Miscellaneous family trees of OLIVERs from Armagh

NOTE: These represent a number of OLIVER tree stubs that I had got as far as putting into a GEDCOM, but no further. I will add to them as I get time to take raw data and put them into databases. In the meantime, I wanted to cobble these together before I went to Ireland in a week’s time.

Descendants of Robert OLIVER as recorded at St. Marks, City of Armagh.

1 Robert OLIVER +Eliza Unnamed

........ 2 Louisa OLIVER 1844 - Born: 28 Jun 1844 in Ballynahonebeg, Parish of Lisnadill, Co. Armagh

........ 2 Mary Anne OLIVER 1846 - Born: 20 Feb 1846 in Ballynahonebeg, Parish of Lisnadill, Co. Armagh

........ 2 Amelia OLIVER 1849 - Born: 09 Jun 1849 in Ballynahonebeg, Parish of Lisnadill, Co. Armagh

Descendants of James OLIVER as recorded at St. Marks, City of Armagh.

1 James OLIVER

.. +Mary Anne Unnamed m: Bef. 1885

........ 2 Margaret OLIVER b: 22 Apr 1885

........ 2 Robert OLIVER b: 04 Jul 1888 in Drumarg, Co. Armagh

........ 2 Thomas OLIVER b: 27 Oct 1891 in Milford, Co. Armagh

Descendants of William OLIVER – based on papers of Helen Van Sprohnssen[1].

1 William OLIVER[2] b: 22 Dec 1798 in Ireland d: 10 Feb 1875 +Catherine WILKENS[3] b: 04 Feb 1798 in County Tyrone, Ireland d: 11 May 1886 in Spring Grove township, Warren county, Illinois

........ 2 Jane OLIVER b: 28 Apr 1828 in Ireland d: 17 Oct 1911 in Cameron, Floyd township, Warren county, Illinois

........ 2 William OLIVER b: 03 Nov 1834 in Ireland d: 10 Mar 1899

........ 2 Robert OLIVER b: 18 Aug 1836 in Ireland d: 10 Jul 1904

Descendants of David OLIVER from an unknown source.

1 David OLIVER b: in County, Armagh, Ireland d: Bef. 16 May 1769 in Cornwall, Orange Co., Ny +Elizabeth

........ 2 Sarah OLIVER

........ 2 Margaret

........ 2 Elizabeth OLIVER

........ 2 David OLIVER

........ 2 Ann OLIVER

Descendants of William OLIVER – gardener – records of Armagh Church of Ireland

1 William OLIVER b: 1795 +Anne GRAHAM m: 04 Dec 1823 in Armagh Cathedral

........ 2 Robert OLIVER b: 20 Mar 1825

........ 2 William OLIVER b: 21 Jan 1827

........ 2 James OLIVER b: 23 Jan 1831 in Armagh

............ +Sarah McCANN m: 20 Sep 1856 in Armagh Cathedral, Co. Armagh

................... 3 Margaret OLIVER b: 07 Feb 1858 in Legar Hill, Co. Armagh

................... 3 Mary Jane OLIVER b: 01 Jun 1860 in Armagh

........ 2 Catherine Sarah OLIVER b: 17 Feb 1833 in Armagh

........ 2 Eliza OLIVER b: 22 Oct 1837 in Lurgyvallen, Parish of Armagh

Descendants of Andrew OLIVER

1 Andrew OLIVER[4] b: in County Armagh, Ireland d: 1777 +Ann BRODHEAD m: 03 Dec 1739 in Marbletown. NY

........ 2 James OLIVER b: Abt. 1745 d: 13 Dec 1826

................... 3 Matthew +Jane ELTING

............................. 4 James OLIVER b: 1807 d: 1894+Geltie b: 1809

........................................ 5 Matthew Newkirk OLIVER b: Abt. 1838 d: Aft. 1894

........................................ 5 Christina OLIVER b: Abt. 1842

........................................ 5 Jane OLIVER b: Abt. 1844

........................................ 5 Esther M. OLIVER b: Abt. 1846

........................................ 5 Cornelius C. OLIVER b: Abt. 1848 d: Aft. 1894

........................................ 5 Garret N OLIVER b: Abt. 1848 d: Aft. 1894

............................. 4 Cornelius OLIVER

1 Thomas OLIVER

1 Unnamed OLIVER

Descendants of Andrew OLIVER[5] of Mullinture.

NOTE: Another version with some variations can be seen on my tree at Rootsweb.

1 Andrew OLIVER

........ 2 William OLIVER b: Abt. 1670 in SherranmcAghully, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh or Tattykeel, Parish of Kildress d: 1726 in Mullinture, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh

............ +Possibly Elinore d: 1753 in Mullinture, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh

................... 3 William OLIVER d: Bet. 1776 - 1779 in Mullinture, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh

................... 3 Mary OLIVER d: in Probably Ternascobe, Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh

....................... +James DOBBIN b: in of Ternascobe & Rathdrumgran, (Loughgall Parish) Co. Armagh m: 06 Dec 1711 in 1st Presbyterian, Armagh

............................. 4 Elizabeth DOBBIN b: Bef. 1711 d: Bef. 1711

............................. 4 William DOBBIN b: 12 Sep 1711

............................. 4 James DOBBIN b: 16 Feb 1714

................... 3 John OLIVER d: 1772 in Probably Tullymore, Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh

............................. 4 Rebecca OLIVER b: 1746 d: in of Blackwater, Co. Armagh +James HOLMES d: in of Blackwater, Co. Armagh.

............................. 4 Andrew OLIVER b: 1748 in Probably Tullymore, Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh d: Bet. 1788 - 1793 in of Newtownhamilton +Elinor Unnamed

............................. 4 John OLIVER d: 1806 in of Tullymore Sturgeon +Catherine WHITESIDE m: Bef. 1803

............................. 4 William OLIVER

................... 3 Andrew OLIVER d: Abt. 1793 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

............................. 4 Andrew OLIVER b: in Probably Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

................... 3 James OLIVER d: in Probably Tullysarren, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh

............................. 4 John OLIVER b: in Probably Tullysarren, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh

[1] I regret to say that I have lost connection to the source of this tree. It was sent to me from someone who had connected with me on line.

[2] William OLIVER. He is found in the 1870 Illinois census, Warren county, Spring Grove township. He is a farmer, age 68.

[3] She is found in the 1870 Illinois census, Warren county, Spring Grove township. She is keeping house, age 68. Catherine is found in the 1880 Illinois census, Warren county, Spring Grove township. She is a widow, age 79. Her death certificate is found in Warren county, book A, page 126, #1623. Mrs. Catherine OLIVER, widowed, died at 89 years, 6 months. She was a dressmaker, born in County Tyrone, Ireland. She had lived in Illinois 22 years and died on old age and chronic enteritis that she had for two years. She was buried in Norwood by Duncan Blarney, undertaker of Alexis, her M.D. was C.G. Stearard of Alexis.

[4] Andrew OLIVER. See also: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/OLIVER/2004-08/1092983339 He also had a brother Thomas OLIVER from Armagh and two other brothers whose names are not known.

OLIVER FAMILY OF MARBLETOWN , NEW YORK SERVICE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Andrew OLIVER was born in Armagh County, Northern Ireland. He was educated as a surveyor. In 1738, he emigrated to the American continent with three brothers. Andrew settled in Marbletown, Thomas in Orange County( NY), the third brother in Pennsylvania and the youngest in Cuba or South America. He married Ann Brodhead in 1739 and built a home in North Marbletown near the Dutch Reformed Church. On April 29, 1775, ten days after the Battle of Lexington, the "Articles of Association" were drawn and adopted by the freeman, freeholders and inhabitants of the City and County of New York. If you signed the document, you pledged your life, loyalty and fortune to the Continental Congress and what was to become the Declaration of Independence. Andrew OLIVER was a signer. In 1777, the Capitol was moved from New York to Kingston. In October of that year, the British sent an expedition under the command of Major General John Vaughn to sail up the Hudson River with the intention of destroying the new Capitol. On October 16, 1777 the Town of Kingston was burned to the ground. The Council of Safety was formed by the Continental Congress in 1775 with the power to examine suspected persons, make resolutions and recommendations, comply with requisitions made by the Generals of the Continental Army, superintend Military affairs, appropriate money and order a sessions of Congress during times of emergency. The Council was in session in Kingston at "The Tavern of Coenrandt Elmendorf" on October 15, 1777 when it was discovered that thirty British ships were a few miles away on the Hudson River. The meeting was moved to Andrew OLIVER's residence in Marbletown and subsequent meetings were held during the period from October 19 through November 14, 1777. Members of the Council included John Jay, De Witt Clinton, and Christopher Tappen. In the summer of 1777 General John Burgoyne led his Army down the Champlain - Hudson River to attack Albany and split the Colonies in two. On September 19,1777 he encountered the American forces at Saratoga. After two fierce battles, General Burgoyne surrendered his entire Army to General Horatio Gates. Dr. James OLIVER, son of Andrew, served as the surgeon for the Ulster County regiment of the New York Militia under the command of Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop. Andrew OLIVER was killed in the winter of 1777. Dr. James OLIVER was appointed Judge of County Court in 1800 and was elected the first President of the Medical Society of Ulster County from 1806 through 1809. He had an extensive medical practice. Dr. OLIVER died on December 13, 1826 at the age of 81. Bruce Winne

[5] William OLIVER: Born: Before 1703 – likely before 1680 Considerable detective work has been done here and more is needed, although the required records may elude us.

· NOTE: page 11 of Irish Ancestry of Henry (William) OLIVER mentions a William OLIVER born about 1670 possibly at SherranmcAghully, Parish of Eglish, Co. Armagh or Tattykeel, Parish of Kildrss, Co. Tyrone and hypothesises that he was a son of Andrew OLIVER of Tattykeel and therefore the brother of an Eliza OLIVER who married John VANCE (page 10). The author suggests that he probably died before 1740. This conjecture was based on the fact that he was not listed among the Protestant Householders at that time. The difficulty with this is that these records have only survived for 6 parishes in Armagh.

· Some of Irish Ancestry of Henry (William) OLIVER is based on the document called Account of William OLIVER and his descendants written in 1903 by an unnamed elderly relative. I have yet to source this document, although I have written to the descendants of the man who commissioned the Irish Ancestry.

· In 1709 & 1710 & 1712 in the 1st Armagh Presbyterian Registry, several births of children to Andrew, William & Stephen OLIVER are noted – this cluster of names fits with the names of three brothers mentioned in Irish Ancestry of Henry (William) OLIVER a generation earlier – The Andrew who was the father of this William as also a brother to a Stephen and a William. Also, I suspect that the Presbyterian Church is a close fit with Huguenot descendants and OLIVERs who were farmers and in the linen industry than the Church of Ireland might have been.

· Interestingly, a RootsWeb tree of the SPEER family has this William OLIVER born in Latakeel, near Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Ulster. The source they used was: Irish Pedigree. John O’Hart. Not all the facts in this tree ring true. For example, Elizabeth VANCE née OLIVER is alleged to have been born in 1700 and to have died in 1800. Without documentation to validate them, deaths at age 100 are usually suspect.

· NOTE: The Armagh Hearth Rolls of 1663 show Stephen & William OLIVER at Ballyduffe And Andrew OLIVER at SherranmcAghully. None of these townland names are current, but SherranmcAghully is now known as Farmacaffley, Parish of Lisnadill and Ballyduffe is known as Ballydoo, Parish of Eglish (thanks to Kay Muhr, a senior fellow researcher with the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project at Queens University. Ballydoo is in the southern part of the Parish of Eglish – a few small townlands south of Mullinture.

Died: 1726 is my best hunch. SOURCE: A will was probated in 1726 for a William OLIVER of Mullinture.

Married: I have no record of his wife’s name.