John OLIN, I

Notes:

It has been said that John Olin came to America at age 14. He most likely landed at Providence around 1694.

John & Susannah were married in 1708 at East Greenwich, and that is where their four known children were born. In 1725 they moved to North Kingstown, where they had bought 22 1/2 acres from Aaron & Mary Davis. John had been a "freeman" at East Greenwich, but in North Kingstown he was a landowning "yeoman."

John died at age 62 on his farm at North Kingstown, which had been deeded in 1741 to his daughter Eleanor and her husband Benjamin Carpenter. Although no one has discovered the location of John's & Susannah's burial site, probably their graves are on the old farm at North Kingstown.

(source: Three Hundred Years of Joseph Olin and His Descendants, Vol. II, pp. 19 - 24)

John married Susannah SPENCER 4 Oct 1708, East Greenwich, RI. Susannah (daughter of Michall SPENCER and Rebeccah SWEETMAN) was born 6 Apr 1680, Cambridge, MA; died Abt 1743, East Greenwich, RI or Cambridge, MA. [Group Sheet]

1. Joseph Olin was born 29 Aug 1710, East Greenwich, RI; died 30 Oct 1760.
2. John OLIN, II was born Between 1710 and 1712, East Greenwich, RI; died 24 Sep 1797, Shaftsbury, VT.
3. Henry Olin, Sr. was born Between 1719 and 1720, East Greenwich, RI; died Between 1810 and 1812.
4. Eleanor Olin was born 1721, East Greenwich, RI; died 1797.