Hannah (Young) Owsley (abt. 1761 - 1819)

Born about 1761 in Prince William, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Anthony Owsley — married 5 Feb 1778 in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1819 at about age 58 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Will of her father: William Young Sr prepared his Last Will and Testament on 20 Dec 1790 “In the name of God Amen. This twentieth day of December Anns Domini, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. I WILLIAM YOUNG of the County of Fauquier, being in perfect and sound memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament Imprimis [in person]. I commit my soul to the mercy of Almighty God, hoping through the mediation of my Blessed [Savior crossed out] Redeemer, to be forgiven all my sins and transgressions. Item; I give and bequeath to my beloved son BRYAN YOUNG, one Negroe woman slave named Sarah and her increase to him and his heirs forever. Item; I give and bequeath to my beloved son WILLIAM YOUNG, to him and his heirs forever, one Negro Male slave named and called Joshua. Item; I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter MARY JEFFRIES, one Negroe woman slave named Amy, to her and her heirs for ever. Item; I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter HANNAH OWSLEY, the sum of twenty pounds current money of Virginia. Item; I five and bequeath to my beloved daughter SUKEY or SUSANNA SMITHEY [Susannah Smith] the sum of twenty pounds current money of Virginia. Item; My will and desire is that all my land, Negro slaves not before devised (given out) and personal estate be enjoyed by my beloved wife PATIENCE YOUNG, during her natural life or widowhood (which ever shall first happen) my will and desire is that at the death or marriage of my said wife, all the estate, both real and personal, be sold at publick auction and the moneys arising from such sales to be divided amongst all my children or their representatives. I do appoint, constitute my loving friends JOSEPH JEFFRIES and THOMAS FITZHUGH executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking and disannulling all former and other Wills and Testaments before by me made, ratifying and confirming this my last Will and Testament only. The work ‘not before divised’ interlined before. Signed in the Sixteenth line, WILLIAM YOUNG L.S. [locus sigilli or legal seal]. Signed, sealed and pronounced in the presence of, J. MOFFETT, MINOAH STONE, EDWARD FEAGAN, BENJAMIN CARPENTER.”

Research Notes

A merged profile said she was born about 1761 in Lincoln, Kentucky, and died in 1826 in Lincoln, Kentucky. Another merged profile said she was born about 1760 in Prince William, Virginia, and died 20 April 1819 in Fauquier, Virginia.

Hannah's parents were born and died in Virginia, so it seems reasonable that she was born in Virginia, not Kentucky. Most of her children were born in Kentucky, and her husband died in Kentucky, so it seems reasonable that she died in Kentucky.

Sources

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8X-BRM : 6 August 2020), Hannah Young in entry for Anthony Owsley, 1778.