| David
Owen
Birth Date: 1746 Death Date: 23 Dec 1804 Death Place: Skewen Burial Date: 1804 Burial Place: Cadoxton I have been unable to find a marriage for David and the following MI provides the information about him. IN MEMORY/of/DAVID OWEN/of SKEWEN,/WHO DIED DEC.23,1804/AGED 58 YEARS./ALSO ANN, WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED,FEB.10,1836 ,/ AGED 80 YEARS./ ALSO JOHN, SON OF/ THOMAS & MARGARET OWEN,/ AND GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE./WHO DIED AUG. 1 1849,/AGED 12 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/MARGARET OWEN,/WHO DIED JAN 27, 1864,/AGED 65 YEARS./ALSO THE ABOVE/ THOMAS OWEN / WHO DIED MAY ? 1876/AGED 82? YEARS Spouse: Ann Birth Date: 1755 Death Date: 10 Feb 1836 Burial Date: 1836 Burial Place: Cadoxton his sons: William Owen Birth Date: 25 Jun 1782 Christen Date: 29 Jun 1782 Christen Place: Cadoxton Death Date: 1 Nov 1852 Burial Date: 1852 Burial Place: Cadoxton Occupation: Haulier Spouse: Margaret Thomas Christen Date: 1786 Christen Place: Cadoxton Death Date: 3 Jun 1860 Burial Date: 1860 Burial Place: Cadoxton Marriage Date: 1806 Marriage Place: Cadoxton and Thomas Owen Birth Date: 1794 Death Date: May 1876 Burial Date: 13 May 1876 Burial Place: Cadoxton Notes: Information on his children supplied to me by :Yvonne Salisbury of Maidstone,KENT the inscription on the grave of his father David enabling us to link the two families. I was later contacted by another descendent : Glen Jenkins of Swansea who is descended from Thomas through his son Richard. David Owen (son of William) Birth Date: 1807 Birth Place: Cwmfelin, Neath Abbey Christen Date: 2 Sep 1807 Christen Place: Cadoxton Death Date: 27 Apr 1881 Death Place: Neath Abbey Burial Date: 1881 Burial Place: Cadoxton Occupation: Mason Spouse: Margaret Jenkins Birth Date: 1811 Birth Place: Neath Abbey Christen Date: 23 May 1811 Christen Place: Cadoxton Death Date: 28 Aug 1904 Burial Date: 1904 Burial Place: Cadoxton Spouse Father: John Jenkin Shoemaker Spouse Mother: Gwenllian Morgan (1780-1815) Marriage Date: 1831 Marriage Place: Cadoxton The graves of all those above are close to each other in Cadoxton Churchyard. On the back of the headstone of the younger David there is an earlier inscription referring to a John Jenkin. Presumably this is Margaret`s family. |
Descendents of David
Owen- (1746 -1804 )
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| William
converted to Calvinistic Methodist in the early part of the 1800`s. He
is referred to in "History of the Vale of Neath" where his house
is used as a Schoolroom. He and his son David are referred to in "History
of Non-Conformism in Neath Abbey & Skewen" where a pen portrait of
David is given in his capacity as a Deacon of the Church.
In the 1870`s David leased property in Neath Abbey Village and these leases are held at County Hall Swansea. David was referred to in family stories as the "Master mason with the Neath Abbey Ironworks". In "History of the V of N" the author D. Rhys Phillips notes a verbal record from D. W. Prosser that the Woollen Mill and Dry Dock at Gwaith Bach were built by his grandfather. The author erroneously attributes these to Joshua Prosser (D.W. had given a copy of an Elegy to Joshua Prosser to the Swansea Library) - it was David Owen. The Dynevor Engineering Company was established by Richard Owen (1843-1930), D. W. Prosser and David James. The latter two were later to withdraw leaving Richard Owen to run the Company which passed into the control of his son Lyn Owen in 1930. It remained in his hands until 1957. The family lived in the house adjoining the works at Plas-y-Felin next to Neath River Bridge. In the early 1900`s my grandfather Arthur Price went to work for the Dynevor. He became a Foreman. My cousin Arthur Hotchkiss was apprenticed there in the 1920`s. He recalls that the Neath Abbey Ironworks equipment was not sold until the 1920`s (the Company having closed many years before). Richard Owen purchased some equipment, one item being a workshop bench which he had worked at when he did his apprenticeship with the Dynevor. Benjamin Baker, the designer of the Forth Bridge had also worked at this bench. |
Descendents of David
Owen- (1807 -1881 )
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