Benjamin Gardner 20.315 CH £33.16.0 Jan 6 1734 Feb 15 1734

Appraisers: John Middleton, John Moore.

Creditors: James Carico, Cicilia Villit.

Next of kin: Thomas Owen, Michael Gardner.

Administratrix: wife (unnamed) of William Beck.

Liber B f 43  20 June 1749  Bill of Sale

Thomas Owen “pf P. G. Co., gent, (and John Cooke and Osborn Sprigg) purchase from Robert Evans 11 head of cattle and 1 mare

1758-1759 Vestrymen, Church Wardens, and Freeholders of Prince George's Parish, Frederick County. To Gov. Horatio SHARPE and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly.

Petition for an act to divide the parish "by a line Drawn from the lower falls of Potomack, to Will'm Richardsons Bridge that Crosses Potuxant River by said Richardsons Dweling Plantation or at any other place your Hon'rs may think more convenient."

Signuatures:....Robert Owen, James White....Law[ren]ce Owen, Edward Owen, Sr.,...Edward Owen, Jr.,...Henry Burgus....James Burnes...Wm. Pearce, Arch'd Pearce...Thos. Dowden...John Wightt....Thomas Pearce...Walter Greenfield...

Note in modern hand: "See Prince George's Parish, Frederick County Vestry Proceedings--Md. Hist. Soc. Mss copy, page 94"

Printed in Arch. of Md., LVI, 504-506 942

109 Port.

Mar 1762 Frederick Co, MD. "List of Debts for Lawrence OWEN [estate]": List includes: Ninian Beall Magruder; James Offutt; Bartholomew Coombes; Joseph Richarson; Richard Richardson; John Stone Hawkins; Van Sweringen; Thomas Richardon; Samuel Sweringen son of Van; Samuel Magruder son of Zachariah; Samuel Magruder son of Samuel; James Dickson, Esq. Richard Selby; William Masterson; John Magruder; George Dawson; Peter Becroft (plus many other names) (Extracted from ABSTRACTS OF THE INVENTORIES OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT OF MARYLAND, 1724-1727; V. L. Skinner, Jr.; Family Line Publications; Westminster MD, 1991.

Will Liber 31, folio 374, Box 2, folder 40

Lawrence Owen Last Will and Testament, Innholder

Frederick County, Maryland

Probated 8 June 1761

To daughters:  Elizabeth Offutt, Ann Hoult, Mary Barbara, Rachel

To sons: Robert - personal property, plantation where son-in-law Nathaniel Offutt dwell, also "William and Mary" on middle Seneca, @ 56 acres.

Executor: Wife, Sarah and brother Edward

Hall of Records Wills 31   f.  374

CRABB, HENRY WRIGHT, Frederick Co., gentleman. 30 Jan. 1763

12 Jun, 1764

To wife Ann,  plantation where I live.

To dau. Elizabeth and hrs. slaves.

To sons: Richard, Ralph, John and Jeremiah, and dau. Elizabeth, lands below Monacasie Divided; 3,000 A. to be divided equally, 150 A. lying at. the lower end of the Resurvey On Valentine's Garden, so as to include the houses wherein Lawrence Owen formerly kept tavern.

Dwelling plantation, after decease of wife, shall descend to son Jeremiah, and the equal share of lands to be laid off for him, and the 150 A. above-referred to, I give to Captain William Williams and hrs.

Appoint Col. Samuel Beall and Capt. Wm. Dent.

In 1764 Edward Owen Junior patented the 25-acre tract Elizabeth in what is now Montgomery County.  In 1770 the tract Liberty, containing 21 acres, was patented to Edward Owen.  (Patents BC&GS #27, f. 329; BC&GS#41, f. 41)

ON 4 November 1769 Edward Owen Junior executed a deed, which stated that Edward Owen "being legally possessed of part of Resurvey on Friends Advice," was conveying 200 acres of the tract to Lawrence Owen, for 100 pounds.  Ruth Owen, wife of Edward Owen Junior relinquished her doer rights in the land.  (FC Deeds M, f. 615

INVENTORY: Edward Owen, 107.74, Frederick Co., MD, L105.9.8, Feb. 15, 1771 and March 23, 1771

Appraisers: William Waters, John Baker

Creditors: Edward Owen, Thomas Owen Williams

Next of Kin: Thomas Owen, Lawrence Owen

Administrator: Robert Owen

Lawrence Owen of Frederick Co, MD appears in the State Archives Probate Records "Accounts" 1772 Liber 67, folio 175.  Administration of accounts Liber B No. 2, folio 236 1772 , Balances of Final Accounts 1772, Frederick Liber 6, folio, 146, 185, Box 7, folder 69

Liber V f 95 12 Mar 1774

Robert Owen and Mary Owen, his wife now, but late Mary Beall, ex. Of Benjamin Beall, deceased to Basil Lucast pt. of “Hard Struggle” on NW Br. Adj “The Beginning” and “Elizabeth’s Delight” – 178 a. “Agreeable to the last will and testament of Benjamin Beall.

Liver V f 230 26 Mar 1774

John Owen to John Holmes, Fr. Pt. of “Owen’s Resurvery” – 138 a.

Liver V f 328 22 Apr 1774

John Owen to Thomas Alleridge “Owen’s Resurvey” – 65 a.

Liber V f 357  22 Apr 1774

John Owen to Matthew Pigman pt. of “Owen’s Resurvey – 10 a.

Liber W f 290 24 Nov 1774

Lawrence Owen to Mary Owen, Robert Carlisle Owen, Edward Carlisle Owen and David Owen, heirs of Edward Owen, Jr., decd pt of “Resurvey on Friends Advice” (Edward had paid for it in his lifetime) _ 100 a.  Sarah Owen wife of Lawrence Owen, agrees.

Liber W f 106 7 Aug 1774

John Owen, planter, to Charles Penn “Resurvey on Rich Plains” – 18 ¼ a.

Liber W f 296 26 Nov. 1774

Matthew Pigman to William Robey Owen “Pleasant Plains of Damascus” – 66 a. Dorcas, wife of Matthew Pigman, agrees.

Liber BD   f 365   31 Mar 1775

Deed of Gift from Ruth Owen for love and affection to daughter Mary Owen – Negro

Frederick County land book dated 10 Mar. 1779 conveys land called "Owens Resurvey", containing 138 acres to Robert Owen, son of John, and witnessed by George Cullom.

Maryland Chronicle, or Universal Advertiser, published as The Maryland

Chronicle or the Universal Advertiser; Date: 06-28-1786; Volume: I; Issue: 26; Page: 3

Frederick Town, June 16, 1786

The Subscriber having removed to that large and commodious Stone House, in Frederick Town, opposite the Tavern kept by her late Husband, Robert Owen; and has supplied her Tavern with the best Liquors, and other necessaries for the genteel accommodation of Travelers; takes this method of soliciting the encouragement of the Public in general, and of the Customers of her late Husband's Tavern in particular, under an assurance that no pains shall be wanting on her part, to render her Tavern convenient and agreeable, and to deserve a continuance of their favors.

REBECCA OWEN Having administered on the Estate of my deceased Husband, Robert Owen, I hereby request all persons who have claims against him, to bring them in properly proved that they may be settled; and to enable me to do that, I entreat all those indebted to him to make speedy payment.

R. O.

Contributed by Karen Fowler Caldwell