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132. Olive Hill (Married Josiah Noble (#131) on 29 October 1765. This date, researched by Russell Leach, is confirmed by James Cox Brady and His Ancestry p. 344.

 

Born: 1739 (1739) 29 October 1765) of Asa Hill (#263) & Sarah Hill (#264) in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. (Source of green information: Jackie <JessJackie@aol.com> . Her source of the information was from Family of Thomas Noble of Westfield, Mass compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood). (Source of orange information is: Scott Fisher <fishfamman@aol.com>, a descendent of Olive Leach. Olive Leach was Olive Hill and Josiah Noble's granddaughter and great granddaughter of Asa and Sarah Hill).

Died: 4 September (or December) 1816. (4 December 1816 of apoplexy) [Note: apoplexy means "unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke".] This date (1816) is confirmed by James Cox Brady and His Ancestry p. 344. This document goes on to say that she was seventy-seven when she died.

 

[Her siblings, included.]

a) Sarah Hill: Born: 1736 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died: 1740 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, age 4 years

b) Asa Hill (Jr.): (Married: ~1768) Born: 1737 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died: ? Miscellaneous: He served in the Revolutionary War .

c) Sarah Hill: Born: 1741 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died: 1746 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, age 5.5 years

d) Martha Hill: (Married: Abner Howard in early 1770s) Born: 1742 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died: ?

e) Daniel Hill : (Married: in 1769 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts) Born: 1744 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died: ? Miscellaneous: He served in the Revolutionary War .

f) Eleazer Hill : (Married: in early 1770s) Born: 1745 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died: ? Miscellaneous: He served in the Revolutionary War .

g) Sarah Hill: Born: 1749 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died:?

h) Tabitha Hill: (Married: David Woodward in early 1770s), Born: 1751 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Died: ?

i) Moses Hill: Born: 1753 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, but was recorded in the Sherborn records on April 11, 1753, Died: ?]

Miscellaneous:

Olive lived her entire life in Pownal, Vermont. [Note: Russell Leach #3's previous statement should be corrected to Olive lived her entire adult life in Pownal, Vermont.] She was born in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Around 1753, she moved with her family to Holliston, Massachusetts. Then later they moved to Shrewsbury in Worcester County, Massachusetts. In 1762, the family moved to the area of Berkshire County known then as "Hartwood". At that time, Josiah Noble (Olive's future husband) was living in Pownal, Vermont, just over the northern border of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Note: In 1758, Olive's father, Asa, had petitioned the Massachusetts Colonial Legislature for a land grant for recognition of his service in the French and Indian War. He was granted acreage at "Hartwood" but the land grant specified that the family would build a "publick house" at which travelers could be "entertained." It may be that Josiah visited or stayed at the "publick house"and met Olive.]

[Note; Olive would have been living at home helping her mother care for her siblings while her father fought in the French and Indian War. Then, during the Revolutionary War, while her husband was fighting, she was at home with her many children. Many of the children were quite young. Fortunately, the older children could help raise the younger ones.]

Olive and Josiah had 11 children: Lucy, Sarah (#66), Miriam, Olive, Esther, Merey (Mercy), Anna, Mercy, Josiah, Ozem (Ozen), and Tryphena.

 

Lifetime Events Summary for Olive Hill:

Event	Date	Olive's age
Birth	1739	0
French and Indian War	1754 - 1763	15 - 24
Marriage	1765	26
Children's births	1766 - 1781	27 - 42
Daughter Sarah Noble (#66)'s birth	1768	29
Revolutionary War	1775 - 1783	36 - 44
Death of Mother	1792	53
Death of Father	1799	60
Death	1816	77

 

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