Mary (Williams) Olney (1683 - 1759)

Born 1683 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Epenetus Olney Junior — married about 1701 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 1759 at about age 76 in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Daniel Williams, of Providence, born February 1642, died May 14, 1712, married Rebecca Rhodes Power, widow of Nicholas Power in December7, 1676. She died in 1727. Their daughter, Mary Williams, who died after 1740, married Epenetus Olney, of Providence who was born January 18, 1675, died September 18, 1740. ^[1]

Epenetus Olney Sr., tavernkeeper at Providence, married March 9, 1666 Mary Whipple, born in 1648, daughter of John and Sarah Whipple. Their son Epenetus Jr. born January 8, 1675, married Mary Williams, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca Williams, and granddaughter of Roger Williams. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Epenetus Olney, who died September 17, 1740, owned a large tract of land in what is known as Glocester and Burrillville. He and Mary had children: James, Charles, Joseph, Anthony, Mary, Amey, Anna, Martha, and Freeborn.^[2]

Children:

1. James, born ___ in North Providence, died February 10, 1770; married March 1, 1733, Hannah Winsor. ^{[5] [4]}
2. Charles, born ___ North Providence, died August 1790; married first Phebe Sheldon on July 6, 1740; married second Deborah Winsor, about 1749. ^{[5] [4]}
3. Joseph, born 1710 at Scituate, Rhode Island; married Esther Smith. ^{[5] [4]}
4. Anthony, born ___ Providence; died April 23, 1758; married Content Whipple. ^{[5] [4]}
5. Mary born ___; married ____ Tillinghast. ^{[5] [4]}
6. Amey born ___; married September 7, 1735, Jeriah Hawkins. ^{[5] [4]}
7. Anne born ___; married William Colwell. ^{[5] [4]}
8. Martha born ___; married Stephen Angell on March 16, 1728. ^{[5] [4]}
9. Freeborn born March 13, 1709, died December 8, 1754; married December 31, 1732, Joshua Winsor. ^[5][4]

Epenetus Olney House, North Providence, Erected between 1700-5; demolished 1898.

The lands and estate of by Epenetus Sr. was left to his son James in his will. However, James divided the Estate among his siblings. In May 1702, Thomas Olney surveyor, Rectefied & laid out a tract of land unto Epenetus Olney, at his farm, where he now dwelleth, lieing between the place called Wanskuck in Providence Townshipp & Woonasquatuckett river. It is assumed Epenetus Jr. was married by this date for he had established a home.

Three months later his brother James conveyed to him, by deed, the tract lieing and adjoining to the Woonasquatucket river laid out by Thomas Olney in May. In this deed it is written that my brother Epenetus Olney is now desirous to settle & be accommodated with some of his father's land to himself & hath already begun a settlement upon some part thereof by building & planting thereon. These deeds fix the time when this house was built for in May 1702; it was the place where he now dwelleth, and in August of the same year he had already begun a settlement. The house being built most likely in the fall of 1701 and his first spring planting was finished when the land became his by act and deed of his brother James. ^[6]

Providence Births

1-443 Olney, Epenetus Jan. 18, 1674-5 (p. 235)

Providence Deaths

5-543 Olney, Epenetus (*3-289), Sept. 18, 1740. (p. 271) ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Browning, Charles, Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families, : reproduced from recognized authoritative genealogical works, from printed family histories, and verified information supplied in manuscript pedigrees, C. H. Browing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanis, 1908, p. 15
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families Publ. by J.H. Beers & Company, Rhode Island 1908, p. 1472
3. ↑ Bulkley, Abby Isabel Brown & Henry Truman Beckwith, The Chad Browne Memorial: Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an Appendix, Containing Sketches of Other Early Rhode Island Settlers, 1638-1888, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Book Printing Department, Brooklyn, New York, 1888, p. 152: 160-2
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Olney, James H., A genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Olney : an original proprietor of Providence, R.I., who came from England in 1635, Press of E.L. Freeman & Son, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889, p. 16-7; 22-
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Austin, John Osborne, Ancestry of thirty-three Rhode Islanders (born in the eighteenth century): also twenty-seven charts of Roger Williams' descendants to the fifth generation, and an account of Lewis Latham, falconer to King Charles I; with a chart of his American descendants to the fourth generation. J. Munsell's Sons, Albany, 1889, p. 105
6. ↑ Mason, Edward Field, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century: A History, Volume 3, 1902, p. 628-30
7. ↑ Arnold, James N., Vital Records of Rhode Island: Volume II: Providence, Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, 1892

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Acknowledgement

• WikiTree profile Williams-4972 created through the import of McDonald Family Tree_Wiki_2011-05-28.ged on May 29, 2011 by HB McDonald
• Jason Smith for created WikiTree profile Williams-16649 through the import of Smith Family Tree_2013-04-18.ged on Apr 18, 2013.