Father: Edward Owen
      Mother: Sarah Oreley
           Siblings:

Married: Johanna Pitt
      Children: 1. John
                        born 25 Dec 1624 in Surrey, England or Mathavarn, Wales
                        died 1 Feb 1698/99 in Windsor, Hartford, CT
                        married 3 Oct 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, CT to Rebecca Wade
                               (1624 Hartford, Hartford Ct - 3 Dec 1711 Windsor, Hartford, Ct)
                               d/o Robert Wade & Jemima Rebecca
                         children: Josiah, John (2, one died young), Nathaniel, Daniel, Joseph, Mary,
                                        Benjamin, Rebecca, Obidiah, Isaac

Owen, Ralph Albert Dornfeld,. Descendants of John Owen of Windsor, Connecticut (1622-1699); a genealogy, edited by Ralph Dornfeld Owen. [Philadelphia, 1941] - I haven’t looked at this book yet, but it apparently is the major source for this branch of the family.

                  2. Johanna 1625.
                  3. Sarah 1627.
                  4. William 1630.
                  5. Richard 1632.

Riker, James. The annals of Newtown, in Queens county, New-York: containing its history from its first settlement, together with many interesting facts concerning the adjacent towns; also, a particular account of numerous Long island families now spread over this and various other states of the union. [New-York, D. Fanshaw, 1852.]
p. 78 note - On Dec 10, 1667, the town court authorized Richard Owen to impound the cattle, etc., that should be found in the common field, and to receive for his services 12 pence each for horses, 6 pence a head for neat cattle, and for swine 4 pence a piece. - Apparently he was the first one ever appointed - then there comes a [n incomplete] list of subsequent holders of the appointment.
p. 110 New Charter of town granted ~1686 by Thomas Dongan Gov - granted to . . . a long list of names including Cornelius Jansen (but probably Berrien NOT Kortright) and Richard Owen . . . the present freeholders and inhabitants of . . .

                  6. George
                         born 1639 in Farnham, Surrey, England
                         died bef. 1701 in Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
                         married Martha Naibor (1641 Bristol, Gloucester, England - Brookhaven)
                                  d/o James Naibor
                        our next ancestor - has his own page: George

This is the text of A. Owens posting to the Owen Genforum site:
(A. Owens, message 4536, dated 9 Sept 2006)

I have been researching the ancestry of John Owen of Windsor CT for some time, and am quite discouraged at all the inaccuracies in his "pedigree" that so many have assumed to be true, with little or no documentation. Throughout all my research, unfortunately, I have come up with far more questions than answers, but here are the biggest problems I have:

1. Almost all the pedigrees I see list Richard Owen and Joanna Pitt as his parents. Where is the documentation?? The only proof of their existence I have found is a baptismal record for their daughter Joana at Westbury, Shropshire, England in 1638 (not 1625 as most lineages state). No John mentioned anywhere, or any other children for that matter.

2. The Owen family of course originates from Wales, where a patrynymic naming system existed for centuries (John ap Owen ap Hugh, etc). Only in the very late 1500's to early 1600's did the English "forename/surname" system gradually creep into use. I find it highly unlikely that John Owen's ancestors were using "Owen" as a surname as far back as the early 1500's, let alone the 14th century.

3. All the supposed "pedigrees" I've come across list a "David Owen", b. about 1500 at Oswestry, as John Owen's 2nd gr. grandfather. This David Owen was allegedly married to Alice Blount Oxenbridge, whose son was David Lloyd Owen. Here's the problem: Even the most brief research reveals that the David Owen who married Alice Blount Oxenbridge is actually Sir David Owen, Knight of Pembrokeshire, who is in reality the illegitimate son of Owen Tudor, founder of the Tudor Dynasty. Alice Blount, his wife, was married to another knight, Sir Thomas Oxenbridge, who died prior to her marriage to Sir David Owen. Furthermore, every available historical source states that although Sir David Owen had children by his two other wives, Mary de Bohun and Anne Devereaux, he had absolutely no children by Alice Blount.

That's just the short list, but it's clear that the accepted lineage for John Owen of Windsor, Connecticut has some serious problems. I'm not enthused about being back at square one, but I would much rather have genuine proof than guess. So, if anyone has some answers to these questions or even some theories I'd be really excited to hear them. I have some of my own, but that's a subject for another post :)
A Owens - message #4536 - 9 Sep 2006

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