Richard Owen of Rhiwsaeson, Gent.
(-1674)
Elizabeth Oakeley
(-)
William Vaughan of Cors-y-gedol
(Abt 1632-1669)
Anne Nanney
(Abt 1640-1701)
Athelstan Owen of Rhiwsaeson, Gent.
(-1676)
Elizabeth Vaughan
(Abt 1655-1719)

Athelstan Owen of Rhiwsaeson & Ynysmaengwyn, Esq.
(1676-1731)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Anne Corbet

  • Corbet Owen of Rhiwsaeson, Esq.
  • Elizabeth Owen+
  • Anne Owen+
  • Richard Owen of Ynysmaengwyn, Esq.

Athelstan Owen of Rhiwsaeson & Ynysmaengwyn, Esq. 1 2 7

  • Born: 1676, Rhiwsaeson, Llanbryn-Mair, Montgomery, Wales
  • Christened: 26 Nov 1676, Llanbryn-Mair, Montgomeryshire, Wales 3
  • Married: Abt 1715
  • Died: 14 Aug 1731, Ynysmaengwyn, Towyn, Merionethshire, Wales 4 5
  • Buried: 19 Aug 1731, Towyn, Merionethshire, Wales 6

  Research Notes:

Christened the same day his father was buried.

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He went up to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1693, but did not graduate; was sheriff of Merioneth in 1726; d. 14 Aug. 1731, and was buried at Towyn, Mer. U.C.N.W. Library Bangor MS. 7056 (1-75) contains English verse written by him, headed ‘the second part,’ and belonging to the years 1711- c. 1729 ; the verse shows marks of a good classical education, a love of his countryside, and a lively interest in the manners and politics of his day. 4

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Died aged 55 years. 1

Athelystan Owen, Armiger (burial record)

  Marriage Information:

Athelstan married his 1st/3th/5th cousin Anne Corbet, daughter of Vincent Corbet of Ynysmaengwyn and Anne Vaughan, about 1715. (Anne Corbet was born in 1684 in Ynysmaengwyn, Towyn, Merionethshire, Wales, died on 18 Jul 1760 in Ynysmaengwyn, Towyn, Merionethshire, Wales and was buried on 21 Jul 1760 in Towyn, Merioneth, Wales, aged 76 years.)

Sources

1 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families, J. E. Griffith, p. 237.

2 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Vol. 2, John Burke, p. 92.

3 Llanbryn-Mair Parish Registers, Christenings.

4 Dictionary of Welsh Biography, OWEN, ATHELSTAN (1676-1731), of Rhiwsaeson, Llanbryn-mair, Mont.

5 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches..., Vol. 2, Lewis Dwnn, p. 231.

6 Llanbryn-Mair Parish Registers, Burials.

7 Picture from British School circa 1720.

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