John Olin II and Susannah Pierce
John Olin II was born March 8,
1711/12[1] in
East Greenwich, Kent Cty, RI. He married Susannah Pierce[2] in East Greenwich
on December 8, 1734. She was born in North Kingston, RI April
8, 1708[3] and
was the daughter of Jeremiah Pierce.
Her ancestry is as such; Richard Pearce; born about 1615 in England;
married Susannah Wright about 1642. Their son was Giles Pearce;
born July 22, 1651 in England; married Elizabeth Hall, April 1676;
died Nov. 19, 1698. Their son Jeremiah Pearce; born Jan. 22, 1678;
married Abigail Long; died April 25, 1754. They had a daughter,
Susanna Pearce; born April 8, 1708; married John Olin (II), Dec.
8, 1734; died Feb. 1802. Ancestry of Elizabeth Hall. William Hall;
born 1613; died 1675; married Mary who died 1680. Their daughter
Elizabeth Hall; married Giles Pearce April 13, 1676; died 1698.
Ancestry of Abigail Long. Philip Long of Newport married Hannah
of East Greenwich. Their daughter Abigail Long; born June 20,
1682; married Jeremiah Pearce; died April 22, 1774.[4]
John(236) and Susannah Olin lived in RI where they reared
their family, but later in life they removed to Shaftsbury, VT
where John died on September 24, 1797[5]
and Susannah died in February 1802[6]
in Shaftsbury, VT. They had seven children[7] :
Phoebe Olin b: November 9, 1735 in East Greenwich, RI
Jonathan Olin Esq. b: June
17, 1737 in East Greenwich, RI and d: January 9, 1826. He m: Anna
who d: November 28, 1811.
John Olin b: July 1, 1739, died April 7, 1740 in East Greenwich,
RI
John Olin(235) III b: September 17, 1741
in East Greenwich, RI
Gideon Olin b: October 22, 1743 in East Greenwich, Kent Cty,
RI, d: January 21, 1823 in Shaftsbury, Bennington Cty, VT. His
first wife was Patience Dwinnell b: January 25, 1744/45 in
E. Greenwich, Kent Cty, RI d: January 30, 1801 in Shaftsbury,
Bennington Cty, VT. (see page 9)
Giles Olin b: March 23, 1745 in East Greenwich, Kent Cty,
RI, d: September 1, 1835. His wife Anna Reynolds d: February 23,
1838(see note below)
Barbara Olin b: September 4, 1748
in East Greenwich, RI m. Valentine Whitman.
More detail on the above families can be found
in "A Complete Record of the John Olin Family" by C.C.
Olin, Historian, 1893: Baker Randolph Co., Indianapolis, Indiana.
"During the struggle for independence some of this family
took an active part, and were raised to the rank of officers in
the American army. They all lived to see their country free and
independent, the forest where the red man so long had roamed vanish
before the axe of the white settler, and peace and prosperity
perched on those banners so lately stained with patriot blood."[8]
John Olin II's son Gideon was probably one of the first to relocate
in Vermont. "He became a military man, holding a Major's
commission; during the war was one of the Councilors of the State,
from 1793 to 1796. He also represented Shaftsbury (Vermont) in
the General Assembly in 1778, and served for fifteen years; was
Speaker of the House through seven sessions of the Legislature.
Was assistant judge of the Bennington (Vermont) court for 1781,
and onward for twen ty years in succession, with the exception
of '98 an '99. Was Chief Justice 1807-10, was Representative in
Congress from 1793-1797, being two terms. His son, Abram B., next
to the youngest, held a very responsible position under President
Lincoln having been appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in Washington
City, which he held until his death, in 1879."[9]
[1]
The date of John II's birth was given in the "Outline
Chart of the Direct Ancestral Line of William Gideon Clossen from
the First American Paternal Ancestor, Josiah Clossen 1655-1698/9
and Maternal Ancestor, John Olin 1664-1725" by William G.
Clossen, Civil Engineer, Flushing, NY 1931 Rev. 1951
[2] Susannah is also shown
with the spellings Pearce and
Price.
[3] "Outline Chart of the Direct Ancestral Line of
William Gideon Clossen from the First American Paternal Ancestor,
Josiah Clossen 1655-1698/9 and Maternal Ancestor, John Olin 1664-1725" by
William G. Clossen, Civil Engineer, Flushing, NY 1931 Rev.
1951
[4] "Biographical Sketches of the Samuel Olin Family" by
Oran Lee Raber, 1921
[5] "Outline Chart of the Direct Ancestral Line of
William Gideon Clossen from the First American Paternal Ancestor,
Josiah Clossen 1655-1698/9 and Maternal Ancestor, John Olin 1664-1725" by
William G. Clossen, Civil Engineer, Flushing, NY 1931 Rev.
1951
[6] "Outline Chart of the Direct Ancestral Line of
William Gideon Clossen from the First American Paternal Ancestor,
Josiah Clossen 1655-1698/9 and Maternal Ancestor, John Olin 1664-1725" by
William G. Clossen, Civil Engineer, Flushing, NY 1931 Rev.
1951
[7] This bible was taken from
a bible printed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1729 and was owned and taken
to Vermont
from Rhode
Island by the Giles Olin family.
[8]
Page 18&19 "A Complete Record of the JohnOlin
Family" by C.C. Olin, Historian, 1893: Baker Randolph Co.
Printers, Indianapolis, Indiana.
[9]
Page 27&28 "A Complete Record of the JohnOlin
Family", by C.C. Olin, Historian, 1893: Baker Randolph Co.
Printers, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Click below if interested in these lines, I don't have information
in this web page for all lines, only those with boxes around them.
If you are interested in other lines, please contact the Olin
Family Society at http://olinfamilysociety.org
The tombstone is of John Olin and his wife Susanna Pierce
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