Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Griffith OWEN
OWEN, GRIFFITH. Philadelphia. Physician.
January 3, 1717. January 6, 1717. D. 90.
Wife Sarah.
Daughters Sarah (wife of Jacob Jonathan Coppock) and Ann (wife of John Whitpaine).
Son-in-law William Sanders and daughter-in-law Mary (wife of Samuel Marriot).
Executors: Children Edward, Griffith and John.
Witnesses: Robert Roberts, George Shirro and Thomas Jones.
"Dr. Griffith Owen, son of Robert and Jane, born at Dolserey, practiced medicine in England, and removed to Pennsylvania with his parents in the ship "Vine," 1684. He settled first in Merion, but afterwards removed to Philadelphia, where he died in January, 1717-18. Will dated 20 Sept., 1717; proved 14 January, 1717-18, at Philadelphia. He married Sarah, daughter of John Songhurst, and widow of _____ Sanders; formerly widow of Zachariah Whitpaine.
Dr. Owen was a member of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, and held other important offices. He was also esteemed as a skilful surgeon."
!SOURCE: Thomas Allen Glenn, WELSH FOUNDERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, reprint 1970. (Originally pub. Oxford, England, 1911-1913.) Page 53-54.
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