Benjamin Owen

Generation: 1

1.
Benjamin Owen was born on 20 Sep 1664 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (son of John Owen and Rebecca Wade); died on 26 May 1665.
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Reference Number: 1491

Generation: 2

John Owen was born between 1622 and 1624 in Wales; died on 18 Feb 1698/99 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

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Reference Number: 3374

Notes:

Many on-line genealogies give Richard Owen and Joanna Pitt as John's Parents, but there is not a shred of proof to this. His parentage and place of birth are unknown, although the family history has him coming from Wales.

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Owen, John sen. Died 18 February, 1698. Invt. £29-01-00. Taken 5 April, 1698, by Lt. Hayden & Benajah Holcomb. Court Record, Page 22-5 April, 1698: Invt. exhibited, being only personal estate, and that given to the Widow to be at her dispose, the children consenting.

Birth:
Probably

Buried:
Palisado Cemetery

John married Rebecca Wade on 3 Oct 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Robert Wade and Jemima Unknown) was born in 1624; died on 3 Dec 1711 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca Wade was born in 1624 (daughter of Robert Wade and Jemima Unknown); died on 3 Dec 1711 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

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Reference Number: 3689
Birth: 1629, Connecticut, USA

Notes:

Some ancestry.com data records have Rebecca born 1624 in Hartford. That is too early. The earliest record of her father, Robert Wade, in the new world was 1639. The first settlement at Hartford was 1635. I suspect she was born in the 'old world'.

Robert Wade: he is claimed as father of Rebecca in Ralph Dornfield Owen's Descendants of John Owen of Windsor, Connecticut (1622-1690) (Philadelphia 1941), p. 19, but without documentation. Since John Owen and wife apparently did not share in the settlement of Robert Wade's estate, as Mr. Jacobus points out, it would be well to be cautious. The probate file mentions 3 daughters, none named Rebecca.

Children:

Josiah Owen was born on 8 Sep 1651 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Aug 1689 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
John Owen was born on 5 Nov 1652 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
John Owen was born on 23 Apr 1654 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Jan 1670.
Nathaniel Owen was born on 9 Aug 1656 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Daniel Owen was born on 28 Mar 1658 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Joseph Owen, Sr was born on 23 Oct 1660 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died between 1735 and 1746.
Mary Owen was born on 5 Dec 1662 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
1. Benjamin Owen was born on 20 Sep 1664 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 26 May 1665.
Rebecca Owen was born on 28 Mar 1666 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Obadiah Owen was born on 12 Dec 1667 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Isaac Owen was born on 27 May 1670 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Jun 1736 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Generation: 3

Robert Wade was born about 1600 in England.

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Reference Number: 2633

Notes:

From The "Descendants of John Owen of Windsor Connecticut" dated 1941 we have John Owen Married Rebecca Wade of nearby Hartford, the daughter of Robert and Jemima Wade.

The name Robert Wade appears on the Hartford Settlers Monument as one of the 127 original settlers of Hartford in 1639.

From "Annals of Dorchester" we have a land record concerning Robert Wade dated 4 Jan 1635. (?? Robert Charles Anderson of Great Migrations Books shows no entry for Robert Wade before 1639.)

In the "Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut" the following appears "Robert Wade, Dorchester, 1635, removed soon to Hartford, where he was one of those who received land"

The name of Robert Wade appears in Hartford land records in Feb 1639.

In Aug 1657 Robert Wade was divorced from his wife, Jane or Joan, by the General Court at Hartford on the grounds of her refusal for 15 years to leave England and join him in the colony. (15 years goes back to 1642, which does not align well with the other dates of 1635 and 1639 as being in the colonies. Or perhaps his wife was here and then returned to England in 1642. Other than starting with the same letter the wife's name also does not match up well.)

Probate records dated June 1682 of Robert Wade mentions 3 daughters, but none named Rebecca!!!

To summarize we have a Robert Wade from England in Dorchester by 1635 and one of the founders of Hartford in 1639. Of much else we cannot be certain.

Robert married Jemima Unknown. Jemima was born about 1600 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

7.
Jemima Unknown was born about 1600 in England.
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Reference Number: 2639

Children:

3. Rebecca Wade was born in 1624; died on 3 Dec 1711 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.