Ollyver Family Line

Ollyver/Oliver

Name origin: So named from the olive-tree, an emblem of peace.

  • Gilbert Ollyver (1536-1583)
  • Thomas Oliver
  • John Oliver (1555-1598)
  • Thomas Oliver (1582-1658)

    Gilbert Ollyver

    b.abt.1536 England; parents ukn
    d.Oct. 26, 1583
    m.29 Nov. 1561 England; Margery Young b.abt.1540 England; parents ukn

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Magdalene Ollyver b.Aug. 4, 1566 m.Nov. 4, 1594 St. Brides Church, Fleetstreet, London, Middlesex, England; Edward Winslow
    2. Edmund Oliver b.aft.1563
    3. Frances Oliver [female] b.aft.1563
    4. Thomas Oliver b.aft.1563
    5. George Oliver b.aft.1563
    6. Francis Oliver [male] b.aft.1563
    7. Dorothy Oliver b.aft.1563
    8. Edward Oliver b.abt.1579
    9. George Oliver b.aft.1579

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    Thomas Oliver

    b.of Bristol, Eng; s/o parents ukn

    CHILDREN included:

    1. John Oliver b.ca.1555

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    John Oliver

    b.ca.1555 Bristol, Gloucester, England; parents ukn
    d.Jan. 31, 1598 Bristol, Gloucester, England
    m.Aug. 28, 1577 Bristol, Gloucester, England Elizabeth Rowland

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Thomas Oliver

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    Thomas Oliver

    b.Apr. 14, 1582 Bristol, Gloucester, England
    d.June 1, 1658 Boston, MA
    m.Aug. 28, 1577 London, England; Ann Purchase

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Elizabeth Oliver b.Apr. 12, 1624 Bristol, Gloucester, England d.May 6, 1691 Salisbury, MA m.George Carr

    From Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700, by Holmes: THOMAS, son of John O., grandson of Thomas of Bristol, Eng., b.1568, (sic?) one of founders of First Church of Boston, 1632.

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