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     Vera Elizabeth Oles was born circa 1907 in Pennsylvania.² She married Samuel Smith Sewall, son of Milton Ellsworth Sewall and Emma Louise Anderson, on 11 June 1939 in New Castle, Pennsylvania.¹

     Dr. Stephen Olin was born on 2 March 1797 in Leicester, Vermont. He was a methodist clergyman and educator; president of Wesleyan University in 1842, and the author of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land; Greece and the Golden Horn; College Life, Its theory and Practice; and Youthful Piety. He married Julia Matilda Lynch, daughter of Judge James Lynch and Janetje Maria Tillotson, on 18 October 1843.¹ Dr. Stephen Olin died on 16 August 1851 in Middleton, Connecticut, at the age of 54.

     Hon. Andrew Oliver. Judge, Court of Common Pleas.² He was born in 1731.³ He was the son of Lt. Gov. Andrew Oliver and Mary Fitch.^1,3 Hon. Andrew Oliver graduated in 1749 from Harvard.¹ He married Mary Lynde, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Lynde, on 28 May 1752.² Hon. Andrew Oliver died in 1799.³

     Lt. Gov. Andrew Oliver. A Loyalist. He was born on 28 March 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Daniel Oliver and Elizabeth Belcher.² Lt. Gov. Andrew Oliver graduated in 1724 from Harvard.³ He married firstly Mary Fitch, daughter of Hon. Thomas Fitch, on 20 June 1728.³ He was Secretary, Stamp-Distributor, and Lieut-Governor of Massachusetts. In 1765, soon after receiving the appointment of Stamp-officer, the building which he had fitted for the transaction of business was demolished by a mob, and he was compelled to resign. He was then allowed to enjoy his post of Secretary without molestation for several months. But before the close of the year, a report that he was seeking to be restored to his place of Stamp-officer, obtained circulation, and he was required to make a public statement upon the subject. He complied with the demand, and published a declaration, that he would not act under his commission; but this was deemed unsatisfactory, and he was desired to appear under the Liberty Tree, and there resign the office in form, and in the presence of the people. With this demand he also complied, and at the proper time, and while two thousand persons surrounded him, he made oath to the following declaration: " That he had never taken any measures, in consequence of his deputation, to act in his office as distributor of stamps, and that he never would, directly or indirectly, by himself, or any under him, make use of his deputation, or take any measures for enforcing the Stamp Act in America." The multitude gave three cheers, and allowed him to depart. But so determined a course on the part of the Whigs gave him great pain, and caused intense suffering both to himself and his family. In 1770, Mr. Oliver was appointed Lieutenant-Governor.
In 1773, several letters which he had written to persons in England were obtained by Franklin, and sent to Massachusetts. These letters caused much excitement, and became the subject of discussion throughout the Colony. The Whigs of the House of Representatives agreed upon a report, that the manifest tendency and design of these and other similar communications of Hutchinson, Paxton, Moffat, Auchmuty, Rogers, and Rome, was to overthrow the Constitution, and introduce arbitrary power. In addition to the assaults at home, Junius Americanus, a writer in the public papers in England, charged him with the grave crime of perjury. Mr. Oliver was now advanced in life. He had always been subject to disorders of a bilious nature; and unable to endure the disquiet and misery caused by his position in affairs at so troubled a period, soon sunk under the burden and died after a short illness. In private life he was a most estimable man; but his public career, though earnestly defended by his brother in-law, Governor Hutchinson, is open to censure. No man in Massachusetts was more unpopular; and Hutchinson remarks, that the violence of party spirit was evinced even at his funeral; that some members of the House of Representatives were offended because the officers of the army and navy had precedence in the procession, and retired in a body; and that "marks of disrespect were also shown by the populace to the remains of a man, whose memory, if he had died before this violent spirit was raised, would have been revered by all orders and degrees of men in the Province."⁴ Lt. Gov. Andrew Oliver died on 3 March 1774 in Boston at the age of 67.³

     Professor Andrew Oliver was born in 1824.² He was the son of Professor Daniel Oliver and Mary Robertson Pulling.¹ Professor Andrew Oliver graduated in 1842 from Harvard.² Between 1864 and 1873 he was Professor of Greek and Hebrew. St. Stephen's College, New York.² He died in 1897.²

     Barbara Oliver was born in 1780.¹ She married John Murdie, son of David Murdie and Susannah Thorburn.¹ Barbara Oliver died on 6 February 1867.¹

     Benjamin Lynde Oliver. A lawyer and a chess enthusiast.¹ He was born in 1788.¹ He was the son of Rev. Thomas Fitch Oliver.¹ Benjamin Lynde Oliver died in 1843.¹

     Caroline Oliver was born on 3 November 1857 in Maryland.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Vinton Oliver and Caroline Sewall.¹ Caroline Oliver died on 27 April 1930 in Manhatten, New York, at the age of 72.¹

     Daniel Oliver was born on 28 February 1664.¹ He was the son of Peter Oliver and Sarah Newdigate. Daniel Oliver married Elizabeth Belcher, daughter of Andrew Belcher, in April 1696.² Daniel Oliver died on 23 July 1732 at the age of 68.²

     Professor Daniel Oliver. Professor of Physiology Dartmouth College and the Medical College of Ohio.² He was born on 9 September 1787.² He was the son of Rev. Thomas Fitch Oliver and Sarah Pynchon.¹ Professor Daniel Oliver graduated in 1806 from Harvard.³ He married Mary Robertson Pulling. Professor Daniel Oliver died on 1 May 1842 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 54 "of a peculiar and painful malady."³

     Dr. Fitch Edward Oliver was born on 25 November 1819 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of Professor Daniel Oliver and Mary Robertson Pulling.¹ Physician, journalist and author. In 1860 he assumed the editorship of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal in Massachusetts. He was one of the translators of Chomel's Treatise on General Pathology, and published the Lynde Diaries. Dr. Fitch Edward Oliver died in 1892.²

     Francis Robert (Frank) Oliver was born on 29 December 1909 in Ontario.¹ He married Nancy Crawford Atkinson, daughter of William Frédérich Vannovous Atkinson and Constance Isabel Temple, on 12 August 1942 in St. Simon's Church, Toronto, Ontario.¹ Francis Robert (Frank) Oliver died on 6 July 1986 in Ontario at the age of 76.¹

     Georgia Oliver was born in January 1876 in Texas.² She married James Lloyd Sewall, son of Rev. Edward Wailes Sewall and Mariah Susan Chapman, on 18 December 1892 in Morris County, Texas.¹

     Griselda or Grizzell Oliver married Samuel Waldo Jr., son of General Samuel Waldo and Lucy Wainwright, in August 1760.¹ Griselda or Grizzell Oliver died in February 1761.¹

     Dr. James Oliver was born on 19 March 1659.¹ He was the son of Peter Oliver and Sarah Newdigate. Dr. James Oliver graduated in 1680 from Harvard. Dr. James Oliver was living in Cambridge.¹ He married Mercy Bradstreet, daughter of Dr. Samuel Bradstreet and Mercy Tyng.² Dr. James Oliver died on 8 April 1703 at the age of 44 and is buried in Cambridge.³

     Jane Elizabeth Helen Oliver was born on 13 October 1845.² She was the daughter of Thomas Hamilton Oliver and Jane Elizabeth Jamieson.³ Jane Elizabeth Helen Oliver married Alexander W. Sewell, son of Rev. Edmund Willoughby Sewell and Susan Stewart, on 13 May 1871 in Québec the service was conducted by the Rev. H.D. Powis.¹ Jane Elizabeth Helen Oliver died on 4 February 1917 in Québec at the age of 71.⁴ She was buried on 6 February 1917 in Mount Hermon Cemetery.^4,5

     John Oliver was born in 1613 in Bristol.² He married Joanna Lowell, daughter of Percival Lowell and Rebecca (Unknown), in 1639 in Bristol.² John Oliver died in 1642 in Newbury, Massachusetts.³

     John Oliver was the son of Thomas Oliver and Margaret (Unknown).¹ John Oliver married Elizabeth Rowlan.¹ John Oliver died in 1598.¹

     Joshua Oliver married Joanna Gerrish, daughter of Col. Moses Gerrish and Jane Sewall, on 20 January 1704.¹

     Magdalen Oliver married Edward Winslow, son of Kenelm Winslow, on 4 November 1594 in St. Bride's, London.²

     Mary Oliver was born on 21 February 1646 in Boston ?² She was the daughter of Peter Oliver and Sarah Newdigate.^1,2 Mary Oliver married firstly Jonathan Shrimpton, son of Edward Shrimpton, in 1666.¹ Mary Oliver married secondly Deacon Nathaniel Williams in 1674 at Boston.³

     Mary Oliver was born on 7 June 1640 in Newbury, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of John Oliver and Joanna Lowell. Mary Oliver married Samuel Appleton, son of Samuel Appleton and Judith Everard, on 8 December 1656 in Newbury, Massachusetts.² Mary Oliver died on 15 February 1698 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, at the age of 57.³

     Mary Oliver married Thomas Sparhawk, son of Samuel Sparhawk and Sarah Whiting, on 14 January 1730/31.²

     Mary Lynde Oliver was born on 20 December 1781.² She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Fitch Oliver and Sarah Pynchon.¹ Mary Lynde Oliver married Joseph Story, son of Dr. Elisha Story and Mehitable Pedrick, on 9 December 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts.³ Mary Lynde Oliver died on 22 June 1805 at the age of 23.²

     Mercy Oliver was born in 1695.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. James Oliver and Mercy Bradstreet.¹

     Nathaniel Oliver married Mercy Wendell, daughter of Hon. Colonel Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver, on 25 June 1741 in Boston, Massachusetts.²

     Nathaniel Oliver was born on 8 March 1652.¹ He was the son of Peter Oliver and Sarah Newdigate.¹

     Peter Oliver was born circa 1615 probably in Lilford, Northamptonshire.² He was the son of Thomas Oliver and Agnes (Unknown) widow Henson.³ Peter Oliver married Sarah Newdigate, daughter of John Newdigate. Peter Oliver died on 11 April 1670.⁴

     Peter Oliver married Mary Wendell, daughter of Abraham Wendell and Katrina de Kay, in 1745.¹

     Peter Oliver was born on 3 March 1655.¹ He was the son of Peter Oliver and Sarah Newdigate.¹