 1752 - 1799
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| Born |
3 Nov 1752 |
North Kingston, Washington Cty Rhode Island  [2, 3] |
- Birthdate was actually Jan 3, 1752 according to the attached source #2
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| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
1799 |
Lowell Ohio Adams Township [4] |
- Died on a farm in Adams Township on the Muskinghum River oppositeUpper Lowell. Her body rests in the soil given her for her loyalservice as a nurse, with no marker save a giant oak tree
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| Notes |
- Mary Owen was the first white woman settler to come to the NorthwestTerritory. She came with her husband and family on June 5, 1788 to the Marietta Colony. They accompanied the Honorable James M. Vernum and Mary served as his nurse.
She also had the distinction of being the first nurse in theNorthwest Territory. Based upon her sacrificial service during the smallpox epidemic, she was granted one hundred acres of land at Rainbow Ohio by the Ohio Company.
Mary's maiden name Gardner was also spelled Gardiner according to somesources.
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| Person ID |
I2603 |
The Gardiners |
| Last Modified |
7 Oct 2011 |
| Father |
James SMITH, b. 14 Jan 1777, Ridgefield, Norwalk, Ct , d. 26 Aug 1858, Bedford, Calhoun, Mi, USA |
| Mother |
Lydia Lucina HARDING, b. 31 Jul 1781, Exeter, Luzerne, Pa , d. Oct 1806, Williamson, Ontario, Wayne, New York, USA |
| Married |
11 Jan 1825 |
Hornellsville, Steuben, Ny, USA |
| Family ID |
F484 |
Group Sheet |
| Father |
James GARDINER, b. 10 Jul 1721, South Kingston, WASH, RI , Wilmington North Carolina |
| Mother |
Waite COGGESHALL, b. 20 Dec 1730, North Kingstown, Washington, RI , North Kingston, Washington Co., Rhode Island |
| Married |
15 Mar 1749 |
North Kingstown, Washington, RI |
| Family ID |
F340 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
James OWEN, b. 2 Apr 1750, Ashford CT, Windham County , d. 1807, Lowell Ohio |
| Married |
1774 |
| Children |
| | 1. Charles OWEN, d. 1818, Kaskaskia Illinois |
| | 2. Daniel OWEN, b. 25 Nov 1782, Providence, Providence Cty. Rhode Island , d. 23 May 1855, Lowell Ohio |
| | 3. Susanna OWEN, b. 1784, d. 6 Oct 1833, Coal Run Ohio |
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| Family ID |
F1868 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
James OWEN, b. 2 Apr 1750, Ashford CT, Windham County , d. 1807, Lowell Ohio |
| Married |
1774 |
| Children |
| | 1. Charles OWEN, d. 1818, Kaskaskia Illinois |
| | 2. Daniel OWEN, b. 25 Nov 1782, Providence, Providence Cty. Rhode Island , d. 23 May 1855, Lowell Ohio |
| | 3. Susanna OWEN, b. 1784, d. 6 Oct 1833, Coal Run Ohio |
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| Family ID |
F923 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S216] Recorded Volume 3, Page 262, Washington County Court House.
- [S217] Mary Anne Camp, Vital Statistics Clerk North Kingston Rhode Island.
- [S219] Charles Pierce Coggeshall and Thellwell Russell Coggeshall. "TheCoggeshalls In America, Genealogy of the Descendants of JohnCoggeshall of Newport with a brief Notice of their EnglishAntecedents". C.E.Goodspeed and Company Boston Massachusetts.
- [S220] Newspaper article describing descandants of first family to settle inNorthwest Territory. Page 14 paper unknown..
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