Ann (Squire) Oliver (1591 - 1662)

Born 30 Nov 1591 in Charlton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Aquila Purchase — married 28 Jan 1613 in Kingweston, Somerset, England

Wife of Thomas Oliver — married before 1642 in Boston, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1662 at age 71 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Ann (Squire) Oliver migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

Her mother has been listed as Dorothy Heskaith without any quality sources. Once her mother has quality sources, she can be added to the profile.

Biography

This person is an ancestor of President Millard Fillmore^[1]

Ann Squire was born to Henry Squire and his wife, and was baptized November 30, 1591 in Charlton Mackrell, England.^[2]

Emigrated with Aquila Purchase in 1633 to New England. Married as her 2nd husband, Thomas Oliver.

Ann married first Aquila Purchase at Kingweston, Somersetshire, England, January 28, 1612/13.^[3]

With Aquila, Ann had the following children:^[3]

1. Oliver, b about 1614
2. John, bur July 14, 1621
3. Abigail, bur July 20, 1622
4. John, bp February 3, 1621/2, bur September 24, 1627
5. Abigail, bp July 4, 1624, m Sampson shore
6. Sarah, bp August 6, 1626, m Gamaliel Phippen
7. Aquila, bp April 17, 1631; no further record

Ann and her husband emigrated from England to New England in 1633. Aquila died during the journey.^[3] As his widow, Ann was granted land in New England in 1633, 1634, and 1635.^[3] Waters assigned these records to Aquila's mother, wife of Oliver.^[4]

• 5 Aug 1633: In the end of the lots next to the great marsh ... Bernard Capen ... 4 acres ... widow Purchase 4 acres.
• 17 April 1635: Granted four acres of Marsh over against fox point
• 4 Jan 1635: granted 16 acres, a great lot between the bounds of Roxbury and Dorchester at the great hill
• 10 Sep 1637: "Whereas the Widow Purchase had 16 acres graunted amongst the .. acre lotss and at the laying out thereof was alowed 20 acres overplus at the hither end is graunted in p'per to Oliver Purchase"
• 18 March 1637/8: Widow purchase received 1 acre 2 qtrs. 28 rods of land in the "rest of the Division of the Neck" and the same in "Rest of the Division of other land." ^[5]

Ann married Thomas Oliver of Boston by 1637 according to one source,^[2] According to another source, the marriage took place by 1642.^[3]

Ann died December 20, 1662 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Bartlett, Joseph Gardner Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England, and Braintree, Mass., Published 1927. Reference page 55
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Anderson, Robert Charles The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Shows parentage, marriages, children, birth and death information. Reference page 1527-8
4. ↑ "Genealogical Gleanings in England." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 49:490 (1895)
5. ↑ Dorchester (Boston, Mass.). Dorchester Town Records. 3d ed., 1896. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1896. p. 2; p.11; p.14: p.24; p.31

The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). featured name Acquila Purchase.subscription site

• Ian Watson, The Origins of Aquila Ramsdell's Given Name: Investigating the 17th Century with Mitochondrial DNA, American Ancestors, NEHGS, Vol 18, #2, Summer 2017, pages 54-56.
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/o/l/i/Jill-J-Oliver/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0228.html

Acknowledgments

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