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Joshua Owen

Also Known As: "Joseph", "Owings"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Llangelynn, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Death: March 14, 1728 (68)
Burlington County, Province of New Jersey
Immediate Family:

Son of Owen Humphrey and Margaret Humphrey
Husband of Martha Lippincott
Father of Joshua Owen; Rebecca Evans; Margaret Crispin; Rowland Owen; Martha Owen and 2 others
Brother of John Owen; Humphrey Owen; Sarah Burleson; Margaret Acton; Owen Owen and 5 others

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About Joshua Owen

  • Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of ..., Volume 3 By Thomas Allen Glenn
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=vMsxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&d...
  • Pg.245
  • EINION was probably circa 1450. He had a son:
  • GRONWY AP EINION, who had:
  • HOWELL, who had:
  • DAVID AP HOWELL, of Llwyngwrill, Talybont, born circa 1540, who married Mary, daughter of Hugh ap John, of Taly Llyn, a parish in the Union of Dôlgelly, in the comôt of Estimaner, Merionethshire, eight miles southwest of Dôlgelly Town. Hugh ap John was the son of John ap Meredith ap David ap Ievan ap Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth, in Montgomeryshire (mentioned in grant of 7 Henry V., but it is perhaps doubtful if he was alive in that year), ap Einion
  • Pg.246
  • ap Celynin (living 14 Edward III., 1340) ap Celynin ap Ririd ap Cynddelw ap Ierworth ap Gwrgeney ap Uchdryd ap Aleth, Prince of Dyfed. .... Hugh ap Hugh, brother of Mary, was living 1603. The family of Tal y Llyn, descended by its various alliances, from Griffith Derwas of Nannau, of the line of Meuric ap Ynyr Vychan, whose tomb in Dôlgelly Church has been described; from Iorwerth ap Adda, of Dolgôch, from the Princes of Powys and many other noble families of Wales. David ap Howell had by Mary (Mali), his wife:
  • HUGH AP DAVID, of Llwyngwrill, who married Catherine, daughter of John (Sion) ap Rhydderch, of Abergynolwyn. According to some characters preserved by descendants in Wales, this family of Abergynolwyn appears to be traceable to about 1400, or earlier. (See Pugh of Cwmllow, Montg. Colls.)
  • This couple had issue:
    • Humphrey ap Hugh, of whom presently.
    • John ap Hugh, living 1 January, 1649, at which time he was witness to marriage contract. He had David John ap Hugh, of age at that time (1649).
    • David ap Hugh Gôch, living, 1636.
  • HUMPHREY AP HUGH, of Llwyngrill; he signed the marriage settlement of his daughter, Anne, who espoused Ellis Price (father of Rowland Ellis), 1 January, 1649, and was living at Llwyn-du in 1662. He died there circa 1664, having married circa 1625, Elizabeth, daughter of John Powel (alias John ap Howell), of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire. John Powell, alias John Howell Gôch, of Gadfa, was buried in the Church of Llanwddyn, 24 July, 1636. His wife was Sibill, daughter of Hugh Gwyn, of Penarth, High Sheriff of Caer-
  • Pg.247
  • naronshire, 1600, descended from Sir William Griffith, of Penrhyn, the Herberts of Raglan, and from Edward I. and Edward III., Kings of England. The wife of Hugh Gwyn was Jane, daughter of Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, in Anglesey, High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1579-80, who died 1613; descended from Merick ap Llewelyn ap Halkin, of Bodeon, 8th in descent from Hava, son of Kundhelw, Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon, living 1150.
  • Humphrey ap Hugh had by Elizabeth, his wife:
    • 1. Owen Humphrey.
    • 2. John Humphrey, m. Jane, sister of Richard Humphrey.
    • 3. Samuel Humphrey, m. Elizabeth Rees.
    • 4. Ann Humphrey, m. Ellis Price, of Bryn Mawr, 1649, and had other daughters.
      • Rowland Ellis, of Bryn Mawr, born 1650.
  • Pg.248
  • OWEN HUMPHREY, eldest son and heir of Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyn-du, was born circa 1625, and died prior to 1699. He was, it is stated, an officer under Oliver Cromwell, and he served as a Justice of the Peace for Merionethshire under the Protectorate. He was amongst the first in Wales to join the Quakers, and his name is of very frequent occurrence in Bess's "Sufferings of Friends." .... etc.
  • .... In 1678 he signed the marriage certificate, and also the marriage settlement of his daughter, Rebecca, and Robert Owen, of Fron Gôch (Vron Gôch), .... etc.
  • Pg.249
  • .... Of the children of Owen Humphrey, John, Joshua, Elizabeth and Rebecca (then wife of Robert Owen), removed to Pennsylvania. His eldest son Humphrey Owen Humphrey, inherited the estate.
  • .... He married, it is thought, twice. All of his children were by his first wife, and were:
    • 1. Humphrey Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du [vide Deed in re. Tyddyn-y-Garreg Burial Groung, Montg. Colls.]
    • 2. John Owen; removed to Pennsylvania 1683.
    • 3. Rowland Owen; his name appears attached as a witness to the marriage certificate of 1678, and to other documents.
    • 4. Joshua Owen; he removed to Pennsylvania in 1683, bringing with him a certificate of removal from meeting held at Tyddyn y Garreg, describing him as "late of Llwyn-du." He signs with near relatived of the Owens in marriage certificates in Pennsylvania. He married Martha Shinn, and went to live in Burlington county, New Jersey, where he was living in 1739 with Rowland and Robert Ellis.
    • 5. Owen Owen, mentioned as of Llwyn-du in minutes of Montgomeryshire Meeting.
    • Pg.250
    • 6. Rebecca Owen, m. 1678, Robert Owen, of Fron Gôch, Merionethshire, "gentleman," and is mentioned in the marriage certificate as "eldest daughter of Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du."
    • 7. Elizabeth Owen; removed to Pennsylvania, with her brother, John Owen, and m. in Pennsylvania, John Roberts, of Pen y Chwd, Denbighshire.
  • Children of Samuel Humphrey and Elizabeth Rees:
    • .... etc. ______________________
  • Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania By John W. Jordan
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=arAfWBsvO1gC&pg=PA386&lpg=PA386&d...
  • https://archive.org/details/colonialrevoluti00jord
  • Einion, born probably about 1450, descended in the male line from Callwyn ap Tagno, Lord of Llyn who bor arms, a chevron inter three fleur-de-lys, had:
  • Gronwy ap Einion, born about 1480, who had:
  • Howell ap Gronwy, who had:
  • David ap Howell, of the township of Llwyngwrill, Comôt of Talybont, Merionethshire, Wales, whose "ancient capital messuage" in that township, called Llwyn-du, was derived through a female line from Ednowen ap Bradwen, who flourished about 1137, and bore arms, gules, three snakes, nowed; and who was lord of nearly all the Comôt of Talybont. Though the extant pedigrees do not show just where the marriage in the line of Callwyn ap Tagno, Lord of Llyn, with the heiress of the line of Ednowen ap Bradwen, came in, yet Llwyn-du was "an indefeasible estate of inheritance" therefore David ap Howell could only have obtained it as a descendant of Ednowen ap Bradwen. David was born about 1540, and married Mary, daughter of Hugh ap John, of Taly Llyn, a parish (now) in the union of Dôlgelly, in the Comôt of Estimaner, Merionethshire, eight miles southwest of Dôlgelly town.
  • Hugh ap John was the son of John ap Merdith ap David, ap Ievan ap Llewelyn ap Einion (of Llwdiarth in Montgomeryshire, mentioned in grant of 7 Henry V) ap Celynin ap Ririd ap Cynddelw ap Ierworth ap Gwrgeney ap Uchdryd ap Aleth, Prince of Dyfed. Mary, the wife of David ap Howell, was also descended through various alliances of the above line, from Meuric ap Ynyr Vychan, Lord of Nannau, living 21 Edward III. (A. D. 1347-8), who in turn was descended from Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys (murdered in 1072), by his second wife, Isabel, daughter of Picot de Say, a Norman Baron; as well as from other noble families of Wales.
  • Hugh ap David, of Llwyngwrill, son of David ap Howell and Mary his wife, married Catharine, daughter of John ap Rhydderch, of Abergynolwyn, whose family appears to be traceable to 1400 or earlier. Hugh and Catharine had issue,
  • Humphrey ap Hugh (their eldest son), of Llwngwrill, who signed the marriage settlement of his daughter Anne, January 1, 1649, she marrying Ellis Price, and they were the parents of Rowland Ellis, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, born 1650, a noted settler in the Welsh Tract, some account of whom and his descendants is given elsewhere in these volumes.
  • Humphrey ap Hugh was living at Llwyndu in 1662, and died there about 1664, having married, about 1625, Elizabeth, daughter of John ap Howell Goch, of Gadfa, in Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, who was buried in Llanwddyn Church, July 24, 1636. Elizabeth's mother was Sybill, daughter of Hugh Gwynn, of Penarth, High Sheriff of Caernorvonshire, descended from Sir William Griffith, of Penrhyn; the Herberts of Raglan, and from King Edward I, of England. The wife of Hugh Gwynn was Jane, daughter of Owen ap Hugh of Bodeon in Anglesey, High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1579-80, who died in 1613; descended from Meuric ap Llewelyn ap Halkin of Bodeon, 8th in descent from Hava, son of Kundhelw, Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon, living 1150. Humphrey ap Hugh and his wife Elizabeth had among other issue :
  • Owen Humphrey, eldest son and heir, born about 1625, died prior to 1699. He is said to have been an officer under Cromwell and he certainly served as a Justice for Merionethshire under the Protectorate. He was among the first in Wales to join the Society of Friends, and his name frequently occurs in Besse's Sufferings of Friends. In 1662, having with his brother Samuel, "refused to pay a demand for tithes" he was prosecuted in the
  • https://archive.org/stream/colonialrevoluti00jord#page/387/mode/1up
  • Sheriff's Court and execution was awarded against him by which his cattle were seized. After his father's decease in 1664 or 1665, he became seized of the "ancient demesne lands of Llwyn-du" and deeded therefrom a lot of ground for a burial place for Friends. Owen Humphrey, having been heavily fined, it is believed that he left little personal estate, in fact what little money he had remaining he lent freely to Friends going to Pennsylvania. He is believed to have been twice married but all of his seven children were by his first wife, name unknown, among whom were, Rebecca, wife of Robert Owen, of Merion, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, the progenitor of the Owen family of Philadelphia, an account of which is given elsewhere in these pages; and Joshua Owen, before mentioned, of Burlington county, New Jersey, who married Martha Shinn.
  • .... etc. _________________________
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Joshua Owen's Timeline

1659
March 19, 1659
Llangelynn, Montgomeryshire, Wales
1698
1698
Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1699
January 2, 1699
Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
1701
July 31, 1701
Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
1712
1712
Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
1715
1715
Northampton Twp, Burlington Co, NJ
1728
March 14, 1728
Age 68
Burlington County, Province of New Jersey
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