OWEN FAMILY ASSOCIATION UNrelated by DNA, UNited by interest N Volume 26, Issue 1 EWSLETTER March, 2011 Bluett Owen and Some of His Descendants a name worth knowing a www.owenfamilyassociation.org INSIDE THIS ISSUE Front page: Buett Owen, et al Sylvia Teague FEATURES Rev. Robert Owen by Paul H. Owen page 3 Our Cemetery Project Beginning lists pages 6 UPDATES Reunion Reservations, please page 5 DNA-update Dr. Whit Athey page 4 DEPARTMENTS Mission Statement page 12 President s Notebook page 2 Queries page 11 Welcome New Members! page 2 By Sylvia Teague This is an account of what we know of three early generations of Owen men, three of whom are my ancestors. Bluett Owen Bluett H. Owen was born about 1802 in South Carolina. He was one of the eleven children of John Owen and Sarah Hatton Owen. He may have entered the world near Newberry, about 45 miles northwest of Columbia, the state capital. His mother s obituary says she and her husband settled in the Newberry district and they are listed on the Censuses for that area in 1800 and 1810. However, the 1790 and 1820 Censuses list them as living in Fairfield. When John died in 1826, his will was filed in Abbeyville, SC. Shortly after John s death, Bluett s mother and some of her children moved nearly 600 miles to Shelby County, TN, the area around what is now Memphis. That s where Bluett and his brother William would meet and marry two sisters. William married Harriet West on February 11, 1829. Documents show Bluett was a bondsman for the marriage. Exactly one year later, on February 11, 1830, Bluett married Rebecca Clarise West. Both brides were born in Mecklenburg, NC, the daughters of Benjamin West and Easter Bradley. Bluett and Rebecca would have seven children, beginning with Erastus in 1831, and a set of twin boys born in 1846. All the children had names beginning with E. In 1840, according to Census records, Bluett was still in Shelby County; in 1845, he is listed as bondsman for his brother, Howard s, marriage. Bluett was a Methodist minister, as were two of his brothers. No records are available for Bluett s ministry, but Methodist archivists speculate that he was a local minister, as opposed to a circuit minister, for whom there are more records available. His brother, Travis, was a circuit riding preacher in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee. (continued on page 8.)
Publisher Margaret Owen Parsons 1300 W. Olson Ave. Space 142 Reedley, CA 93654 (559) 250-0740 maggieparsons@comcast.net Editorial Staff of the Owen Newsletter Editor Jane Owen Hillard 4136 E. Village Dr. Mason, OH 45040 johillard@up-link.net Editorial Assistant Garry Owens Proofreader: Carolee Moncur, PhD Publication Dates March, June, September, and December Deadlines are the 1 st day of the month preceding publication. Submission of lineages, biographies, photographs, historical and genealogical data about any Owen anywhere is encouraged! Submissions are always sent to the Editor. Your ideas for the newsletter are also solicited. From Our President s Notebook Sadly, we have received word that one of our Honorary Members has passed on. Mrs. Louise A. Locke (#264) died November 9, 2010. Our hearts go out to her daughter, Ms. Pat Gardetto and other members of the family. We also regretfully report a severe loss to a new member who has become our new Editorial Assistant, Garry W. Owens, and his family. His beloved daughter, Mary Kathleen ( Kathy ) Dunn ended her long and valiant battle with cancer. She died October 12, 2010. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Garry and Mary Owens and to Kathy s husband, Alvin Dunn, and their three children. We are many separate Owen(s) families and yet (one of life s mysteries), we are one big Owen family. We re all in it together. Jane Owen Hillard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A hearty warm welcome to our new members! The fact that Gene Owen hails from California and Joe Owen resides in North Carolina shows the reach of our Association, which is steadily growing. Welcome, indeed! Gene Leroy Owen (#465) 1813 Chopin Way, Modesto, CA 95358 (209) 404-4781 glowen@clearwire.net Earliest ancestor: John & Sarah Hatton Owen, b. 1767, Northampton, NC d. 1826, Newberry, SC Joseph Charles (Joe) Owen (#466) See Queries, page 11. Blueridgejoe@charter.net Earliest ancestor: Richard Owen, b. ca 1680 1756, VA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WE ARE ALL INVITED! We have just received an invitation to gather at the Athenaeum in New Harmony Village at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 24 th. There, we will be welcomed by the Director of the New Harmony Project of the University of Southern Indiana, Evansville. We will be among other groups and individuals visiting that lovely place for a brief respite from the world. The Owen Family group will be introduced and lauded for our unique kind of organization, all of us representing our different unrelated Owen ancestors. The Director will inform the others that we have chosen New Harmony as the site for our 11 th biennial re-union because of its association with the great industrialist-utopian, Robert Owen. We are grateful for the opportunity to be recognized!! If anyone should ask any of us if we are related to the famous Robert Owen, we can proudly reply that our Host and fellow OFA member, Cliff Owen, is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2
Rev. Robert Owen (1674-1714) by Paul H. Owen 3 [In the December issue, we left brothers Laurence and Edward Owen living together in Prince Georges County (1733 tax list). The story continues. Ed]. On March 25, 1742, Richard Snowden executed a deed conveying to Edward Owen, carpenter, for 40 pounds, the 200 acre tract Shepherd s Hard Fortune. This property was situated on the west side of the Patuxent adjoining Charles Forrest and Brothers Content, and had been patented by Richard Snowden on November 3, 1736. (P. G. Land Records, Liber Y, f.456). The location of Shepherd s Hard Fortune in the northwest section of Prince Georges County proved an incentive to join his neighbors and his brother Laurence in signing a petition in 1742 to divide the county from the mouth of Rock Creek, south to the bridge near Kennedy Farrill s, then east to the Patuxent. (Black Books, item 454). The Frederick County Court records list Laurence Owen as an Innkeeper who renewed his license from 1750 through 1754. His tavern was located on the road between Captain John s Bridge and Rock Creek Bridge. (Rice, pp. 66, 78, 102, 121, 131, 138). In 1748, their 1742 petition was granted and Frederick County came into being. Edward Owen was the second name listed among those who served on the Grand jury at the first court session held March, 1748/49, and again, at the March Court, 1749/50. At the next court session. in August, he was foreman of the jury, and served again in this capacity at the March Court, 1750/51. (Rice, pp 1, 31, 42, 53, 69). We have visited Prickett s Fort several times. The blacksmith there is a gentleman named John M. Boback. He was working on his dissertation that he titled: Indian Warfare, Household Competency, and the Settlement of the Western Frontier, 1749 to 1794. He was kind to send us several documents that related to the Haymond family. One was a journal kept by Rev. Thomas Haymond. Thomas was the son of Calder and Eleanor, nee Owen, Haymond, and was an itinerant Methodist circuit rider. In his journal, he makes numerous references to his Uncle Thomas Owen. So...Thomas Owen and Eleanor were siblings, confirming she was indeed an Owen. (Kathi Haymond email dtd. Sept. 12, 2009). In 1738, Laurence Owen married Sarah Beale, daughter of Alexander Beale and Mary Harding. They had five daughters and one son, Robert, who was born in 1850. The will of Laurence Owen, born 1 May, 1714, signed May 1, 1761, named: daughter Elizabeth Offutt (b. 1742, wife of Nathaniel Offutt daughter Anne Hoult (b. 1744) daughter Mary Owen (b. 1746) daughter Barbara Owen (b. 1748) daughter Rachel Owen (b. 1750) son Robert Owen my heir at law (b. 1752) son-in-law Nathaniel Offutt Executor brother Edward Owen Executrix wife Sarah Owen witnesses: Wm. Williams, son of Thos, Nichs Haymond, & Basil Adamson. Lawrence and Edward were brothers as documented in Laurence s Will of 1761. (Frederick County, MD, Wills, Box 2, Folder 40). (continued on page 9).
DNA UPDATE 4 [Some of our newer readers have asked us about our DNA administrator and the exemplary work he has been doing for the Association. We are happy to reprint this profile of Dr. Athey. - Ed] A Profile We usually reserve a page for Dr. Whit Athey s UPDATE explaining the recent additions to our growing portfolio of genetic testing results. We will not have the pleasure of reading about our latest DNA-Cousins in this issue, but Whit (which is what we all call him) will be returning in June. You may not know that in addition to giving our association so much of his time, he also does the same kind of pro bono service as Editor of the Journal of Genetic Genealogy (http://www.jogg.info). That journal is a place for people to publish their work in genetics as it applies to genealogy and anthropology. They also have an interest in the kind of inquiry which fascinates our Owen group. Dr. Athey has resigned as their Editor because of the overload and will Devote More of His Time To Our Project. It is hard to express our appreciation for what he has done for us and will continue to do for us. He apologizes for the current delay in updating our project web site, but will catch up with that soon (probably by the time you are reading this). As you know, Whit takes the raw data from FTDNA and other research facilities who have analyzed our members Y chromosome markers to see who has Owen male line connections. He groups members who match family groups expressing the same or similar Haplotypes. You can visit the project web site at any time and see the latest results: http://www.hprg.com/owen. This is a pains-taking, time-consuming task. The Update which he publishes for us is the ultimate result. At the Biennial Reunion in Ashville, N.C., in 2007, he gave a Keynote speech about the exciting discoveries made possible by the race to reveal the entire human Genome. He later gave a workshop in which he traced the probable migratory patterns of early mankind and, using our Haplotype groupings, related the probable earliest place of residency for each of our Owen DNA Family Groups. We were all amazed, perhaps stunned, by what is being uncovered today. Dr. Athey has pledged to attend our 2011 Reunion (his mother was an Owen descendant and will, we hope, also attend the Reunion). There, he will conduct a DNA workshop for beginners and also a one-hour workshop to bring up to date our members who have submitted DNA samples since September, 2007. We hear so much praise for Whit Athey about his fine contribution to our Association and we take this opportunity to proffer our ardent gratitude. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Countdown to New Harmony, Indiana 5 OFA Reunion, the Nitty Gritty The clock is ticking until we all gather for the 2011 reunion of the Owen Family Association in New Harmony, Indiana. In the last issue of the Newsletter, I wrote about what was being planned for the 2011 Reunion. Now, we must get into the subject of what this is going to cost, and what the procedures are for making reservations. Nobody likes to bring up the subject of costs, but that is just part of reality. I wrote in the last issue that reservations must be made ninety days before September 23, and that we have reserved forty rooms for September 23 rd and 24 th in the Riverbend Building of the New Harmony Inn and Conference Center. The rates, though steep, have been heavily discounted for the Owen Family Association because of our OWEN status, and are in line with what we were charged in Asheville, NC, four years ago. The price for a Standard Room, which has one queen bed, is $112.00 plus tax per night. The rate for the deluxe room, with two double beds, is $127.00 plus tax per night. To make reservations, call the reservations desk at the New Harmony Inn at 812 682 4431, or 800 782 8605, or go to the New Harmony Inn website at www.newharmonyinn.com. Have your credit card handy, as you will be reserving Friday night at the Inn. When you check in, they add Saturday night to the transaction (yes, the ninety day reservation is unusual but if made later, the rates will NOT be discounted. You don t want to know). The New Harmony Inn is the only hotel/motel in New Harmony. If you prefer lodging in another facility, our June issue will carry a list of those close enough for you to attend all our sessions at the Inn. For those who are flying in to Evansville Regional Airport, transportation is available from the airport to the Inn, a 25 mile trip. Ask the Inn s reservations clerk for information regarding that service. However, reservations for the Saturday evening dinner (and business meeting) have always been made through our Owen Family Association host, and the good news is that those reservations are not due until September 2 nd. The Inn s Red Geranium Restaurant will cater a great two Entree Buffet, consisting of Roasted Round of Beef and/or Boneless, Skinless Breast of Chicken with Fresh Tarragon Cream Sauce (take one or some of both). Your reservation with check for $27.00 per person (includes tip) should be made out to Owen Family Association and mailed to me at: Reunion Host Cliff Owen, 70 Oak Valley Dr., Holland, Michigan 49424. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OUR CEMETERY PROJECT 6 Because our founders believed that information gleaned from tombstone inscriptions enhanced our pursuit of our lineages, and because we firmly believe that our compiled lists may help present and future researchers, we now begin our (on-going) publication of those lists. ALABAMA FAYETTE COUNTY Owens Family Cemetery (Also buried here were families with surnames other than Owen, Laboon, Livingston, McCool, Smothers, Terry). Owen, Alma, wife of S. R. Owen,...May 12, 1887-Dec 18, 1916 Owen, Amanda,...Mar 20, 1837-Oct 25, 1907 Owen, E. P....Sep 13, 1857-Aug 25, 1941 Owen, Emely E....Jan 1, 1835-June 21, 1915 Owen, Exie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Owen...Oct 21, 1894-Dec 8, 1912 Owen, G. W....Nov 13,1863-Feb 24, 1913 Owen, infant of N. A. & E. R. Owen,...Oct 10, 1886 (only one date) Owen, J. E., wife of J. M. Owen...June 18, 1862-Nov 26, 1939 Owen J. H. (Mrs.)...Dec 10, 1852-Dec 9, 1912 Owen, J. Luther...Feb 1, 1854-Oct 15, 1895 Owen, John Shade, ~ Co. I, 8 Ala. Cav., C.S.A.... Owen, Mary C., wife of W. B. Owen...Oct 15, 1849-Jan 3, 1829 Owen, Renzo, son of W. A. and M. S. Owen...Oct 4, 1914-Apr 7, 1925 Owen, W. A....July 14, 1863-Apr 17, 1932 Owen, W. B...June 10, 1845-Jan 19, 1923 Owen, W. W....Apr 2, 1892-Aug 23, 1946 Owen, William A....Jan 18, 1825-May 20, 1880 Owens, Claudie...Nov 4, 1899-Sep 67, 1955 Owens, Etta Mae...Jan 15, 1910-19_ Owens, Maggie Johnson...July 28, 1877-May 23, 1954 ~ Mother Owens, Nomie A....Jan 6, 1867-Jan 4, 1952 (last name Owen?) Owens, S. R...Oct 20, 1875-May 10, 1941 Owens, Thurman...Dec 194_ (only one date, hard to read) OKLAHOMA JOHNSTON COUNTY Pontotoc Cemetery Located Pontotoc, Oklahoma Owen, A. P....Sep 15, 1854-May 30, 1917 Vandiver, Mary...Dec 10, 1848-Nov 11, 1941 (Source: Judy Peeples This is my great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Owen, who married first, Samuel Houston Duty, in Red River County, Texas, and second, George Vandiver. She is a sister to A. P. (Alexander Petty) Owen; many of her children and grandchildren are also buried here. She was born in Haywood County, Tennessee, the daughter of Thomas E. Owen and Mary W. Petty; they were married in Halifax County, VA, July 8 th, 1839).
TENNESSEE 7 SHELBY COUNTY Source: gravestone inscriptions from Shelby County, Tennessee, Vol. 1, by Charlotte Elam, Margaret Erickson, and Ruth Hunt. copyrighted. Permission granted by author. Sanga Cemetery located next door to New Hope Baptist Church, Cordova, TN. This cemetery was part of an early 19 th century Owen family farm. (See the cover story in this issue of the Newsletter). Owen, Sarah...1769-1845 Owen, John Edward...Oct 19, 1861-Apr 26, 1936 Owen, Christopher C....(no dates) [The author added, Sarah Owen, buried here, was the grandmother of Tennessee Virginia (Tennie) Owen Carter. Tennie married John Wesley Carter. The Carters had a daughter, Beatrice Carter Hoope, also buried here, who was, thus, a great granddaughter of Sarah Owen. ] WEAKLEY COUNTY Owen Cemetery Location not given. Information received from Jane Owen, source, not provided. Elizabeth Guthrie, wife of Brackett Owen,...Feb 8, 1779-Jan, 1855 [It is believed she was the daughter of Rev. Francis Guthrie (Guthrey) of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Also buried here:] Sallie Owen...Aug 3, 1813-June 27, 1895 (Daughter) Staples Owen...Feb 11, 1800 (Son) [The name Brackett was popularly given to many descendants of John Owen 1691-1787, of Prince Edward County, VA.] VIRGINIA HALIFAX COUNTY Hudson-Owen Cemetery: north from Crystal Hill, VA, on Anderson Road to Newbill School Rd., then about three miles east; located on an uncultivated field on the left. Permission needed. Hudson, David Parker...May 29, 1807-Oct 26, 1866 Hudson, Mary Parker...Jan 20, 1811-Feb 12, 1904 [Mary Parker Owen and David Parker Hudson (married Jan 15, 1833, in Caswell County, NC, were first cousins and grandchildren of Ambrose, Jr., and Sarah Parker Owen. A very old hand-written chart, treasured by a descendant, indicates other burials with no headstones:] Owen, Phoebe, sister of Mary Parker Owen Owen, Elizabeth (not further identified) Mrs. Sneed* and her six children *[Hudson Family Genealogy, by J. Porter Hudson, identifies her as Susannah Rebecca Hudson (Susan), who married Charles Henry Sneed Jan 1, 1833. He died in Jan., 1850, leaving six children. In his book, J. Porter says that the place of burial of Susan and her children is not known. Hopefully, this information will solve that mystery]. Jane Owen Hillard] PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY Shockoe Baptist Church Cemetery Formerly known as the Owen Graveyard, it was located on land owned by Julius Owen. When the Shockoe Baptist Church was built on adjacent land, he allowed the congregation to share the graveyard. Unfortunately, the earlier graves were unmarked. The site was later given to the church and acquired its present name. Currently, more than forty gravesites are identified and only two are Owens:
Owen, James H....Apr. 17, 1880-May 19, 1968 8 Owen, Nannie Hayden...May 19, 1878-June 21, 1956 However, since the Owen family intermarried with the large Woodson family of that community, we are including those gravesites as well: Edmunds, Elizabeth Woodson...Dec.29, 1858-Dec. 7, 1929 Edmunds, Thomas H....Dec. 29, 1856-Feb. 4, 1952 Woodson, Robert Lee...Sep 21, 1864-Jan 1, 1921 Woodson, Susan L., wife of R. L. Woodson...Apr 6, 1870-Jan 15, 1912 Fowler, Lillie Woodson...Sep 25, 1891-Feb 7, 1954 Woodson, Evelyn, daughter of R. L. & Susan L. Woodson.. We are grateful for having these lists submitted by our members and hope we will hear from many others regarding their cemetery searches. We heartily commend Judy Peeples who is coordinating this effort. Address your cemetery submissions to her, Judy Peeples1@comcast.net, or 914 Texas Avenue, 6N, League City, TX 77573. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BLUETT OWEN, (continued from page 1). He was also one of the founders of the Sardis United Methodist Church, one of the largest and oldest Methodist churches in Georgia. The issue of slavery split the Methodist Episcopal Church in antebellum times, with northerners essentially taking an anti-slavery stance, and southerners favoring the continuation of slavery. By 1845, the pro-slavery faction had formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which Bluett and his family were members. In fact, he and some of his siblings sold land inherited from their mother to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for one dollar for use as a meeting house. Rebecca Owen, a devout Methodist, died suddenly in 1848 of a mysterious sleeping sickness. The 1850 Census provides no record of Bluett, but shows that some of their children had gone to live with her sister and some had been taken in by Bluett s sister. The latest record we have of Bluett is the sale of some Shelby County acreage to Ezekiel Sanderlin on April 21, 1849, for $349.50. There are unconfirmed accounts that Bluett went to Texas, and some say he accompanied his son, Erasmus, there. [We thank Sylvia Teague for this account, as will the known to be many researchers of Bluett Owen s line. Due to space limitations, this story will have to continue in June with Bluett s son, Erasmus, and the dramatic story of the life of Samuel; Son of Erasmus. Samuel Owen is the direct ancestor of the writer. Ed.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRESH TIP! We have just received word that the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS can be reached at http://www.loc.gov. As we are aware, it has data on more of our ancestors than any other archivists have. Worth the search!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9 REV. ROBERT OWEN (continued from page 3). As early as 1751, the inhabitants of the new county began petitioning for a division of it, and also for a courthouse to be built near the land which Laurence Owen lives on. The reason given was the great inconvenience in attending court at Frederick Town due to the distance involved and the impassability of the Monocacy River at times. Petitions for a solution to these problems continued through 1769 and were, of course, not realized until 1776. Another petition, signed by Edward Owen, joined by his sons Robert, Edward, Jr., and Laurence, in 1756/9, requested the division of Prince Georges Parish; including also among the signatures were forebears Benjamin Perry, Thomas Nicholls, Sr., and Clement Beall. Being a small, unincorporated town, early Rockville was known by a variety of names, including Owen s Ordinary, Hungerford s Tavern, Daley s Tavern. The first recorded mention of the settlement which would later become known as Rockville, dates to the Braddock Expedition in 1755. On April 14, one of the approximately two thousand men who were accompanying General Edward Braddock through, wrote the following: We marched to Larance Owings or Owings Oardianary, a Single House, it being 18 miles and very dirty. Owen s Ordinary was a small rest stop on Rock Creek Main Road (later Rockville Pike), which stretched from George Town to Frederick Town, and was then one of the largest thoroughfares in the colony of Maryland. On November, 1769, Edward Owen, Senior, leased to Edward Owen, Junior, the dwelling plantation and house of Edward Senior where Edward Owen Junior now lives, consisting of 292 acres, commonly called Shepherd s Hard Fortune. Edward Owen Senior signed with his mark. Edward Junior signed his name to the lease. (Frederick County Land Records, Liber M, f. 581-2). Less than two years later, Edward, Sr., died intestate and, on February, 1771, Robert was appointed executor. An inventory by appraisors William Waters and John Baker valued his estate at 105 pounds, 9 shillings and 8 pence, with a final accounting showing a balance of 134 pounds. The next of kin approving this account were sons Thomas and Laurence Owen. Son Edward Owen, Jr. and Thomas Williams were named creditors. (Frederick County Inventory Accounts, Liber WD, No 15, f. 744). As Elizabeth was not named in the final accounting, it can be assumed the she had predeceased her husband. Children of Edward and Elizabeth Owen: 1. Robert, b. Feb. 1, 1729; m. 1766 Mary (Edmonston) Beall, widow of Benjamin Beall 2. Edward, b. abt 1731, d. 1774; m. Ruth Carlisle (Fred Co Land Rcds, Liber W, f.290; Liber BD. f.365 3. Thomas, b. 1736; d. after 1778; m. Rachel (Montg. Co. Land Records, Liber A, f. 280 4. Laurence, b. 1739; m. (1) Sarah Beall before 1774; (2) Sarah Hardy (M Co. Land Rec., Liber B, f. 280) 5. Eleanor b. 1737; d. 1785; m. Calder Hammond The will of Robert Owen, son of Edward, dated 11 May, 1779, was probated in Montgomery County, 4 July, 1779. He mentioned his wife, Mary, and named children: Edward Owen, Robert Owen, Washington Owen, Elinor Owen, Ann Owen, Elizabeth Owen, Mary Owen, Octavia Owen. All the children were minors. The tract, Shepherds Hard Fortune, where his deceased father, Edward Owen, had lived, was to be sold. His wife had a dower right to the remaining land, which was to go to his sons. The inventory of his estate, made in 1780, listed Laurence Owen, son of Edward, as nearest of kin. (MC Estate Records A, f. 175 & 245). On 4 November, 1769, Edward Owen, Junior, executed a deed which stated that Edward Owen, being legally possessed of part of resurvey on Friends Advise ( Friends Advice lay on a branch of Little Seneca Creek, putting it northeast of present-day Poolesville, probably in Sugarloaf or Sugarland Hundred), was conveying 200 acres of the tract to Lawrence Owen, for 100 pounds. Ruth Owen, wife of Edward Owen, Junior, relinquished her dower rights in the land. (FC Deeds M, f. 615).
10 Edward Owen of Frederick Co. Will dtd. 14 Sept., 1773... wife executor. /s/ Edward Owen. Wit. Rich. Brooke (a Quaker); Peter Carlisle, Thomas Owen. Proved, 22 March, 1774, by Carlisle and Owen. (Frederick County Wills, Book A1, pp. 483-4). November, 1774: Lawrence Owen executed a deed conveying to Mary Owen, Robert Carlisle Owen, and David Owen, heirs of Edward Owen, Jr., deceased, 100 acres of Resurvey on Friends Advise, which Edward had paid for in his lifetime. Sarah Owen, wife of Lawrence Owen, relinquished her dower right in the land. (FC Deeds W, f. 2900). Sarah (nee Beall) Owen, who must have died soon after this date, was the cousin of Sarah Beall Owen, wife of Edward s brother, Lawrence. Ministers returns list a marriage performed by Reverend Joseph Threlkeld: Laurence Owen married Sarah Hardy, 22 June, 1780, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Sarah was born in 1759. (Maryland, 1776, census). The 1783 tax assessment for real estate listed in Montgomery County: Laurence Owen, of Edward, Friends Advice, 100 acres; value, 112 pounds, 10 shillings. On 15 October, 1784, Laurence Owen sold to John Belmear, for 275 pounds, 100 acres of resurvey on Friends Advice. Sarah Owen, wife of Laurence, relinquished her dower right. (MC Deed B, f. 280). Laurence Owen, with many farmers of tobacco, left Maryland in the late 1780s because of the depletion of the fields overgrown for tobacco crops. Maryland records show a deed, dated 2 August, 1800, from Benjamin White Jones, sheriff, to Robert Furgusen, which states that judgement was obtained by James Gordon and others, surviving partners of John Glassford & Co., against Elias Hardy, Jesse Philips, and Mary, his wife; Kinsey Hardy, Henry Wheeler, and Rebecca, his wife; Samuel Hardy, Frederick Burns, and Barbara, his wife; Laurence Owen, and Sarah, his wife; Samuel Allison, and Fielder, his wife; and Elizabeth Holland. (This list includes all the siblings alive for the Frederick Co., MD census of 1776. The mother, Fielder, was alive in 1776, but the father, Samuel, did not appear in that census. The only children identified in the Montgomery Co., MD, 1800 census, are: Jesse Philips, 4-0-0-1-0; 1-2-0-1-0; 0; 3 and Henry Wheeler: 1-3-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0), who were coheirs of Samuel Hardy, late of Montgomery County. The sheriff seized a tract of land, called Grandmothers Good Will, the property of Samuel Hardy, which was sold at public sale to Robert Furgusson, the highest bidder, for 6,100 pounds of tobacco. Grandmothers Good Will had been patented by James Grove in 1756, 60 acres which lay on the west side of a branch of Broad Run. (MC Deeds, B, f. 280). Broad Run lies west of present-day Poolesville and flows into the Potomac River southwest of it. Laurence Owen and wife, Sarah, nee Hardy, were alive at that time by virtue of the fact that their names were listed in the settlement. In the last issue, I had established that Lawrence Owen and Edward Owen were brothers and that may be critical in the link between Robert Owen and Edward. Owen. It indicates that Edward s son, Lawrence, and my ancestor, Lawrence, must be the same person. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Owens North, South, East, or West in September ALL ROADS LEAD TO NEW HARMONY, INDIANA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Queries, We Print All Queries! 11 Seeking info David Owen b. ca. 1792-1798 in Stokes Co., NC. David is son of Thomas Owen, b. 1755 in British Isles. I have extensive records re David from 1818 through Sept., 1824, when he paid off his account at Clingman s Store, which was on the west side of Yadkin River in Huntsville, Yadkin, NC. The bill, ($25.60), was paid in full by David s tendering 64 gallons of whisky to Clingman s. This is the last documentation I have been able to locate on David Owen. Please address replies to Eugene P. Owen at eposeahurst@aol.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New member, Joseph Charles Owen. I have just learned that I am descended from Richard Owen, d. 1756, in Halifax Co., VA., (DNA Group 4). We believe we are descendants of Richard s son, James Owen, (1723-1799), of Rowan County, NC; however, there is a twogeneration gap between James Owen and my g grandfather, William Franklin Owen. Any and all data will be appreciated. Joseph Charles (Joe) Owen, Blueridgejoe@charter.net. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOT A MEMBER YET? It s so easy to join! And so rewarding! You re one of those who find genealogy fun, thrilling, and exciting as you search for that clue which may unlock the mystery to your family story. You say: How can the Owen Family Association help me in my own Owen Family research? Say the word and I ll send you a membership application blank and a lineage chart to introduce your ancestors to many avid genealogists researching various Owen Lineages. Then if you have an Owen(s) forebear in either your mother s or father s line, yearly dues are only $10.00, and our quarterly newsletter will be sent to you FREE via E- mail or USPS. Owen Family Association, Genealogist Jane Owen, 4190 Hurricane Shores Dr., Benton, AR 72019 E-mail: edjaneowen@up-link.net (501)794-1751
Owen Family News 12 Owen Family Association Margaret Owen Parsons, Publisher 1300 West Olson Ave. Space 142 Reedley CA 93654 Owen, a name worth knowing 1 st Class Postage First Class Mail Association Officers Board of Directors Jane Owen Hillard, President C. Owen Johnson, Founder Arnold C. Owen, Past President 4136 E. Village Dr. Mason, OH Robert McCrary, Early Secretary George N. Shirley, Liaison 45040 (513) 398-7255 johillard@up-link.net M. Fred Owen, Vice President 111 Buggy Whip, Horsehoe Bay, TX 78657-(830) 598-6545 mfredowen@verizon.net George N. Shirley, Treasurer 508 Arbor Dr., Madison, MS 39110 (601) 665-2268 gnshirley@comcast.net Jane Owen,Genealogist 419-0 Hurricane Shores Dr. Benton, AR 72019 (501) 794-1751 edjaneowen@up-link.net Clifford F. Owen, Historian 70 Oak Valley Dr., Holland, MI 49424 (616) 396-4596 cowen@cirus.com Margaret Owen Parsons, Publisher (address at top of page) Owen Family Association The Owen Family Association was organized in 1981 The objectives of the association are: To establish and document as complete a list of descendants of Owen and allied families as possible. To collect a narrative history of individual family lines of descent. To compile and maintain a listing of cemeteries, homes and other buildings and sites associated with Owen and allied families. To publish and distribute a periodic newsletter. To bring members of the family association together for periodic reunions. To aid association members to establish their family line and assist them in joining hereditary and patriotic societies, if they so desire. To ultimately produce a volume documenting the verified family histories. To provide publications to Genealogy Libraries to assist Owen researchers. Annual dues of $10.00 are payable January 1 st. The Owen Family News is published quarterly and is subject to copyright.