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Numerous online OWEN genealogies state that our
JMO was a son of James OWEN & Mary PAINE of
Wading River, Long Island, NY.
As far as we have been able to determine, there is NO
documentary proof for this connection. Cousin
Brent Owen has
contacted these websites (as I have) with a unanimous
result: they have nothing to substantiate the connection. We
both believe that such attribution is a true disservice to
OWEN researchers.
Researchers of just JMO's line, include:
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Carolyn Gunn Tinsch
12161 South 2240 West
Riverton, UT 84065
Dan Haney
David Lake
Mary Nichols
Line: MCN, Alice Virginia OWEN, Edgar OWEN, Willis
Davenport "Morgan" OWEN, William OWEN, JMO
Carl
Morrison: Line: CM, Evangeline O'BRIEN, Villa
McFADDEN, Minnie M. KELLEY, Benjamin L. KELLEY,
Mary E. "Polly" OWEN, JMO
Brent Owen:
Line: BO, Walter Holmes OWEN, Frank M. OWEN, Abram
Albertus OWEN, David M. OWEN, William OWEN, JMO
Charles R. Owen
Jr.
Chris Owen:
Line: CO, Walter Holmes OWEN, Frank M. OWEN, Abram
Albertus OWEN, David M. OWEN, William OWEN, JMO
Robert
Owen: Line: RO, Chester Lynne OWEN, Frank M.
OWEN, Abram Albertus OWEN, David M. OWEN, William
OWEN, JMO
W.
Parks
Arthur White:
Line: Elizabeth FLAHERTY, Margaret OWENS, Edward
Wetmore OWENS, Uriah OWENS, William OWEN, JMO
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According to Wright's Loyalists, etc. book
- 1) Jonathan OWENS, sargeant in the Kings
American Dragoons, received a Loyalist landgrant at
Beaver Harbor and
- 2) Jonathan McOWEN, a sargeant in 2nd
DeLancey's (ours?) received a landgrant at Beaver
Harbor.1
We believe Jonathan McOWEN to be a misprint of our
Jonathan M. OWEN remains to be seen. By the 1790 US
Census, JMO is living at Plantation #8, now Eastport,
Washington Co., ME with his wife and one son.
 Circa
1788, Jonathan Morgan OWEN married Catherine MORIN
(aka MORANG) (Jean Francois & Rosalie FOREST), a
Catholic French Canadian, circa 1788, probably somewhere
near what is today Eastport, Washington Co., ME. It is also
possible that they were married at or near Beaver Harbor,
(?now Pennfield?) New Brunswick, Canada, where the British
sent the Catholic Acadians at the same time that both
Jonathan OWENS & Jonathan McOWEN were in Canada
as Loyalists. As you can no-doubt tell, we haven't found
their marriage yet.
New
Research Projects
I'm looking for any and all information of additional
OWEN families - which as usual, I will post here for
anyone to use. If you'd like to help, please e-mail me with
information on:
- David OWEN & William Fitzwilliam OWEN of
Campobello, NB, Canada
- John OWEN & Sarah McCLELLAN-McCLELLAND of
Buxton, Cumberland Co., ME
- Luke OWEN & Elizabeth "Betsy" CUMMINGS (Elisha
& Mary DOLLY) of Paris, ME; Luke was said to be b
IRL and an immigrant
- Morgan OWEN & Elizabeth DICKASON of Salem,
MA (ca 1680s)
- Morgan OWEN of Virginia (arr 1654)
- Nicholas OWEN of Virginia (b ca 1626)
- Richard OWEN of Long Island or New York City,
NY (ca 1670)
- Thomas OWEN & Sarah VITTERELL of Boston,
MA (ca 1670s)
- Thomas OWEN of Marblehead, MA (ca 1680s)
- William OWEN & William MORGAN (ca 1652) in
VA
From an unpublished manuscript of the family of John OWEN
& Margaret MUSTARD of Falmouth, ME. Included therein
was a letter from
Phillip OWEN (1756-1849) describing his military
experiences during the Revolution, upon his declining an
invitation to attend an anniversary of the Battle of Bunker
Hill. You can find most of this line on Al Dunning's
website (from gendex.com).
William OWEN & Elizabeth
DAVIES
of Braintree, Norfolk Co.,
MA
I'm working on an undocumented descendancy of William
OWEN & Elizabeth DAVIES of Braintree, MA posted
here. William is said to be the progenitor of the
Joshua OWEN line of Rhode Island. This is real
rudimentary; showing what sources I have for what is shown.
If either the Braintree, MA or the Rhode Island lines are of
interest to you, please see excerpts below from Mr. Henry
W. OWEN, Jr.'s ca 1935 Unpublished Genealogy. If anyone
can help, I'd appreciate an e-mail
on them or their descendants and/or ancestors. Please
put OWEN of Braintree in subject line.
John OWEN & Margaret
MUSTARD
of Falmouth, ME
From the same unpublished OWEN genealogy by Henry W.
Owen, Jr., I've extracted the family
of John OWEN of Falmouth, ME. I did NOT include
the link to William OWEN of Braintree (see below),
though if you prefer that theory, Henry W. Owen claimed him
to be grandson of William OWEN & Elizabeth DAVIES
through an undetermined son.
While
I agree with the author's conclusion that John of
Falmouth was a grandson of William of Braintree,
the connection is NOT the Rev. John OWEN (William &
Elizabeth DAVIES) who d Groton, CT. There is much
information on both families and on other OWENs of the
1600s to 1800s that I've never seen before, for example
(bracketed [] additions, boldtype & caps
mine):
"There were OWEN families
at both Salem and the adjoining town of Marblehead prior
to 1723 and both these families seem to have been closely
connected with the Braintree family. Morgan OWEN
of Salem married there in 1670 [to Elizabeth
DICKASON] and died some two years later leaving a
son John born in 1671 and a son Nathaniel
who "lived not long." John married in 1687 Mary
TUCKSBERRY. I have found no record that this
John and Mary had a son John. If
they did and it could be shown, he might possibly qualify
as the Falmouth settler. In the Marblehead family there
were a number of Johns, but each of these is
definitely otherwise accounted for. Since, however, both
these families seem to have been related to the Braintree
family, and were seamen, what more natural than that a
member of the Braintree family, setting out to seek his
fortune in Maine, should set out via Salem?"
For those of you researching OWEN in Rhode Island,
Mr. Owen also identified another source
(bracketed[], boldtype & caps added):
"By way of prelude it should be
said that a genealogical table of the Rhode Island family
was prepared in 1857 by a Mr. S. C. Newman who describes
himself as member of the Rhode Island Historical Society
and genealogical secretary of the Blackstone Monument
Association. His OWEN table was prepared for
George and Smith OWEN and purports to show the
descendants of a Samuel and Priscilla OWEN through
a son Josiah who was born in 1681. According to
the brief text,
"Samuel OWEN was born
in Wales, Europe, A.D. 1651. He and his wife,
Priscilla BELCHER, with their son
Josiah, came to America about 1685. Like most
early settlers, his object in leaving his native land
was the enjoyment of Civil and Religious Liberty and
the pursuit of Agriculture. He came first to
Massachusetts, but finding that the Colony of Rhode
Island was then the most independent in matters of
conscience and relegious [sic] opinion, he
finally settled in that part of Provedence
[sic] now known as North Providence and not
far from the present Pawtucket Turnpike."
Newman does not cite authorities for
his statements, and my efforts to learn something about
the author himself, or from members of the Rhode Island
family to obtain some light as to the source from which
Newman might have drawn for his statements, have been
completely unproductive. My own researches, however, have
failed to disclose any other trace whatever of either a
Samuel or a Priscilla OWEN in Rhode Island
at the period these are supposed to have been there, nor
in Massachusetts a couple with those names.
Josiah, however, was a person frequently met with
in the records."
Mr. Owen believes that this Josiah, Jr. was the son
of Ebenezer OWEN (William & Elizabeth DAVIES) and
Hannah BELCHER (John & Sarah _?_) b 2 Aug 1664
Braintree. Ebenezer died in 1690 and Hannah
married his brother Josiah b aft 1672 Braintree, both
of whom, together with her children by Ebenezer, were
banished from Massachusetts for marrying each other. The
marriage laws of the time prohibited marrying one's
sister-in-law, banning her and Josiah's subsequent
marriage. In Rhode Island, Josiah (Ebenezer &
Hannah) was referred to as "Josiah, Jr." while
his uncle & step-father Josiah was referred to as
"Josiah, Sr."
If anyone wants a lookup in the genealogy, please contact
me (Mary Nichols) with what information you have,
though most of it is posted here under William of
Braintree, John of Falmouth, or Joshua of
[Providence], Rhode Island and I'll let you know
if and how it connects.
John OWEN of Windsor, CT
I keep receiving inquiries and lines from
descendants of John OWEN & Rebecca WADE of
Windsor, CT. While I have a gedcom file of them and many
descendants, I haven't documented it and in compiling it,
know that I ran into numerous errors, some of which I
probably included. But if anyone wants me to post what I
have, bearing in mind that it is not a primary research
project of mine, please let
me know.
OWEN Location Index
The location index for the
OWEN surname contains locations from
submitted/collected queries. E-mail me if you'd like to add
yours (or a new location).
Thank Yous
Thank you to Brent Owen
for sharing his substantial OWEN research and
particularly for submitting excerpts regarding Daniel
OWEN of Rhode Island.
Thanks
to Bob
Wilhelm for details of Daniel
OWEN a descendant of John OWEN of Windsor, CT.
Also searching this family is Holly
Owen.
Thanks
to Ann Winder for the copy of a Circa 1935 OWEN
Genealogy (approx. 90 pages), excerpts of which appear
here and on other pages at this site.
Thanks also to John
Stewart who has provided the information for the page on
the Timothy OWEN Family
of NY. and now has his own OWEN
Webpages.
1N.B. Brent
Owen advises that he is not aware of this petition,
etc., so I cannot identify source for this. The
Wright Loyalists, etc. book lists both
of these, vaguely identifying them in an appendix as
receiving grants at Beaver Harbor, without any more
information.
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OWEN
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Bob
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OWEN
Family Website from
Betty
Owen 19 Jun 1999
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Chakurda or OWINGS
Website 23 Nov 1997
Kevin
Owen's OWEN Webpage 1 Dec
1997
Arthur
Owen's OWEN Webpage for descendants of
Arthur
OWEN & Elizabeth LEE of PEI,
Canada Jun 1998
Goronwy
OWEN of VA
(http://www.goronwyowen.com/) from
William
Parham Owen III 15 Sep
1999
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Shawna's
Genealogy Page (Southern
OWENs)
OWEN
Webpage Jul 1999
OWEN
Family Bible Jul 1999
6 Sep 2005
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnichols/owen.htm
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