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John Owen

John Owen[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male 1624 - 1699  (74 years)

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  • Name John Owen 
    Born 25 Dec 1624  Oswestry, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried Feb 1698  Congregational Church Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 18 Feb 1699  Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1559  Alford Hathaway
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2023 

    Father Richard Owen,   b. Abt 1595, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1624, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Johanna Pitt,   b. 1595, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1639, Oswestry, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 1622  Owestry, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Spouse: Johanna Owen (born Pitt)
    Family ID F726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Wade,   b. Abt 1624, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1711, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1650  Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Spouse: Rebecca Owen (born Wade)
    Children 
     1. Josiah Owen,   b. 8 Sep 1651, Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1722, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. John Owen,   b. 5 Nov 1652, Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1653, Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. John Owen,   b. 23 Apr 1654, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1670  (Age 15 years)
     4. Nathaniel Owen,   b. 9 Aug 1656, Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Windsor, Hartford Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Daniel Owen,   b. 28 Mar 1658, Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1683, Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     6. Joseph Owen,   b. 23 Oct 1660, Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1735, Lebanon, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     7. Mary Owen,   b. Abt 5 Dec 1662, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1750, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     8. Benjamin Owen,   b. 20 Sep 1664, Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1665, Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Rebecca Owen,   b. Abt 28 Mar 1666, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1704, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     10. Obadiah Owen,   b. 12 Dec 1667, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1751, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     11. Isaac Owen,   b. 27 May 1670, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1736, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    John Owen Tombstone Palasado Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut
    John Owen Tombstone Palasado Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut

    Biographies
    The Story of John and Rebecca Owen
    The Story of John and Rebecca Owen
    John Owen was born in England in the early 1620s and married Rebecca Wade in Windsor, Connecticut. They are our immigrant Owen ancestors.

    Timelines
    John and Rebecca Owen Timeline
    John and Rebecca Owen Timeline

    Maps
    Map of Old Windsor
    Map of Old Windsor
    Map of Old Windsor showing the location of John Owen's homesteads.
    Map showing location of Poquonock
    Map showing location of Poquonock

  • Sources 
    1. [S164] Vital Records of Windsor, (NEHGS).

    2. [S165] John Owen, and some of his Descendants, William Arthur Owen.

    3. [S166] Descendents of John Owen of Windsor, Connecticut, (Ralph Dornfeld Owen).

    4. [S149] Matthew Grant Records, Matthew Grant.

    5. [S107] History of Ancient Windsor, Henry R. Stiles, M.D., (Charles B. Norton, 348 Broadway, Nwe Yory, NY, 1859).

    6. [S167] Connecticut, U.S., Wills, and Probate Records.

    7. [S83] New England Marriages to 1700, NEHGS, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.).

    8. [S152] Hartford County Court Minutes, Helen Scharvet Ullmann, CG, FSCG, (NEHGS).

    9. [S168] A Record and Documentary History of Simsbury, Lucius I. Barber, M.D, (The Abigail Phelps Chapter of the DAR, Simsbury, Connecticut).

    10. [S160] History of Simsbury, Granby, and Canton, Noah Phelps.

    11. [S169] Simsbury, Being a Brief Historical Sketch , John E. Ellsworth, (The Simsbury Committee for the Tercentenary 1935).

    12. [S170] Memorial History of Hartford County Connecticut , Hammond Trumbull, LL.D. President of the Connecticut Historical Society, (Edward L Osgood, Publisher, Boston, 1886).

    13. [S127] Early Connecticut Probate Records, Charles William Manwaring, (K.S.Pack & Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1904).

    14. [S128] Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut , J. Hammond Trumbell, (Brown & Parsons, Hartford, 1850).