Person:Morgan Owen (1)

Ruth Gee (1777-1752) and Morgan Owen (1776- 1751), moved West with their children from Monroe County, New York, to settle with their friends, the Frederick Miller family. They settled in York Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, on State Line Road just south and a little east of Mottville, Michigan. Next to them settled their daughter, Anna "Nancy" Owen (1808-1835), and her husband, Samuel S. Miller (abt.1802-1839), with their son, Aaron, and, soon after their arrival, a daughter, Mary Ann. At their death, Ruth and Morgan's surviving sons all received a parcel of land from their estate, but Mariah, the only surviving daughter, seemed to have inherited the household goods, including the Owen Family Bible.

The graves of Ruth and Morgan Owen and Nancy and Samuel Miller have never been found. They could have been buried almost anywhere without stones, including Five Points Cemetery in the oldest part of the cemetery, which originally was the family cemetery of John Worst and his wife, Sarah T. (Miller) Holmes Worst, the sister of Samuel S. Miller. [Sopurce: Biography of Mariah Owen as taken from the Memorial Page of Mariah (Owen) Colby in Find a Grave, written by Sandra Elizabeth Miller. See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100641500?search=true]

According to Ann's death certificate (Ann Bell Kirk), Book I, No. 222, St. Joseph Co., MI, Death Records" "It was Ann (Rogers) Miller and seven of the Miller children and their families who left the Town of Greece, Monroe Co., NY, as a group in the spring of 1835, after the death of Frederick P. in 1832. Samuel, the Executor of his father's Will and the leader of the Miller Settlement of Mason Twp., Cass Co., MI, with his first wife, Anna "Nancy" (Owen) and her parents, Ruth (Gee)Owen (Sept. 27, 1777, Ulster Co., NY - November 1, 1852, Elkhart Co, IN) and Morgan Owen (July 30, 1776, NY - December 29, 1851, Elkhart Co., IN), chose to settle in Elkhart County, IN, just across the IN-MI state line."

1850 Census:
Name: Morgan Owen
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1776
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1850: York, Elkhart, Indiana
Household Members:
Morgan Owen 74
[Ruth] Owen 73
James H Owen 40 = son
Source: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [1], Morgan Owen, York, Elkhart, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 RootsWeb.

   Source: Northern USA - "Morgan" OWENs 1500-1800 == http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnichols/owen/owmo.htm

2.   See: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6S5-ZY6