James OWEN^{[1, 2]}

1750 - 1807

• Born	2 Apr 1750	Ashford CT, Windham County
  Gender	Male
  Died	1807	Lowell Ohio   [3, 4]
  	James died in the autum of 1807 and was buried on his farm. No markerwas ever put up and the grave cannot be located. A monument waserected in Greenlawn cemetery at Lowell Ohio August 1909 by the Owenfamily. The DAR Patriot Index lists James death as 1824. James does not appearin 1774 Rhode Island Census nor the 1777 Rhode Island Military census,leading one to believe that he may have only been in Rhode island ashort time, having moved there from CT. (2)
  Notes	James and Mary Owens with their children, Charles, Daniel and Susanna,were the first family that came to the Marietta colony in the Northwest Territory on June 5, 1788. They emigrated from South Kingston, Rhode Island. According to information obtained from the Baker Family History in the Marietta Genealogy library, James’ father was also named James and was a member of the Continental troops that took an active part in the battle of Lewisburgh in King Georges War. According to this same reference, James along with two of his brothers, fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the Revolutionary War. Supposedly James enlisted in Captain Samuel Phillips Co., Col. Joseph Stanyon's Regiment, Rhode Island Line. Mrs. Gertrude Sprague Roach Wissler, born in Hardin Cty. Ohio, has been assigned DAR ID Number:91900. Her lineage shown in the DAR Lineage Books Volume 100, Page 195 lists James Owen, husband of Mary Gardner as the James Owen who enlisted in 1777, as a private in Captain Samuel Phillips' Company, Col. Joseph Stanton's Regiment, Rhode Island Line. (No. 72426) (Source1)
  Person ID	I2602	The Gardiners
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2011

  
  

  Family 1	Mary GARDNER,   b. 3 Nov 1752, North Kingston, Washington Cty Rhode Island ,   d. 1799, Lowell Ohio Adams Township
  Married	1774
  Children	1. Charles OWEN,   d. 1818, Kaskaskia Illinois   2. Daniel OWEN,   b. 25 Nov 1782, Providence, Providence Cty. Rhode Island ,   d. 23 May 1855, Lowell Ohio   3. Susanna OWEN,   b. 1784,   d. 6 Oct 1833, Coal Run Ohio
  Family ID	F1868	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary GARDNER,   b. 3 Nov 1752, North Kingston, Washington Cty Rhode Island ,   d. 1799, Lowell Ohio Adams Township
  Married	1774
  Children	1. Charles OWEN,   d. 1818, Kaskaskia Illinois   2. Daniel OWEN,   b. 25 Nov 1782, Providence, Providence Cty. Rhode Island ,   d. 23 May 1855, Lowell Ohio   3. Susanna OWEN,   b. 1784,   d. 6 Oct 1833, Coal Run Ohio
  Family ID	F923	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S221] New England History General Register, Vol 55, Jan. 1901, starting atP.82. [S228] DAR ID Number: 91900, Lineage Book Volume 100, Page 195. [S222] Baker Family History Page 122 Marietta Genealogy Society (1), DAR Patriot Index (2). [S223] DAR Patriot Index.