Owen Thomas (abt. 1688 - 1740)

Descendants

Died 1740 at about age 52 in Buckingham, Bucks Co., PA

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Taxables and Assessment Lists:

Owen appears on the 1715 taxables list in Haverford Township, Chester County, Pennsyvlania and for Whiteland Township. ^[1]

In 1722, Owen was listed on the assessment list for the New Garden Township.^[1]

Deeds and other Land Transactions:

On the 11th mo., 26th day, 1706, Owen Thomas appears before the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania on behalf of B, Rowles and on his own behalf to request a partition of 250 acres including a tract upon which he then lived in the "Great Valley".^[2]

By at least 1724, Owen Thomas acquired land in East Whitehead, Pennsylvania.^{[3] [4]}

Public Offices and Acts:

Owen Thomas served as an early Constable for Whitehead Township. ^[1]

Owen Thomas was among the petitioners who signed the May 1725 for the establishment of a new township which would be known as the London Britian Township, pin Chester County, Pennsylvania and appears on its first assessment list (1725).^[1]

Death:

He died intestate in about 1740 with his sole child and heir being Esther Thomas. ^[5]

Research Notes

Probable Brother

James Thomas who purchased 300 ac from Thomas Howell "ye 1, 7 b'r, 1700".Board of Property Commissoners Minutes, 1 mo. 6th, 1721/2, Book I., p. 711. ^[2]

Owen Thomas requests for and on behalf of his Brother, James Thomas, that he may have the Grant of a Parcell of vac't Land Joyning on Wm. Crouche's and Wm. Lingard's he, the said James having made some Improvem'ts thereon." Board of Property Commissoners Minutes, 2nd 26th, 1726, Book I., p. 750.

Confusion with Rev. Owen Thomas

Rev. Owen Thomas was living in Chester County at this time. ^[6]Rev. Owen Thomas was born 1691, at Gwrgodllys, in the parish of Cilmanllwyd, and county of Pembroke, Wales and arrived in America in 1707. He last lived in Vincent township where he died in 1760.

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In an instrument dated March 17, 1741, it is stated that Esther Owen, late called Esther Thomas, Spinster, was the only surviving child of Owen Thomas, late of Merion in the County of Philadelphia, Merchant, deceased and he was married to Ann, also deceased.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Futhey, J.S., Cope, G., History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, p. 181-182, 188, 194, 218 (L.H. Everts, Philadelphia, PA 1881) Available here
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Early Pennsylvania Land Records, Minute Book G, pp. 480-483Ancestry Record 48381 #322041
3. ↑ Pennsylvania, Chester, Deed Book T, p. 203 Available here
4. ↑ Austin, J.W. and Austin, R.H.R, Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia p. 12b (Clearfield Press 1977) Available here and on Ancestry.com
5. ↑ Pennsylvania, Chester, Deed Book G, p. 337 Available here
6. ↑ Futhey, J.S., Cope, G., History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, p. 261 (L.H. Everts, Philadelphia, PA 1881) Available here
7. ↑ Pennsylvania, Chester, Deed Book F, p. 210 Available here