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17, 1829, for $165.87. LAND: ca. 100 acres in
Washington County, 1 lot in Hamburgh, Prince
George's County, and 1 lot in Hagerstown, Wash-
ington County.
OUTTEN (OTTEN, OUGHTEN, OUGHTON,
OUTEN, DUTTON, OWETTEN, OWTON,
OWTTEN, OWTTON), ABRAHAM (?-1747).
BORN: in Somerset County. NATIVE: at least third
generation. RESIDED: on the Pocomoke River in
Somerset (later became Worcester) County. FAM-
ILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Thomas Outten (?-
1726) of Somerset County, son of John Outten
(?-1709) of Somerset County and his wife Mary.
STEPFATHER: William Bishop. MOTHER: Sabro,
probably the daughter of John Jones (?-1719) of
Mattapony, Somerset County and his wife Eliz-
abeth. BROTHERS: Samuel; John; and Thomas.
SISTER: Elizabeth. MARRIED by 1733 Rhoda,
daughter of Thomas Peale (?-1744) of Worcester
County and his wife Ansle. Her brother was
Thomas. Her sisters were Rachel, who married
(first name unknown) Ryle; Rebecca, who mar-
ried (first name unknown) Andras; Sarah, who
married (first name unknown) Marshall; Mary,
who married (first name unknown) Henderson;
Tabitha, who married (first name unknown)
Franklin; Bridgett, who married (first name un-
known) Holland; Abiliah, who married (first name
unknown) Newton; and Comfort, who married
(first name unknown) Nelson. Rhoda married
second, by 1752, Wheatley Dennis. CHILDREN.
SONS: William (?-1759), who was killed by an
unwilling taxpayer while serving as sub-sheriff of
Worcester County; Matthew; Abraham; John; and
Thomas. DAUGHTER: Sarah. PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
UCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: prob-
ably Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., by 1745. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter
from at least 1734/35 until death; innholder in
1737. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Worcester County, 1745. LOCAL OFFICES:
coroner, Worcester County, 1745. MILITARY
SERVICE: captain, by 1745. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 374 acres in
Worcester County and one lot in Snow Hill,
Worcester County (all through purchase). SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH, purchased 251 acres by 1747
and sold 93 acres in 1746, all in Worcester County.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between April 22 and
June 5, 1747; will probated in Worcester County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £782.13.7 current
money (including 6 slaves); FB, £550.1.9. LAND:
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532 acres in Worcester County and a lot in Snow
Hill.
OWEN, THOMAS (?-1751). BORN: possibly in
Prince George's County; of age by 1728. IMMI-
GRATED/NATIVE: unknown. RESIDED: in Prince
George's (later became Frederick) County. FAM-
ILY BACKGROUND. BROTHERS: possibly Samuel (?-
1740), a farmer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; pos-
sibly Laurence (?-1761); and possibly Edward
(?-1774). MARRIED first, by 1728, Elizabeth, widow
of John Cade, a millwright. MARRIED second, ca.
January 1749, Elizabeth, widow of Richard Mar-
sham Waring. CHILDREN. STEPSON: Robert Cade,
a minor in 1731. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION.
probably literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Prot-
estant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by
1749. OCCUPATION AL PROFILE: planter; merchant
in 1746. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Frederick County, 1749-1751 (Bills
of Credit 1). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Prince
George's County, 1739-1747 (quorum, 1741-
1747); justice, Frederick County, 1748 (quorum).
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
purchased 9 slaves, 1747-1750. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 195 acres in Prince George's and pos-
sibly Frederick counties (purchased 148 acres, ob-
tained 47 acres through marriage), plus controlled
94 acres belonging to his minor stepson, ca. 1731.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased 250 acres in
Prince George's County, 1749. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in 1751; administration bond executed Oc-
tober 23, 1751, in Frederick County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, at least £1 ,017.6.4 current money
(including 22 slaves, 32 oz. plate, and books).
LAND: ca. 450 acres in Prince George's and pos-
sibly Frederick counties.
OWINGS, RICHARD (1749-1819). BORN: on July
16, 1749, at "Green Spring Punch," St. Thomas'
Parish, Baltimore County; sixth son. NATIVE: third
generation. RESIDED, in Delaware Hundred, Bal-
timore County, until ca. 1792; Patuxent Hundred,
Anne Arundel County, until death. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Samuel Owings (1702-1775).
MOTHER: Urath Randall (ca. 1707-1792).
BROTHERS: Bale (1731-ca. 1782); Samuel Ow-
ings, Jr. (1733-1803); Thomas (1740-1822);
Christopher (ca. 1744-1783); and Richard (1746-
1747). SISTERS: Rachel (1736-?); Urath (1738-
?); Hannah (1743-ca. 1745); Helen (1747-1747);
Hannah (1750/51-?); and Rebekah (1755-?).
MARRIED by December 1784 Ruth (1756-ca. 1830),
625
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