Mildred (Grant) Owen (1719 - 1806)

Born 29 Aug 1719 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Owen Sr. — married Aug 1741 in Edgecomb, Henrico County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1806 at about age 86 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Mildred (Grant) Owen was a Virginia colonist.

In Historical sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and kindred families, "Dr. Richardson, Owen, her grandson, writes in 1844, from his recollection of her : 'She was a woman of large frame, rather taciturn, industrious to a proverb, frugal, economical, keen in her observations, kind to all children, not easily moved in distress, but firm, and remarkably staid in her mind, in all emergencies, pious, methodical, and had a great contempt for a mean character.'"

'John Owen and his wife, Mildred Grant Owen, his father-in-law, Thomas Grant, and his brothers-in-law, William Allijn and Daniel Grant, migrated to Granville Co., NC in 1765, from Henrico Co., Virginia. {need source}

August 1778; took oath of alligiance in the Goshen District {need source}

Will dated October 1, 1790 {need source}

Name: Mildred Grant. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Born on 29 Aug 1719 in New Kent County, Virginia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [10] [9]}
Not all sources agree on her year of birth. Most say 1719 but a few say 1714.

Parents Thomas Grant & Isabella Richardson^[2][9]

Marriage to John Owen, 1741 in Virginia, British America. ^{[3] [5] [7]}
Children:
Elizabeth Owen.
Mildred Grant Owen.
Frances Owen.
Mary Owen.
Thomas Owen.
Richardson Owen.
John Owen.
Isabella Owen.

Died 1806 in Wilkes County, Georgia, USA. ^{[1] [4] [7]}

Will

Will of Mildred Owen. Wilkes Co., GA, WB 1806-1808, pp. 123-124, written 8 May 1805, proved 3 Nov 1806, recorded 7 Jan 1808. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2kja5b5

grandson Danl Grant
grandson Thos Moore
Exr: sons (sic) in law Seth Moore Senr
Wit: Thomas Grant, William Grant, Milley Grant

3 Nov 1806, Wilkes Co., GA, Minutes of Inferior Court - Mildred Owen, dec'd. will probated and Seth Moore sworn as Excr. ^[11]
3 Nov 1806, Wilkes Co., GA, Minutes of Inferior Court - Thomas Moore caveats said will saying it is not her will. Subpoenas issued to Alex. & Rebecca Norris, David Owen [I suspect this is Daniel Owen], Wm. Simpson, Hazlewood Wilkinson, Richard Davis, Stephen Gafford. ^[12]
May Term 1807, Granville Co., NC, Court minutes - Administration on estate of Mildred Owen, deceased, is granted to her son John Owen. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123799770/mildred-owen
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.
6. ↑ Historical sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and kindred families Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
8. ↑ Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRH-2M3 : 28 January 2020), Mildrett Grant, 1719.
10. ↑ “The Parish Register of Saint Peter’s, New Kent County, Va., from 1680 to 1787,” The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1966; originally published Richmond, VA, 1904.
11. ↑ Davidson, Grace Gillam, “Early Records of Georgia: Wilkes County,” originally published, Macon, GA, 1933; reprinted 1968 and 1992, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, SC.
12. ↑ Davidson, Grace Gillam, “Early Records of Georgia: Wilkes County,” originally published, Macon, GA, 1933; reprinted 1968 and 1992, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, SC.
13. ↑ Gwynn, Zae Hargett, “Court Minutes of Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1820,” published by Joseph W. Watson, Rocky Mount, NC, 1977.

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