Bethiah Owens

Brief Life History of Bethiah

When Bethiah Owens was born in 1766, in Perquimans, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Owens, was 33 and her mother, Mary Young, was 29. She married Josiah Bundy on 4 March 1787, in Carteret, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 9 July 1836, in Belmont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70.

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Josiah Bundy
1760–
Bethiah Owens
1766–1836
Marriage: 4 March 1787
Benjamin Bundy
1787–1875
Ann Bundy
1804–1836
Moses Bundy
1789–1849
Susanna Bundy
1792–1875
Abigail Bundy
1794–1873
Ruth Bundy
1796–1840
Stanton Bundy
1799–1873

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    1767 · Tryon Palace

    Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.

    1776

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh: variant of Owen , with post-medieval excrescent English -s.

    Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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