Thomas
Owsley
III
Born about in Prince William County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Owsley II
and Ann (Hudson) Owsley
Brother of
John Owsley, Newdigate Owsley, William Owsley, Sarah Owsley, Pointz Owsley, Ann (Owsley) Garrett, Elizabeth Owsley, Jane Owsley and Weldon Owsley
Husband of
Mary (Middleton) Owsley
— married
1746 in Fairfax County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Ann Bayne (Owsley) Williams, William Owsley, Thomas Owsley, Henry Owsley, Anthony Owsley, Jonathan Owsley, Chloe (Owsley) Williams, Verlinda (Owsley) Hutchison, Daniel Owsley, Mary (Owsley) Bryant, Patience (Owsley) Bledsoe and Elizabeth (Owsley) Gooch
Died about
at about age 65
in Madison County, Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Apr 2010
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Contents |
Biography
Thomas Owsley III performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.
Thomas Owsley III is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A0854443.
Birth Order and Mother's Identity
First named child in the last Will of father Thomas Owsley II, dated 30 March 1750. Per the Owsley Family DNA Project, descendants of Thomas Owsley III, Newdigate, and Weldon are all Y-DNA matches, but John, the second-named son in Thomas Owsley II's last Will, is not.[1] To account for the non-parental event occurring in the second son but not the first, the hypothesis has been advanced that Thomas Owsley III was the son of an unknown first wife before Ann (Hudson) Owsley, and that John was Ann's child by an unknown first husband.[2] There is no evidence to prefer this theory over any other possible explanations.
Children with Mary Middleton
Sources do indeed say that he was aged 15 at his marriage to Mary in 1746.[citation needed]
Thomas Owsley's last Will (dated 5 March 1795, proved 7 March 1797) names his wife Mary and their 12 children, including the married surnames of their daughters:
"... to my twelve children five pounds apiece, Ann Williams five, William Owsley five, Thomas Owsley five, Henry Owsley five, Anthony Owsley five, Jonathan five, Chloe Williams five, Verlinda Huchison five, Daniel Owsley five, Mary Bryant five, Patience Bledsoe five, Elizabeth Gourg five..."[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Unexpected Results of DNA Tests," Owsley Surname DNA Project
- ↑ Bodine, Ronny O. "The Two Wives of Thomas Owsley II - the Full Story". Owsley Family Historical Society, 2009.
- ↑ Madison County Will Book A 1785-1806, page 140, reproduced on Floyd Owsley Genealogy, accessed 12 September 2014.
- https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A085443
- Genealogies of Kentucky Families from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. II, Pages184-186.
- Owsley, Harry Bryan, Genealogical facts of the Owsley family, in England and America, from the time of the "Restoration" to the Present, R.P. Owsley, Chicago, 1890.
- Owsley Family DNA Project, accessed 12 September 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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~2.34%
~6.25%
Frank Hopkins 
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~1.56%
Ruth (Long) Gill :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A738926 [compare]
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
~6.25%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Harold Bussell :
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jim Brewer :
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~0.39%
David Hernandez :
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Cynthia (Bond) Rigby :
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~0.39%
Eric Orr :
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~0.39%
Cathryne Conner :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Sharon (Edwards) Linville :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Alice (Williams) O'Dea :
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~0.39%
Lisa Burchette :
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~0.39%
Allen Bogard :
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~0.39%
Robert Ludwig :
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~0.39%
John Keith :
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O > Owsley > Thomas Owsley III
Categories: Patriotic Service, Virginia, American Revolution | NSDAR Patriot Ancestors
From Mary Gregg's research, posted at https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/peyton/352/
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED ABSTRACTS, 1762-1765.Ruth and Sam Sparacio
(Loudoun Co., Va., DB D:Part II:379-383) Indenture made 4th/5th March 1765 between Robert Peyton of Loudoun County and Anne his wife of one part and James Sinkler of same, for £40. .. by deeds of lease & release .. sold parcel of land in Loudoun County on the North side Little River of Goose Creek being part of a tract of land taken up and Patented by Capt. John Middleton .. beginning at a branch in the line of the land surveyed for Thomas Owsley at Middleton's stake corner .. containing 150 acres ...
Wits: Francis Peyton, Christopher Metcalfe /s/ Robt. Peyton
At a court held 11th March 1765 .. Indenture acknowledged .. Anne having been first privily examined .. and receipt endorsed acknowledged .. ordered to be recorded.
From Mary:Here is the deed where Valentine Peyton bought the land from John Middleton.
DEED ABSTRACTS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1750-1761.Ruth and Sam Sparacio
(Fairfax Co., Va., DB C:73-76)August 17/18, 1750.John Middleton of Cameron Parish, Fairfax County, Planter, and Mary his wife, to Valentine Peyton of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, £25 current money of Virginia for 150 acres near the little River of Goose Creek, being the plantation whereon John Middleton now dwells and is the remaining part of a tract granted to said Middleton for 593 acres by patent dated June 8, 1741.
Wits: Jno. Andrews, W. West, Elishee Hall /s/ John Middleton
Recorded September 26, 1750.
* Valentine/Robert profiles I'm referring to:
Thomas Noland (1748-1811) married Mary Eleanor Luckett (1752-1819), daughter of William Luckett and Charity (Middleton) Luckett (daughter of John) - the Thomas Noland son-in-law mentioned [not above... in William Luckett's profile, see quote below]. He [Thomas Noland] inherited Noland's Ferry from his father, Philip Noland who had established Noland's Ferry. "The Noland Ferry House, built in the mid 1700's by Philip Noland, is located in Loudoun County, Virginia".<ref>http://www.members.tripod.com/nolandsharon/photo.htm#Noland%20Ferry%20House</ref>
Maybe it was Noland's Ferry on the Virginia side & Luckett's Ferry on the Maryland side? See this G2G question.
edited for clarity, to add G2G link, and to add:
From Luckett-55: "He was in Charles County as late as June 7, 1733, because on that day he witnessed the will of Robert Roberston who made William Middleton the principal legatee. By the year 1748 he was well established in Frederick County [MD] and was the operator of a ferry to the Virginia shore of the Potomac. It was later operated by his son-in-law Thomas Noland."
And a PS - William Luckett's son Thomas Hussey Luckett married Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Noland (of Noland's Ferry - sister of the Thomas who married William Luckett's daughter).
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett