Finding Aid for the Owsley and Allied Families Collection

Title: Finding Aid for the Owsley and Allied Families Collection
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Collection Summary
Title
Owsley and allied families collection
Date
Approximately 1559-2002
Extent
1 archival document box

Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1028-OAFC
Processed by: Nicole Pye, 2013; Finding aid created by Nicole Pye, 2013

Names of Creators
Owsley, Dee K.
Owsley, Hoyt

Biographical History
Dee K. Owsley and Hoyt Owsley assembled the genealogical information contained within this
collection. Members of the Owsley Family Historical Society also contributed research to this project.
Dee and Hoyt Owsley also received research assistance from Owsley descendants in America as well as
England.

Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, family genealogical information, genealogical registers, name
indexes, and reproductions of legal documents. The family names covered within this collection include
Owsley, Poyntz, Newdigate, Spencer, and others.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 4 series.
Series 1, Correspondence between William Ouseley and Rev. John Owsley (reproductions),
1795-1796
Item 1, Letter from William Ouseley to Rev. John Owsley, December 24, 1795
Item 2, Letter from Rev. John Owsley to William Ouseley, January 2, 1796
Item 3, Letter from William Ouseley to Rev. John Owsley, January 20, 1796
Series 2, Owsley genealogical information, undated
Item 1, Common ancestry of Thomas Owsley and Winston Churchill
Item 2, Descendant chart from Ann Harris Owsley West (widow of Thomas Owsley)
Item 3, Descendant list from Charlemagne to Robert Rainey Owsley
Item 4, Descendant list of Mary Parkyns
Item 5, Lineage of Dee K. Owsley to King Edward I
Item 6, Origin of Ouseley Arms
Item 7, Owsley biographical information
Item 8, Owsley Royal ancestry
Item 9, Sydenham, Poyntz & allied families
Series 3, Wills (reproductions), 1559-1919
Item 1, Thomas Newdigate (father to Elizabeth Newdigate Poyntz), 1559
Item 2, Emma Owslie, 1592
Item 3, William Owsley, 1593
Item 4, John Owsley, 1650
Item 5, Thomas Owsley II, 1751
Item 6, Newday Owsley, 1796
Item 7, William Cocks (Cox), 1815
Item 8, Mary Cox, 1849
Item 9, John Owsley, Sr., 1839
Item 10, Gov. William Owsley, 1862
Item 11, Reuben Cox, 1876
Item 12, Robert Rainey Owsley, 1919
Series 4, Genealogy Registers, 1997-2002
Folder 1, John Spencer
Folder 2, David Parrish
Folder 3, Nicholas Poyntz
Folder 4, Nicholas Poyntz, continued
Folder 5, Nicholas Poyntz, continued
Folder 6, John Owslie
Folder 7, John of Patton Ouseley
Folder 8, Jean (John) Dejarnette

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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Dee K. Owsley and Hoyt Owsley.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.

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