Most of what I know about Elizabeth Owle and the Owle connection comes through my ongoing study of the WOLVERTON/WOOLVERTON family. There are many questions raised about Elizabeth Owle, who is better known for her reported marriages to Isaac Leet, John Chadwick and John Dixson. The best understanding I have concerning Elizabeth Owle is through a chart that was supplied by A. J. "Jim" Wright of San Jose, California. His information came from another fine researcher, Nora Wolverton of Indiana. No primary sources have been found to show that Elizabeth's maiden name was Owle, and Nora Wolverton is not sure where she got that name from. I have searched in a lot of places for the Owle surname without any luck. I assume it would be found in England, but so far no clues to help in this research.

Here is my OWLE lineage as far as can be determined:

1. Elizabeth OWLE, b. prob. in England, d. aft. 1696 New Jersey; md. 1st, Isaac LEET who died bef. 1688; Elizabeth (Owle) Leet md. 2nd, ca. 1688 to John CHADWICK, b. ca. 1642 Rochedale, England, d. between 1689 & 1695 in New Jersey; Elizabeth (Owle) Leet-Chadwick md. 3rd, ca. 1695-1696 in New Jersey to John DIXSON.
   **NOTE: Elizabeth Owle Leet was the mother of Mary Leet Chadwick by her first husband, Isaac Leet. John Chadwick ADOPTED Mary Leet after his marriage to Elizabeth (Owle) Leet. Thus Mary's maiden name is really LEET and not CHADWICK.
2. Mary LEET CHADWICK, b. ca. 1674 prob. in VA, d. ca. 1751 Hunterdon Co., NJ; md. ca. 1697 to Charles WOOLVERTON, b. ca. 1660 prob. Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, d. ca. 1746 Hunterdon Co., NJ
3. Joel WOOLVERTON, b. 31 May 1715 Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. 1795 Hunterdon Co., NJ; md. ca. 1740 Hunterdon Co., NJ to Elizabeth ROBINS, b. ca. 1720 Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. ca. 1800 Hunterdon Co., NJ
4. Andrew WOOLVERTON, b. ca. 1750 Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. ca. 1812 Maury Co., TN; md. ca. 1780 to Sarah Ann STONE, b. ca. 1760, d. ca. 1800 Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY
5. James Matthew WOOLVERTON, b. 12 May 1797 Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY, d. 24 July 1878 McNairy Co., TN; md. 22 Sept. 1817 Columbia, TN to Agatha WILLIAMS, b. 2 June 1802 Maury Co., TN, d. 13 July 1874 McNairy Co., TN (both buried in the Woolverton Cemetery, McNairy Co., Tennessee)
6. Nancy Artemisia WOOLVERTON, b. 28 Aug. 1829 Maury Co., TN, d. 24 Jan. 1926 Adamsville, McNairy Co., TN; md. 28 Dec. 1848 Jonesborough, Tippah Co., MS to Luther Rice LITTLEFIELD, b. 25 Dec. 1826 Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC, d. 25 Mar. 1903 Adamsville, McNairy Co., TN (both buried in the Adamsville Cemetery)
7. Sarah Agatha LITTLEFIELD, b. 28 Oct. 1849 Jonesborough, Tippah Co., MS, d. 7 Feb. 1940 Leapwood, McNairy Co., TN; md. 18 Oct. 1868 McNairy Co., TN to William Ashley HARRIS, b. 19 May 1849 Hardin Co., TN, d. 12 Mar. 1916 McNairy Co., TN (both buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., Tennessee)
8. James David HARRIS, b. 9 Jan. 1871 McNairy Co., TN, d. 22 Sept. 1938 Marlow, Stephen Co., OK (buried in the Marlow Cemetery); md. 28 Oct. 1894 McNairy Co., TN to Docia Bell PYRON, b. 5 Oct. 1872 McNairy Co., TN, d. 1 Sept. 1944 Lyford, Willacy Co., TX (buried at Combes, Texas)
9. William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 Nov. 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO (both buried in the Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, Colorado) *These are my grandparents.

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