ASTON, Owen (Captain ) [196] ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Infos from Stephanie Walker <walkers@vaix.net> and from Ancestry. com
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It was recorded that he lived in Philadelphia, PA on 8 August 1768 and in Cumberland County, PA in 1771.
He was married to Rachel Phipps sometime between 1760 and 1765. Kept White Horse Tavern in E. Whiteland Township, 1763-1764. Captain in Capt. Jas. Young's Company of Cumberland County Militia in 1780. From the "Pennsylvania Centre Democrat" newspaper : James Aston's grandfather and great grandfather came from England in the spring of 1755.
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From Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/srrd.asp?rd=db&dbid=4895&ti=0&c=41> :
Book Page:
Surname: Astin - Given Name: Owen
Title:
Description: Son-in-law
Residence:
Date: 7 Dec 1771 - Prove Date: 12 Feb 1772
Remarks: Joseph Phipps. Now of County of Botetourt, Virginia. Dec. 7, 1771. Feb. 12, 1772. To son Joshua of Botetourt Co., Va., merchant mill in Uwchlan and 3 tracts adjoining containing by estimate 150 acres. All debts owing from sons Aaron and Caleb to be canceled. To daughter Mary wife of Isaac Lewis £100. To daughter Rachel wife of Owen Astin £100 she living in Cumberland Co. Pennsylvania. To granddaughter Mary Hubbard mulatto girl named Pugg. To daughter Hannah wife of Geo. Astin of Botetourt Co. £150 and to her husband all he owes me. To sons Aaron and Caleb 5 shillings each. To daughter Esther Crosby negro girl Dinah. If mill and plantation in East Caln on Brandywine shall be recovered by law, then the sum of £100 to be paid to Jonathan Phipps and £50 to his sister Anne Phipps, children of Joseph Phipps, Jr., but not otherwise. To Benj. Phipps son of Esther Crosby a plantation containing about 135 acres in Uwchlan. ""£10 to be paid toward repairing Quaker graveyard in Uwchlan."" Proven in Botetourt County, Virginia. Executors: Friends John Nowles of Ridley and Elisha Price of Chester. Letters c.t.a. Caleb Phipps and Isaac Lewis, Executors named renouncing.
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Book Page:
Surname: Aston - Given Name: Owen
Title:
Description: Mentioned
Residence:
Date: 1 Jan 1761 - Prove Date: 16 Mar 1761
Remarks: Thomas Hubbert of Whiteland. January 1, 1761. March 16, 1761. Provides for wife Rachel. Provides for education of children mentioning Thomas and gives them the land I now live on. To daughter Mary £300 at 18. Executors: Brother Stephen and friend John Templeton. Letters to Rachel Hubbert, the executors named having renounced. Witnesses: James Hunter, John Blatchford, John Rees. *Rachel was daughter of Joseph Phipps, and married 2nd Owen Aston. They kept the White Horse Tavern.

Owen married Rachel PHIPPS [811] [MRIN: 72], daughter of Joseph PHIPPS III [176] and Elisabeth [178], in 1771 in Cumberland Co, PA.^{1 2 3} (Rachel PHIPPS [811] was born in 1732 in Chester Co, PA ³ and died in Feb 1830 in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA ³.)