Temperance Helme

Both Temperance and her husband Ebenezer Owen were born in Brookhaven, Ebenezer in about 1710, Temperence ~1712.    Their first two children were born there, then they moved on, to Orange County - Walkill and Blooming Grove and Middletown. 

Temperence Helme
      Born: ~1712
      In: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York
      Died:
      In:
            Buried:

      Father: William Helme
                      more information about father William
      Mother: Temperance Woodhull
                      more information about Temperance Woodhull
                      and her parents Richard Woodhull and Temperance Topping
           Siblings: [Temperance]
                          Hannah 1713-1785 - m Joseph Owen (brother of Ebenezer) - moved to Westchester
                         Anselm (~1716)
                               m Ruth Brewster (b ~1734) - 3 ch Anselm, Thomas, Deborah
                          Phineas
                              born 24 Aug 1716 Brookhaven
                          William 1717 - 1758 - moved to Orange Co
                               m Elizabeth Tuthill (1719-1778 - d/o James Tuthill & Rachel Brown) - 2 ch Vincent, William
                          Thomas (~1718) - Susan Austin says he died in an English prison
                          Charity (~1720 - 1792)
                                  m Floyd Smith (s/o Edmund) - 5 ch Charity, Ruth, Jesse, Margaret, Temperance
                          Susannah 1722-1803
                                 m Daniel Tuthill (s/o James Tuthill & Rachel Brown) - 6 ch Samuel, Rachel, Julia, Bradley, Hanna, John Woodhull
                          Phineas 1723 - 1798 - moved to Orange Co
                                 m (13 Nov 1762) Mary Weisner (d/o Col Henry Wisner & Sarah Norton) - 2 ch Ann, Obidiah
                                 m (24 Aug 1775) Mary Moffat - ch Elizabeth, Woodhull, Temperance, Samuel, Phineas, Henry T, Mary, Emily
                          Mary born ~1724 -
                                m George Norton of Huntington, LI

      Husband: Ebenezer Owen (1710-1759, s/o Jonathan Owen and Mary Brewster)
              Children: Ebenezer - moved to New Jersey
                                   born 1737, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
                                   died 28 Aug 1800, Vernon Twp., Sussex, NJ
                                        will dated 25 Aug 1800 - probated 16 Sep 1800 [NJ Archives, Wills, 9:272)
                                   m Ann or Anny Unk (1738, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY- Feb 1814, NewtonTwp).
                                         her will - Newton Twp, Sussex, NY - dated 11 Jan 1814, probated 15 Feb 1814
                                  Hook says he was "undoubtedly the Ebenezer Owen of Pochaik"
                                      - exec of Timothy Owen of Goshen in 1761
                                       1758 Apr 25 - enlisted in Capt. Peter Smith's Co, NY Militia, giving his age as 21.
                                        Rev War - served as Capt of Pochuk Company of Orange Co Militia (Col William Allison)
                                                later as Capt 4th NY Regt (Col John Hathorn)
                                   ch - Ebenezer, Temperance (m Wright), Hannah (m Shepherd), Abraham, Isaac H,
                                          Anny (m Cane), Elizabeth, Jonathan
                             William
                                   born 8 Apr 1740, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Hook says he was b Westchester)
                                   died 17 Oct 1805, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY
                                   m Elizabeth Burden
                                       (17 Apr 1758, Bristol Co., RI - 22 Mar 1812, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY)
                                  1760 May 19 - on muster roll of Capt Howell's Company, Orange Co
                                             (giving age as 19, birthplace as Long Island, occupation tailor)
                                  1761 Apr 21 - enlisted in Capt Peter Lent's Company, Orange Co
                                         (giving age as 20, birthplace LI)
                                      ch - Jonathan (m Martha Rocket), Rosanna (m William Turner), Temperance (m Josiah Gillipsie), John Burden
                                   Census listings:
                                    ??1790 New York, Orange, New Cornwall - William
                                    ?1800 New York, Orange, Blooming Grove
                                          William Owen 00001 01001
                                              Also on this page: a young Jonathan, three Brewsters and a Woodhull
                            Nathaniel
                                Hook has nothing to say about this fellow -
                                I myself confused him with Nathaniel s/o Jonathan and Bethia Terry
                                  born ~1742, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY                                
                           Temperance
                              born 20 Apr 1745, Wallkill, Orange, NY
                              died 19 Apr 1829
                              m (his 2nd wife) David Horton (18 Dec 1744, Goshen, Orange, NY - 4 May 1813)
                                     s/o David Horton & Mary Warner
                                     [his first wife was Theodosia Allen; marriage date - 29 Oct 1773]
                                ch - Temperance - m David Leslie
                          Ann 
                              born 19 Dec 1746, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY
                              died Sep 1810
                              m Colville Shephard 29 Mar 1785 (19 Dec 1746 - Sep 1810)
                                       s/o David Shepard & Sarah Bradner
                              ch Hannah - m Samuel Price
                          Charity - moved to New Jersey
                             born 1749, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY
                             m (Hook says probably his 2nd wife) Daniel Decker (~ 1747 - bet. 8 - 15 Jun 1786)
                                 Daniel Decker died 1786 - children named in his will were: Sarah Green, Jeremiah, Mary Williams
                                          minors children - Aaron, Charity, Temperance - chose Ebenezer Owen as guardian
                                    [NJ Archives, Wills, 7:61]
                          Jonathan - our next ancestor
                             [actually, I have decided our Jonathan is s/o Nathaniel - so I have no information about this fellow]
                              born 1749, Middletown, Orange, NY
                              died 21 Aug 1814, Ulysses, Seneca, NY.
                              m Catherine Eleanor Kortwright (1747-1812)
                          Keturah born ~1751, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY)
                              Hook has no information about her, not even the birth date
                          Julianna born 1755, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY)
                               Hook has no information about her, not even the birth date (He calls her Julia)

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