Oliver Soper (1739 - 1821)

Born 6 Mar 1739 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died 8 Aug 1821 at age 82 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Captain Oliver Soper served with 3rd Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Oliver Soper is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A107088.

Oliver Soper is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 294090
Rank: Captain

Oliver Soper was born 6 March 1739 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of Samuel Soper (1709–1749) and Esther Littlefield (1714–1792). ^[1] Oliver (1) was baptized on 6 July 1740 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth.

Oliver married Ruth Staple, both of Taunton, Nov. 8, 1763, in Taunton. ^[1]

They had these children born in Taunton: ^[1]

1. Susannah Soper, b. Aug. 1, 1764.
2. Sally Soper, b. Sept. 2, 1767.
3. Ruth Soper, b. Jan. 19, 1770.
4. Betsy Soper, b. Dec. 7, 1778.
5. Oliver Soper, b. b. Dec. 9, 1782.
6. Fanny Soper, b. Sept. 11, 1786.

Oliver Soper of Taunton was an officer during the Revolutionary War, serving as a Captain in Col. Timothy Walker's Bristol County regiment in 1775, ^[2] and continuing on with Walker in the Continental service through the year 1776. ^{[3] [4]}

Oliver died on 8 August1821 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, aged 82. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
2. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QR76-MDT2 : Thu Oct 05 00:09:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Oliver Soper, Apr 1775.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-10-22), "Record of Oliver Soper", Ancestor # A107088.
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22057134/oliver-soper), memorial page for Capt Oliver Soper (6 Mar 1740–8 Aug 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22057134, citing Plain Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, US.

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk, Washington, DC, 1893) p. 509 "Soper, Oliver (Mass). 1st Lieutenant in Lekington Alarm, April, 1775; Captain of Walker's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Captain 13th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776. (Died 8th August, 1821.)"

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 14, p. 643
  • "Soper, Oliver, Taunton. Captain, Col. Timothy Walker's (Bristol Co.) regt. ; return of officers, dated May 23, 1775 ; ordered in Provincial Congress May 24, 1775, that said officers be commissioned ; also, Captain, Col. Walker's regt. ; return for rations, dated Roxbury, July 21, 1775; also, same regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 24, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 2 weeks; also, company return dated Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, company receipt, given to said Soper, for ration allowance on march from Dorchester to New York, dated New York; also, company receipt, given to said Soper, for wages for Feb. and March, 1776, dated New York ; also, receipt given to said Soper by Lieut. Abijah Lincoln and Ensign Rufus Barney for all money due them for enlisting men into the Continental service for the year 1776, dated New York, June 15, 1776 ; also, company receipt, given to said Soper, for ration allowance due from the beginning of the campaign to July 10, 1776 : also, company receipts, given to said Soper, for wages for May-Aug., 1776; also, receipt given to said Soper for ration allowance to the time of leaving New York, dated Newark, Oct. 16, 1776."

• Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1928-1978);
  • Volume I. Births (1929 - Reprinted 1978), p. 395-6
    • "Betsy, ch. Oliver and Ruth (Staples), Dec. 7, 1778, P.R.29."
    • "Fanny, ch. Oliver and Ruth (Staples), Sept. 11, 1786, P.R.29."
    • "Oliver, h. Ruth (Staples), Mar. 17, 1740, P.R.29."
    • "Oliver, s. Oliver and w., bp. June 1, 1783, c.r.i. [ch. Oliver and Ruth (Staples), b. Dec. 9, 1782, P.R.29.]"
    • "Ruth, ch. Oliver and Ruth (Staples), Jan. 19, 1770, P.R.29."
    • "Sally, ch. Oliver and Ruth (Staples), Sept. 2, 1767, P.R.29."
    • "Susannah, ch. Oliver and Ruth (Staples), Aug. 1, 1764, P.R.29."
  • Volume II. Marriages (1928). p. 446
    • "Oliver and Ruth Staple, both of T., Nov. 8, 1763, in T.* [Miss Ruth Staples, P.R.29.]"
  • Volume III. Deaths (1929), p. 186
    • "Oliver, Capt., Aug. 8, 1821, in 82d y. [On stone beside that of Ruth, G.R.I. Aug. 7, a. 83, P.R.22. P.R.24. h. Ruth (Staples), Aug. 8, a. 81 y. 4 m. 22 d., P.R.29.]"