Stephen Olney (1755 - 1832)

Born 12 Oct 1755 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Smith) Olney — married 30 Mar 1777 in Rhode Island, United States

Died 23 Nov 1832 at age 77 in North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Captain Stephen Olney served with 2nd Regiment, Providence County Militia, Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.

Stephen Olney is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086335.

Olney, Stephen, soldier, born in North Providence, Rhode Island, in October, 1755; died there, 23 November, 1832, entered the Revolutionary army in 1775, participated in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, was in the Jersey retreat, and wounded at Springfield. Late in the war he was detached to join Lafayette, and served with him at Yorktown, where he was active in the capture of a British redoubt, and received several bayonet wounds. He subsequently represented North providence in the legislature for twenty years, besides holding town offices.

from:

Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 & edited Stanley L. Klos, 1999 Estoric.com.

Lovell, Louise Lewis. Israel Angell, Colonel of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment. [New York]: Knickerbocker Press, 1921.

By 1774 Stephen Olney had become a private in a chartered military company, called the North-Providence Rangers. In May of 1775 Stephen started the war in Hitchcock's 14th Continentals of 1775 as an ensign, under Captain John Angell and Lieutenant Coggeshall Olney. In January of 1776 he was a lieutenant in Captain Coggeshall Olney's company, with 2nd lieutenant James Bridges, of Hitchcock's 11th Continentals of 1776. By August 27 1776 Stephen is a lieutenant in Captain Tew's company and by January 1777 he is a lieutenant in Captain Jeremiah Olney's company. Stephen becomes a Captain in the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment in February 1777, and with the combination of the RI regiments into the Rhode Island Regiment in 1781 he was given command of the Light Infantry Company.

from:

Williams, Catherine R. Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton, and Also, of Captain Stephen Olney. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1839.

Was wounded at Yorktown, told by doctors he would not live out the week, he did and lived another fifty years. ^[1]

Was wounded in June 1780 at Springfield, New Jersey, after his arm was dressed by the regimental surgeon he trudged off down the road to find a farmhouse where he might spend a few days recovering, finally he found the poor home of a weaver to help him. ^[2]

Stephen married Dorcas Smith per his DAR Record. ^[3]

Children

1. George Washington Olney (b.1789 d.1880) m. Olive BARTLETT (b.1800 m.1833)
2. Candace Olney (b.1777 d.1862) m. Jabez MOWRY (b.1773 m.1797)
3. Joseph Olney (b.1779 d.1859) m. Phebe SMITH (b.1784 m.1802 d.1851)
4. Sophia Olney (b.1782 d.1859)
5. Alfred Olney (b.1784 d.1835) + sp: Susan ANGELL (b.1793 m.1813)
6. Mary Olney (b.1787 d.1836) m. Josiah KING I (b.1788 m.1812 d.1853)
7. John Olney (b.1791 d.1873) m. Sarah SMITH (b.1795 m.1814)
8. David Adams Olney (b.1798 d.1885) m. Elizabeth Tew

Name

Name: Stephen /Olney/^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ From The First American Army: The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men ... By Bruce Chadwick page 365 https://books.google.ca/books?id=DD0wLbmV1nEC&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364&dq=Elijah+Fisher+AND+Jersey+Prison+Ship&source=bl&ots=wg1ZAsBtSt&sig=ACfU3U12K0tOidZrYxqTN_83NKKm8Gpdbw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwissafPmZ74AhX4m44IHeiZCLgQ6AF6BAgWEAM#v=onepage&q=Elijah%20Fisher%20AND%20Jersey%20Prison%20Ship&f=false
2. ↑ page 287 The Forgotten Victory, The Battle for New Jersey - 1780 by Thomas Fleming, Reader`s Digest Press 1973. New York https://books.google.ca/books?redir_esc=y&id=PgYaAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=stephen+olney
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Stephen Olney", Ancestor # A086335.
4. ↑ Source: #S2

• https://www.geni.com/people/Col-Stephen-Olney/6000000044457926822
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27980556/stephen-olney
• Source: S2 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Text: ABBR Ancestral File (R)

Acknowledgements

• Olney-449 was created by Terence Conklin through the import of olney.ged on May 22, 2014.