David Oliver, of Maine

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74271216/david-oliver

Many David Oliver's in this family. Family and genealogy records used specific suffixes to distinguish the different David's. Beginning with David Oliver II (abt. 1670 - abt. 1720). That David IV and his father is David III. The format changed with his son David 4th and grandson David 5th. David III and IV are my 6x and 5x great grandfathers. Parker is my 4x great grandfather. David 4th is my 4x great grand uncle. His son is David 5th. They were known as the Oliver's of Robinhood.

Contributor: Faylene Bailey

From Oliver - Parker Family Tree:

 David Oliver was the only son of Thomas and Mary Oliver born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His older two brothers arrived with his parents from England.

David was a fisherman and went to Georgetown in what is now the state of Maine to fish at Pemaquid. In approximately, 1670, he married Grace Parker. David and Grace settled on Stage Island. Indians raided the island between the years 1677 and 1679, and their home along with 60 others was destroyed. They left the island and petitioned Sir. Edmund Andros for land in the southern part of Arrowsic. David and the other settlers were granted land in Newtowne where they lived for ten years or perhaps less. During this time, the Indians also burned Newtowne. By 1680, King William's War was well under way becoming in 1703 Queen Anne's War and lasting through 1713. David and Grace Oliver took refuge in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

David Oliver joined Captain Rowden's Company of the Massachusetts Militia for service in the Indian Wars. He took the oath of fidelity in Massachusetts on 23 Jul 1674. In 1676, there is a record for him having administered the estate of Thomas Bowles and sold part ofhis land to henry Coombs in 1676. In this record, he acknowledged being "late of Kennebec".

David and Grace had two sons, Thomas and David, Jr. Thomas apparently settled in Boston, where his occupation was a shipwright. There is no record of his having married. He died before December of 1676.

[S1807] Find A Grave, Find-A-Grave (Reliability: 2), 19 Jul 2016. Name: David Oliver Birth Date: 1650 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Death Date: 29 Jan 1723 Gtown, Sagadahoc, ME Cemetery: First Baptist Church/Oak Cemetery Burial Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine Although the dates of this record are probably historically accurate he is not buried in Oak Cemetery. His burial location is unknown. GCH 2016

[S1807] Find A Grave, Find-A-Grave (Reliability: 1), 18 Jul 2016. Name: David Oliver Birth Date: 1650 Boston, Suffolk, MA Death Date: 29 Jan 1723 Gtown, Sagadahoc, ME Cemetery: First Baptist Church/Oak Cemetery Burial Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine No record found in Massachusetts VR for his birth.

[S1807] Find A Grave, Find-A-Grave (Reliability: 1), 18 Jul 2016. Name: David Oliver Birth Date: 1650 Boston, Suffolk, MA Death Date: 29 Jan 1723 Gtown, Sagadahoc, ME Cemetery: First Baptist Church/Oak Cemetery Burial Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine Although the dates of this record are probably historically accurate he is not buried in Oak Cemetery. His burial location is unknown. GCH 2016

[S1789] Misc. Sources, 544 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Reliability: 3), 19 Jul 2016. Oliver, David & Grace Parker, 1672, Pemaquid, ME.