Jonathon Morgan Owen
Jonathon Morgen Owen was born in 1752 unknown; possibly Wales? and died on July 21st, 1821 in Eastport, Washington Co., Maine. In February, 1779, we first find Jonathan Morgan OWEN (JMO) enlisting as a Loyalist in DeLancey's Brigade at Long Island, NY at the age of approximately 27 years, 11 years older than the minimum enlistment age of 16, and several years after the war began. None of the military records found to date give any indication of his origins. At the end of the war, together with the remaining Loyalists serving in NY, he is transported to Nova Scotia, Canada.
He married Catherine Morin-Morang abt. 1788 (possibly Beaver Harbor, NB, Canada.
According to Wright's Loyalists, etc. book- 1) Jonathan OWENS, sargeant in the Kings American Dragoons, received a Loyalist landgrant at Beaver Harbor and
- 2) Jonathan McOWEN, a sargeant in 2nd DeLancey's (ours?) received a landgrant at Beaver Harbor.
We believe Jonathan McOWEN to be a misprint of our Jonathan M. OWEN remains to be seen. By the 1790 US Census, JMO is living at Plantation #8, now Eastport, Washington Co., ME with his wife and one son.
Circa 1788, Jonathan Morgan OWEN married Catherine MORIN (aka MORANG) (Jean Francois & Rosalie FOREST), a Catholic French Canadian, circa 1788, probably somewhere near what is today Eastport, Washington Co., ME. It is also possible that they were married at or near Beaver Harbor, (?now Pennfield?) New Brunswick, Canada, where the British sent the Catholic Acadians at the same time that both Jonathan OWENS & Jonathan McOWEN were in Canada as Loyalists. As you can no-doubt tell, we haven't found their marriage yet.
They had nine known children:- Francis Owen 1789
- James Owen 1791
- William Owen 1793
- John Owen 1794
- Frances Owen 1796
- Joset Owen 1799
- Rosella-Rose-Rosie Owen 1800
- Rebecca Owen 1802
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Maine Plantation #9, 1810 Census
Maine Plantation #9, 1810 Census Explained
Most of the information on Jonathon Morgen Owen is from www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnichols/owen.htm
