Robert Owen (abt. 1708 - 1765)

Born about 1708 in Queen Annes Parish, Prince George's, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Rachael (Hook) Owen — married 25 Feb 1731 in Maryland

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1765 at about age 57 in Catactin Parish, Frederick, Maryland

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Biography

Robert Owen was a Maryland colonist.

Robert was born about 1705. Robert Owings ... He passed away after 1762.

A cautionary note on this page, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~owen1700spgcomd/ Use the find to look for Hook.

Excerpted from the above link:

"One final resident who arrived in the Upper Potomac area before 1743 should be noted. He was Robert Owings, who in that year was appointed overseer of the road from 'Monocacy to Conocheague,' the road over Crampton's Gap. His land 'Horseshoe' lay to the west of the 'Merryland' tract between that parcel and South Mountain. It's 96 acres were surveyed for him on 08 November 1744. Robert Owings and his wife Rachel Hook were the Parents of sons Thomas, Jeremiah, Robert, John, James, Owen, and David Owings and of daughters Margaret Cherk, Lydia Pyles, and Rachel Harper. Both Robert and John Owings" (these are NOT the children listed in the previous sentence [author]) "signed the 1742 petition to divide Prince George's Parish. In his 1760 will, Robert Owings referred to 'Horseshoe' as his home plantation. He devised it to his son Thomas... Thomas Owings died... and left 'Horseshoe,' subject to his mother's dower, to his brothers." [*15.]. (This paragraph is secondary source; I omitted questionable un-supported statements; but, the authors do cite some good primary source notations for the above text). This same source tells us that Rachel Hook's family lived 1/2 way between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, near present day Laurel, Maryland; that she was the said daughter of James and Margaret Thrasher HOOK. The Hook family is also said to descend from an Englishman, Thomas Hook, a taxable freeman in Maryland in 1677. These statements, however, are not fully, primary sourced [*15.].

Robert wrote his will in 1760. It was proved on 25 February 1765.^[1] He left bequests to:

son Thomas Owings (tract called the HorseShoe);

son Robert Owings (tract called the Prospect);

John Owings (part of tract called Woodstock);

son James Owings (part of Woodstock);

son Owen Owings (part of Woodstock);

son David (part of Woodstock);

daughter Margret Clerk;

daughter Lydia Peles{?};

daughter Rachel Harper;

wife, Rachel Owing;

Jeremiah Owings Folsom {a grandson?}

Robert named his wife, Rachel as Executor. The witnesses to the will were: Arthur Nelson, James Hook {an in-law?}, John Simpson.

What happened to 'Horseshoe'? In 1802, 'Horseshoe' was purchased from the issue of Robert and Rachel Hook Owens by one, Barton Garrott [*16.]. ALSO, in 1770, a certificate #931 is issued to Rachael Owens for the survey of 35 acres of a tract of land called "Widow's Struggle". This land was in the vicinity of the 'Merryland' and 'Horseshoe' tracts; and, it is labelled as being in greater Monocacy.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Robert Owings of Frederick County in "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-S7QW?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6X%3A146535301%2C147297001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 130 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis. Signed 14 May 1760; Proved 25 February 1765

• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties: Robert Owings
• https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Owen/6000000011322737719
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~owen1700spgcomd/
• Geni profile: Robert Owen

Acknowledgements

Owen-5039 was created by Randy Musgrove through the import of Musgrove Family Tree.ged on Nov 28, 2016. Entered by Pat Dobson, Feb 18, 2012