Born: 08Feb1750 in Dartmouth, MA. Resided 1790 in Pawling, NY.
Died: 12Apr1822 in Duanesburg, NY
Married: Millicent/Millie Draper in 1771 in Dover, NY. Millicent was born 27May1775 in Killingly, CT and died 05Aug1826 in Duanesburg, NY. She was the daughter of Gideon and Dorothy (Barrett) Draper.
Oliver was a Revolutionary War veteran, served in the 3rd Regiment of Dutchess Co., New York Militia.
Oliver and Millicent had nine children:
Child No. 1: Elihu: born 19Mar1772 and died 21Nov1844.
Child No. 2: Ruth: born 27Aug1744 and died 19Dec1775.
Child No. 3: Hanna: born 12Oct1776 and died 01Jul1846 in Quaker Lake, PA. She married William Miller (1st husband) in 10Sep1793. William died 07Jul1819 at age 51. William and Hanna had eleven children: (1st) Martha Miller (20Jan1795-15Jul1843), Married Wesson Gaige on 11Feb1813. (2nd) Ruth Miller (1796-1826). (3rd) Oliver Miller (12Mar1798-31Aug1821), Married Mabel Meaker. (4th) Ebenezer Miller (20Jan1800-30Sep1871), Married Sarah Gaige. (5th) Elizabeth Miller Winchell Mann (1801-13Mar1876 buried at Cascade next to second husband James Mason), Married Alvin Winchell (died 1845 in Dubuque Co., IA) on 04Dec1817. Elizabeth and James had a son William M. and a daughter Hannah. (6th) David Miller (1803-xxxx). (7th) Charles Miller (1806-27Sep1853). (8th) Rheuamy Miller (03Sep1808-22Jan1849), Married Ezekial H. Gage. (9th) Charlotte Miller (1811-xxxx), Married Egbert Macomber. (10th) Henry Miller (01Jul1813-18Mar1844), Married Mary Soule on 28Dec1835. (11th) Rufus Miller (04Feb1816-14Jun1850), Married Juliet Gage. They lived in Duanesburg, where most of their children were born and then they moved to the Silver Lake area, PA. She married (Feb1822) Aaron Meeker (2nd husband) (son of Joshua and Abigail (Mills) Meeker. Aaron was born 05Jan1785 in Hillsdale, NY and died 21Jul1850 in Quaker Lake, PA. Hanna and Aaron had two children: Ruben (b. 16Mar1823) and Rose. Hanna is buried side-by-side with her two husbands in Quaker L:ake cemetery.
Child No. 4: Elizabeth: born 16Sep1779/1774 and died 31Aug1798/01Sep1799. She married Joseph Gaige in 1795 in Duanesburg, NY (son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Huddlestone) Gaige). Joseph was born 03Mar1776 in Pawling, NY and died 26Mar1858 in Quaker Lake, PA. Elizabeth and Joseph had two children.
Child No. 5: Ebenezer: (29Nov1781-10Mar1839) Born in the town of Pawling, Dutchess County, NY. Married twice. On 18Feb1803 he was granted a divorce from his wife, Phebe. At that time he lived in Shaftsbury, Vermont, just over the NY state line. His second wife was Elsey. Another wife, Mariam Elizabeth (Denniston) Swartout is also mentioned.
Child No.6: Philo: born 15Jan1784/1782 and died 19Feb1859 in Quaker Lake, PA. He married (1st wife) Sarah Richardson in 1805 in Duanesburg, NY (daughter of Pari and Dinah (Humphreys) Richardson). She was born 16Nov1785 in Schenectady, NY and died 19Jul1839 in Quaker Lake, PA. Philo and Sarah had eight children. About 1810 Philo moved and settled on Sucker Brook, one of the inlets to Quaker Lake. Philo married (2nd wife) Elizabeth/Betsey (Gage) Barlow in 1840 in Quaker Lake, PA. She was the daughter of Mortimer and Catherine (Vail) Gage and widow of ??? Barlow. She was born 25Feb1798 in Duanesburg, NY and died 13Oct1881 in Quaker Lake, NY. Philo and Elizabeth had one child.
Child No. 7: Milliean (Mille): born 02Sep1785 and died 24/29Sep1855. She married Oliver Comstock Smith (1782-1823) in NY. In 1810 they lived in Duanesburg, NY next to Oliver Briggs (father-in-law) (1750-1822) and then emigrated to Silver Lake/Quaker Lake, PA. They lived there between 1813 and 1819 with many of the children of Oliver Briggs. In 1819 Oliver and Mille moved to Cincinnati. Oliver Comstock Smith died in Cincinnati in 1823 and his wife Milliean died in 1855. Their children were: Briggs Smith, Milliean Smith Palmer, Lydia Smith Orr Riddle, Elizabeth Smith Poor Howell, Silas Smith, Eliza Smith Sterling, and probably more who all settled in Cincinnati. Oliver was a Quaker.
Child No. 8: Oliver (14): born 26Jan1789 and died 11Jan1858 in Tioga Co., PA. Married (1st wife) Lydia Hoag and (2nd wife) Elizabeth Edwards. See Oliver (14) for additional information.
Child No. 9: Ruben: born 01Aug1793 and died 01Nov1870. Married Lydia Gaige (daughter of Moses and Hannah (Macomber) Gaige). Lydia was born 08May1794 and died 08Jan1842. Ruben and Lydia had twelve children.
Quaker Lake is in the township of Silver Lake, Susquehanna county, PA (just south of Binghamton, NY).
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