Joshua OWEN
Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-1762
Ancestry.com
SOURCES: 1. 1998 Ancestral File 2. 1997 Ordinance Index
Elijah helped settle Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont. The town government was organized 25 March 1788. Elijah and others signed the Oath of Fidelity and that date. Died intestate in June 1799. His estate came before the Probate Court at Burlington 2 July 1799. It was not finally settled until 1810.
He married Margaret Woodworth 5 Nov 1718 at Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island . Margaret Woodworth was born at Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut 3 Sep 1703 daughter of Benjamin Woodworth and Hannah Damon .
They were the parents of 12
children:
Jemima Owen
born 26 Jul 1719.
Leonard Owen
born 13 Dec 1720.
Elijah Woodworth Owen
born 29 Jan 1722.
Keziah Owen
born 27 Jun 1723.
Joshua Owen
born 7 Feb 1724.
Eliphalet Owen
born 26 Jun 1727.
Esther Owen
born 3 Sep 1730.
Althea Owen
born 17 Oct 1734.
Martha Owen
born 1736.
John Owen
born 1738.
Naomi Owen
born 15 Sep 1740.
Samuel Owen
born 26 May 1742.
Joshua Owen died 1769 at Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut .
Margaret Woodworth died 8 Dec 1755 at Lebanon, New London, Connecticut .