Born in Llangrannog, Wales. Was the son of Enoch Davies and Sarah (née Owen). Was baptised on the 13th of August 1813. His first marriage was to Mary Ann Morris, Hobart, Tasmania on the 8th of March 1837. His second marriage was to Hariata Tarahau, daughter of Chief Hare Hongi II and Te Para Te Kura (Hare Hongi was one of Hongi Hika's sons). This marriage took place at Whangaroa on the 24th of July 1864. Owen was the master of the `Sussex,' a whaling vessel out of Hobart belonging to Charles and Phillis Seal of Hobart. He was still master of this ship in 1863 just prior to him becoming Harbour Master at Whangaroa in July that year. He was the first Harbour Master of Whangaroa, and died there on the 11th of January 1899. (Info from Mrs Helen Webster, great grandaughter of Captain Owen Davies, 2006).
Davies, Owen (Capt), 1813-1899
Williams, Charles Skinner, fl 1954 :Photographs of Whangaroa and Whangaroa Harbour
Date: [ca 1840-1954]
By: Williams, Charles Skinner, active 1954
Reference: PA1-o-726
Description: Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-5166 : Williams, Charles Skinner, fl 1954 : A Collection of legends and tales of Whangaroa.
Portrait of Captain Owen Davies
Date: [ca1863]
From: Williams, Charles Skinner, fl 1954 :Photographs of Whangaroa and Whangaroa Harbour
Reference: PA1-o-726-56
Description: Portrait of Captain Owen Davies. Copy print made ca 1950s by Bingham Green from a photograph taken in about 1863 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - Captain Owen Davies, first Harbour Master Whangaroa, 1863. From a photograph by Bingham Green. Captain Davies was born in Llangrannog, Wales in 1813. He was a ship's captain who became the first Harbour Master at Whangaroa in July 1863. He died in Whangaroa in 1899. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 21 x 15.5 cm