Olive (Blanchard) Whittemore (1734 - abt. 1812)

Born 4 Nov 1734 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Whittemore — married 27 May 1755 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died about 1812 at about age 77 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

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OLIVE BLANCHARD Whittemore 1734-1812
SHAKER SOCIETY

On the 4th of November 1734 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, OLIVE BLANCHARD was born to William Blanchard 1714-1805 and Deliverance PARKER Blanchard 1714-1749.

Children of Olive's Parents: William and Deliverance BLANCHARD:

• (1) OLIVE Blanchard 1734–1812
• (2) Nathaniel Blanchard 1735–1736
• (3) Sarah Blanchard 1738–1828
• (4) Deliverance Blanchard 1740–?
• (5) Simeon Blanchard 1747–1822

On the 27th of May 1755 SAMUEL WHITTEMORE 1732-1812 married Olive BLANCHARD at Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

The ELEVEN Children of Samuel and Olive WHITTEMORE:

• (1) Olive Whittemore 1755–1842
• (2) Samuel Whittemore JR 1757–1810
• (3) Sarah Whittemore 1759–1786
• (4) Sybil Whittemore 1761–1845
• (5) JAMES SR. Whittemore 1764–1846
• (6) Ruth Eustis Whittemore 1766–1853
• (7) Susanna Whittemore 1768–1854
• (8) Deliverance (female) Whittemore 1771–1827
• (9) Lucy Whittemore 1773–
• (10) Rebecca Whittemore 1775–
• (11) Nathan Whittemore 1778–1856

Of the ELEVEN children, there were 3 sons and 8 DAUGHTERS - 5 of which Died at a young age.

Olive BLANCHARD Whittemore died in 1812 and she is buried at the Shirley Shaker Cemetery in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Here is an interesting note on the cemetery which is found on Findagrave. The Shaker community in Shirley (Middlesex) MA established their cemetery in 1792 approximately 18 rods (297 feet) from the Shirley/Lancaster line in Lancaster. The graves ran North to South with a headstone and a footstone approximately 18" high. The markers were slate from a local quarry until 1860 when white marble was used. Many of the markers contained just initials. In 1908, the three remaining Shaker sisters moved to the Shaker community in Harvard and sold the land to the state of Massachusetts, which originally used it as an Industrial School for Boys. In 1925, Sister Josephine Jilson was the last burial in this cemetery.

In 1927, as part of a movement to replace markers with a monument, the Shaker Central Ministry removed all the markers and replaced them with one large granite monument. The plaque on the monument says "Erected by the United Society of Shakers to honor the memory of the members interred in this lot, 1792 to 1925." Markers with only initials are not listed.

The town of Lancaster lists the cemetery on State Road. It is approximately 1 mile from the intersection of Shirley Road & State Road in Lancaster on the west hand side, about 100 feet up a hill. MACRIS LAN.806 lists the cemetery on Harvard Road (same road as State but from the Shirley end) NOTE: This cemetery is located on the grounds of the Massachusetts Correctional Institute Shirley/Lancaster. Access may be limited. There is no sign to indicate the cemetery's location.

Bio and research by 5th Great Granddaughter, Carole Anne Brown-44556 Whittemore on the 29th of April 2016.

Sources

Birth 4 Nov 1733
Massachusetts Town & Vital Records 1620-1688 Name: Olive Blanchard Event: Birth Birth: 4 Nov 1733 Birth Place: Dunstable, Massachusetts Father: Willm Blanchard Mother: Deliverance Blanchard
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New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1847-2011
4 Nov 1733 USA Name: Olive Blanchard Event: Birth Birth: 4 Nov 1733 Birth Place: USA Father: William Blanchard Mother's name: Deliverance Parker Page Number: 233 Volume Number: 093
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Birth 4 Nov 1734 Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
SOURCE: Book: A bicentennial history of the James Whittemore Family of Union, New York 1776-1976 by Kenneth Robert Whittemore, JR. PAGE 3
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Birth
Name: Olive Blanchard Birth:1733 Birthplace: Massachusetts Volume: 15 Page Number: 3 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 31 May 1910, 1020
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Book: A bicentennial history of the James Whittemore Family of Union, New York 1776-1976 by Kenneth Robert Whittemore, JR.
Page 3 - Marriage
27 May 1755 Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA (Vol. 1, pg. 185 Hollis Records) SAMUEL Whittemore (1731–1812)
Page 3 - Death
New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Book in possession of Carole Anne Brown-44556 Whittemore

Burial & Find A Grave Memorial# 44789550
Shirley Shaker Cemetery Lancaster Worcester County Massachusetts, USA Created by: Carole Whittemore Record added: Nov 25, 2009 Find A Grave: Memorial #44789550

Information on Findagrave about the Shirley Shaker Cemetery
the Shaker Central Ministry removed all the markers and replaced them with one large granite Monument. The plaque on the monument says "Erected by the United Society of Shakers to honor the memory of the members interred in this lot, 1792 to 1925." Markers with only initials are not listed. NOTE: This cemetery is located on the grounds of the Massachusetts Correctional Institute Shirley/Lancaster. Access may be limited. There is no sign to indicate the cemetery's location.
[5] FindAGrave.com

Ancestry.com
The Whittemore Tree by CaroleAnne269 Bio and research by 5th Great Granddaughter, Carole Anne Brown-44556 Whittemore on the 29th of April 2016.
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