ELEVENTH GENERATION

1056. Robert OWEN died in 1695/96 in , New Castle co., PA. He was born in , Merionethshire, Wales. !BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) p.52.

Robert Owen, of Dolserey, near Dolgelley, second son of Humphrey Owen. He had
been a captain under Cromwell, and was Governor of Beaumaris castle, under the
Protectorate, and a Justice of the Peace. About 1660 he joined the Society of
Friends, and was frequently fined and imprisoned, once for ten years, on
account of his refusal to comply with the Acts of Parliament then in force. In
1684, being then quite aged, he removed, with his wife Jane and sons, Dr.
Griffith Owen, who had been practising medicine in England, and Lewis Owen, to
the Province of Pennsylvania. They sailed ont he ship "Vine," Captain Presson,
master, which arrived at Philadelphia (or more probably Chester), 17 Sept.
1684, and proceeded to Duck Creek, New Castle County, then in Pennsylvania, but
now in Delaware, where another son, Edward, had already settled. With his son
Lewis, he appears as witness to a deed dated there, in 1685, and a commission
of Justice of the Peace and County Courts had been prepared for him in
anticpation of his coming.

Robert and Jane Owen were very old people at the time of their arrival and died
within a few days of each other, 1685-6, at Duck Creek. There are several
sketches of their lives in various volumes of Friends' "Memorials"; but of
these, one in print and another in MS., both written long after the decease of
this couple, confuse them with Robert Owen and Rebecca his wife, who settled in
Merion township, near Philadelphia, in 1690, and died 1697, and whose pedigree
is given in "Merion," and in vol. ii. of this work. (See "Testimony" below.)

Robert Owen, of Dolserey, married Jane, daughter of Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt,
Esquire, the celebrated Antiquary.

!BIOGRAPHY: A COLLECTION OF MEMORIALS CONCERNING DIVERS DECEASED MINISTERS AND
OTHERS OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, AND PARTS
ADJACENT, FROM NEARLY THE FIRST SETTLEMENT THEREOF TO THE YEAR 1787. (WITH SOME
OF THE LAST EXPRESSIONS AND EXHORTATIONS OF MANY OF THEM. Philadelphia, Printed
by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street, 1787, reprinted by Hertiage Books, 1990.
Page 32: Rowland Ellis's "Testimony concerning Robert Owen before mention'd,
and Jane his wife.":

"When I think of former times and days that are over and gone, wherein the Lord
visited a remnant by the gathering hand of his power, in the land of our
nativity, to wait for the renewing of his love from one meeting to another, to
our great refreshment and daily encouraement, to run our race through many
trials within and without: The Lord whom we waited for, hath been the strength
of his people in this our age and genertion, as in all by past ages. So the
remembrance of those days and times, and that near fellowship which was between
the little remnant in that part of the country, is at present brought to my
view; tho' most of the ancients that bore the heat of the day are now removed,
yet methinks their names and worthy acts should be had in remembrance, that
genertions to come might see and understand, by what instruments the Lord was
pleased to carry on his work, by making a clear discovery of the good way once
lost in the night of apostacy; amongst whom were my dear friends Robert Owen
and jane his wife. An altho' we are not to set up or praise that in man or
woman which perisheth, but because they made choice of the better and most
durable substance, therefore their names shall be had in remembrance.

He was decended of a very ancient and (according to the worlds account) one of
the greatest families in those parts, having by his fther a competent
inheritance, and in all his time had the right hand among his equals; brought
up a scholar, quick in apprehension, and whatever he took in hand he did it
with all his might. he was zealously devoted to religion, and a great searcher
for the pearl of great price; being one of the first in our parts who fought
after it; and having found it, he sold all to purchase the fame.

After King Charles II came to the crown, he suffered five years close
imprisonment, for not taking the oath of allegiance and supremacy, being
confined at the town of Dolgelly, in Merionthshire, North Wales, within about a
mile from his dwelling house, to which he was not permitted to go during the
said time: And it was observed, that the person who had the greatest hand in
prosecuting him, was visited with sickness, when remorse of conscience seized
so hard upon him, that he could find neither rest nor ease, until he sent a
special messenger to release him.

And concerning his wife Jane Owen. She was daughter of a justice of peace, a man
of great integrity and exceeding most of his rank at that time. She was a woman
rarely endowed with many natural gifts, being an help-meet to her husband in
his exercises, solid in her deportment, and given to many words. In all their
execises together for the truth's sake, they did not shrink nor give way for
fear or falttery; not only their hearts, but their house was open to all upon
truth's account; meetings being held therein for many years. They were
serviceable in their places and much beloved in their native land, where having
borne their share of the heat of the day, they embark'd therfrom in the fifth
month 1690 [actually came on "Vine" in 1684], and came into Pennsylvania, where
they finished their course, and were buried within a few days of each other." He was married to Jane VAUGHAN in , , Wales.

1057. Jane VAUGHAN died in 1685/86 in , New Castle co., PA. She was born in , Merionethshire, Wales. !MARRIAGE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) p. 56 Children were:

i. Robert OWEN was born in Dolserey, Merionethshire, Wales. He died in , , Wales. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) Page 53. Inherited the Welsh estates, and disowned the Society of
Friends.
528 ii. Richard OWEN.
iii. Griffith OWEN Dr. died in Jan 1717/18 in Philadelphia, Montgomery, PA. He was born in Dolserey, Merionethshire, Wales. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) Page 53-54.

"Dr. Griffith Owen, son of Robert and Jane, born at Dolserey, practiced
medicine in England, and removed to Pennsylvania with his parents in the ship
"Vine," 1684. He settled first in Merion, but afterwards removed to
Philadelphia, where he died in January, 1717-18. Will dated 20 Sept., 1717;
proved 14 January, 1717-18, at Philadelphia. He married Sarah, daughter of John
Songhurst, and widow of _____ Sanders; formerly widow of Zachariah Whitpaine.
Dr. Owen was a member of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, and held other
important offices. He was also esteemed as a skilful surgeon."
iv. Rowland OWEN. !SOURCE: Charles H. Browning, WELSH TRACT OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE EARLY SETTLERS;
(Extracted from the Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Browning,
pub. by William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1912); Family Line Publications,
Westminster, MD, 1990. Page 53.
v. Edward OWEN was born in Dolserey, Merionethshire, Wales. He died in , Kent co., MD. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) Page 55.

"Edward Owen, son of Robert and Jane, born at Dolserey. He is grantee in a deed
date 1 april, 1682, for 312 1/2 acres of land to be surveyed to him in
Pennsylvania, he being described therein as "late of Doleysorre, gentleman." He
purchased land in Newcastle County (now in Delaware) and settled on Duck Creek.
In 1685, he sold his land, which had been surveyed to him in Merion, to his
borther, Dr. Griffith Owen, and his father Robert, and brother Lewis Owen
witnessed the deed. He married 15 Jan 1684-5, Hannah Baxter, and afterwards
removed to Kent County. Died in Maryland."
vi. Lewis OWEN died about 1708/9 in Duck Creek, New Castle co., PA. He was born in Dolserey, Merionethshire, Wales. !BIRTH: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) Page 53.

Lewis Owen, born at Dolserey; removed to Pennsylvania, with his parents, 1684;
settled on Duck Creek, and died 1708-9. He married Lowry ___. Will 22 Jan.,
1708-9.

A CALENDAR OF DELAWARE WILLS NEW CASTLE COUNTY 1682-1800, Abstracted & Compiled
by The Historical Research Committee of The Colonial Dames of Delaware,
Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 1991. (Reprint). Page 15:

Will: dated Jan 22, 1708. Dk. Crk. Hd. Misc. I. 371. Eldest dau., Ann; dau.
Ellen; youngest dau., Jane; wife, Lowry Owen; two sons, Lewis Owen and John
Owen. Exc. wife, Lowry.
vii. Humphrey OWEN. !SOURCE: Charles H. Browning, WELSH TRACT OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE EARLY SETTLERS;
(Extracted from the Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Browning,
pub. by William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1912); Family Line Publications,
Westminster, MD, 1990. Page 53.