Robert OWINGS

1697 - 1759  (62 years)

• Birth	15 Mar 1697	Emmitsburg, Frederick, MD   [1]
  Note	Robert Owings was a surveyor and a staunch Roman Catholic. On October 14, 1727 he received an assignment from another Roman Catholic, John Digges, for 500 acres in the disputed Conewago area around the present day Hanover, PA. There is an indication that the Maryland Roman Catholics directed their attention to the northern frontier of Maryland because of anti-Catholic feeling. John Digges of Prince George's County had, on October14, 1727, received a Maryland warrant for 10,000 acres against which he applied 6,822 acres to 'Digges Choice' in the disputed area. Owings made his colonial homestead a sacred place where Catholic services were held until the Conewago Chapel of the Sacred Heart was built in about 1740. This source also indicates that Robert Owings was born in 1692, not 1698 as the Record Footnote indicates. pages 247-249.
  Death	9 Sep 1759  [1]

  
  

  Father	Capt. Capt. Richard OWINGS,   b. VA d. Bef 11 Feb 1726/27
  Mother	Rachel UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F2272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah FARQUHAR,   b. 1708   d. 21 Sep 1795, Pipe Creek Monthly Meeting, Frederick Co., MD (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1730	Baltimore, Baltimore, MD   [1]
  Family ID	F1809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Mar 1697 - Emmitsburg, Frederick, MD Marriage - 23 Dec 1730 - Baltimore, Baltimore, MD  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] Descendants of Allen Farquhar, 98.