Hugh Owen Bt MP (1645 - 1699)

Born 1645 in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Griffith) Owen — married about 1690 (to 13 Jan 1699) in Wales

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1699 at about age 54 in Bristol, England

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Biography

Hugh, born about 1645, was the first surviving son and heir of Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, and his second wife Catharine Lloyd daughter of Sir Evan Lloyd, of Yale, Denbighshire.

The family lived at Landshipping, a family property on the eastern banks of Cleddau ^[1]

He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1660 aged 15 and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1672. ^[2][3]

1670 Succeeded his father to become the 2nd Baronet of Orielton.

Family

First Marriage 1664: he married Anne Owen, daughter and heiress of his paternal uncle, Henry Owen of Bodowen, granddaughter of John Owen and Dorothy Laugharne. They had 8 sons and 5 daughters. ^[4]

1. Hugh died young
2. Catherine
3. Harry died young
4. Elizabeth
5. John died young buried Monkton
6. Arthur
7. William died young
8. Dorothy died young buried Monkton
9. Henry died young
10. Anne
11. Wirriot buried Monkton
12. Charles
13. Mary married in 1700 Edward Wogan also died young?

Through his first marriage he added very considerably to his estate. His second cousin Anne was the only daughter and heiress of Henry Owen of Maesoglen, Anglesey, also heiress of her uncle Colonel Hugh Owen of Bodeon thereby bringing the original Owen estates in Anglesey back to the main line. ^[1]

Second Marriage c1690: he married Catherine Anwyl, widow of Lewis Anwyl of Park and daughter of William Griffith of Lleyn – no children. ^[2]

Career

A Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England at various times between 1676 and 1695. MP for Pembroke, 1676-79; for Pembrokeshire, 1679-81 and 1689-95 ^[2]

1663 High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire^[5]

Sheriff of Anglesey in 1688.^[6]

He died at Bristol on 13 January 1698-9, scarcely a month before his wife, aged 53, and was buried in St Augustine’s church in that city where a marble monument was raised to his memory.^[1]

Abbreviated Will of Hugh Owen

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Dated 29 Oct 1698 codicil 3 Nov 1698 Proved : 19 Jun 1699 ^[7]

I Sir Hugh Owen of Orielton, Pembrokeshire

Beneficiaries : Wife Dame Katherine Owen (Plate, Jewels, horses, household items, items she brought from her former husband Mr Anwyll, conditional on discharge of dower)

Oldest son Arthur Owen and his now wife (Tenements and land, utensils of husbandry etc, ferry boat, coliery)

Second Son Wirriott Owen (Messuages)

Third son Charles Owen (Messuages)

Eldest daughter Katherine Williams wife of John Williams of Chester (In tail)

Friend William Stirme of Lawhaden (£600 in trust for daughter Elizabeth Anwill : her husband William Lewis Anwill to be excluded due to his extravagances)

Daughter Anne Owen (£2000, tenements)

Grandson Hugh Williams oldest son of daughter Katherine Williams and John her husband (Messuages)

In codicil Brother Arthur Owen (£20), daughter-in-law Emme Owen, Nieces Ellen and Frances Glynne, Nieces Mary, Katherine and Dorothy Scowiefeild, four grandchildren, Cousin Anne Lloyd of London, Capt John Hill of Marian, his two sons. Cousin Robert Humphreys of the Inner Temple

Other mentions : Buried in the parish church of Marthletwy

Aged and poor in parish of Mountton etc.

Corporation of Tenby

Margaret Jackson, Robert Hancock, Richard Evans, servants John Higgins, Wm Thomas, Katherine Evans, John Courrye, Roger Lloyd, Hugh Cunningham, Owen Jones

Executors and Trustees/Guardians: Son-in-law-Law John Williams of Chester, Katherine his wife, Richard Vaughan, William Stirm, John Lewis, Robert Humphreys

Witnessed: Richd Evans, Jn Higgins, Thomas Prichard. John Couch Codicil James Pearson, Thomas Prichard, John Couch

Memorial Inscriptions

Saint Augustine-the-Less Parish Church Cemetery, Bristol. His funeral monument is on the wall of the south side of the chancel of the Church: ^[8]

Near this place under the black marble grave stone within ye rayle of ye alter is interred the body of Sr Hugh Owen, of Orielton, in ye County of Pembroke, Baronet, who departed this life the 13th Day of January an dmi 1698, Aged 53 years, leaving issue three sons and three daugthers

Inscription on a tomb at Monkton Church, County Pembroke. ^[4]

Underneath this place in a vault lieth the body of Sir Hugh Owen, of Orielton, Kt., Baronet, who dyed August, 1670, aged 66 ; as also his wife Frances, daughter of Sir John Phillipps, of Picton, Baronet. His second wife, Catherine, daughter to Sir Evan Lloyd, of Yale, in the County of Denbigh, Bart., is also interred here.

Sir Hugh Owen, of Orielton, Baronet, son of Sir Hugh Owen, Kt. and bart., above-named, by Catherine, his second wife, died at Bristol the 13th Jany., 1698, aged 53, and lies buried in St. Austin's Church there, where a monument is erected over him.

Anne, his first wife, daughter and heiress to Henry Owen, of Mosoglen, in the county of Anglesey, Esquire, and heiress to Hugh Owen, of Bodowen, Esq., lies also inter'd here. His second wife, Catherine, daughter of William Griffith, of Llyne, in the county of Carnarvon, Esq., died without issue by Sir Hugh in Feby., 1698, aged 50, and by her own desire was interred in St. Twinnel's Church, where a monument is erected over her.

Sir Hugh Owen, Bart., had by Anne, his first wife, 13 children—6 sons and seven daughters—Hugh, Catherine, Harry, Elizabeth, John, Arthur, Wm, Dorothy, Hen., Ann, Wyrriot, Charles, Mary, whereof Jno., Dorothy, and Wyrriot is interred here. Hugh, Harry, William, Henry and Mary died young, and are interred elsewhere

Note, assuming normal naming conventions, there were 8 sons and 5 daughters.

Research Notes

Two Anne’s, one may be incorrect

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Pembrokeshire historian journal of the Pembrokeshire Local History Society, No. 5, 1974, p.21-23 http://hdl.handle.net/10107/1042023
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Complete baronetage by Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1911 Publication date 1900 Page 131
3. ↑ "Oade-Oxwick," in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891), 1084-1103. British History Online, accessed February 18, 2024, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1084-1103.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Phillips, John Roland, 1844-1887. Memoirs of the Ancient Family of Owen of Orielton, Co. Pembroke. London: Printed at the Chiswick press, 1886. page 86 retrieved through Hathitrust.org
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Sheriff_of_Pembrokeshire&oldid=1196304483 (accessed February 15, 2024).
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "List of sheriffs of Anglesey," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_sheriffs_of_Anglesey&oldid=1195939444 (accessed February 18, 2024).
7. ↑ National Archives PROB 11/453/37 D747046 Will of Sir Hugh Owen of Orielton, Pembrokeshire
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113214810/hugh-owen: accessed February 15, 2024), memorial page for Sir Hugh Owen (1645–13 Jan 1698), Find a Grave Memorial ID 113214810, citing Saint Augustine-the-Less Parish Church Cemetery, Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England; Maintained by Dan Silva (contributor 46781334).

See also

• Wikipedia – Sir Hugh Owen, 2nd Baronet
• Dictionary of Welsh Biography – Owen family of Orielton, Pembrokeshire
• Hayton, D. W. "OWEN, Sir Hugh, 2nd Bt. (c.1645-99), of Orielton, Pemb." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, The History of Parliament Trust, 2002, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/owen-sir-hugh-1645-99
• History of Parliament online: OWEN, Sir Hugh, 2nd Bt. (c.1645-99), of Orielton, Pemb.
• Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire, and Other Parts By John Edwards Griffith · 1914 Page 83 Maesoglan, Llangeinwen

• Owen, Henry. "Old Pembroke Families in the Ancient County Palatine of Pembroke." 1902,[ https://archive.org/details/oldpembrokefamil00owen/page/109/mode/1up?view=theater&q=barlow page 109 retrieved through archive.org]