Will's Genealogy Blog: Owen Family

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Surname Saturday - Owen Family - Post 4

Transcription of page 4 of the Owen Family letter

In a stone at Copp's Hill is this inscription:
Here lies the Body of
Mrs. Mary Owen wife of
Mr. William Owen
Who departed this life December ye 14th
1767
Aged 66 years.

From Rev. Rolls, Mass. Archives:
Ebenezer Owen - Private, Capt. Peter Warren's Company, Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regiment; enlisted July 1, 1779; served in Bagaduce Expedition; also in Capt. Joseph Pride's Company, Col. Joseph Prince's Regiment, April 27 - Dec 6, 1780; also in Lieut. Joseph McLellan's Company of same regiment Dec 6 - 1780 - Feb 23, 1781; service at Eastward

Town records show Ebenezer Owen was appointed Hogg Reeve 1766. He is buried in the Eastern Cemetery on Munjoy Hill, Portland.

William Owen and Mary Brown Owen had:
Mary b. 1727 m - Emerton
Hannah & William, b. 1733, unmarried
Rebekah b. 1734 m - Hersey
John b. 1737 a cooper
Ebenezer b. 1738 a tailor (see above)
Joseph b. 1740 a joiner
and five who died in infancy

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Surname Saturday - Owen Family Letter - Post 3

Transcription of page 3 of the Owen Family letter

All of the name of Owen are said to descend from Owen, Prince of North Wales -
The Owen Coat of Arms - granted to a nobleman of Welsh descent:
Crest - a lion rampart
Shield - divided by a chevron - containing a mailed hand and three lions rampart
Motto: "Honestas Optima Politia" (I've always loathed this motto!)
[hand drawn image of crest]
According to a booklet printed by the American Historical - Genealogical Society, 1415 Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia in 1929 the earliest Owen ancestor was Elizeg, Prince of Powys, Wales. His descendant, 8 generations removed, was Owen ap Howel Dha, King of South Wales and Powys, AD 987 -
(This booklet by the way is not helpful at all, for our purposes anyway - Ebenezer's name appears as a Rev. soldier of Mass. but nothing else about him.)