File for Arthur Ownby - Cemetarian

Elizabeth (who married Carter Wells).
The inventory also lists his grandson Thomas, "the son of THOMAS Ownby and Mary Brooks
Stamper."
The foregoing proves that John was his son, and that the late Thomas was his son.
Source: Essex Co., VA, Probate Records
More About Arthur (Onby) Ownby:
Burial: 1737, Essex, Virginia
Note 1: 1681, As Onbey: sold mare and her increase
Note 2: 1685, Witness to a Will
Note 3: 1724, As Onby: signed a security bond
Note 4: 1737, As Onby: inventory of estate
Property 1: October 21, 1687, As Onbee: Granted 78 acres of land by the Gov for bringing over George
Smith and Teague an Irish boy. 1
Property 2: Bet. 1656 - 1692, Owned land on Coleman's Creek, called Colmans Gut and Butler Creek,
which flowed into the Rappahannock River above Layton's Warf on the south side of the river. "The
History of Old Rappahannock County, VA by Thomas Hoskins Warner, p 166
Property 3: 1714, Purchased 30 acres of land for L 30 sterling in St Anns on W side of Popoman Swamp
Essex Co VA 2
Children of Arthur (Onby) Ownby are:
+ 2 i. Thomas(of Virginia) 17 Ownby, born Bef. 1707; died 1734.
+ 3 ii. Elizabeth Ownby, born Bef. 1720; died Unknown.
4 iii. Mary Ownby, born Bef. 1720; died Unknown. She married James Williamson Bef. 1737; died Unknown.
More About Mary Ownby:
Date born 2: Bef. 1720
Comment 1: She and husband signed papers for Arthur's estate sale
Comment 2: She and husband owned land adjoing John Ownby in Amherst, Co at time of Arthur's death
More About James Williamson and Mary Ownby:
Marriage: Bef. 1737
+ 5 iv. John Ownby, born Bef. 1725; died Aft. 1793.
Generation No. 2
2. Thomas(of Virginia) 17 Ownby (Arthur (Onby) 16 , Thomas 15 Oneby, Thomas 14 , John 13 , John (of
Ondeby Esq) 12 Ondeby, Richard 11 , Thomas (of Leicester & Warwick) 10 , Unknown 9 , John (of Rutland) 8 ,
Thomas (of Stoke Dry & Rutland) 7 , Thomas (of Sadington) 6 , John (of Stoke Dry & Saddington) 5 , Roger 4 ,
Thomas 3 , Unknown 2 , Thomas (The Sheriff) 1 ) was born Bef. 1707, and died 1734. He married Mary
Martha Brooks July 27, 1727 in Middlesex CO. VA, daughter of Jonathan Brooks and Sarah Mayo. She
was born May 1687, and died Aft. 1740.
Notes for Thomas(of Virginia) Ownby:
Information from "The Parish Register" of Christs' Church, Middlesex Co., VA (1653-1812) Published
by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the states of America, Baltimore
Genealogical Publishing Co-1964
More About Thomas(of Ownby and Mary Brooks:
Marriage: July 27, 1727, Middlesex CO. VA
Child of Thomas(of Ownby and Mary Brooks is:
+ 6 i. Thomas 18 Ownby, Jr, born 1728 in Essex Co Va; died 1798 in Franklin Co NC.
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