His name appears in several land transactions in 1695 and 1697 at Windsor; he received 11 shillings bounty for service against Canada in 1709; he was exempted from paying poll tax in 1735 due to disease in his legs.
Obadiha Owen (as found inscribed on his gravestone) died on October 11, 1751 and is buried at the East Granby Cemetery, East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut.
Sources
"Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MGRH-F9L : accessed 12 Jun 2014), Martha Owin, 31 Aug 1698; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown. (Father called Obediah Owin; in most other of his children's records he is called Obadiah Owen)
Ralph Dornfeld Owen, “Descendants of John Owen of Windsor, Connecticut (1622-1699)”, Philadelphia, 1941, pages 26-27.
Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
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Owens-948 and Owen-2685 appear to represent the same person because: Hello, these appear to be duplicate profiles for the same person. Based on the source data, OWEN looks like the LNAB for Obadiah so I have suggested the final profile should be OWEN-2685. If you feel the evidence supports a reverse merger, then please feel free to swap it around. Thanks very much in advance, Leigh
Owen-2741 and Owen-2685 appear to represent the same person because: Hello, these appear to be duplicate profiles for the same person and should be merged. Thanks very much, Leigh