| 8. | CAPRON Oliver was born on 01 Jul 1736 in Cumberland, Providence Co., RI (son of Jr. Banfield Capron and JENKS Hannah); died on 01 Aug 1816 in Richmond, Cheshire Co., NH. Notes:
Notes for OLIVER CAPRON:
"History of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire" by William
Bassett, 1884
Page 353 - 354:
"Capt. Oliver Capron, son of Banfield Capron, of Cumberland, b. July
1,1736, m. Esther Freeman, came into town 1765. He was f. s. (first
settler) on the Cheney farm, now owned by St,Clair, lot 24 range 12,
next to the Warwick line, was Captain of a Company that marched to
Cambridge soon after the Concord fight and was at the Battle of
Bunker Hill; and was also captain of a company that went to the
relief of troops at Ticonderoga in 1777, Colonel of the Militia,
first Representive at the General Court after the American Revolution
for Richmond, and Jutice of the Peace in Richmond. He sold his farm
and moved to Canada but returned to Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH, and
died there in 1816, while living with his daughter who married Calvin
Wright, at age 80 years. Had seven children, vis.: Nathan, Otis,
Oliver, m. Hannah York; Thaddeus, b. Dec.6,1764, Alpheus, b.
July21,1770; Hannah, b. April 6,1776; and Elizabeth."
Page 11: "We may safely assume that those who located on the old
road leading from Winchester to Royalston were among the first that
came, vis Oliver Capron," "and many others who came before 1765.
These came from Smithfield and Cumberland, R.I., and from Rehoboth
and Attleboro, MA, as did the others that followed these".
Page 26: "The lands were rapidly taken up after the close of the
French and Indian War at prices varying from .25 to .75 cents per
acre."
Page 27: "The first settlers drew their supplies of provisions at
first mostly from Northfield, MA. The old road leading from
Northfield to Lunenburg, and thence to Boston"
Page 544:
"Capt. Oliver Capron occupied a position of the first rank among the
early settlers; he evidently was a leader in political, as well as in
military affairs; he shared largely the confidence of his townsmen;
he was entrusted with the most weighty responsibities, as his
repeated leadership of the Rihmond soldiers, in the war of the
Revolution, most conclusively attests. While he was active and
zealous in defence of the right, his activity and zeal was tempered
with wisdom and prudence. He stands at the head of the list of
representatives of the town, having been the first to represent the
town in the General Assembly of the State. We are informed by
tradition that he devoted so much of his time and attention to
military and political affairs, to the neglect of his personal
interests, that he became poor, and was obliged to sell his farm to
pay his debts. It is a melancholy reflection surely, that one who
had contributed so much to the public weal should, in his last days,
be deprived of the means of a cofortable subsistence; but his was
not, perhaps, an isolated and exceptional case in this respect."
Page 95 - 96:
"Petition for Oliver Capron. State of New Hampshire. (for Justice of
Peace, in Richmond)
To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives in General
Court Assembled:
The Prayer of us, the subscribers, Inhabitants of the town of
Richmond in said State, Humbly shows, that since the difficulties
subsisted on account of a Number of People calling themselves a new
State called Vermont, the town of Richmond hath laboured under many
inconveniences by reason of having no Justice of the Peace in Town.
These are therefore Humbly to inform the Honourable Court that Major
Oliver Capron is a man of an established good character in this and
the Towns Round where he is acquainted and that he is a man that has
ever been firm for the Government of New Hampshire against the
Userpation of Vermont, and we Humbly Conceived a man every way
accomplished and Capable of performing the business and trust of a
Justice of the Peace, and that it will be to a public benefit that he
may be appointed accordingly. These are therefore Humbly to pray the
Honourable Court to in quire into the affair and act thereon as you
in your Wisdom shall think proper and in Duty bound shall ever pray.
September the third, 1782
Barnabas Threesher, Moses Cooley,
Benjamin Threesher, James Kingsley,
Thomas Dillingham, William Goddard,
Jeremiah Thayer, Jona. Atherton,
Jeremiah Thayer, Jun'r, Peter Holbrook,
Nehemiah Thayer, Othniel Day
"The History of Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire" by Benjamin
Read, 1892
Page 515:
"The Capron's have principally been farmers and identified with
interests of West Swanzey. Oliver (a granson of Col. Oliver who
lived in Richmond and died in Swanzey) and Jonathan W. who was a shoe
maker, lived where their sons, Geo.O. and Henry W., now reside.
Oliver W. is a clerk for the Goodnows in their store."
More About OLIVER CAPRON:
Fact 1: August 21, 1757, intention of marriage in Bellingham, Norfolk
Co., MA.
Fact 2: cousins
Fact 3: 1772 and 1773 selectman for Richmond
Fact 4: March 24, 1775, on first school district for Richmond
Oliver Capron moved to at Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, in circa 1765; First Settler on Lot 24 Range 12 next to the Warwick line.5 He was a Representative of Richmond to the General Court. in 1785.6 During his Military Service he: Captain of a company that marched to Cambridge soon after the Concord fight, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill; Captain of a company of New Hampshire troops that marched to the relief of Fort Ticonderoga; Served as a Colonel in a NH Militia Regiment.6
Died:
He was buried in Mount Ceaser Cemetery, Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire.4
Oliver married FREEMAN Esther on 21 Aug 1757 in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA. Esther (daughter of FREEMAN Ralph and CAPRON Sarah) was born on 25 Jul 1736 in Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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