Oliver Lovell

Notes:

Source: History of the Town of Rockingham Vermont 1753-1907, by Lyman Simpson Hayes, 1907
Oliver b. Worcester, Mass., May 1, 1739, came to R. among its earliest settlers; active in town and church matters as early as 1773, when the first church building was erected; appointed Aug. 21, 1885 as a warden of the church of England for the towns of R., Westminster, Chester and Grafton; appointed justice of the peace in this county Apr. 14, 1772, under authority of King George II.; Jan. 4, 1776, appointed by the Cumberland County Committee of Safety as he 2d major of the first, or "Lower regiment" of Vermont troops; Mar. 1, of the same year was promoted to be first major, and was upon various committees during the period of the formation of the state of Vermont.
Evidently Major Lovell did not espouse the Liberty cause and renounce his loyalty to the King as early in the struggle as the larger part of the citizens of R. did, as in April, 1781, a largely signed petition of the residents of R. was presented to Gov. Chittenden and his council remonstrating against his being commissioned as a justice of he peace for the county, to which office he had recently been elected. He was, however, duly commissioned, and served with distinction.
He lived on the farm near the Springfield town line, now owned and occupied by Dexer B. Damon. On this farm, about 25 rods west of the highway, are buried his remains, and those of his wife, the two headstones and one other of another family marking all the interments shown to have been made there. Early in the last century the old dwelling was torn down and the present house of Mr. Damon erected about 30 rods west of the original site of Major Lovell's home.

Source: Vermont Families in 1791, Vol. 1, Genealogical Society of Vermont, Special Publication Number 1, edited by Scott A. Bartley, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, pub. ?, pages 127-9:

"Lovell, Oliver 54a1 1-2-7-0-0 Rockingham, Windham County (note - numbers reference 1791 census data)

Oliver Lovell, son of Michael (3) (Nathaniel-2, Alexander-1) and Mary (Morse) Lovell, was born 1739 May 01 Worcester, MA (VR) and died 1804 July 17 (Gs: "family" Cem, Rockingham, ae 66). Oliver married (Rockingham2, 702-703) circa 1774 possibly Amherst, MA to Hannah Smith, daughter of Alexander and Rebecca (Warner) Smith. Hannah was born 1745/46 Jan. 12 Hadley, MA (VR) and died 1799 Mar 13 (Gs: "family" Cem, Rockingham, ae 55).

Oliver came to Rockingham as one of the earliest settlers. He was active in town and church matters as early as 1773. He was appointed justice of the peace by King George III on 1772 April 14. He was also appointed second major, then first major of the first or "lower regiment" of Vermont troops by the Cumberland County Committee of Safety in 1776 as well as other positions on various committees for this country. (Rockingham2, 702-703). His military service included a tour with the 1st Regiment Vermont Troops under Col. Williams (RSRW, 822-823; Medway MA, 169).

Oliver lived on a farm near the Springfield town line where he and Hannah were burried in a family plot now in the woods. Another gravestone, which is broken off at the ground level and is located on the opposite side of Oliver from where Hannah's stone stands, is probably Irena, his second wife (Gs; Rockingham2, 702-703; Springfield2, 57).

Their children likely born Rockingham (Rockingham2, 703) and all named in father's will (Westminster PR 2:270), (6,8) (Rockingham), 9,37); surname Lovell:

1. Sally, bc 1775 (Gs, calculated), d. 1860 (Springfield2, 34, 42, as Gs; Evergreen Cem, Keesevile, Clinton Co, NY, ae 85); m. 1795 May 20 Rockingham (VR) David Fletcher, son of Peter and Ruth (Adams) Fletcher, b. 1772 Dec. 28 New Ipswich, NH (Springfield2, 7, 32), d. 1834 Jan. 26 (Springfield2, 123, as Gs: Parker Hill Cem, Springfield); Children born Springfield (1-5, 7-8) (VR), (6, 9-11) (Springfield2, 32, 34-35; Fletcher, 43), surname Fletcher: i. Oliver Lovell, b. 1795 Oct 15; ii. Adams, b. 1797 Feb. 09; iii. Frink, b. 1798 Dec. 13; iv. Jehiel, b. 1801 Jan. 23; v. David, b. 1802 Nov. 21; vi. Asa, bc 1805; vii. Lyman, b. 1806 Sept. 17; viii. Laura, b. 1809 Jan. 25; ix. Peter Emerson, bc. 1810; x. Josiah, bc 1812; xi. Aaron Dean, bc 1817.

2. Hannah, bc 1776 (Gs, calculated), d. 1851 Apr. 26 (Gs: Split Rock Cem, Essex, Essex Co., NY, ae 75); m. 1795 Mar 02 Rockingham (VR) Abner Rice, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Marvin) Rice, b. 1773 Dec. 18 Walpole, NH (Walpole2, 346-347; Rice, 4:449), d. 1853 Apr. 07 (Gs: Split Rock Cem, Essex, Essex Co, NY); Children born Walpole NH (1-6) and probably Essex, Essex Co, NY (7-8) (Walpole2, 346-347; Rice, 4:449), surname Rice: i. Sallie, b. 1795 Aug. 24; ii. Elisha, b. 1796 Jul 08; iii. Maria, b. 1798 Sep 05; iv. Lois, b. 1803 Feb 11; v. Benjamin Franklin, b. 1806 Aug. 22; vi. Gardner, b. 1812 Mar. 14; vii. Beliza, b. 1815 May 27; viii. Sabra, bp. 1822 Sept 02.

3. POLLY, b. 1777 Aug. 14; m. 1797 Dec 07 Rockingham (VR) JONATHAN BLANCHARD; Children born Rockingham (VR), surname Blanchard: i. Mary, b. 1799 Mar 12; ii. Sophia, b. 1800 Apr. 20; iii. Hiram, b. 1801 Sep. 26; iv. Lavinia, b. 1802 Nov. 26; v. Phyadilla, b. 1804 Jan. 05; vi, Samuel, b. 1805 Jul 16; vii. Selina, b. 1807 Jan. 01; viii. Irene, b. 1808 Jun 17; ix. JONATHAN, b. 1811 Jan 19; x. Rhoda, b. 1812 Apr. 03; xi. William Walter, B. 1813 Aug.11; xii. Laura, b. 1815 May 01; xiii. Cyrus Louis, b. 1818 Feb. 11.

4. Lucy, m. 1803 Nov. 17 Rockingham (VR) John Phelps.

5. Oliver, bc. 1770 (dVR calculated), d. 1858 Jan. 14 Rockingham (VR, ac 74-3-4, liver complaint); m. (Rockingham2, 703) Nancy Clarey; resided near Buffalo, Erie Co, NY (ibid.).

6. Sabra, bp 1781 Jul. 22, d. 1832 (Springfield2, 66, ae 51); m. 1805 May 19 Springfield (VR, as Norse) John Nourse; Child born Springfield (Springfield2, 66) surname Nourse: i. John Rix, b. 1806 May 31.

7. Frink, b. 1783 Sept 14, d. 1858 Jan. 07 Putney (VR, ae 74-3-4, liver complaint; Gs: Mount Pleasant Cem); m. 1808 Mar 02 Rockingham (VR) Lydia Davis, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Pulsipher) Davis, b. 1790 Oct.05 (Rockingham2, 641), d. 1869 Oct 22 Putney (VR, cancer; Gs: Mount Pleasant Cem, ae 70); Children born Rockingham (VR), surname Lovell; i. Lucia A., b. 1809 Feb. 18; ii. Minerva M., b. 1811 Jan. 29 (as Mary M, d. 1822 Apr. 05, ae 11 (Gs; Mount Pleasant Cem, Putney)); iii. Oliver M., b. 1813 Jun 06; iv. Abby D., b. 1815 Nov. 04; v. Frances E., b. 1818 May 18; vi. Royal F, b. 1822 Feb. 23; vii. Lydia M, B. 1824 May 07; viii. Charles M., b. 1827 Feb. 15.

8. Beliza, bp. 1793 Jan.11.

Oliver secondly married 1800 Jan 21, Weathersfield (VR) to Irena Chaplin, Irna secondly married 1811 Oct. 13 Weathersfield (VR) Nathaniel N. Smith.

Oliver married Hannah Smith. Hannah (daughter of Alexander Smith and Rebecca Warner) was born on 12 Jan 1746 in Hadley,,MA; died on 13 Mar 1799 in Rockingham,Windham,VT; was buried in on a farm near Springfield town line. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Jonathan Blanchard on 07 Dec 1797 in Rockingham,VT First Church. Jonathan (son of Samuel Blanchard and Mary Brown) was born on 20 Feb 1769 in Billerica,,MA; died on 30 Jun 1835 in Rockingham,,VT,age 66 yrs; was buried in Rockingham First Church Cemetery, VT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Biographies of Jonathan Blanchard:
"Fire on the Prairie" and "Minority of One" by Clyde S. Kilby;
and, "Four Hazardous Journeys of the Reverend Jonathan Blanchard, founder of Wheaton College", by Raymond P. Fischer, published Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, IL, 1987.

Source: History of Rockingham, VT, 1907-1957 withe family genealogies, by Mrs. Frances Stockwell Lovell and Mr. Leverett C. Lovell, pub. 1958, page 336:

Residents of Rockingham of the past century who have achieved an unusual amount of success:
1811 - Jonathan Blanchard - president of Knox and Wheaton Colleges, founder of the Christian Era, author, famous abolitionist.

Source: Vermonth Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, page 1010 - Guildhall, VT:

Ecclesiastical- Rev. James Tisdale ...was settled as pastor over Guildhall and Granby churches Sept. 29, 1830. He was dismissed May 5, 1836. And the following summer, Rev. Jonathan Blanchard, then, if we remember rightly, a student of Andover Theological Seminary, and latterly president of Knox College, Illinois, supplied our pulpit for a few weeks.

Jonathan married Mary Avery Bent on 19 Sep 1838 in Middlebury, VT. Mary (daughter of Samuel Browning Bent and Catharine Avery) was born on 07 Jan 1819 in Middlebury,, VT; died on 11 Jan 1890 in East Las Vegas,, NM. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Bent Family in America, of the Descendants of John Bent who settled in Sudbury, MA, in 1638, by Allen H. Bent. pub. 1900.

page 79.

Maria Elizabeth Blanchard, b. Oct. 30, 1846; graduated from Wheaton College; m. Aug. 5, 1869, Ezra A. Cook, printer and book publisher, of Chicago, where she still lives (1900). Ten children.

Maria married Ezra Asher Cook on 05 Aug 1869 in Wheaton,,IL. Ezra (son of Rev Ezra Sprague Cook and M. Permelia Milke) was born on 05 Nov 1841 in New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA; died in Sep 1911 in Wheaton,, IL. [Group Sheet]

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