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Dorothy Owen (Laugharne)

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Daughter of Rowland Laugharne, of St Brides; Rowland Laugharne and Lettice Chichester
Wife of John Owen of Orielton and John Owen
Mother of Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet of Orielton
Sister of John Laugharne

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About Dorothy Owen

John Owen married Dorothy, daughter of Rowland Laugharne of S. Brides, and Lettice, daughter of Sir John Perrot of Haroldston, Haverfordwest. He died in 1612, two years before his father.

Sir Hugh Owen was, therefore, succeeded by his grandson, also named HUGH OWEN, who was born in 1604.

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Sir Hugh Owen by his wife Elizabeth Wirriott had issue two sons and five daughters.

l. John, the eldest son, married Dorothy, or Dorothea, a daughter of Rowland' Laugharne, of St. Bride's, in the county of Pembroke, by Lettice his wife, who was a daughter of Sir John Perrott, Knight, of Haroldston, Lord Deputy of Ireland, one of the most illustrious men that Pembrokeshire ever produced. John Owen died in his father's lifetime, leaving issue, of whom again.

Children:

  1. Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Bart of Orielton, Sheriff of Pembrokeshire (d 1670, MP) m1. Frances Phillips (dau of Sir John Phillips, 1st Bart of Picton Castle) m2. Catherine Lloyd (dau of Evan Lloyd of Yale, relict of John Lewis of Pressddfed)
  • Memoirs of the Ancient Family of Owen of Orielton, Co. Pembroke. Page 26-27. <GoogleBooks>
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