FIFTEENTH GENERATION

16916. Lewis OWEN died on 11 Oct 1555 in Baron's Gate, Merionethshire, North Wales. He was born in , Merionethshire, North Wales. !BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) p.50-52.

Lewis Owen, Esquire, of Plas yn dref in Dolgelley, Vice Chamberlain of North
Wales, and Baron of the Exchequer of Carnarvon, M.P. ofr Merionethshire, 1547,
1552, 1553, 1554, High Sheriff 1543, 1552, 1554, in which last year he was
murdered by outlaws. The following account of his murder was written by his
great grandson, Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt:

"Afterwards the sayd Lewys Owen, being high shiriffe of ye County of Merioneth,
& having occasion to goe to Montgomery shire assizes, to treat wth the Lord
Mouthewy, about a marriage to be had betweene Jon owen, his sonne and heire, &
ye daughter of ye sayd Lord of Mouthwy, was in his returne met by a damned crew
of theieves & outlawes, who in thick woods of Mouthwy lay in wayt for his
coming, & had cutt downe long trees to crosse ye way & hinder his passage, &
being come to the place, they lett flie att him a shower of arrowes, whereof
one lighted in his face, the which he took out with his had & brake it, then
they fell upon him with theire bills & javelings & killed him -- his men upon
the first assault fledd & left him onely accompanied with his son in law John
Lloyd, of Keiswyn, Esqre, who defended him till he fell down to the ground as
dead, where he was found having above 30 bloody wounds in his body. This cruell
murther was committed about allhollwtide in ye year of our Lord 1555. And the
murtherers soone after were for ye most parte taken & executed, some few fled,
the land, & never returned, And soe, wth the losse of his life, he purchased
peace & quietness to his countrey."

"Baron" owen was killed 11 Oct 1555, and the place where he was assassinated is
yet known as Llidiait-y-Barwn, the Baron's gate, and the woodland adjoining as
Ffridd-y-Groes, the enclosure of the cross, a cross having probably been
erected on the spot where he fell.

The Sheriff had made himself very obnoxious to these outlaws, and a short time
before they killed him, in conjunction with John Wynn, had captured 80 of them,
most of whom were hanged.

Lewis Owen married Margaret, daughter of Sir (Rev.) Robert Puleston, Clerk,
Parson of Gresford. He was brother of Sir John Puleston, knt., of Bers.

16917. Margaret PULESTON. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.) p. 51. Children were:

child i. John Lewis OWEN was born in , , Wales. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.), page 51.
child ii. Hugh Lewis OWEN. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.), page 51: "of Caer Berllan, Barrister-at-law."
child8458 iii. Edward OWEN.
child iv. Gruffydd OWEN was born in , , Wales. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.), page 52: of the parish of Llanegryn.
child4224 v. Robert OWEN.
child vi. Simon OWEN. !SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England,
1911-1913.), page 52: of Garth Angharad. On pedigree chart of facing page, he
is called "of Hafod Tywyll, Dolgelley.