Olney, Captain Thomas IV Capt

1661 - 1718  (56 years)

• Name	Olney, Thomas
  Title	Captain
  Suffix	IV Capt
  Birth	7 May 1661	Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
  Gender	Male
  LifeSketch	Thomas was a carpenter residing in his native town, which he represented as deputy in the general court in 1690 and 1707. He was appointed, with two others, February 25, 1707, to audit the colony accounts. It is evident that he engaged in farming and other industries by the property embraced in his inventory, which amounted to £141.75. This included eleven neat cattle, an interest in a saw mill and corn mill, carpenter\'s tools, surveying instruments, a cider mill, and other property. He married, July 13, 1687, Lydia Barnes, daughter of Thomas and Prudence Barnes, of Swansea, Massachusetts, who died in 1722. Children: Lydia, born April 30. 1688, in Swansea; Phebe, October 29, 1689; Sarah, August 26, 1693; Thomas, mentioned below; Elizabeth, January 29, 1698; Anne, March 26, 1700; Mary, February 25, 1702; Obadiah, February 14, 1710. Source: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, \"The History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,\" New York: American Historical Society, 1920, 3211 pgs.
  	20251205GHLn- Thomas was a carpenter residing in his native town, which he represented as deputy in the general court in 1690 and 1707. He was appointed, with two others, February 25, 1707, to audit the colony accounts. It is evident that he engaged in farming and other industries by the property embraced in his inventory, which amounted to £141.75. This included eleven neat cattle, an interest in a saw mill and corn mill, carpenter's tools, surveying instruments, a cider mill, and other property. He married, July 13, 1687, Lydia Barnes, daughter of Thomas and Prudence Barnes, of Swansea, Massachusetts, who died in 1722. Children: Lydia, born April 30. 1688, in Swansea; Phebe, October 29, 1689; Sarah, August 26, 1693; Thomas, mentioned below; Elizabeth, January 29, 1698; Anne, March 26, 1700; Mary, February 25, 1702; Obadiah, February 14, 1710. Source: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, "The History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," New York: American Historical Society, 1920, 3211 pgs.
  FSID	L8MB-HFY
  Death	1718	Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
  	age 56
  Burial	1718
  Person ID	I111558	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Olney, Thomas III,   b. 6 Jun 1632, Hertfordshire, England d. 11 Jun 1722, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MARSH, Elizabeth Mary,   b. 8 May 1638, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Feb 1704, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F62950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 7 May 1661 - Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Death - 1718 - Providence County, Rhode Island, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  20251205GHLn- Thomas was a carpenter residing in his native town, which he represented as deputy in the general court in 1690 and 1707. He was appointed, with two others, February 25, 1707, to audit the colony accounts. It is evident that he engaged in farming and other industries by the property embraced in his inventory, which amounted to £141.75. This included eleven neat cattle, an interest in a saw mill and corn mill, carpenter's tools, surveying instruments, a cider mill, and other property. He married, July 13, 1687, Lydia Barnes, daughter of Thomas and Prudence Barnes, of Swansea, Massachusetts, who died in 1722. Children: Lydia, born April 30. 1688, in Swansea; Phebe, October 29, 1689; Sarah, August 26, 1693; Thomas, mentioned below; Elizabeth, January 29, 1698; Anne, March 26, 1700; Mary, February 25, 1702; Obadiah, February 14, 1710. Source: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, "The History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," New York: American Historical Society, 1920, 3211 pgs.

  
  

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TNG ID: I111558

FSID: L8MB-HFY