Individual Details
John OBER
(Abt 1765 - Abt 1820)
Loring/Toomey/Ober, #47: John5 [b. 1765] and Israel4 [b. 1726] or 5 [b. 1771] are in 1790 census in Salem, N.H., only Israel in 1800. John's son b. Salem, 1792, 1797, so he left Salem c. 1798-1800. May be John Ober in 1800 census in Corinth, Vt. In Crown Point N.Y. by 1818 tax list. Also prob. near W. Cornwall, c. 1812 (story below)."
"x85. John. B.; 1792 in Salem, N.H. - d. after 1873, interview then. John told of self and father, 1812, carrying grain to Shoreham, Vt. and flour back, 12 miles. May have been near W. Cornwall, Vt. at time. (Essex Co. Hist.)"
Events
| Birth | Abt 1765 |  | |||
| Birth | 5 Dec 1765 | Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British America | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1785 | Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah MERRILL | | ||
| Marriage | 3 Nov 1785 | Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah MERRILL | | ||
| Residence | 1790 | Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States |  | | |
| Removed | Abt 1798 - 1800 | from Salem (because his sons were born in Salem, 1792 and 1797). | | ||
| Residence | 1800 | maybe - Corinth, Orange, Vermont, United States | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1812 | probably near - West Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1818 | (appearing in tax list) - Crown Point, Essex, New York, United States | | ||
| Death | Abt 1820 | | |||
| Alt name | John OBER 5 (Clough numbering) | ||||
| Burial | White Church Cemetery, Crown Point, Essex, New York, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah MERRILL (1763 - 1850) |
| Child | John OBER (1794 - 1875) |
| Child | Joseph OBER (1797 - 1868) |
| Father | Israel OBER (1726 - 1790) |
| Mother | Mary PITMAN (1728 - 1779) |
| Sibling | Mary OBER (1745 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah OBER (1747 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin OBER (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | John OBER (1750 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Israel OBER (1752 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Benjamin OBER (1754 - 1757) |
| Sibling | James OBER (1756 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Susanna Allen OBER (1758 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Abigail OBER (1760 - ) |
| Sibling | Lydia OBER (1761 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah OBER (1763 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth OBER (1767 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna OBER (1769 - ) |
| Sibling | Israel OBER (1771 - ) |
| Sibling | Johanna OBER (1774 - ) |
Notes
Residence
Adjacent to Israel Ober.We can infer that the census record belongs to THIS John Ober because the adjacent record refers to Israel Ober and THIS John was Israel's son, or brother.
The record shows 1 male over 16 (John), 2 females (Sarah and one daughter, probably)
Endnotes
1. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entries 21, 47; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
2. "New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920," database index of images of transcriptions of original records, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61833/: accessed 10 January 2022) "> Birth Certificate > 1631-1900 > N Z-O´Ne", image 1853 of 2671, John Ober, b. 5 Dec 1765 Salem; citing Birth Certificates, 1631-1920, New Hampshire Department of State, Concord, New Hampshire.
3. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 186; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 4 February 2024).
4. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entries 21, 47; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
5. /Larry Wert (lwert12@comcast.net, 52 Bible Hill Rd., Hillsborough, NH 03244)/, Descendants of John Woodbury (c.1543) (http://uneeke1.tripod.com : accessed 26 December 2021), John Ober, #3163.
6. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 10 January 2022) > Haverhill > Vital Record Transcripts, images 547 and 564 of 825, John Ober and Sarah Merrill, m. 17851103, Haverhill; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
7. 1790 U. S. census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire||Rockingham Co., NH, population schedule, Salem, NPN, Israel Ober and John Ober; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ : accessed 2 January 2022) > New Hampshire > Rockingham > Salem, image 7 of 8.
8. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entries 21, 47; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
9. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entries 21, 47; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
10. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entries 21, 47; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
11. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entries 21, 47; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
12. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entries 21, 47; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
13. Merrill Hoskins Ober, "Journal," 1; image of transcription by William Ober Clough, Fall of 1848; privately held by grandson of writer's brother, William Ober Clough, , 1964. Image held by Penfield Homestead Museum.