William Samuel Owen (abt. 1780 - 1860)

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1860 at about age 80 in Harrington Straat, Kaapstad, Weskaap

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Biography

William Samuel OWEN of the parish of St.Mary Abchurch, London, bachelor, married Judy Ann (Judiana) SPENCER, spinster by Licence on 28 December 1803 in St.George's, Hanover Square.

By 1819, he was living in Kaapstad, Weskaap, Suid-Afrika ^[1].

Death : 20th September 1860, Harrington Straat, Kaapstad, Weskaap

Slave Owner

Under Lord Charles Somerset, in 1816, Slaves Registers were set up by District^[2], to regulate slavery, prevent illegal enslavement of free blacks, and to slowly prepare for the looming Abolition, that eventually came in 1834.

The Stellenbosch Slave Register, Ledger O, Folio 10, for "William Samuel Owen" ^[3], contains a single slave, transferred from Barend Johannes Jansen van Rensburg, Ledger R, Folio 15, in Tulbagh district:

Sources

1. ↑ Owen's Party - Volgens "The Settler Handbook, M D Nash, (Chameleon Press ISBM 0 620 10940 8)"
2. ↑ Slaves at the Cape, the 1816 Slave Registers and how to find relevant images at Familysearchg.orgh Slave Owners and Slaves in South Africa
3. ↑ Stellenbosch Slave Register, Ledger O, Folio 10, for William Samuel Owen

• 1820 Settlers S.A. : OWEN, William Samuel - Extra Data by Sue Mackay
• Adres volgens: 1838 Cape Almanac : National Archives & Library - Image: 1838_31.JPG (http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=588081)

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Edward Wiggins for creating WikiTree profile Owen-1992 through the import of Wiggins.ged on Mar 27, 2013.