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Sarah Elizabeth ROWLAND
1689 - 1752 (63 years)-
Name Sarah Elizabeth ROWLAND Birth 9 Aug 1689 Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America 
[1, 2] Gender Female FamilySearch ID KNHV-RYG Name Elizabeth Rowland [3] Name Sarah [3] _UID 54D71240BA224E44A28CEE2B700FE0C15270 Death 27 Aug 1752 Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, British Colonial America [2] Person ID I30116 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 28 Dec 2024
Father John ROWLAND, b. 14 Feb 1663, British Colonial America d. 1730, Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 66 years) Mother Elizabeth HAMPTON, b. 1666, James, Virginia d. 1750, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 84 years) Marriage 1688 Surry, Surry, Virginia [4] Family ID F14118 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Robert OWENS, b. 1690, Halifax County, North Carolina d. 17 Jun 1756, British Colonial America (Age 66 years) Children 1. Howard OWEN, b. 1704, Prince George, Prince George, Virginia d. 20 Sep 1771, Pittsylvania, Virginia (Age 67 years)2. Elizabeth Betty OWEN, b. 1705, Cumberland County, Virginia, Colonial America d. 1740, Virginia, Colonial America (Age 35 years)3. Richard J. OWENS, b. 1707, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia d. 1782 (Age 75 years)4. Ralph S. OWENS, b. 1709, Halifax, Halifax, Virginia d. 29 Aug 1785, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 76 years)5. William OWEN, b. 1710, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia d. 1789, Whitehead, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)6. Sarah Elizabeth OWENS, b. 1715, St. James Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland d. 19 Aug 1802, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age 87 years)Family ID F14117 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Dec 2024
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Notes - See "Owen Family News," March 2005, Vol 20, Issue 1, p. 6, "WHO WAS ELIZABETH ROWLAND OWEN?" by Jane Owen Hillard: "When Elizabeth Rowland married Richard B. Owen (probably in Surry County, VA), she became part of the family of the storied Goronwy Owen, an obscure but honored name all over the South. Goronwy (variant spellings: Gronow, Gronau, Goronoway, et al.) was born poor in Wales in 1723. [Please note that, by that date, the other Richard Owen (born in Virginia and totally unrelated to Goronwy and his descendants), with his wife Elizabeth, had produced at least 9 of their 11 children.]"
NOTE: I've skipped two paragraphs here about Goronwy to save space. ....resuming....
"So who is Richard B. Owen (by the way, the B stands for Brown), who married Elizabeth Rowland? Some say he was a son by Goronwy's second marriage. Let us here point out--as an earlier editor of the newsletter did, years ago--sixteenth, seventeenth, and early eighteenth century parents gave their children one one name (besides the surname). By the end of the eighteenth century, there was such confusion caused by naming children for parents, uncles, and cousins that a second give name was introduced. But you knew that!
Richard B. Owen (born so many years after MY Richard Owen had DIED) and his wife Elizabeth Rowland Owen, never lived in Halifax County, and I can assure you that Richard Owen of Halifax County never lived in Surry or Brunswick County. My newly-found 'cousins' and I laugh about our Owen male ancestors who marry late or produce children into old age. But I will never believe that one of them married a woman 150 years his junior. They're not that virile!
Now, the corollary question: Who was Elizabeth Owen, wife of Richard Owen of Halifax County, Virginia? Who was her father, and what was her maiden name? Answer: We'll never know."
Ran out of space; please read Jane's article.
Bottom line: Richard Owen's wife was NOT named Sarah Elizabeth Rowland!!!!! Elizabeth Unknown is correct.
- See "Owen Family News," March 2005, Vol 20, Issue 1, p. 6, "WHO WAS ELIZABETH ROWLAND OWEN?" by Jane Owen Hillard: "When Elizabeth Rowland married Richard B. Owen (probably in Surry County, VA), she became part of the family of the storied Goronwy Owen, an obscure but honored name all over the South. Goronwy (variant spellings: Gronow, Gronau, Goronoway, et al.) was born poor in Wales in 1723. [Please note that, by that date, the other Richard Owen (born in Virginia and totally unrelated to Goronwy and his descendants), with his wife Elizabeth, had produced at least 9 of their 11 children.]"
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Sarah Elizabeth ROWLAND, person ID LB2J-YYL. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Sep 2024), entry for Sarah Elizabeth ROWLAND, person ID KNHV-RYG. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 28 Dec 2024), entry for Sarah Elizabeth ROWLAND, person ID KNHV-RYG. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for John ROWLAND, person ID LZGV-311. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Sarah Elizabeth ROWLAND, person ID LB2J-YYL. (Reliability: 3).