Thomas Owsley among the Algerines

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John Brandon

Thomas Owsley among the Algerines

Legg inn av John Brandon » 11 jul 2006 23:58:01

The following webpage of the Owsley Family Organization says of Thomas1
Owsley, that, "[i]t was during one such journey, in 1679, that he was
taken prisoner by Algerine pirates and was ransomed by the villagers of
Glooston, the parish in Leicestershire, England where his father was
then serving as rector. This event was duly recorded in the Register of
Glooston Parish: 'July 28th, 1679: To redeem Thomas, son of Mr.
Owsley, Rector of Glooston, taken by the Algerines, the sum of
£1.11.3d. was collected.' By 6 September 1679, however, he was back
in Virginia."

http://www.owsleyfamily.org/thomasowsley.html

A couple of sources on Google Books seem, however, to show that this
notation was made in the parish records of Scraptoft, Leicestershire,
rather than Glooston:

http://books.google.com/books?vid=0B788 ... ton+owsley

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... oft+owsley

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