29, 1864 (at age 20 yrs. 1 month and 9 days) Charles Beaudry/ Vaudry Jr.'s paternal half sibling Lewis Bowman enlisted into the Civil War from Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.

Coincidence? 😳

February 08 1896

Charles Vaudry Death

Ste. Cunégonde Parish, Montréal, Québec, Canada

June 10, 1896

Charles Vaudry Burial

Notre Dame de Basilique, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Québec, Canada

Now mind you everyone, the dynamics of genetics and genealogy is and was not that the research "happened overnight" or even a week, month or year's time: this research took patience, sleuthing, hunting, tracking, mapping and a wee bit of luck, to say the least. Not to mention many people involved.

Not just myself doing this research.

I sought out Peter Vaudry, the second he matched to Robert H. Bowman, on FTDNA. I asked him who he was descended from, and suggested the manifestation of the Vaudry Surname Project. Mr. Vaudry kindly obliged my inquiry with an answer.

7. Charles Bowman – Sophié Sénécal dit Laframboise

8. Lewis Henry Bowman – Alice Marie Van Antwerp

9. John (Jack) Bowman – Katherine Jane Gray

10. Howard Leroy Bowman – Charlotte Dewey

11. Robert Howard Bowman [Y-DNA TESTER]

February 24, 2016

460662 Robert Bowman

12-23-15-10-11-17-12-12-13-14-13-30-15-09-10-11-11-24-15-18-28-14-17-17-17-10-11-19-23-15-15-17- 18-36-37-12-12

Marker 28 (highlighted in yellow and underlined) is Marker 449

Marker 18 (highlighted in yellow and underlined) is Marker 570

September 17, 2017

Peter Stewart Vaudry

N242316 Jacques Vaudry / Rouen, Normandie, France to New France ca. 1661

1. Adrién Vaudry – Marthe Deschamps

2. Jacques Vaudry (b. 1636 France) – Jeanne Renaud

3. François Vaudry – Marie Brouillet dit Laviolette

4. Joseph Vaudry – Marie Catherine Marguerite Archambault

5. Maurice Vaudry – Marie Catherine Beaudry

6. Joseph Vaudry – Marie Louise Brien dit Desrochers

7. Jean Bapstist Vaudry – Marie Emélie Guértin

8. Ulysse Arthur Vaudry – Floreine Rose Ward

9. John Stuart Grant Vaudry – Eileen Saunderson

10. Peter Vaudry [Y-DNA TESTER]

12-23-15-10-11-17-12-12-13-14-13-30-15-09-10-11-11-24-15-18-29-14-17-17-17-10-11-19-23-15-15-17-17-36-37-12-12

As one can review, there are two areas where there is a ‘fast marker’ mutation have happened …

For genealogical use, tested yDNA markers must be markers that change, but do not change too often.

FTDNA uses a mix of fast and slow moving markers in each of their panels, 1-12, 13-25, 26-37 and 38-67.

This is useful in helping determine related participants and branches of these families based on the

mutations of the fast moving markers.

The five fastest moving Markers are: DYS 464, 449, 439, 385, and 458.

Sound "greek" and or "lost" yet? So was I (at the time)

DYS 464 is the fastest moving marker and DYS 458 is the slowest in this group of the five fastest moving markers. The other three listed markers fall between the fastest and the slowest of the fast moving markers. There are also other fast moving markers, such as DYS 456, 576, 570 and CDY.

For now we will just address the first 37 markers tested at FTDNA, since the 37 marker test seems to be the test of choice for yDNA testing. When you examine the first three panels, 1-12, 13-25 and 26-37, these are the fast moving markers used in each panel at FTNDA:

First panel, 1 through 12 markers: DYS 385 and 439

Second panel, 13 through 25 markers: DYS 458, 449 and 464

Third panel, 26 through 37 markers: DYS 456, 576, 570 and CDY

As one can see, the markers in the first panel are the most stable and are generally the slowest to mutate, the second panel contains markers that are a little less stable, and the third panel is the most

unstable and contains the fastest moving markers.

For those who tested at 37 markers:

Less than 31/37 – the two participants do not share a common ancestor*

31/37 and 32/37 - the two participants have a small possibility that may share a common ancestor from

the early days of surnames. This is an area with little clear insight. An upgrade to 67 markers is

encouraged.

33/37 - some researchers consider this to be a match and some don't. If there is a shared common ancestor - it will be more than a few 100’s of years ago. Upgrade to 67 markers for additional clarity.

34/37, 35/37, 36/37 & 37/37 - the participants share a recent common ancestor.

Less than 60/67 – the two participants probably do not share a common ancestor*. This is still being studied - but unless your match is nearly 60/67 and you have some reason to believe there is a shared

ancestor since the advent of surnames - you should consider your near miss as "no match"

60/67 and 61/67 - the two participants may share a common ancestor from the early days of surnames.

This is still being studied ...

62/67 and better - researchers consider these to be a match - indicating a shared common ancestor.

This means that even though there are two fast marker mutations between Bowman and Vaudry.

The options are to bring the Y-DNA test for both Peter Vaudry and Robert Bowman up from a 37 marker

test to a 67 marker test. Which ought to confirm or deny any further marker mutation happening. If there are more marker mutations, the less likely that Robert Bowman’s direct-male-ancestor is shared

with Peter Stuart Vaudry’s direct-male-ancestor. If the Y-DNA markers only show the two as presently showing, the likelihood is that the relatedness between Vaudry and Bowman test takers is within the range of most well-established surname lineages in Western Europe.

We are presently searching for an additional distant cousin of Peter Stuart Vaudry, in which would be willing to test their Y-DNA as a

comparative.

It is quite common for third to fifth cousins to sometimes have one or two fast marker mutations differentiating their two branches of descendants.

And I have a THEORY (Conjecture on my part) …

We need more Vaudry's and more Bowman's to Y-DNA test themselves at FTDNA.

The Bruchac's themselves I did not need to do the DNA Testing, since they didn't carry the Y of their ancestor Louis (1844-1918) Bowman nor that of Louis' sons, nor would they have helped whatsoever anyway; (they have had monetary revenue stream$ to try and "protect").

Peter Stuart Vaudry descends from his Great-Great Grandparents, Joseph Vaudry b. 1793 Ste. Enfant Jésus de la Pointe aux Trembles, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Île de Montréal, Laval County,

Québec, Canada and Marie Louise Brien dit Desrochers b. 1809 Pointe aux Trembles, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Île de Montréal, Laval County, Québec, Canada.

Peter didn't match to Louis Bowman's descendants via atDNA, so even though he carried the Y genetic Haplogroup for his paternal Vaudry lineage, he wasn't close enough genetically to be Louis Bowman Sr.'s close enough genetic match.

The point of the above data information is that just because "the data looks to 'fit' into place, sometimes it's not always definitive".

Joseph Bruchac III, assumed that his great-grandfather Louis (1844-1918) Bowman was an Abénaki "from Odanak" but, the DNA results SHOW & TELL us all that the reality and truth were and is far different, than there mere 50+ years of storytelling on Bruchac's part, and his belief$ and perception$.

Incrementally, as the research continued and the pieces of data were ascertained and moved around (since 2016), I sometimes would surmise I had the right configuration genealogically, but the DNA would show otherwise. Thus "adjustments" have been made as I closed in on and detecting (objectively) the genetic-contributing progenitor father of Louis (1844-1918) Bowman Sr.

Because Donald (1938-2021) Voudry in South Dakota, of SARS-CoV-2 (Covid) virus AFTER he had tested within AncestryDNA, I sought out potential relatives hoping they would participate in the Vaudry Surname Project and further strengthen the genetic connections to the Bowman's themselves.

Clarence Voudry was the remaining male still alive and the oldest, being a brother of Don Voudry, but he sadly passed away too (1937-2024). Their brother Oswald died in April 2024, in Iowa. These men were the older gentlemen of the Voudry descendants from Simon (1782-1848) Vaudry and Catherine BOYER's son, Léandre (Léon) 1810-1875) Vaudry / Voudry.

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865:

Name: Leander Voodry (Léandre Vaudry Jr. b. 1835 Montréal-1889 Granville, NY)

Enlistment Date: 23 Dec 1863

Enlistment Rank: Private

Muster Date: 4 Jan 1864

Muster Place: Vermont

Muster Company: H

Muster Regiment: 5th Infantry

Muster Regiment Type: Infantry

Muster Information: Enlisted

Rank Change Date: 1 Jan 1865

Rank Change Rank: Corporal

Casualty Date: 10 May 1864

Casualty Place: Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia

Type of Casualty: Wounded

Muster Out Date: 29 Jun 1865

Muster Out Place: Munson's Hill, Virginia

Muster Out Information: Mustered Out

Side of War: Union

Survived War?: Yes

Injured in Line of Duty?: Yes

Residence Place: Benson, Vermont

Title: Roster of Vermont Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion 1861-66

Another half-paternal-sibling, Louis (1844-1845) Vaudry was the brother of Léandre (1835-1889) Voudry Jr.

REMEMBER: Louis (1844-1918) Bowman sought to enlist in the U.S. Civil War too.

As I mentioned, I sought out his male descendants. In that search, I found Mark Voudry. But did not get a reply for quite some time. One day while "going about my business" talking a walk across town, I got a Facebook Direct Message ("DM") from Mark, curious and cautious, necessarily so, considering, and later that evening we introduced each other to one another via social media video. His father Clarence Voudry Jr., sadly having died in July 2024, my only option was to hope Mark would test, on my behalf.

Mark Voudry agreed to test. 😃 I was elated.

Indeed, as of the results this summer for Mark Voudry matched in the FTDNA Big Block Y-700 Haplogroup and thus he is aligned with Jean-Pierre Beaudry and Robert H. Bowman.

OK, so DNA doesn't lie; yet people can and do lie, and or become misinformed as to what the DNA is telling them. Distorting what stares them in the face as TRUTH and REALITY.

Using the FTDNA Chromosome Browser, comparing that of FTDNA testers Earl J. Bowman Sr., Robert H. Bowman, Mark D. Sherlock, Carol E. Jones, Walter Jones and Carol’s son, Jerry Stuart, there were six testers who matched to Jean-Pierre Beaudry, on

Chromosome 7, stacked one atop the other, with three outliers matching on Chromosomes 1, 9 and 11.

We surmise that the shared DNA on Chromosome 7, derives from Jean-Pierre Beaudry’s 2nd Great-Grandfather Charles (bapt.’d Louis Pierre in 1820) Vaudry dit Beaudry, configuring that Charles was the genetic-contributing father of Louis (1844-1918) Bowman, who was baptized June 11, 1845 as illegitimate, the son of Marie Élisabeth (Sophié) Sénécal dit Laframboise.

Doing a One-to-Many evaluation in Gedmatch.com of Jean-Pierre Beaudry on March 05, 2024 we find a number of Bowman descendants:

H388335 David Terry Largest Seg. 20.8 Total cM 55.7 Gen: 4.00

A268677 Brenda Ordway Largest Seg. 30.9 Total cM 51.2 Gen: 4.06

A134639 Robert H. Bowman Largest Seg. 19.7 Total cM 31.1 Gen: 4.42

T200120 Robert H. Bowman Largest Seg. 19.4 Total cM 30.8 Gen: 4.43

T393034 Mark D. Sherlock Largest Seg. 24.6 Total cM 44.8 Gen: 4.16

SE6459456 Walter W. Jones Largest Seg. 10.2 Total cM 20.1 Gen: 4.74

GC3418647 Earl J. Bowman Sr. Largest Seg. 18.6 Total cM 18.6 Gen: 4.79

T186932 Carol E. Jones Largest Seg. 10.7 Total cM 20 Gen: 4.74

1. Charles (1820-1896) Vaudry dit Beaudry

2. Louis Vaudry dit Beaudry (1854-1890)

3. Charles Beaudry (1880-ca. 1960s)

4. "Roger" Beaudry (1921-2000)

5. Jean-Pierre (1948-)