Oliver Hartwell

(1756 - 29 July 1812)
Oliver Hartwell|b. 1756\nd. 29 Jul 1812|p84.htm|Joseph Hartwell|b. 3 Nov 1730\nd. Mar 1803|p76.htm||||William Hartwell III|b. 5 Nov 1703\nd. 20 Apr 1746|p67.htm|Deborah Wheeler?|b. 13 Jan 1701\nd. 31 Dec 1745|p75.htm|||||||

Four-greats-granduncle of Darrell Allen Martin.
Oliver was born in 1756.1 He was the son of Joseph Hartwell. Oliver probably served in the Revolutionary War. An Oliver Hartwell was among Lieutenant Moses Johnson's Company, Colonel William Williams' Regiment, which served out of "county of Cumberland and State of Vermont". He was credited with 24 days from 25 September 1777. The same name appears in "Capt. Jason Duncan's Company of Militia in Col. John Sargeants' Regiment in the State of Vermont for marching to Brattleboro' sundry times, by order of Col. Sargeants in order to suppress the disaffected party in said Regiment, in December, 1782." He was paid for 2 days and 5 miles. He removed in 1802 to Lyndon, Vt., where he was a farmer. He removed in 1805 to Stanstead, Que., but returned at the breaking out of the War of 1812 to Lyndon. His son Ira married Abia Hodgman, a sister of the Lemira Hodgman who married Stephen Hartwell Dutton2. He married Hannah Kelley in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont, circa 1779.3 Oliver died from being run over by a cart on 29 July 1812 in Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont.4

Child of Oliver Hartwell and Hannah Kelley

Cited documentation

  1. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, second edition. (Boston: Press of Geo. E. Crosby & Co., 1887), pg. 162, "b. 1756."
  2. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162.
  3. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "m. in Dummerston, Vt., Hannah Kelly."
  4. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "d. 29 July, 1812 . . . Lyndon, where he d., run over three days before death by a loaded cart."
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