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Sarah (Newgate) Oliver (bef. 1621 - bef. 1692)

Sarah Oliver formerly Newgate
Born before in London, Englandmap
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Wife of — married about 1643 in Boston, Massachusettsmap
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Died before at about age 71 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Sarah (Newgate) Oliver immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Sarah Newgate was baptized at All Hallows, London, England on September 23, 1621, daughter John Newgate and his second wife Thomasine Hayes. [1]The family emigrated to New England.

1638: Will of John Newgate made prior to a trip to England, mentions daughters including Sarah. [2]

1640: June 20: Admission to the First Church, Boston: Sarah daughter of John Newgate. [3]

c 1643/4: She married Peter Oliver, probably at Boston. Peter was born about 1615, son of Thomas Oliver . [4]

1664: November 25: Will of John Newgate: mentions son-in-law Peter Oliver and daughter Sarah. (p. 36-39) [2][5]

Captain Peter Oliver died April 11, 1670 at the age of 52 and is buried at the Granary Burial Ground. His Inscription reads: “Here Lyeth The Body of Cap. Peer Oliver / Aged 52 Years, Who Lived Much Beloved / And Dyed Much Lamented, on the 11th Day Of / April Anno 1670.” (p. 461; p. 641) [6] His will was dated April 8, 1670 and proved on july 5: in it he left bequests to family members including: [7] [8]

1671/2: January 15: Sarah Oliver, widow of Peter, confirms the sale made by Peter before his death of a warehouse and land to John Walley. (p. 13674)[9]

1680: July 23: Sarah Oliver, widow of Peter Oliver, releases Simon Lynde and Edward Jackson, executors of her father John Newgate's, estate as the amount bequeathed to Peter Oliver, or Sarah, has been paid. [10]

Sarah's funeral occurred on October 11, 1692. (p. 13674)[9]

Children

  1. Sarah born c January 2, 1644; baptised at Boston on January 7, 1644 aged 6 days [1643: 7 day 11 mo.] [11] [8]
  2. Mary born February 21, 1646/7 [8] ; baptised on [1647: 1 day 1 mo.] aged about 8 days. [11]
  3. Abigail born c November 18, 1648; baptised on [1648: 19 day 9 mo.] aged about 1 day; died before January 1, 1661/2, when second child Alice was born. [11] [8]
  4. Nathaniel Nathaniel born March 8, 1651 [11] : married Elizabeth Brattle, daughter of Thomas; died April 15, 1704. [9] [12] [8]
  5. Peter born March 4, 1655 [11]; graduated Harvard Colleg in 1675 [12] ; died between1678 and August, 1685. [8]
  6. Samuel baptised January 11, 1656/7; died on September 9, 1657. [11] [8]
  7. James born March 19, 1659 [11]; married Mercy Bradstreet by 1695; died April 8, 1703 at Cambridge. [8]
  8. Abigail born on January 1, 1661/2 [11] ; died before April 8, 1670 as she is not named in her father's will. [7] [8]
  9. Daniel born February 28, 1663/4 [11]; married Elizabeth Belcher, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Gilbert) Belcher on April 3, 1696; died July 23, 1732, will probated Aug. 7, 1732. [8] [9]

Research notes

Boston Births/Baptisms

1643: Sarah of Peter Oliver, aged about 6 days: 7 day 11 mo. 1st Church (p. 17)
1646: Mary Oliver of Peter Oliver aged about 8 days : 1 day 1 mo. 1st Church (p. 24)
1648: Abigail of Peter Oliver aged about 1 day : 19 day 9 mo. 1st Church. (p. 29)
1651: Nathaniel of Peter and Sarah Oliver, born 8th 1st month. (p. 33)
1652: Nathaniel of Potter Oliver : 14 day 1 mo. 1st Church. (p. 39)
1655: Peter of Peter and Sarah Oliver born 3rd March. (p. 50)
1655: Peter of Peter Oliver : 4 day 1 mo. 1st Church. (p. 53)
1656: Samuel of Peter Oliver : 11 day 11 mo. 1st Church. (p. 59)
1659: James of Peter and Sarah Oliver born 19th March. (p. 68)
1659: James of Peter Oliver : 20 day 1 mo. Ist Church. (p. 72)
1661: Abigail of Coronell Peter and Sarah Oliver born Jan. 1. (p. 79)
1663: Daniel of Mr Peter and Sarah Oliver born Feb. 28. (p. 89)
1663: Daniel of Peter Oliver : 28 day 12 Mo. Ist Church. (p. 91)

Boston Deaths

1657: Samuel of Peter and Sarah Oliver, died 9th- 7th month. (p. 61) [11]

Sources

  1. ↑ England: Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch, 2014.)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
  3. ↑ Boston Church Records” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .)
  4. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
  5. ↑ Some Account of the Bowdoin Family: With Notes on the Families of Pordage, Lynde, Newgate, Erving, by Temple Prime, De Vinne Press, Huntington, New York, 1894
  6. ↑ Boston, MA: Old Cemeteries of Boston. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston, Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S., Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000.)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Case 537: p. 1-11: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/537-co1/1416761931
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 Williams, Alicia Crane, Peter Oliver (1615-1670) in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2013, p. 1-6. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB501/i/53666/1/0
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
  10. ↑ Suffolk Deeds Lib XI, 374; Suffolk Deeds: Liber -I-XIV [1629-87], William Blake Trask et al., 1900
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 Appleton, William S. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, City Document 130, Registry Dept. City of Boston, Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sibley, John L., Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University: In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Volume 2, 1659-1677, Massachusetts Historical Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1881
  • England: Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch, 2014.)
  • 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).
  • Boston Church Records” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .)
  • Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
  • Boston, MA: Old Cemeteries of Boston. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston, Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S., Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000.)
  • Some Account of the Bowdoin Family: With Notes on the Families of Pordage, Lynde, Newgate, Erving, by Temple Prime, De Vinne Press, Huntington, New York, 1894
  • Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
  • Suffolk Deeds Lib XI, 374; Suffolk Deeds: Liber -I-XIV [1629-87], William Blake Trask et al., 1900
  • Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
  • Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University: In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Volume 2, 1659-1677, by John L. Sibley, Massachusetts Historical Society, Cambridge, MA, 1881




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Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).

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Chris Hoyt
I didn't find any evidence of a daughter Bridget for Peter Oliver and Sarah Newgate, so I believe she should be removed from both parents.
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Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Thank you. Bridget has been removed.
posted by S (Hill) Willson

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