Jane
Owen
aka Roberts
Born about in Frongoch, Merionethshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Daughter of Owen ap Evan
and Gainor ferch John
Sister of
Ellin (ferch Owen) Thomas, Evan (Owen) ap Owen, Owen Ap Owen, Evan Thomas [half], Rowland A Owen, Robert ap Owen, John ap Owen and Elizabeth ferch Owen
Wife of
Hugh Roberts
— married
about 1675 in Merionethshire, Wales [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died about
at about age 33
in Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Biography
Jane was a Friend (Quaker)
Jane Owen was the daughter of Owen ap Evan and Gainor ferch John.[1]
Name Variations
- Jane ferch Owen. It is possible that her name at birth was "Jane ferch Owen" since her siblings used the patronymic format. "Patronymic surnames are based on the father’s given name. Generally, ap or ab was added between the child’s name and the father’s name. For example, David ab Owen is David "son of" Owen. For a woman’s name, the word ferch meaning "daughter of", was used. [2] Since the Welsh "ferch" sometimes sounds like "verch", English writers often used the verch spelling.
- Jane Owen. As an adult she appears in records with the name Jane Owen. Welsh names were transitioning from patronymic naming to surnames following the law of 1585 requiring such a change. As the change in naming requirements was implemented over time, the ap, ab or ferch might simply be dropped, and Jane ferch Owain become simply Jane Owen.
Birth Year Estimate
Her son Owen was born in December 1677, so it may be assumed that she was married at least by the beginning of 1677. If she was aged 17 at her wedding, she would have been born, say, 1660.
Several children were born before she emigrated to Pennsylvania with her husband, which would suggest an earlier marriage year and earlier birth year. Other genealogies estimate a birth year of 1653, which is not unreasonable.[1]
Marriage and Family
She is said to have married Hugh Roberts 1672-3 in Merionethshire,[1] and no later than early 1677, based on the birth of her son.
"All of their children, except Elizabeth, were born in the township of Kiltalgarth."[3]
Jane Owen bore Hugh Roberts six children who "assumed the surname 'Roberts'":[4]
- Robert Roberts[4]
- Ellin Roberts[4]
- Owen Roberts, married Ann Bevan[4]
- Edward Roberts[4]
- William Roberts (1682-1697)[4]
- Elizabeth Roberts[4]
EMIGRATION FROM WALES TO PENNSYLVANIA ABOARD THE PASSENGER SHIP "THE MORNING STAR" (One of William Penn’s fleet)
A certificate of removal from the comot of Penllyn [Wales], is dated "ye 2nd of 5 mo., 1683,"[1]
Hugh Roberts immigrated in 1683 to Pennsylvania, heading "the second party of settlers from Merionethshire bound for the Thomas & Jones tract. In his immediate party, were his mother, his wife, his sister, Ganior Roberts, five children, and four servants."[4]
| THE MORNING STAR - List of Passengers |
| Henry Atherly |
| David Davies |
| Robert Davies and wife and children |
| George Edge and wife, Joan "of Barrow" |
| Humphrey Edwards, servant to John ap Edwards |
| John ap Edwards and minor children Elizabeth, Sarah, Edward and Evan |
| Mary Hughes, servant to John ap Edwards |
| William ap John (Jones), wife Ann Reynold and children John, Alice, Katherine and Gwen |
| Gabriel Jones, servant to John ap Edwards |
| John Loftus |
| William and Elizabeth Morgan |
| Thomas Oldham |
| Thomas Pritchard |
| Gainor Roberts, sister of Hugh Roberts, married fellow passenger, John Roberts |
| Hugh Roberts, wife Jane and children Robert, Ellin, Owen, Edward and William |
| John Roberts |
| Richard ap Thomas and son Richard Jr. |
Death
She died in 1686 and was buried in the Merion Burying Place on the "3d day of the seventh month in the year[?] 1686."[5]
Research Notes
Some researchers report that Jane (Owen) Roberts was born in 1653 in Llanfor, Merionethshire, Wales and that she died 1 July 1686 in Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[6]
Jane, daughter of Owen ap Evan Robert Lewis, married Hugh Roberts. She was the sister of Robert Owen.[4]
"'Robert Owen, of Vron Goch,' was one of those Quakers fined for meeting at Llwyn y Braner, in the parish of Llanvawr, May 16, 1675 (Penna. Mas., Vol. V. p. 359), together with his two sisters, Elin, who afterwards married Cadwalader Thomas ap Hugh, and Jane, wife of Hugh Roberts. His younger brother, 'Evan Owen ye son of a widdow called Gainor, whose late husband was Owen ap Evan of Vron Goch,' was also present at a meeting, 'though but 9 or 10 years old.'"[7]
See these links for more info (from a quick Google search on 20 June 2018):
- http://rea-williams.com/getperson.php?personID=I30041&tree=tree1
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/20083311?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- https://archive.org/stream/jstor-20083311/20083311_djvu.txt
- https://www.geni.com/people/Owen-ab-Evan/6000000006232158462
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Glenn, Thomas Allen. Merion in the Welsh Tract with sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the provinces of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682. Herald Press, Norristown PA (1896), "XIII. Jane, daughter of Owen ap Evan," pg 130 as well as "Hugh Robert," pgs 323-335 [Jane is discussed on pgs 324-325 and 333.] Internet Archive, OCLC #4942807
- ↑ "FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Wales Names, Personal, Patronymic Names" FamilySearch Wiki, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wales_Names,_Personal&oldid=2893141 (accessed July 10, 2018). See the page for additional considerations.
- ↑ Glenn, Thomas Allen. Merion in the Welsh Tract, "XIII. Jane, daughter of Owen ap Evan," pg 130 Internet Archive, OCLC #4942807; citing "archives of the Merion, Pennsylvania, Monthly Meeting of Friends."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Charles Henry Browning, Welsh settlement of Pennsylvania (1912), pages 96-102
- ↑ Ancestry, database with images, "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2189 : accessed 30 June 2018) > Pennsylvania > Delaware > Radnor Monthly Meeting > Marriages, Births, and Burial Certificates, 1684-1729 > "The Records of the Burialls of those that ? Buried at the Buring ?[Place]? in Merion," pg 191, item 3> images 185 (title) and 187 (record). ["Janne[sic] the wife of Hugh Roberts was Buried the 3d day of the seventh month in the year? 1686."]
- ↑ [citation needed] Blank Family Tree
- ↑ Owen of Merion
See also:
The Lower Merion Historical Society "The Welsh Tract"
http://lowermerionhistory.org/?page_id=186863
Glen Thomas Allen. "Merion in the Welsh Tract 1896"
https://archive.org/details/cu31924010481723/page/n191/mode/2up?view=theater&q=hugh+roberts
Also Consulted
- The Genealogy.com website of Pat Pemble. Citations on that page are to Thomas Allen Glenn's Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania, Vol 1, pg 220 and to Merion in the Welsh Tract.
Acknowledgements
- Owen-1360 created by Entered by Marie (Ward) Mills, Feb 22, 2012
- Evans-15160 was created by George Sutton through the import of GEDCOM George Warren Sherman 2016-05-25.ged on May 25, 2016.
- Owen-6731 was created by Luke Lord of Margaret, 15 April 2018.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
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~0.39%
Charme (Shippen) Curtin
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XT6770285 [compare], Ancestry member h2opainter22
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- post-1535 names for Welsh profiles Jun 25, 2018.
- Welsh Patrynimic Naming convention for post 1535 Jun 25, 2018.
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US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 list the parents of Elizabeth Roberts as Hugh Roberts and Jane Roberts.
Name Elizabeth Roberts
Event Type Birth
Birth Date 24 Feb 1683
Birth Date 24 1683 Twelfth
Birth Place Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Father Hugh Roberts
Mother Jane Roberts
Monthly Meeting Radnor Monthly Meeting
Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State Pennsylvania
Meeting County Montgomery
Hugh and Jane Roberts had a daughter, Elizabeth Roberts, that was born on 24 Dec 1683, according to the Colonial Families of the United States, Vol. I, pgs. 434-442, by George N. MacKenzie (see below) and they were Quakers that resided in Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
Pg. 435: Lineage "Roberts": "Robert Ap Hugh of Wales, who d. long prior to 1683, it is claimed descends from the ancient owners of Cit Talgarth, of the blood of the Lords of Naunau, from whom descend the Hughes of Giverclacs, Barons of Kymmevyn-Edeirnion;
m. Elizabeth William, dau. of William Owen of the Parish of Lianfaine, Wales;
their son Hugh Roberts of Robert Ap Hugh, as sometimes written, was b. on a large farm called Llyndedwyd, in Penllyn, Merionetshire, Bala Lake, Wales;
d. 18th June, 1702; emigrated to Pennsylvania with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Roberts, who d. in 1699, in Merion Township, Pa.;
was a member of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania and a prominent member of the Society of Friends;
he m. (firstly) Jane, dau. of Owen Ap Evan of Fron Goch of Llyn, a descndant of Traharn Goch Ap Madoc, who was descended from the Princes of South Wales, being a grandson of Rhys Glaff, the lame Lord of Cynrytmaen.
She came to Pennsylvania with her husband in 1683, and d. in Merion, Pa.;
m. (secondly) 31 May, 1683 at Llywyng Braner Meeting, Penllyn, Merionershire, Wales, Elizabeth John, during one of his visits to Wales; she d.s.p.
Issue by 1st. m.
I. Robert, b. 7th November, 1673.
II. Ellen, b. 4th. October, 1675.
III. Owen, b. 1st. October, 1677.
IV. Edward, b. 4th. February, 1680.
V. William, b. 26th March, 1682.
VI. Elizabeth, b. 24th December, 1683
edited by [Living Olson]
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roberts-40026