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Jonathan Olney (Captain)

BIRTH: 9 Mar 1709/1710, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 23 Mar 1787, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
BURIAL: North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
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TITLE: Captain

Father: James Olney (9 Nov 1670 - 6 Oct 1744)
Mother: Hallelujah Brown (1680 - 6 Aug 1771)

Family 1: Elizabeth Smith (1718 - 2 May 1777)

MARRIAGE: 5 Oct 1730, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

+Mary Olney (3 Nov 1730 - 5 Sep 1763)
+Christopher Olney (24 Sep 1745 - 15 Mar 1809)

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                                                       _Thomas Olney _________|
                                                      | (1605 - 1682) m 1629  |
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                       _Epenetus Olney _______________|
                      | (.... - 1698) m 1665          |
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                      |                               |                        _James Ashton _______|__
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                      |                               |_Marie Ashton _________|
                      |                                 (.... - 1659) m 1629  |
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                      |                                                       |_Alice ______________|__
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 _James Olney ________|
| (1670 - 1744) m 1702|
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|                     |                                _John Whipple _________|
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|                     |_Mary Whipple _________________|
|                       (.... - 1698) m 1665          |
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|                                                     |_Sarah ________________|
|                                                       (1624 - 1666) m 1638  |
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|--Jonathan Olney 
|  (1709 - 1787)
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|                                                      _Chad Brown ___________|
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|                      _Daniel Brown _________________|
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|                     |                               |_Elizabeth Sharparowe _|
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|_Hallelujah Brown ___|
  (1680 - 1771) m 1702|
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                      |                                _Benjamin Hearnden ____|
                      |                               | (.... - 1687)         |
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                      |_Alice Hearnden or Harrington _|
                        (1652 - 1718)                 |
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                                                      |                        _William White ______|__
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                                                      |_Elizabeth White ______|
                                                        (.... - 1701)         |
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Notes

!SOURCE: Descendancy chart of Epenetus Olney mailed to the Whipple Web Site by J.D. Trezise on 10 Nov 1997, citing (among other references) Edward Justin Frost's 1938 genealogy of the Olney, Hawkins and Lewis families. Gives birth date 1710.

!SOURCE: Descendancy chart from Scott Russell (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 10 Nov 1998. Gives birth date 9 Mar 1708/09.

!SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by Clayton J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 4 Sep 2002. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index.

!SOURCE: "Olney Family," in History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (New York: American Historical Society, 1920), p. 408-409. Extracted by Beth Hurd, 25 Sep 2002. Gives birth 9 Mar 1710.

!RESIDENCES: "Founder of the town of Olneyville, R.I." --Olney Family

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Stephen Dexter, Jr.," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 9 May 2020. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth 9 Mar 1709/10, marriage); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database (death, burial).

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