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View Tree for John OlinJohn Olin (b. Abt. 1664, d. July 10, 1725)

John Olin was born Abt. 1664, and died July 10, 1725 in North Kingston, Washington City, RI. He married Susannah Spencer on October 04, 1708 in East Greenwich, Kent Co, RI, daughter of Michael Spencer and Rebecca Sweetman.

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The Olin Family
From Biographical Sketches and Records of the Ezra Olin Family
by George S. Nye
(pub 1892)


At first, partially traditional, it finally became reliable, as the records are obtained from good authority. Regarding the appearance of the first Olin on American shores, the Vermont Historical Gazetter records the following: "John Olin, the first of the name in America, settled in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, in 1678."


From a work entitled "The Genealogical Record of James Edmonds and his Wife, Cordela Spear," among whose ancestors were certain members of the Olin family, the following is taken:
"About the year 1690, John Olin, aged fourteen, was pressed on board a man-of-war on the coast of Wales. He deserted at Boston, married at Greenwich, Rhode Island, and had one daughter and three sons, John, Henry and Joseph." Also "John Olin came over as a cabin boy in 1690, and deserted at Providence, Rhode Island, being fourteen years old. He was married about 1700. His son John raised four sons, and together with them went to Shaftsbury, Vermont, where he died. Joseph had children and died in Rhode Island."


From one of the older members of the Gideon Olin family this traditional account was obtained: "The first one of the family in this country was a boy of Welsh birth who filled the responsible position of ‘powder monkey’ on board a man-of-war, he deserted at providence ran off into the woods and changed his name from Llewellyn to Olin."


From a member of Henry Olin’s family, a brother to Ezra Olin, Sr., the following traditional account was received: ‘John Olin, the first of the name to arrive in this country, was a Welsh boy who had been pressed on board a British war vessel. On the arrival of the vessel in Boston harbor, he was permitted to stroll upon the streets, where he observed a man driving a yoke of oxen hitched to a cart, and never having seen such a strange sight before, he begged permission, which was readily granted, to ride in this odd conveyance. For some unexplained reason his ride into the country was so prolonged that when he did return his vessel had sailed away without him.


In a Genealogical Dictionary of New England, by Savage, on page 309 of Volume III, the following record appears: "Olin, Henry, Greenwich, son of John, of the same place, had, it is said—though his wife’s name is not seen, nor the date of birth of either—Justin and Caleb, both of whom removed, before the Revolutionary War, to Vermont, and the latter, having seven sons, died in St. Lawrence County, NY . Of such infirm material few New England families are compelled to build.


"John, West Greenwich, Rhode Island, said to have come in 1678, in his youth from Wales, had by wife unknown, John Henry, and perhaps Justin and Joseph, but of the last two in the family, generally no account is rendered, nor is the date of marriage or death of father or either of the other sons given." This may be explained by noticing in other records the place where the death of some of them occurred.


From a record now in possession of Mrs. Marsh, of Bennington, Bt., the following was copied. "John Spencer, Serior and his wife, Susannah emigrated from Wales, the names of their children were: 1st John Spencer, Jr., 2nd Michael, 3rd Benjamin, 4th William, 5th Robert, 6th Abner, 7th Thomea, 8th Peleg and 9th Susannah, who married John Olin in 1708.


In an old Bible printed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1729, and was owned and taken to Vermont from Rhode Island by the Giles Olin family, the following record appears:
John Olin and Susanna Pierce were married in East Greenwich, RI on the 8th day of December, A.D. 1734, by John Spencer, Justice.
Phoebe Olin, their eldest daughter, was born on Sunday at 12 o’clock, the 9th day of November, AD 1735.
Jonathan Olin, their eldest son, was born on Friday at 3 o’clock in the morning, on the 17th day of June AD 1737.
John Olin, their second son, was born on Sunday at 9 o’clock in the morning, on the first day of July, AD 1739, and died the 7th day of April at 4 o’clock in the morn, 1740.
John Olin, their third son, was born on Thursday at 10 o’clock in the morning, on the 17th day of September, 1741.
Gideon Olin, their fourth son, was born on Saturday at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the 22nd day of March, 1743.
Giles Olin, their fifth son, was born on Saturday at 6 o’clock in the morning, on the 23rd day of March, 1745.
Barbara Olin, their second daughter, was born on Sunday evening, the 4th day of September, AD 1741.( this is how it is in the book…I believe it should say 1746)




More About John Olin and Susannah Spencer:
Marriage: October 04, 1708, East Greenwich, Kent Co, RI.

Children of John Olin and Susannah Spencer are:
  1. +Joseph Olin, b. August 29, 1710, East greenwich, Kent Co, RI, d. October 30, 1760, Scituate, RI.
  2. +John Olin, b. March 08, 1711/12, East greenwich, Kent Co, RI, d. January 1797, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co, Vermont.
  3. +Henry Olin, b. Abt. 1719, East greenwich, Kent Co, RI, d. date unknown, West Greenwich, Kent Co, RI.
  4. Eleanor Olin, d. date unknown.
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