Margaret (Woodworth) Owen (1700 - aft. 1742)

Born 1700 in Little Compton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Owen — married 5 Nov 1718 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died after 26 May 1742 after age 42 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Margaret Woodworth was the daughter of Benjamin Woodworth and his second wife, Hannah Unknown.^[1][2]

Margaret's date of birth is uncertain. The 1988 The Woodward Family estimates that she was born about 1703. However, that date of birth, as well as the dates of birth during 1693-1701 of Margaret's siblings Hannah, Ruth, Amos, Ezekiel and Judith that are given in the book, appear to just be rough estimates. Based on the fact that her brother Caleb was born in May 1704,^[1] a birth date after 1702 appears unlikely, while based on Margaret's date of marriage (May 1718), a birth date even after 1700 seems unlikely. However, since Margaret's last child was born in May 1742, a date of birth prior to 1700 also seems unlikely. It therefore seems most probable that Margaret was born about 1700.

Since Margaret's family was living in Little Compton (which was then in Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, but is now in Rhode Island) from 1692-1703,^[2] Margaret was very probably born there.

Removal to Lebanon, Connecticut

Margaret's family moved from Little Compton to Lebanon, Connecticut in 1703.^[2]

Marriage

Margaret married Joshua Owen in Lebanon on November 5, 1718.^{[3][4][5][6][1]}

Residency in Lebanon

Margaret and Joshua appear to have settled in Lebanon after their marriage, as the births of most of their children were recorded there. Margaret was admitted to the church in Lebanon on July 4, 1725.^[7]

Children

Margaret and Joshua had the following children, all born in Lebanon (except possibly Althea, Martha and John, for whom no birth records have been found):

1. Jemima, b. July 26, 1719,^[8][9][5][6] m. February 20, 1751 John Knickerbocker^[1]
2. Leonard, b. December 13, 1720,^{[10][4][5][6]} m. 1st Experience ____,^[5] m. 2d April 28, 1757 Mary Stannard at Salisbury^[5]
3. Elijah, b. January 29, 1721/2^{[11][12][5][6]} m. 1st October 21, 1747 Patience Wright at Lebanon,^[5] m. 2d November 10, 1756 Olive Bemon at Salisbury^[5]
4. Keziah, b. June 27, 1723,^{[13][4][5][6]} m. June 15, 1744 Charles Brewster^[5]
5. Joshua, b. February 7, 1724/5^{[14][4][5][6]} m. Hannah _____^[5]
6. Eliphalet, b. June 26, 1727,^{[15][12][5][6]} m. Eunice ______^[5]
7. Esther, b. September 3, 1730,^{[16][12][5][6]} m. August 1, 1749 Jonathan Bill at Lebanon^[5][6]
8. (probably) Althea, bpt. 1734,^[6] m. 1760 Claudius Brittel at Salisbury^[6] (Althea is not found in Ricker or mentioned by William Arthur Owen)
9. (probably) Martha, b. before 1740, married Claudius Begrough 1760 (Martha is not found in Ricker or mentioned by William Arthur Owen)
10. John "the first," b. before 1740,^[6] m. March 4, 1736 Deborah Williams,^[1][6] removed to Milton, Vermont.^[1] (John is not found in Ricker or mentioned by William Arthur Owen)
11. Naomi, b. September 15, 1740,^[17][18][5] d. September 26, 1740 at Lebanon.^[5] (Naomi is not mentioned by Ralph Dornfield Owen.)
12. Samuel, b. May 26, 1742,^{[19][20][5][6]} m. 1762 Lois Calkins^[1]

Date and Place of Death

Margaret's date and place of death are uncertain. Since she gave birth to her last child on May 26, 1742, she died on or after that date. Many family trees state that she died in 1750, but no reliable source for that date has been offered or found. Since her husband moved from Lebanon to Salisbury, Connecticut sometime in 1751-1752,^[21] Margaret probably died in either Lebanon or Salisbury, depending on her date of death.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Behan, Jeanette Woodworth. The Woodworth Family of America. Descendants of Walter Woodworth of 1630 Through Six Generations. Volume I. 1988. pp. 26-27. Link to page at archive.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Behan, Jeanette Woodworth. The Woodworth Family of America. Descendants of Walter Woodworth of 1630 Through Six Generations. Volume I. 1988. p. 21. Link to page at archive.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP48-364N : 20 February 2019), Joshua Owen, 5 Nov 1718; citing Marriage, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272242.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, p 9469.
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19} Owen, William Arthur. “John Owen of Windsor, Conn., and Some of His Descendants.” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 83 (1929), pp 49-50. Link to pages at americanancestors.org ($).
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14} Owen, Ralph Dornfeld. Descendants of John Owen of Windsor, Connecticut (1622-1699). Philadelphia, 1941. pp 34-35. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Volume 057 Lebanon, p 150. Link to page at ancestry.com ($).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WQ-F7C : 11 February 2018), Jemima Owen, 26 Jul 1719; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, p 9468.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-GQQ : 11 February 2018), Leonard Owen, 13 Dec 1720; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-L59 : 11 February 2018), Elijah Owen, 29 Jan 1721; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, p 9466.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WQ-FVC : 11 February 2018), Keziah Owen, 27 Jun 1723; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-L56 : 11 February 2018), Joshua Owen, 07 Feb 1724; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-L5Z : 11 February 2018), Eliphalet Owen, 26 Jun 1727; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WQ-FT5 : 11 February 2018), Esther Owen, 03 Sep 1730; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WQ-F68 : 11 February 2018), Naomi Owen, 15 Sep 1740; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, p 9471.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-GQ2 : 11 February 2018), Samuel Owen, 26 May 1742; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, p 9473.
21. ↑ See the profile for her husband Joshua Owen.