Robert ap Owen (1657 - 1697)

Born 1657 in Fron Goch, Merionethshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Owen — married 1678 in Llywn-du, Wales

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1697 at about age 40 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Robert was a Friend (Quaker)

Robert Owen was the son of Owen ap Evan and Gainor (ferch John) of Fron Goch, Merionethshire, Wales. ^[1]

On the 6th of 1st month (March 6) 1678 Robert's mother Gainor signed an agreement concerning a marriage settlement with Owen Humphrey, Esquire (of Llwundu), father of Rebecca Owen who became Robert's wife.

Robert & Rebecca had eight children. The first four (Evan, Gainor, Elizabeth, and Jane) were born in Merionethshire. The remainder were born in Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Their children were:

• Evan Owen; born about 1682; married Mary Hoskins
• Gainor Owen; married Jonathan Jones
• Elizabeth Owen; married David Evans
• Jane Owen
• Owen Owen; born 12 month 21 (February 21), 1690 ^[2]; married Anne Wood
• John Owen; born 12 month 26th (February 12), 1692^[2]; married Hannah Maris
• Robert Owen; born 7 month 27th (September 27), 1695^[2]; married Susanna Hudson
• Rebecca Owen; born 1 month 14th (March 14), 1697^[2]; died as an infant and buried 9 month 21st (November 21) of the same year.

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Research Notes

• Owen-6933 included the following:
  • Proof:
    • Hutto, Mary Louis Marshall, Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, (GPC 1976) pg 187, Robert Owen m. Rebecca Humphrey;
    • Glenn, Thomas Allen, Mrion in the Welsh Tract, (GPC 1970) pgs 125-129, B pg 125 that Rebecca was the dau of Owen Humphrey, and marriage to Robert Owen;
    • Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents o 600 Immigrants, (GPC 2006) pg 193 lineage;
    • NSCD XVII Century app. #37712, and #5816;
    • Weis, Frederick Lewis, Th.D., The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, (GPC Balt. MD 1991) line 105:19;
    • Browning, Charles H., Magna Charta Barons 1898, (GPC, Clearfield 1969) pg 379
  • born 1652 in Fron Goch, Merionethshire, Wales
  • married 1678 in Llywn-du, Walesmap
  • died 8 Oct 1697 in Merion, Philadelphia, PA

Sources

1. ↑ Marie Mills, Feb 22, 2012
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Owen of Merion, page 174-175; citing records of Radnor Monthly Meeting

• Glenn, Thomas Allen. "Owen of Merion." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 13, No. 2 (Jul., 1889), pp. 168-183. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1889.

See also:

• Humphrey website: I675.
• Ancestry.com listing
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 November 2018), memorial page for Robert Owen (1657–8 Oct 1697), Find A Grave Memorial no. 75582200, citing Merion Friends Burial Ground, Merion Station, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Jan Wisdom Lange (contributor 47586771) .

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