Saturday, February 21, 2026

Owen Tutor (1772-1850) of Cumberland Co., NC, and the three Owen Tudors

                                         Owen Tutor, (1772-1850), of Cumberland Co., NC

1. Owen Tutor (1772-1850) arrived in Virginia in the summer of 1790. By 1792, he was in North Carolina where he spent his whole life. About November or December of 1799, he married. He lived in Cumberland Co., NC, for over 50 years.
2. He arrived in the United States alone. He had no family living around him until he had children.
3. His descendant’s YDNA showed that he did not have close relatives or parents in the U. S. but did have distant cousins from a common ancestor back in the United Kingdom in the 17th century.

Owen Tudor (1742-1800), of Sussex Co., VA., & Orange Co., NC, and son, Owen Tudor (1787-aft. 1821), of Orange Co., NC

1. Owen Tudor (1742-1800), son of Henry Tudor, of Sussex Co., VA., lived in Sussex Co. until at least 1771. 
2. By 1780, he was in Northampton Co., NC., and by 1785, in Granville Co., NC. 
3. In 1790, he was in Anson Co., NC, where he was enumerated with three boys under 16 and four females, one of which was his wife, Lucy. His son, Owen, was born February 14, 1837.
4. By 1798, he was in Orange Co., NC, where died in 1800. He was insolvent at his death and left his widow, Lucy, who was unable to care for their son, Owen (1787-aft. 1821). The court required Owen to live with William Crutchfield until he was 21 years old and to learn the blacksmith trade.
5. The last records for son, Owen Tudor (1787-aft. 1821) appear in 1813 and 1821 in Orange Co., NC.

                                Owen Tudor (1794-1871), of Orange Co., NC, & Ashe Co., NC

1. Owen Tudor (1794-1871) appears to be the son of Harris Tutor (1768-1839), the son of Owen Tudor (1742-1800). He married Elizabeth Frances “Fanny” McClain in 1816 after serving in the War of 1812. He appears to have died in Ashe Co., NC.

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Charles City County, Later Prince George County, Virginia

The William Madison Tutor cemetery

According to Hal Tutor, of Harnett Co., NC, two old aunts were buried in the William Madison Tutor cemetery. It is unknown who Owen Tutor’s ...