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Rev John Owsley

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Rev John Owsley

Birth
Essex, England
Death
25 Dec 1687 (aged 57)
Glooston, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
Burial
Glooston, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England Add to Map
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Reverend John Owsley was a son of ….

Reverend John Owsley married Dorothy/Dorothea Poyntz on September 21, 1658/1659 in Glooston, Leicestershire, England. They had twelve children.

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NOTES:
From the Owsley Family Historical Society:
"Reverend John Owsley, Rector of Glooston Parish in Leicestershire, England, from 1660 to 1687. ... Reverend Owsley's church, formally known as St. John the Baptist Church ..... who is buried beneath the church's altar."

Online research provided:
"Here lieth the body of John Owsley who was Rector of this parish for 28 years. He departed this life December 25th, 1687."

"Here lieth the bodies of John and Dorothea Owsley, who had twelve children, the latter buried August 2nd, 1705."

From Janet on April 20, 2019:
"John and Dorothea are buried under the alter of the Glooston Church aka St. John the Baptist Church in Glooston not Goadby. They are two different churches with the same name, but different locations."

From Thomas J. Gilmore on May 3, 2022:
Birth year.
**Previously had 1635.
**No source document provided for birth year 1630.

If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Reverend John Owsley was a son of ….

Reverend John Owsley married Dorothy/Dorothea Poyntz on September 21, 1658/1659 in Glooston, Leicestershire, England. They had twelve children.

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NOTES:
From the Owsley Family Historical Society:
"Reverend John Owsley, Rector of Glooston Parish in Leicestershire, England, from 1660 to 1687. ... Reverend Owsley's church, formally known as St. John the Baptist Church ..... who is buried beneath the church's altar."

Online research provided:
"Here lieth the body of John Owsley who was Rector of this parish for 28 years. He departed this life December 25th, 1687."

"Here lieth the bodies of John and Dorothea Owsley, who had twelve children, the latter buried August 2nd, 1705."

From Janet on April 20, 2019:
"John and Dorothea are buried under the alter of the Glooston Church aka St. John the Baptist Church in Glooston not Goadby. They are two different churches with the same name, but different locations."

From Thomas J. Gilmore on May 3, 2022:
Birth year.
**Previously had 1635.
**No source document provided for birth year 1630.

If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.


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  • Created by: Pam Barns
  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154077501/john-owsley: accessed ), memorial page for Rev John Owsley (12 Dec 1630–25 Dec 1687), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154077501, citing St. John the Baptist Church Graveyard, Glooston, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England; Maintained by Pam Barns (contributor 46946976).