Individual Details
Thomas Olney
(1600 - 1682)
Events
| Birth | 1600 | England, United Kingdom |  |  | |
| Marriage | September 16, 1629 | Saint Albans Parish, Hertfordshire, England - Mary Marie Ashton | | ||
| Departure | April 2, 1635 | Saint Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England | | | |
| Arrival | June, 1635 | Salem, British America | | | |
| Civil | May 17, 1637 | Massachusetts, British America | | | |
| Civil | March 12, 1638 | Salem, British America | | | |
| Civil | July 1, 1639 | Salem, British America | | | |
| Residence | 1639 | Providence, British America | | ||
| Civil | July 27, 1640 | Providence, British America | | | |
| Civil | June 4, 1655 | Providence, British America | | | |
| Civil | December 20, 1661 | Providence, British America | | | |
| Will | March 21, 1679 | Providence, British America | | | |
| Death | 1682 | Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Burial | | | |||
| Probate | October 9, 1682 | Providence, British America | | | |
| Namesake | Thomas Olney, father | ||||
| Occupation | Shoemaker | | |||
| Religion | Baptist | | | ||
| Civil | Town services | | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Marie Ashton (1605 - 1659) |
| Child | Thomas Olney (1631 - 1722) |
| Child | Epenetus Olney (1634 - 1698) |
| Child | Mary Olney (1640 - 1676) |
| Child | Lydia Olney (1645 - 1724) |
| Father | Thomas Olney (1574 - 1640) |
| Mother | Mary Unknown Olney (1574 - 1640) |
Notes
Birth
"Of his early life we know nothing". A genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Olney. Birthdate is calculated from his age, 35, when he landed in America. His parents are unknown.Departure
Shoemaker, have brought Certificate from the Minister of St Albons in Hertfordshier from the Justices of peace according to the Lords orderArrival
Thomas sailed on the Planter with his wife and 2 young sons.Civil
Massachusetts Bay, Freeman Olney, Thom. May 17, 1637Civil
Act of Exclusion: Whereas you have desired and obtained license to remove yourselves and your families out of this jurisdiction, and for that information hath been given to the court ... if your families be not so removed, then you are to appear at the next court to abide the further orders of the court herein.Civil
Excommunicated by the church in Salem, Mass. These wholly refused to hear the church, denying it, and all the churches of the Bay to be true churches Thomas Olney and wife and others.Civil
Signed the Providence agreementCivil
Opposes mandatory military service, great debate, passes anyway for safety of the colony, never to be spoken of again.Civil
Roger Williams gives a deed to his friends: I having made Covenante of peaceable Neighborhood with all the sachems and native round about us, unto my loving ffreindes William Arnold, Thomas Olney senr,etc.Will
From a perusal of this document, it is quite evident, that there existed in this little community, a great distrust and jealousy of delegated powerBurial
Burial is unknown, FindAGrave memorial has a detailed bio with sourcesProbate
Thomas Olney's Inventory, then page 97 concerns a cow left to Thomas Jr and other Olneys, and the specifics of dividing the calf of that cow.Religion
Baptist, founded the First Baptist Church with others and Roger Williams, 1653 or 4 withdrew he and others began a new branch. Was excommunicated in 1639 from Salem, Massachusetts by Hugh Peter 'radical Protestant' responsible for removing many from Salem, Massachusetts Bay area for religious views.Civil
Town Services: Deputy, General Court, Treasurer. On Apr 27, 1656 Thoams is chosen to deliver a letter to the Gov'r Jospeh Penckes, or meet with governor about Pawtuxet.Endnotes
1. (1995). || Great Migration, Volume 5, M-P p 302, several pages.
2. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
3. (2009). || Volume 10 page 88-90 Thomas olney, dates and names of St Albans.
4. (1995). || Great Migration, Volume 5, M-P p 302, several pages.
5. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
6. Banks, Charles. The Planters of the Commonwealth, Heritage Books, Westminster MC 2006, Page 141 Thomas Olney 35 shoemaker, Mrs. Marie Olney 30 Thomas 3 and Epenetus Olney 1, settled in Salem.
7. (1889). || Page 239 Copy of permit to emigrate.
8. (1995). || Great Migration, Volume 5, M-P p 302, several pages.
9. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
10. Banks, Charles. The Planters of the Commonwealth, Heritage Books, Westminster MC 2006, Page 141 Thomas Olney 35 shoemaker, Mrs. Marie Olney 30 Thomas 3 and Epenetus Olney 1, settled in Salem.
11. Andrews, H. Franklin. List of Freemen, Massachusetts Bay Colony From 1630 to 1691: With Freemans Oath, the First Paper Printed In New England. Exira, Iowa: Exira Print. Co., 1906, No pages, image 29 of 52 Olney, Thom. May 17, 1637.
12. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
13. (1889). || Page 239 Act of Exclusion Thomas and assoicates.
14. (1995). || Great Migration, Volume 5, M-P p 302, several pages.
15. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
16. (1889). || Page 240 Excommunication from the church.
17. (1995). || Great Migration, Volume 5, M-P p 302, several pages.
18. Staples, William R. Annals of the Town of Providence, From Its First Settlement, to the Organization of the City Government, In June, 1832. Providence: Printed by Knowles and Vose, 1843, Page 39 - 45 General History, etc.
19. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
20. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 2 page 81 great debate about voluntary military traiining.
21. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 5 page 306.
22. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 6 Will page 63-68, sons, sons in law mentioned in will.
23. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
24. (1995). || Great Migration, Volume 5, M-P p 302, several pages.
25. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
26. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .
27. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 6 page 90 invetory, page 97 specifics of a cow.
28. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
29. (1995). || Great Migration, Volume 5, M-P p 302, several pages.
30. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
31. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.
32. (1889). || Page 240 Excommunication from the church.
33. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 2 page 93 Thomas is chosen to deliver a letter to the Gov'r.
34. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 437 Olney, Thomas and family.