Daniel Owen (politician)

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Daniel J. Owen (* 1732 in Chepachet , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; † October 21, 1812 ibid) was a British politician and lawyer in North America.

family

Daniel J. Owen was the son of Ruth Angell (1709–1804) and Thomas Owen (1707–1798). On August 15, 1756, he married in Smithfield (Rhode Island) Hannah Angell (1736-1820), daughter of Lydia Winsor (1709-1793) and John Angell (1709-1760). The couple had at least four children together: Thomas (1767–1849), Naomi (1768–1808), Daniel (1776–1804) and Joseph (1778–1866)

Life

Owen was a farmer in Providence County . He ran an iron foundry on his farm. John Paul Jones (1747–1792) was his partner before the outbreak of the War of Independence . Owen was a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1775 and 1776 . During this time he was elected to the committee responsible for raising gold and silver for the invasion of Canada . He was also one of the applicants in the General Assembly who wanted the sole right to mint the first US cents in this colony, which they were granted in 1787.

Between May 1786 and May 1790 Owen held the post of Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. He was a member and president of the Constituent Assemblies of Rhode Island in March 1790 in South Kingstown and in May 1790 in Newport , which passed the US Constitution . In his capacity as President of the Convention, he then informed US President George Washington by means of a letter that Rhode Island was the last state to adopt the US Constitution.

In 1790 he was elected Judge and in 1794 Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court . After his death he was buried in Glocester public cemetery.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruth Angell (1709-1804) in the database of Find a Grave . Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Thomas Owen (1707–1798) in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Hannah Angell (1736-1820) in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Daniel Owen (1732–1812) on the Genweb.Whipple.org website ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / genweb.whipple.org
  5. ^ Daniel Owen in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Joseph Owen (1778–1866) in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  7. ^ State of Rhode Island
  8. ↑ Daniel Owen (1732-1812) on the Rootsweb.Ancestry.com website
  9. ↑ Daniel Owen (1732-1812) on the website of The Political Graveyard

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personal data
SURNAME Owen, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Owen, Daniel J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British farmer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Chepachet , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1812
Place of death Glocester , Rhode Island