Oliver Colburn (1744 - 1788)

Born 20 Mar 1744 in Pittston, District of Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Burns) Colburn — married 13 Jan 1767 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1788 at age 43 in Pittston, Kennebec, District of Maine, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Captain Oliver Colburn served with Col. Benedict Arnold's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Oliver Colburn is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A024004.

Oliver Colburn was born in 20 Mar 1744 in Pittston, District of Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony, to Jeremiah Colburn and Sarah Jewell.^[1] He married Margaret Burns on 13 Jan 1767 in Hallowell, Kennebec, District of Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony,^[2] and they had at least eight children and lived in Pittston. He passed away on 10 Jan 1788 in Pittston, District of Maine, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

Capt. Colburn was in the American Revolutionary War in the Minute-men of Colonel Arnold's Regiment and was engaged July 25, 1776.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. From the Book Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn; Came From England, 1635; Purchased Land in ". Pages 44, 45.
2. ↑ Maine Marriage Records, 1713-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. From the Book Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn; Came From England, 1635; Purchased Land in ". Page 89.
4. ↑ Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908.

• Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives. Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922, Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine.
• Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 3, Page 743.
• Smith Justin Harvey and Benedict Arnold. 1903. Arnold’s March from Cambridge to Quebec : A Critical Study Together with a Reprint of Arnold’s Journal. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.