Rebecca Owen (aft. 1663 - 1697)

Born after 1663 in Llwyn-du (in Llwyngwril, par. Llangelynin), Merioneth, Wales

Ancestors

Wife of Robert ap Owen — married 1678 in Llywn-du, Wales

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1697 before age 34 in Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Rebecca Owen, daughter of Owen Humphrey, Esq and Margaret Vaughan, married Robert Owen, Gent., on 11 March 1678/9.^[1][2][3] Her Quaker marriage record describes her father as of Llwyn-du, Merioneth, Wales.^[2] She immigrated with him to Pennsylvania in 1690. Robert was "one of the founding members of the Merion Meeting, Pennsylvania."^[1]

Robert and Rebecca had four sons and four daughters:^[1]

Sons

• Evan Owen^[1]
• Owen Owen^[1]
• John Owen^[1]
• Robert Owen^[1]

Daughters

• Gainor Owen, married Jonathan Jones^[1]
• Jane Owen^[1]
• Elizabeth Owen, married David Evans^[1]
• Rebecca Owen^[1]

Rebecca died at "Merion Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania" on 23 October 1697. Robert died there on 8 December 1697.^[1]

Research Notes

Name: Some trees show her with a maiden surname of "Humphrey".^[4][5]

Birth: 1663 is unsourced, but is reasonable with the marriage date of 1678/9 given by Ricahrdson (he does not give a birth year).^[1]

Death: Richardson gives her death date/location as 23 October 1697, Merion Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^[1] Another source, Harvey, shows her death as 23 August 1697, Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.^[6] The difference (August/October) is most likely because in 1697 the year began in March, not January, so the 8th month would be October, not August. The location is intended to be the same (Merion); the history of Pennsylvania's counties could clarify which would be the correct county in 1697.

Burial:

• 25 August 1697.^[7] Same issue as above; 8th month in 1697 would be October, not August.
• Merion Friends Burial Ground, Merion Station, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA^[8]

Proof (paragraph so titled from merged profile):

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

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p 286 OWEN #21.i.c.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Thomas Allen Glenn. Merion in the Welsh tract. With sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the provinces of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682, (pages 125-126), accessed 24 July 2019.
3. ↑ Duplicate profiles for husband Robert had different marriage locations (locations weren't given in text):
   • Llywn-du, Wales
   • Fron Goch, Merionethshire, Wales
4. ↑ Mostly in Ancestry.
5. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Ancestry online publication, 2010). Taken from BROWNING, CHARLES H. Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1912. 631p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. page 498 Subscription: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=pili354&h=3112839&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qYz988&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=2189
6. ↑ The Incompleted Records of Merion Burial Grave-yard 1682-1848, by Margaret Harvey. 1912. manuscript
7. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Ancestry online publication, 2014). Subscription - http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=QuakerMeetMins&h=99928506&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qYz988&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=60525 typed (Index); https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/31906_284097-00253?pid=1801831 (handwritten index).
8. ↑ Jan Wisdom Lange. Find A Grave: Memorial #75582305 for "Rebecca Humphrey Owen" (see "Name" under Research Notes).

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Magna Carta Project

Rebecca Owen is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. III, pages 279-281 OWEN) that has not yet been developed on WikiTree. The profiles in this trail are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of her sister Elizabeth's profile.

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