Individual Details

Nicholas OBER

(7 Sep 1686 - 9 Jun 1730)

According to Dawes, the baptism record erroneously records him as a son of John and Abigail.

Events

Birth7 Sep 1686Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Birth17 Sep 1686Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Baptism26 Sep 1686
Baptism28 Sep 1686Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Marriage16 Jan 1710/11Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Abigail CONANT
Will27 Mar 1724mentioning unnamed children and naming wife Abigail as executor - Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death9 Jun 1730"aged 'about' 43 years and nine months" - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
BurialAncient Cemetery, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Families

SpouseAbigail CONANT (1689 - 1786)
ChildAbigail OBER (1711 - )
ChildSarah OBER (1715 - 1716)
ChildWilliam OBER (1719 - )
ChildJoanna OBER (1724 - )
FatherRichard OBER (1641 - 1715)
MotherAbigail WOODBURY (1655 - 1741)
SiblingJohn OBER (1673 - 1744)
SiblingAnna OBER (1675 - 1702)
SiblingElizabeth OBER (1677 - 1731)
SiblingAbigail OBER (1679 - 1752)
SiblingHezekiah OBER (1681 - 1739)
SiblingRichard OBER (1683 - 1725)
SiblingBenjamin OBER (1689 - 1723)
SiblingSamuel OBER (1693 - 1725)

Notes

Birth

James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692, vol. 3.

Baptism

James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692, vol. 3.

Will

See account of his wife's treatment of will in Arthaud pp. 182-3.

Death

James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692, vol. 3.

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

2. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), vol. 2, pp. 605-6; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 27 October 2022) , image 1446-7 of 1773.

3. David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," The NEHGS Register, 175-176 (3 parts): 207-222, 348-360, 70-92, specifically 175:214.

4. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 177; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 2 February 2024).

5. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 182; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 3 February 2024).

6. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), vol. 2, pp. 605-6; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 27 October 2022) , image 1446-7 of 1773.

7. Betsey Warren David, The Warren, Jackson, and Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of Jesse Warren and Betsey Jackson (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903), p. 83 (image 101); online digital page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15234/ : accessed 5 January 2024.

8. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), vol. 2, pp. 605-6; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 27 October 2022) , image 1446-7 of 1773.

9. David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," The NEHGS Register, 175-176 (3 parts): 207-222, 348-360, 70-92, specifically 175:214.

10. Betsey Warren David, The Warren, Jackson, and Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of Jesse Warren and Betsey Jackson (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903), p. 83 (image 101); online digital page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15234/ : accessed 5 January 2024.

11. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 182; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 3 February 2024).

12. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 182; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 3 February 2024).

13. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), vol. 2, pp. 605-6; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 27 October 2022) , image 1446-7 of 1773.

14. Betsey Warren David, The Warren, Jackson, and Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of Jesse Warren and Betsey Jackson (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903), p. 83 (image 101); online digital page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15234/ : accessed 5 January 2024.

15. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 182; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 3 February 2024).