George Owen
George and Martha lived first in Bristol (where she had been born in 1641) - their first two children were born there. Then they were in Ireland for a while - Cork actually - where their final three children (including our next ancestor Jonathan) were born.  They went to America, first to Connecticut (possibly) and then on to Long Island, where they died, George sometime before 1701, Martha at an unknown time.
      Born: 1639
      In: Farnham, Surrey, England
      Died: bef 1701
      In: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York
           Buried:

      Father: Richard Owen
      Mother: Johanna Pitt
           Siblings: John (1624-1698) - emigrated to America (Connecticut) - m Rebecca Wade
                        Johanna 1625.
                        Sarah 1627.
                        William 1630.
                        Richard 1632 - emigrated to America???
                              A Richard Owen is mentioned in Riker's Annals of Newtown.
                        [George 1639 - bef. 1701]

     Married: Martha Naibor
                     Hook did not know the name of George's wife; this information came from somewhere else (not sure where, sorry)
           Children: Even Edwin
                              born ~1663 Bristol, Gloucester, England
                              died bef. 25 Aug 1684 Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., NY
                              m Martha Unknown.
                         John
                              born ~1666 Bristol, Gloucester, England 
                              died 7 Jan 1736/37 in Southold, Suffolk Co., NY.
                              m Mary Unknown (~1668 Southold - 18 May 1740 in Southold)
                        Moses
                             born ~1668 Cork, Ireland
                             died1719
                             m Mary Unknown (b 1672 Cork)
                        Jonathan
                            born1668/9 Cork
                            died 1750 in Bedford, Westchester Co., NY
                            m (9 Aug 1689 in Windham, Windham Co., CT) Mary Brewster
                                         (1671 Brookhaven - 1746 Bedford)
                                         d/o Nathaniel Brewster & Sarah Ludlow
                         George
                              born ~1672 Cork
                              died 1721 Brookhaven
                              m UNKNOWN UNKNOWN. (b bef 1668 in Somers, Westchester Co., NY)

About their residence in America - from SOMEWHERE (again, I don't know the source - "on the Internet " as we sloppy researchers say) I got the information that George and family resided first in Connecticut, but the Hook article has him going directly to Long Island (he was there as early as 1679).  George is the paterfamilias of Hook’s article, and the connection between him and [according to several Internet genealogies] his brother John Owen of Windsor, CT is not explored. Possibly George lived near him for a while?? It does appear that there was considerable traffic between Connecticut and Long Island and a couple of George’s grandsons lived for a while in Greenwich, CT.  When I get back to the library, I will look up the book about possible brother John and see if there is any clarification there.

These are some notes on George Owen from the Hook article:
1679 Oct - grant for land [Brookhaven Records, Book B, pp 3, 4, 129 - It is not clear exactly which record is on which page]
1683 - tax list, Southampton, LI
1683 - moved to Brookhaven? (Suggestion by Hook)
1684/5 - grant for land (20 acres) [Brookhaven Records, Book B, pp 3, 4, 129 - It is not clear exactly which record is on which page]

1687 Moses Owen bought land in Brookhaven
1688 George Owen (probably jr) bought land in Brookhaven
1690 Jonathan Owen bought land in Brookhaven
1692 John Owen appeared among the enlisted men in Capt George Bradshaw's Suffolk County Company (no residence listed)
None of these supposed sons appears in the Southampton records and it is probable that they settled with their parents in Brookhaven about the time that the older ones were reaching their majorities. A fact that suggests close relationship is that all of these sons except George are shown, by the records, to have been joiners or carpenters. - Hook

An Owen family record was graciously supplied to this writer by Mrs. Isabel J Emerick of Oswego, NY. It named the Owen settlers in Brookhaven as Edwin [who could be meant for Even], John, Moses and Jonathan, but omitted George. It was handed down by her mother who was a granddaughter of John6 Owen (1784-1843) of Somers, Westchester Co, NY (Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Jonathan2, George1). This account states that Jonathan Owen's father, the settler in Brookhaven, LI, not named, was probably born in Bristol, England, where sons Edwin [sic] and John were born. It says that the family then removed to Cork Ireland, where sons Jonathan and Moses were born, and later moved to America and settled near the east end of Long Island. The record, as supplied by Mrs. Emerick, then continues [with information about Jonathan Owen].
         Hook, James William. "The Owen Family of Suffolk, Orange and Westchester Counties, New York." The American Genealogist, v 30 #3 (119) July 1954 - the info about George is on pp 129-131.

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