Colonel
Abraham
Owen
Born about in Henry County, KY
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Brackett Owen I
and Elizabeth (McGehee) Owen
Brother of
Jacob Owen [half], David Owen, Joseph Owen [half], Robert Owen [half], William Owen [half], Jesse Owen [half], Sally Owen [half] and Samuel Owen [half]
Husband of
Martha (Dupuy) Dupay
— married
11 Jan 1797 in Woodford County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Harriett (Owen) Smith, Lucy Wooten (Owen) Smith, Elizabeth (Owen) Brannin, James D. Owen, Nancy Gwynn (Owen) Woolfolk, Clark Lewis Owen and Susana Owen
Died
at about age 41
in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2013
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Contents |
Biography
He served as surveyor of Shelby County in 1796, subsequently a magistrate, and Colonel Commandant of the first militia 18th Regiment of Kentucky. He was also in the legislature in 1798, a member of the state constitutional convention the next year, and state senator in 1810.[1]
- Abraham Owen was a Kentucky Officer -- it is not clear whether he was a Colonel or Major -- who fought in the wars with the Indians and was killed in the Battle at Tippecanoe.[2][3]
Residence
Images / Documents
- Col Abram Owen, Ancestry.com
- Tippecanoe, Ancestry.com
- Abraham Owen and Father at Tippecanoe, Ancestry.com
Legacy
- Owen County, Indiana and Owen County, Kentucky were both named after him.
Sources
- ↑ Abram Owen Find A Grave Memorila
- ↑ Article for Abraham Owen at Wikipedia.org
- ↑ Owen County, Indiana Genealogy. FamilySearch Wiki (https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Owen_County,_Indiana_Genealogy)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- ↑ The Owen Family; a collection of generalogical letters 1897-1928 bound by Humphry Owen, undated, 28 pages. Original in Denver Public Library.
- ↑ His Wikipedia article states that he was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia: Abraham Owen at Wikipedia.org
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 BillionGraves.com Burial Index. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- ↑ Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801. Ancestry.com Operations Inc
- ↑ Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890. Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
See also:
- Colonel Abraham Owen, The Carter Family Genealogy. Sources cited.
Contributors
- Neil Sapre created WikiTree profile Owen-2235 through the import of Family Tree 9-11-13.ged on Sep 11, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
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~3.12%
George Rowlett
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A949418 [compare], Ancestry member growlett
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Daniel McGeachy :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Alexander McGeachy :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Richard Ernst :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RE_manged_by_Shalandara
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T262425 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~1.56%
Owen Smith :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Daniel McGeachy :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Susan Sutton :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #948521
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~0.78%
Irene (Williams) Sherman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A319656 [compare], Ancestry member sarahbythebay1
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Coltrane (Milholen) Henderson :
23andMe, GEDmatch MX8722234 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MX8722234 [compare], Ancestry member ColtraneMilholen
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Henry County, Kentucky was raised in 1798, long after he was born.
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