Individual Details

Thomas Olney

(May 4, 1661 - March 1, 1718)

This Thomas was the third Thomas Olney and the first born in America. Thomas married Lydia Olney and with their 8 children stayed in the Providence area. thomas was a surveyor, farmer and show maker.

Events

BirthMay 4, 1661Providence, British America
CivilMay, 1682Freeman, Oath of Allegiance
MarriageJuly 13, 1687Providence, British America - Lydia Barnes
DeathMarch 1, 1718Providence, British America
Burial
ProbateMarch 27, 1718Providence, British America
CivilApril 4, 1718Providence, British America
NamesakeThomas Olney, father
OccupationCarpenter
OccupationSurveyor
OccupationShoe maker
CivilTown services - Providence, British America

Families

SpouseLydia Barnes (1667 - 1722)
ChildLydia Olney (1688 - 1749)
ChildThomas Olney (1696 - 1758)
FatherThomas Olney (1631 - 1722)
MotherElizabeth Marsh (1646 - 1722)
SiblingElizabeth Olney (1666 - 1699)

Notes

Marriage

Thomas Olney of Providence, junr: and Lydia his wife (after lawfull Publication) were both lawfully Joyned together in marriage by Arthur ffenner Assistant, the 13th day of July in the year 1687.

Burial

Thomas's burial place is unknown

Probate

Inventory by Benjamin and Joseph Smith included: Livestock, a grindstone, carpenters tools, cow hides, 40 pounds of tobacco, three barrels of cider, shoo makers tools, surveyors compass, three brass kettles, earthenware and glass bottles, five spinning wheels, two chests and two trunks, a hatt and wearing clothes, a pair of shoes, three books, two beds, feathers and flax, yarn, bedding, money.

Civil

Thomas dies with no will, widow Lydia and Thomas, oldest son are administrators.

Namesake

This Thomas Olney was the third and the first born in America.

Occupation

Carpenter tools are part of his inventory.

Occupation

From Thomas's inventory: A surveyors compass and dividers and a box rule and table

Occupation

Shoe makers tools and lasts are part of his inventory.

Civil

Petit jury, town constable, deputy to general assembly and more

Endnotes

1. Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, a family register for the people Narragansett Historical, Providence, Rhode Island 1891, Volume 2 page 235 image 279 of 444 Providence Births OLNEY Thomas, of Thomas, Jr., and Elizabeth b. May 7, 1661.

2. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 462 Olneys.

3. (1860–62). || Volume 3 page 313.

4. Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, a family register for the people Narragansett Historical, Providence, Rhode Island 1891, Volume 2 page 140 image 184 of 444 Olney, Thomas Jr and Lydia - , m. by Arthur Fenner Asst. July 13, 1687.

5. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 462 Olneys.

6. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 3 page 222 Thomas and Lydia's marriage, their children's births.

7. (2008). || Volume 2 page 1113.

8. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 462 Olneys.

9. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

10. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 16 page 45 an inventory and the court OKs Lydia and Thomas Jr as executors.

11. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 462 Olneys.

12. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 16 page 45 an inventory and the court OKs Lydia and Thomas Jr as executors.

13. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 462 Olneys.

14. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 462 Olneys.

15. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 462 Olneys.