George Owen (1640 - 1701)

Born 1640 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Naibor — married 1663 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died 1701 at about age 61 in Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

George Owen was born in Gloucestershire, England.

George (Gorg, Georg) Owen, impliedly a Welshman and by family account a resident of Bristol, England, and later Cork, Ireland, came to the eastern part of Long Island before 1679. He was the first person of the Owen name at Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., L.I., where he was granted land in October, 1679, and, in 1684/5, received another grant of 20 acres. On 3 Apr. 1684, "Oven Evens" who probably was Even Owens was granted 20 acres "on west side of the hyway over against his lot" [Book B, pp. 3, 4 and 129, Brookhaven published records]. These grants to Gorg (George) Owen, read with the request of Jonathan Owen to the Trustees of Brookhaven on 10 Mar. 1701 for land "on the southern side of the 20 aker lot given to his [Jonathan's] father Owen by the town over against his brother George Owens house" strongly suggests that "Gorg Owen", the only person by the name of Owen (except the grant to "Oven Evens" mentioned above) to receive land from the town prior to 1701, was the father of Jonathan and George Owen, and, had probably died before the 1701 entry [Book C, p. 35].

George Owen was on the tax list of Southampton for the year 1683, but does not appear on the census list of that town in 1686 [George R. Howell, History of Southampton, 1887]. He probably removed to Brookhaven about 1683 when Even Owen, probably the "Edwin" Owen of the family statement quoted below and another son of Gorg, purchased (1 Dec. 1683) a house and lot there from Robert Goulsbery [Book B, pp. 175-7, Brookhaven]. George, Moses and Jonathan also purchased homes in Brookhaven between 1686 and 1690, and a John Owen shows up in the Suffolk County records in 1692. None of these supposed sons appear in the Southampton records and it is probable that they settled with their parents in Brookhaven about the time that the older ones were reaching their majorities. A fact that suggests close relationship is that all of these sons except George are shown, by the records, to have been joiners or carpenters.

The wife of George Owen, Sr., is not known and no birth, death or marriage records of himself or children have been found. The Brookhaven records do not mention a George Owen "Jr." earlier than 1719, or 40 years after George Owen was granted land there. This indicates that the Gorg of the 1679 grant must have died or removed before his son George came into the records.

A will of "Charles Owen of the Parish of Oushen in Pembroke County, South Wales, mariner", written 23 Oct. 1702, proved in New York 26 Nov. 1702, which left to his "friend Susannah Barnes" 80 pounds which have been "bequeathed to me as my portion in the will of my father, George Owen, Doctor of Divinity, and now in the hands of my mother, Mary Owen, in the Parish of Oushen", suggested that we might have here a clue to the origin of the Brookhaven George. A copy of the will of George Owen, D.D., with codicil, was obtained from the clerk of Pembroke County, Wales, and showed that he could not have been the progenitor of the Brookhaven Owen family. The will was dated 1 July 1690 and mentioned his wife, Mary, and eldest son, George Owen, also "my five younger children, William Owen, John Owen, Charles Owen, Mary Owen and Elizabeth Owen". The latter five children were under 21 years of age. The estate was inventoried 5 Nov. 1690.

An Owen family record was graciously supplied by Mrs. Isabel J. Emerick of Oswego, NY. It named the Owen settlers in Brookhaven as Edwin [who could be meant for Even], John, Moses and Jonathan, but omitted George. It was handed down by her mother who was a granddaughter of John Owen (1784-1843) of Somers, Westchester Co., NY. (Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Jonathan2, George1). This account states that Jonathan Owen's father, the settler in Brookhaven, L.I., not named, was probably born in Bristol, England, where sons Edwin (sic) and John were born. It says that the family then removed to Cork, Ireland, where sons Jonathan and Moses were born, and later moved to America and settled on the east end of Long Island. The record, as supplied by Mrs. Emerick, then continues:

"Jonathan Owen born 1671 in city of Cork, Ireland, died, aged about 84 (gravestone at Bedford, NY says he died 1750, aged 79), buried in Bedford, NY, married Mary Brewster, born 1671, d. 1750 (her gravestone gives no dates), buried in Bedford. She was a daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Brewster and Sarah Ludlow the latter a daughter of Deputy Gov. Roger Ludlow who lived in Setauket and Southold, Long Island. They (i.e.., Jonathan and Mary Owen) had five sons and two daughters. Joseph Owen, son of Jonathan, born 22 June 1706, died 11 Oct. 1759 (gravestone agrees) buried in Bedford, married 2 Nov. 1729, Hannah Holmes (her gravestone says Hannah Helmes), born 8 Dec. 1703, died 31 Dec. 1785, buried in Bedford (gravestone says d. 31 Dec. 1789, aged 82).

(From The American Genealogist Whole Number 119, Volume 30, No. 3, July 1954, "The Owen Family of Suffolk, Orange and Westchester Counties, New York" by James William Hook, New Haven, Conn.)

Research Notes

In family search in mother in law memories there a Chart that list George Owens His Wife and her Parents. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LHWH-VQ7

url http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/17th/dny_23.shtml Citation The Ludlow Owen Bible - LDS Archives Notes Origin of Immigrant: Pembroke, Wales Immigrant's Date & Place of Birth: 1611 Pembrokeshire, Wales Immigrant's Date & Place of Death: 1689 Newtowne, Suffolk County, New York Immigrant's Spouse: Malvina Tudor Source of Information: The Ludlow Owen Bible - LDS Archives Immigrant's Children: Evan Owen - born Pembrokshire, Wales 1637 George (Gorg) Owen, born [LIKELY MIGRATION DATE] Sufolk Co., Long Island America, 1651

Notes: Richard Owen, born Pembrlkeshire, Wales in 1611 a.d. dec'd Newtowne, Long Island, America 1689. Married Malvina Tudor of Chepstow was a neice of Benjamin Owen of.......Jamestown, Virginia America under date 1623. They Immigrated to New York after the Uprising in Wales which ended on the 10th of May, 1648. The Welsh officers were tried for treason and ordered shot. Only Col. Poyer was shot after drawing lots. The rest, included the Owens were banished, thus the family came to America. Richard Owens estate in Newtowne, Suffolk County, New York was listed in September, 1675 as follows: 1 males, 14 Vp land & meadow, 1 horses, 2 oxen, 5 cowes, 4 shep and 3 swine. The estate was again listed 7 years later in 1683 consisting as as follows: 1 males, 10 vp land and meadow, 2 horses, 1 oxen, 3 cowes, 2 3 yer oulds, 1 yer. oulds and 10 shep. Richard died in Newtowne, Suffolk County, New York in 1689. It is not know where or when his wife Malvina Tudor Owen died. Their son Evan Owen, born 1637 in Wales, married Emmaline Griffin in Flushing, Queens County, New York circa 1660. He died somewhere in New York State (probably Flushing) in 1728. They had one son, William Owen, born in Flushing in 1678. They had three sons, all born in Flushing, Queens County, New York; Richard, Arron and Ludlow. Ludlow Owen was born in 1700 in Flushing. In his early teens he found his way back to England and Wales; Pembrokeshire, Chepstow and Anglesey. While there he gained a fair education. He married in Montgomeryshire, Ruth, daughter of Rev. Thomas Poyer. He returned with his bride in 1738 to the Province of New York. They resided in New York, Albany, Baltimore and in New Jersey. He died in 1803 in the Town of Chemung, Chemung County, New York. Less Source Modified • See All Changes September 8, 2017 by LymanOwen Reason This Source Is Attached • Edit This is a source on the father of George Owen of Suffolk County, New York.

Sources

• https://www.geni.com/people/George-Owen/6000000000658926295

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/MP2L-JVS

• http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/17th/dny_23.shtml

• https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/29126877

• https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/29126254

• Mary Cronin Nichols - 3851 Petersburg Circle, Stockton, CA 95219 - 11/1996 - CONT info also at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnichols/owendesc/owent.htm (Timothy Owen Family of NY)

• John M. (Jack) Stewart - 434 Hawthorne Circle, Hastings, NE 68901-6000 - (main source "The Owen Family of Suffolk, Orange and Westchester Counties, New York" by James William Hook, TAG Vol. 30 (Jul 54), pp. 119-142, and the subsequent issue, pp. 33-49) - 11/1996

• The American Genealogist (TAG) - Owen Title: The American Genealogist (TAG), Whole No. 119, July 1954, Vol. 30, No. 3 - "The Owen Family of Suffolk, Orange and Westchester Counties, New York" by James William Hook, New Haven, Conn.

• "The Early History of Southampton, L.I., New York, With Genealogies" by George Rogers Howell, M.A. (Yale University) 1887

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Owen-1703 created through the import of WikiTree.ged on Nov 5, 2012 by Doug Hanke.

• WikiTree profile Owens-935 created through the import of Clancy Family 9.ged on Aug 22, 2011 by Shirley Becker.