596327 - Owen, Josiah

Events

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Birth [E110994]	1714/5-03-17 (Julian)	Hebron, Conneticut	1b 2b
Birth [E110995]	1715/6-03-17 (Julian)	Hebron, CT	3b 4b 5b
Death [E110996]	WFT 1747-1806		1c 2c
Death [E110997]	1756-10-18	Fort William Henry	3c 4c 5c

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Owen, Josiah [I134851]		1763-08-15
Mother	Hosford, Mary [I134852]	1674-08-12	1753-07-11
Brother	Owen, Asahel [I134951]	1699-03-25	1740-04-07
Brother	Owen, Noah [I134952]	1701-05-14	about 1785
Brother	Owen, Silas [I134953]	1702/3-03-09 (Julian)	1783-01-04
Brother	Owen, Amos [I134954]	1704/5-03-04 (Julian)	WFT 1740-1796
Sister	Owen, Mary [I69528]	1707-04-13	WFT 1708-1801
Brother	Owen, Isaac [I134957]	1710-07-28	WFT 1711-1800
Sister	Owen, Martha [I69532]	1714-08-01	WFT 1715-1808
	Owen, Josiah [I69534]	1714/5-03-17 (Julian)	WFT 1747-1806
Sister	Owen, Anne [I134959]	1718-04-04	1720-12-22

Families

Family of Owen, Josiah and White, Hannah [F23854]

Married

Wife

White, Hannah [I69535] ( * WFT 1704-1726 + WFT 1747-1815 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E322563]	1741/2-01-28 (Julian)	Hebron, Conneticut			1d 2d
Marriage [E322564]	1740/1-01-28 (Julian)				3d 4d 5d

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Owen, Martha [I134936]	1742-10-22	WFT 1769-1836
Owen, Hannah [I134938]	1744-07-08	1748-12-10
Owen, Sylvanus (Silvanus) [I134847]	1746-08-19	1814-12-07

Family of Owen, Josiah and Hartshorn, Zerviah [F42870]

Married

Wife

Hartshorn, Zerviah [I134930] ( * 1719/20-01-27 (Julian) + WFT 1758-1815 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E340755]	1749-05-25				3e 4e 5e

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Owen, Hannah [I134939]	about 1750-12-00	WFT 1779-1844
Owen, Frederick [I134940]	1751/2-02-16 (Julian)	WFT 1753-1842
Owen, Della [I134941]	1755-06-08	WFT 1756-1849

Narrative

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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #2812, Date of Import: Nov 11, 1998]

FOURTH GENERATION

Josiah Owen III [4] (Josiah II [3], Josiah [2], John [1]), son of Josiah II and Mary (Hosford) Owen, was born at Hebron March 17, 1716.
He married (1) on January 28, 1741/42, Hannah White, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Doggett) White, who was descended from Peregine White first native-born New Englander, --born on the Mayflower. She died on April 28, 1747.
He married (2) Zerviah Hartshorn, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Birchard) Hartshorne, who was born at Norwich, CT, January 27, 1720. She was first married January 4, 1742 to Samuel Robbards; they had one child, Zerviah, born October 6, 1743; Samuel died August 29, 1746. On May 25, 1749 she was married to to Josiah Owen. They had three children. After Josiah Owen's death, she was married to ........ Byington.
Josiah Owen served in the French and Indian War. At this time the valley of Lake George and Lake Champlain was the natural highway through which the French could attack the English Colonies. No other region in America has seen more terrible fighting. The British erected three forts near the head of Lake George, - Fort William Henry, Fort Gage, and Fort George.
On April 8, 1756 Josiah Owen III enlisted as a private in Captain Noah Grant's company, Col. David Wooster's (7th) Conn. Regiment. The company comprised 75 men. It was sent to Fort William Henry. In July 1757 Montcalm and his Indian allies attacked the fort. The English surrendered. The next day Montcalm's Indian allies masacred 1000 English, men, women, and children. Josiah Owen escaped their fate, for he died at the Fort on October 18, 1756.
The widow Zerviah was appointed administratrix of Josiah Owen III's estate.

Pedigree

Owen, Josiah [I134851]
1. Hosford, Mary [I134852]

Ancestors

Owen, Josiah
* 1714/5-03-17 (Julian)
+ WFT 1747-1806

Owen, Josiah
*
+ 1763-08-15

Owen, Josiah
* 1651-09-08
+ 1722-09-11

Owen, John
* about 1622
+ 1697/8-02-18 (Julian)

Wade, Rebecca
* WFT 1613-1639
+ 1711-12-03

Osborn, Mary
* 1655-04-16
+ 1689-08-06

Osborn, John
* WFT 1604-1633
+ WFT 1658-1718

Oldage, Anne
* WFT 1613-1636
+ WFT 1658-1724

Hosford, Mary
* 1674-08-12
+ 1753-07-11

Hosford, John
* 1627
+ 1683-08-07

Hosford, William
* about 1597
+ 1657-11-05

Hayward, Florence
* 1594
+ 1641

Thrall, Phillury
* 1640
+ 1683-08-07

Thrall, William
* 1605-08-08
+ 1679-08-03

Goode, Elizabeth
* about 1610
+ 1676-07-30

Source References

Brøderbund Software, Inc.: World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 [S1384022]
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Brøderbund Software, Inc.: World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1 [S97070]
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Birth Name	Owen, Josiah 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a
Gramps ID	I69534
Gender	male
Age at Death	unknown