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Robert Oliver (abt. 1738 - 1810)

Lieut. Col Robert Oliver
Born about in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
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Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], and [half]
Husband of — married 13 Oct 1763 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Died at about age 72 in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Major Robert Oliver served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
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Robert Oliver is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 263035
Rank: Major

Robert Oliver was born in 1738 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Lancelot Oliver and Mary Walker. [citation needed]

Robert, of Rutland District, married Mary Walker on October 13, 1763 in Worcester, Massachusetts. [1] [2]

Together they had these children born in Conway, Massachusetts: [3]

  1. Anne Oliver, b. 1765
  2. Mary Oliver, b. 1769, bap. 1768?, d. 1776.
  3. Christian Oliver, b. 1767, bap.in Deerfield.[4]
  4. Lanslid (Lancelot?) Oliver, bap. 1771, d. 1771 (Lanslot).
  5. William Oliver, b. 1772
  6. Margaret, b. 1774
  7. Eleanor Oliver, b. 1777
  8. Isabel, b. 1780
  9. Robert Oliver, b. 1782, bap. 1784
  10. Electa Oliver, bp. 1786

He died on May 15, 1810 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. [citation needed]

He subscribed to his last will and testament on May 9, 1811.[5] In it, he names sons William Oliver and Robert Oliver, daughters Anna Quigley, Christian ("wife of William Burnham"), Margaret Waterman, Eleanor ("wife of Thomas Lord"), Mary ("who married in New England (long since deceased)," and Isabel ("wife of James Brown"), and grandchildren Lancelot Oliver (son of William), Mary Oliver (daughter of William), Minerva Oliver, Eliza Oliver, and Robert Oliver. He also names Elizabeth G. Oliver and Catharine Oliver but does not say what the relationship is. The will was recorded in the August 1811 Term of the Washington County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas.

American Revolution

Captain Robert Oliver of Conway commanded a Company of Minute Men which marched in Colonel Samuel Williams Regiment in response to the Lexington Alarm. He was engaged May 1 as Captain in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment and served through the year. He was in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

  • Captain of a company of Minute-men, Col. Samuel Williams's regt., which marched April 22, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 9 days;
  • Captain, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's (Worcester Co.) regt.; list of officers [year not given, probably 1775] ;
  • Captain, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt. ; general return dated May 20, 1775;
  • list of company officers of Col. Doolittle's regt. recommended by Committee of Safety at Cambridge, June 12, 1775, to be commissioned ; ordered in Provincial Congress June 12, 1775, that commissions be delivered said officers ;
  • Captain, Col. Doolittle's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged May 1, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 8 days;
  • company return dated Charlestown, Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775;
  • return of officers belonging to Col. Doolittle's regt. who lost articles at the battle of Bunker Hill ;
  • petition addressed to the General Court, dated Oct. 3, 1775, signed by said Oliver, Captain, and others, officers in Col. Doolittle's regt., recommending certain officers to be commissioned ;

He was a Captain in Colonel John Greaton's 24th Continental Regiment in 1776, and in the 3d Regiment Massachusetts Line in 1777. He was promoted Major November 1 1777 and served until January 1 1783.

  • Major, Col. John Greaton's (2d) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 10 mos. 11 days as Captain, 25 mos. 19 days as Major;
  • same regt. ; order on the Board of War for clothing, dated Camp Peekskill, Nov. 29, 1778;
  • Major, 3d Mass. regt. ; list of settlements of rank of Continental officers, dated West Point, made by a Board held for the purpose and con firmed by Congress Sept. 6, 1779; commissioned Nov. 1, 1777;
  • Major, Col. Greaton's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; reported as serving 12 months as Brigade Inspector;
  • Major and Captain, Col. Greaton's (3d) regt. ; muster rolls for field, staff, and commissioned officers, for Aug.-Oct., 1780; reported Brigade Inspector;
  • Major; return of officers belonging to (late) 3d Mass. regt. commanded by Col. Greaton who were to continue in service, dated Boston, Jan. 19, 1781.

On the latter date he was transferred to Lieut Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Line and on the 30th of September was made Lieut Colonel by brevet. He served to November 3 1783. For a time he acted as Adjutant General of the Northern Division of the Army. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.[13] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.


Sources

  1. ↑ Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
  2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
  3. ↑ Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
  4. ↑ Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
  5. ↑ "Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QP-FTZR?cc=1992421&wc=S2CL-JWT%3A266439101%2C266544301 : 1 July 2014), Washington > Probate records 1789-1823 vol 1-2 > image 202 of 660; county courthouses, Ohio.
  6. ↑ DAR
  7. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  8. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
  9. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  10. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
  11. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
  12. ↑ History of Conway (Massachusetts) 1767-1917
  13. ↑ Oliver-3100 was created by Rita Carpenter through the import of Elmer Frost Quigley Eliza Anne Duncan FamilyTree.ged on Feb 19, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-24), "Record of Robert Oliver", Ancestor # A086206.
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ3-6QH : 10 November 2020), Robert Oliver, 13 Oct 1763; citing Marriage, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009526.
  • Founders Online, National Archives
    • "To George Washington from Rufus Putnam, 5 April 1784" (Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 1, 1 January 1784 – 17 July 1784, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, pp. 263–265.)
    • "Proclamation, 10 May 1792" (Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 1 March 1792 – 15 August 1792, ed. Robert F. Haggard and Mark A. Mastromarino. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, pp. 373–376.)
    • "To George Washington from Officers of the Massachusetts Line, 13 June 1779" (Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 21, 1 June–31 July 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, pp. 160–162.)
  • Wikipedia contributors, "Robert Oliver (soldier)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [1] (accessed September 24, 2021).




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