James OWEN[1, 2]

Male 1750 - 1807


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  • Born  2 Apr 1750  Ashford CT, Windham County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  1807  Lowell Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1799, Lowell Ohio Adams Township Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1774 
    Children 
     1. Charles OWEN,   d. 1818, Kaskaskia Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Daniel OWEN,   b. 25 Nov 1782, Providence, Providence Cty. Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1855, Lowell Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Susanna OWEN,   b. 1784,   d. 6 Oct 1833, Coal Run Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F1868  Group Sheet

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

  • Sources 
    1. [S221] New England History General Register, Vol 55, Jan. 1901, starting atP.82.

    2. [S228] DAR ID Number: 91900, Lineage Book Volume 100, Page 195.

    3. [S222] Baker Family History Page 122 Marietta Genealogy Society (1), DAR Patriot Index (2).

    4. [S223] DAR Patriot Index.


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