Oliver Wolcott Russell

Male 1777 - 1841  (64 years)


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  • Name Oliver Wolcott Russell 
    Born 9 May 1777  Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 50655100 
    Died 15 Sep 1841  Shelby, Orleans County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I63941  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2019 

    Father Ellis Russell,   b. 17 Nov 1730, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown 
    Mother Jane Catherine "Joanna" Wolcott,   b. 22 Feb 1732/33, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown 
    Married 18 Nov 1751  Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Newton,   b. 1779,   d. Bef 1813  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 19 Jul 1798  Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Russell,   b. 22 May 1799, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1889, Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2019 
    Family ID F1223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 May 1777 - Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Jul 1798 - Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Sep 1841 - Shelby, Orleans County, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From FindaGrave:

      Oliver-4 Wolcott was the son of Ellis-3 Russell and his wife 1) Jane Catherine Wolcott.
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      9 RUSSELL siblings, first 6 born in Ellington Parish, Windsor, CT; last 4 born in Springfield, MA. [See father Ellis Russell memorial for names of siblings, dates, etc.]

      Oliver-4 married 1) Nancy Newton on 19/7/1798 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. She died before 1813 probably in Ontario Co., NY.
      [Note: Probably died during or soon after childbirth with Solomon 1808-1809. Mary E. Warner, 2013.]

      4 RUSSELL children with Nancy:

      1. Nancy Russell B-5/22/1799 in Springfield, Hampden, MA, died 8/1/1889 in Reading, Hillsdale, MI; m. Robert Berry (1783-1847) of Seneca, Ontario, NY; 12 children.

      2. Oliver Newton Russell(9/3/1802-?) born in Springfield, MA, ; m. Ester ...

      3. Elizabeth "Betsey" Russell B-1805 in Phelps, Ontario, NY, died 1851; m. Gardner Berry (1801-1871) of Shelby Twp., Orleans, NY in 1823; 6 children.

      4. Solomon Russell B-1808-1809. ?#8758010
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      Note: Some of these children moved to Michigan because we have found their headstones/cemeteries. Mary E. Warner, 2013.
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      Oliver Wolcott Russell served in the War of 1812 in the Niagara Frontier Campaign as a Private from September 9, 1813 to December 13, 1813 as a Private. (Pension Application and military records).
      Source: Sally Davis, #47141460, 2/2015.
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      Oliver married 2) Catherine (Grant) Chadwick, born in MA, in Arcadia Twp., Orleans, NY. After Oliver died, in 1841, at age ~46, Catherine moved to Eaton Co., MI and married 3) Henry L. Worden, age 60, also of Eaton Co., MI. Worden died in 1846. She then married 4) Daniel Chadwick, age 53, before 1850. Daniel lived in Delta Twp., Eaton Co., MI. Living with them were Amanda Russell, age 15, and Jabez Russell, age 14. Living in the same dwelling, but in a separate David and Sally Saunders family, lived her daughter Abigail Russell, age 17, born in MI. Catherine claimed War of 1812 bounty land for the benefit of his minor orphan Amanda Russell, and was issued a warrant for 160 acres under the Act of 1855. [DWR, pg. 77]
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      [Note: this might imply that Oliver Russell moved to the area of Eaton Co., MI prior to his death, or that Catherine was pregnant when Oliver died and she moved to MI with some of her Russell children. Mary E. Warner, 2013.]

      10 RUSSELL children with Catherine (Grant) Russell:

      5. Mary M. Russell B-11/20/1814.
      6. John W. Russell B-4/27/1818. #5287608
      7. William Russell B-1/13/1820.
      8. Sarah "Sally" Russell B-4/26/1822; m. ~1841, David Sunders. They lived with her mother in Delta Twp., Eaton Co., MI, in 1850.
      9. Levi (I. or J.) Russell B-2/6/1824.
      10. Julia A. Russell B-1/6/1826.
      11. Susan Russell B-09/24/1827; m. at age 15, Henry Augustus Trench, age 26, both of Onedia Twp., on 12/4/1843. Lived there in 1850.
      12. Jane C. Russell B-5/30/1830.
      13. Abigail Russell B-3/23/1833; m. Samuel Chadwick on 10/1851, both of Onedia Twp., Eaton Co., MI.
      14. Amanda Russell B-3/23/1835; m. Thomas Gallagher on 11/20/1853, Amanda from Grand Ledge, MI, and he from Greenville, Montcalm, MI.
      15. Jabez Russell B~1836. Not listed in family records.
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      Primary source: "Descendants of William Russell of Salem, Mass, 1674," [DWR], by George Ely Russell, pub. 1989, 200 copies printed; pgs. 76-77. [See George Ely Russell, author: Memorial #103691765.]
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      Research in book above: Mary E. Warner, 2013.
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      RUSSELL lineage: Ellis-3 Russell and Jane Catherine Wolcott, Ebenezer-2 Russell and Deborah Hibbard; William-1 Russell and Elizabeth Nurse [Elizabeth: daughter of Rebecca (Towne) Nurse of the Salem, MA, Witch trial.]
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      NOTE: Ellis Russell and his son, Oliver Wolcott Russell vanished in the records. Oliver Wolcott did go from Springfield, MA to Arcadia Twp., Orleans, NY to marry 2) Catherine Grant. According to the 1840 census he lived in Orleans, NY. He died in 1841 in Shelby, Orleans, NY. Source: Sally Davis, 2/6/2013.
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      SAVE: [Oliver and Catherine had the following children: Mary M, John W, William, Sarah, Levi, Julia A, Susan, Jane C, Abigail, Amanda, and Jabez.]