Robert Owen of Fron Gôch near Bala ^{1 2 3}

  Research Notes:

Married Rebecca Humphrey in 1678

Source: Welsh Settlement of Pensylvania by Charles H. Browning (Philadelphia, 1912), p. 283

From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by books.google.com, p. 48, Footnote 3:

"Owen Humphrey, second son and heir of Humphrey ap Hugh, inherited Llwyn du. He married Margaret, daughter of ______________, and had, among other issue, some of whom removed to Pennsylvania, a daughter, Rebecca, who married, 1678, Robert Owen, of Fron Gôch, near Bala, in the Comôt of Pennlyn, Merionethshire. Robert and Rebecca Owen removed to Pennsylvania in 1690 and settled in Merion Township, where they died 1697, leaving besides daughters, male issue as follows; Evan Owen, Provincial Councillor, Judge of Court of Common Pleas, etc.; Owen Owen, High Sheriff of Philadelphia County and Coroner; John Owen High Sheriff of the County of Chester, Member of Assembly and Trustee of the Loan Office; and Robert Owen, who married Susanna, daughter of William Hudson, Mayor of Philadelphia. The second Robert Owen's daughter, Hannah, married, first, John Ogden, by whom she had a son, William Ogden, who left issue, and, secondly, Joseph Wharton, of Walnut Grove, by whom she had, besides other children, Robert Wharton, Mayor of Philadelphia, Captain of First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Removed to: Merion, Pennsylvania, 1690.

Robert married Rebecca Owen, daughter of Owen Humphrey of Llwyn du and Margaret Vaughan, in 1678. (Rebecca Owen was born about 1663 in Llwyn du, Llwyngwrill, Llangelynin, Merionethshire, Wales and died on 23 Aug 1697 in Merion Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.)