 Jonathan III Owen, son of Jonathan II Owen and Rachel Woodworth.Born Oct 27, 1718 at Lebanon,New London,Connecticut or Suffolk County,New York, died Feb 23, 1785 at Phillips Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, 66 years There is disagreement among genealogists as which wife was mother of his children. Some sources list his parents as Joseph Jr. Owen and Ruth Woodworth while others list his parents as Jonathan II Owen and Rachel Woodworth. We're definitely talking about the same person, Jonathan Owen. Married ± 1758 (approximately 27 years married) to:  Jane Lockwood, daughter of Joseph Lockwood and Sarah Hoyt.Born 1738 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York, died ± 1811 at Dutchess County, New York, approximately 73 years Children: 1. Jonathan IV OwenBorn May 15, 1759 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York, died Nov 26, 1835 at Lebanon Springs, New York, 76 years 2. Levi OwenBorn ± 1761 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York 3. Abby OwenBorn ± 1763 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York 4. Benjamin OwensBorn Dec 16, 1766 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York, died 1809 at New York or Canada, 42 or 43 years According to 4/17/2005 email from Bruce Warner (bruce_warner@@msn.com or bruce.warner@@kerngas.com): "Yes, I think the line of "orphan" J. C. Owens Sr. has been established beyond reasonable doubt. It happened in this way. I hired a librarian at BYU to send me copies of any document from the Nauvoo period mentioning any member of the Owens family. One that I received from him was a one page biography ( a 70's quorum project) of Horace Owens in his handwriting which stated, " I Horace, son of James, son of Benjamin". That was the key to solving the problem. My aunt Lenore had previously hired Rice Price, a SLC professional genealogist, to search for such a link, and sent him a copy of this document. Armed with this, Rick found four Benjamin Owens's in NY state, elimanted three, and the last fit all the matching info, including a Canada connection. (My speculation from the dates is that Benjamin may have been a Tory, and died in Canada). The line went from Benjamin back four more generations to George Owen of Bristol, across the bay from Wales. I later found something that suggested the George Owen line continued back to Oswestry, on the Welsh border, but haven't taken the time to check that out yet....Best Regards, Cousin Bob Owens" 5. Mary OwenBorn ± 1767 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York 6. Samuel OwenBorn ± 1769 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York 7. Isreal OwenBorn ± 1771 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York 8. Solomon OwenBorn ± 1773 at North Castle, Westchester County, New York, died between 1872 and 1877 at Phillipstown, Putnam County, New York | |||