• General Notes

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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #2812, Date of Import: Nov 11, 1998]
  
  THIRD GENERATION
  
  Joseph Owen II [3] (Joseph [2], John [1]), son of Joseph and Esther (Osborn) Owen, was born January 29, 1685 at Simsbury, CT, and died September 29, 1758 at Salisbury, CT, in his 74th year. (Salisbury records; gravestone in Town Hill Cemetery at Lakeville, in Salisbury). He married (1) Mary .........; and (2) about 1718, Ruth Woodworth, widow of Caleb Fitch and daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Damon) Woodworth.
  His father removed to Lebanon, CT about 1703. Joseph Jr., resided there until about 1745, when he removed to Salisbury.
  In 1709 Joseph enlisted in Captain Collins' company, Col. William Whiting's regiment, to go on to an expedition againt Canada. He received a bounty of 2 shillings.
  In 1709 Joseph Owen Jr., bought land in Lebanon. In February 1727, the proprietors laid out to him common rights to land in the village of Lebanon.
  In 1739 Joseph Owen Jr. conveyedland in Lebanon to his oldest son David and in 1740 to his son Jonathan. On May 3, 1742 Joseph Owen and his wife Ruth of Lebanon sold and conveyed to Samuel Wslls of Bolton, MA four of six shares and one-half of one share of 153 acres of land laid out in the village common of Lebanon.
  On October 29, 1745 Joseph Owen of Lebanon sold and conveyed to Thomas Newcomb of Salisbury his farm of about 200 acres, on which he then dwelt at Lebanon. On June 2, 1746 Thomas Newcomb of Salisbury, of 318 and 101 acres, on the dividing line between Salisbury and Sharon, on the southerly side of the Four-Rod Highway. On June 10, 1746 Joseph Owen, late of Lebanon, now of Salisbury, conveyed to his sons David and Jonathan, late of Lebanon, now of Salisbury. On June 18, 1757 Joseph Owen conveyed to David Owen of Salisbury 300 acres on the south side of the highway from David Owen's dwelling to Canaan and Sharon. On the same date he conveyed nine acres to his grandson James Owen, son of David. (Lebanon and Salisbury records.)
  In his will, dated August 10, 1758 and proved in 1758, Joseph Owen mentions his wife (unnamed), his sons David and Jonathan, his daughters Mary Jacobs, Esther Cole, Ann Culber, Rebecca Wright, Ruth Tupper, Mercy Health, Lydia Tuttle, and Irene Blogget, also a granddaughter, Hannah Health. (Sharon probate records.) 

Details of Joseph's family with Ruth Woodworth

Details of Joseph's family with Mary