Oliver Work (1746 - 1793)

Born 8 Jan 1746 in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Hemenway) Work — married 24 Aug 1780 in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 12 May 1793 at age 47 in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Ensign Oliver Work served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Oliver Work was born January 8, 1746, in Upton, Massachusetts, a son of Samuel and Mary Work. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Oliver served as an Ensign in Captain Jacob Miller's Company , Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt. from April through 1775, during the American Revolutionary War. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

He also became an Assessor, in Royalston, where he lived until he died in 1793. Oliver is honored for his military and civil service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A130467.

Oliver's first wife was Sarah Hemenway, who he married, on August 24, 1780, in Royalston, Worcester county, Massachusetts. ^{[8] [9]} Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of their son, John Work, who married Lucy Wright. Oliver and Sarah were the parents of at least one other child, Luther Work, born December 19, 1785, in Royalston. ^[8]

Sarah (Hemenway Work died, and is buried in the Old Centre Cemtery, in Royalston, Worcester county, Massachsuetts. DAR records indicate that Oliver married secondly, Hannah Cutler, who he married February 12, 1789, in Royalston. ^{[8] [10]}

Hannah was born April 25, 1768, in Royalston, a daughter of Jonathan Cutler and Elizabeth Holman. ^[11]

Oliver Work died May 12, 1793 ^[8] and is buried in the Old Centre Cemetery, in Royalston, Worcester county, Massachusetts, with his first wife. His Find A Grave memorial indicates that he achieved the rank of Lieutenant. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Upton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N2-GTL : 15 January 2020), Oliver Work, 1746
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-25), "Record of Oliver Work", Ancestor # A130467.
5. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCXW-QM5 : 24 January 2020), Oliver Work, 1780
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8D-BYB : 24 January 2020), Oliver Work, 1789
11. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZPF-QZW
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6918446/oliver-work : accessed 26 September 2021), memorial page for Lieut Oliver Work (8 Jan 1746–12 May 1793), Find A Grave: Memorial #6918446, citing Old Centre Cemetery, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46481850) .

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, p. 29

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLS-J5YM : 19 February 2021), Oliver Works, 3 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 17, p. 888

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N2-GTL : 10 November 2020), Oliver Work, 8 Jan 1746; citing Birth, Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009539.

• Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1906); p. 77, p. 99, p. 117, p. 196

• Vital Records of Upton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 59