Frienborough manor now called Barrow hill farm, in the parish of Farmborough, somerset, belonged to the hospital of St. John and was granted by, henry the 8th to Dr. George OWEN the 29th of april the 36 of Henry the 8th he sold to J BUSH 2 years later if any of this clicks you may wish to look at church of St. AUDEN,OWEN or EWEN consolidated 1788 with Christ Church jim On 10-Feb-10, at 8:24 PM, Jill Forster wrote: > Hello All > > I wonder if anyone on the list is searching for OWENs. I have a > family > who lived in Frenchay in the early 1800s. The earliest links are > a George > OWEN who married a Mary JONES at Winterbourne, on the 6th March, > 1783. This couple had four children -- Diana, George, > Mary and John who were baptised at Mangotsfield from 1783 to 1789. > > John OWEN born 1789 was a Brightsmith and he had moved to Bath > where he continued in his trade and married in 1816. He and his family > subsequently migrated to Sydney, Australia. John OWEN's death cert. > said he was born in Frenchay, Wales, which was backing two horses, > but > perhaps his father was Welsh. > > In Australia he said he was Unitarian by religion. > > I am keen to find out where the George OWEN who married at > Winterbourne > in 1783 and his wife Mary JONES came from. They do not seem to have > been born/baptised in Winterbourne and nor do they fit many other > local > parishes where OWENs were settled at this time. > > Any suggestions welcome. > > Regards > > Jill Forster > Sydney > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message