Rachael (Hook) Owen (1715 - 1786)

Born 1715 in Prince George's, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Owen — married 25 Feb 1731 in Maryland

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1786 at about age 71 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA

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Biography

Rachel was born before 1715. She was the daughter of James Hook and Margaret Thrasher.

She was married to Robert Owen or Owings. His will, written in 1760, left bequests to Rachel and their chldren:^[1]

son Thomas Owings (tract called the HorseShoe);

son Robert Owings (tract called the Prospect); John Owings (part of tract called Woodstock);

son James Owings (part of Woodstock);

son Owen Owings (part of Woodstock);

son David (part of Woodstock);

daughter Margret Clerk;

daughter Lydia Peles{?};

daughter Rachel Harper;

wife, Rachel Owing;

Jeremiah Owings Folsom {a grandson?}

Robert named Rachel as Executor. One of the witnesses to the will was James Hook, possibly Rachel's half-brother James Hook.

Rachel passed away after 1779.

Material on parents

In 1727 Benjamin Thrasher, probably the father of Margaret Hook, wife of James, recorded a gift to James, son of James Hook, Sr., of a dark bay mare. (Deed Book Liber M, page 174, Upper Marlboro, Aid.)

The Administration bond to the estate of James Hooke was signed by Margaret Hook, July 3, 1738. He left no will. The inventory listing 700 pounds of tobacco, four cows, and heifers, four young cattle, four breeding sows, twenty-six young hogs, two horses, one mare and colt, one bull, two rugs and two pair of blankets, one old chest, two old guns, fourteen barrels of flour, a parcel of carpenters tools, one linen wheel and wooling ditto, one hand mill, spindle and frogg, one parcel of working tools, wearing apparel, feather bed and furniture, pewter utensials, hour glass, marking irons and stilliards, was appraised, July 26, 1739, and signed by James Hook and John Hook as creditors and kin, and by John Magruder as creditor. (Records at Upper Marlboro and Annapolis vary slightly.)

The children of James and Margaret Hook were as follows:

Mary Hook, b. Nov. 17, 1708 (Margaret Hook, m. Thomas Fee, 1733. Prob. same as Mary).

Arrabella Hook.

Rachel Hook, m. Feb. 25, 1731, Robert Owen. Stephen Hook.

Samuel Hook.

James Hook.

John Hook.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Robert Owings of Frederick County in "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-S7QW?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6X%3A146535301%2C147297001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 130 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis. Signed 14 May 1760; Proved 25 February 1765

• http://www.surnameguide.com/hook/james_hook_genealogy.htm
• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties: Rachel Hook

Acknowledgements

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