Friday, August 26, 2016

52 Ancestors - Week 139: #184 Benedict Oatley (1732-1821)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I am extending this theme in 2016 to 156 Ancestors in 156 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #139:

Benedict Oatley (1732-1821) is #184 on my Ahnentafel list, my 5th great-grandfather, who married #185 Elizabeth Ladd (1735-1814) in 1755.

I am descended through:

*  their son #92 Joseph Oatley
 (1756-1815) who married #93 Mary Hazard (1765-1857) in 1781.
*  their son #46 Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872) who married #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865) in 1823. 
*  their daughter #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864) who married #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) in 1844.
*  their daughter #11 Julie E. White (1848-1913), who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868. 
*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                    Benedict Oatley[1–5]
*  Alternate Name: Benedict Oatly[6–9]       
*  Sex:                        Male   

*  Father:                  Jonathan Oatley (1689-1755)   
*  Mother:                Deliverance (1700-1734)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                    25 December 1732, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1–2]   
*  Estate:                  8 September 1755 (age 22), bequeathed property by his father; South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[5]   
*  Census:               1774 (about age 42), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[6]   
*  Census:              1777 (about age 45), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[3]   
*  Census:             1 August 1790 (age 57), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[7]   
*  Census:             1 June 1800 (age 67), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[8]   
*  Census:            1 June 1810 (age 77), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[4]   
*  Death:              1 August 1821 (age 88) , South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1]    
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:         Elizabeth Ladd (1735-1814)   
*  Marriage 1:      2 October 1755 (age 22), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1,9]   

*  Child 1:             Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)   
*  Child 2:             Rhoda Oatley (1758-    )   
*  Child 3:             Abigail Oatley (1760-1831)   
*  Child 4:             Susannah Oatley (1762-    )   
*  Child 5:             Jonathan Oatley (1764-    )   
*  Child 6:             Lucy Oatley (1766-1814)   
*  Child 7:             Benedict Oatley (1773-1849)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Benedict Oatley was the fourth child and second son of Jonathan and Deliverance (--?--) Oatley[1].  He was born 25 December 1732 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.  The entry in the Rhode Island Vital Record book for the children of Jonathan Oatley (with both wives) says[2]:

*  Samuel Oatley, born Oct. 23, 1726
*  Rebecca Oatley, born Sept. 10, 1728
*  Rhoda Oatley, born Dec. 29, 1730
*  Benedict Oatley, born Dec. 25, 1732
*  Joseph Oatley, born March 11, 1739

Benedict Oatley's father, Jonathan Oatley (1689-1755), wrote his will on 25 July 1755, which was proved on 8 September 1755, and named his son Benedict Oatley the executor of his estate[5].  In his will, he bequeathed Benedict Oatley "...all my Housing & Homestead Bounded Northerly on an Highway Easterly & Southerly on land of Joseph Torry & Westerly on land of James Willson. To him his heirs and assigns forever, He paying to his mother in law & his Brother Samuel the legacies before mentioned and given, and all my Just Debts also I bequeath to him my great Bible."


Also:  "... to my two sons Samuel and Benedict all my wearing apparel and what Cloath is in the House not made into any garment to be Equally divided Between Them -- and my Will is that all my Books not herein before disposed of be equally divided between my said Wife and my said son Benedict."

He was married by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Torrey of the Church of Christ, South Kingstown, Rhode Island on October 22, 1755 to Elizabeth Ladd[1,9],  who was born at Little Compton, Rhode Island on July 9, 1733 and died at South Kingstown, Rhode Island on November 27, 1814[1].

They had seven children born between 1756 and 1773 in South Kingstown.  All of the births were recorded in the South Kingstown town records[1].

Benedict was a weaver by trade and was admitted a "Freeman to the Colony on the 1st Wednesday of May 1757[1]

Benedict Oatley  lived in the Oatley Homestead until April 29, 1769 when he sold the house and lot, that was willed to him by his father, to his brother Samuel Oatley[1].  

In the 1774 Rhode Island census, the Benedict Oatly household had 11 occupants[6]:

*  Two white males above age 16
*  Two white males under age 16
*  Two white females above age 16

*  Five white females under age 16

Benedict Oatley, because of his physical disability or age was unable to bear arms.  Son, Joseph served in the Revolutionary War[1].

In the 1777 Rhode Island Military Census, Benedict Oatley was enumerated in the 16-50 age group, and was marked "U" meaning unable to serve[3].

In the 1790 United States Census, the Benedict Oatly household in South Kingstown, Rhode Island had[7]:

*  two free white males over 16
*  three free white females

An interesting note in the vital statistics and records of the Town Hall in S. Kingstown under the date of 1797 is where Benedict and his son, Benedict, are taxed $.71 and $.67 respectively "For Meding highways"[1]

In the 1800 United States Census, the Benedick Oatly household in South Kingstown, Rhode Island had 4 residents[8]:

*  one male over age 45
*  one female under age 10
*  one female age 16 to 26
*  one female over age 45.

In the 1810 United States Census, the Benedict Oatley household was enumerated in South Kingstown, Rhode Ialand.  The household included[4]:

*  one free white male over age 45
*  two free white females over age 45

Benedict Oatley died 1 August 1821, according to the South Kingstown town records.  No gravestone marks his burial location[1].  

No probate records were found for Benedict Oatley in the South Kingstown town records.

5)  SOURCES

1. Harry J. Oatley, The Oatley Family in America and Their Descendants (Providence, R.I. : The Oatley Family Association, 1970), page 26, Benedict Oatley sketch.

2. "Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Volume 5, "Washington County Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 50, (image 170 of 523), Benedict Oatley birth entry.

3. "The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census," indexed database with digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), South Kingstown, page 102, Joseph Oatley entry.

4. 1810 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Rhode Island, population schedule, South Kingstown, page 85, Benedict Oatley household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M292, Roll 59.

5. South Kingston (R.I.) Town Clerk, "Town Council Records, 1704-1943,"  (South Kingston, R.I.), on 8 microfilm reels, Volume 5, Pages 25-27, Jonathan Oatley estate papers, on FHL Microfilm 0,931,834.

6. "Rhode Island Census, 1774," indexed database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), page 89, South Kingstown, Benedict Oatly entry.

7. 1790 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Rhode Island, population schedule, South Kingston, page 92, Benedict Oatly household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M637, Roll 10.

8. 1800 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Rhode Island, population schedule, South Kingstown, page 701, Benedict Oatley household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M32, Roll 46.

9. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," indexed database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Benedict Oatly and Elizabeth Ladd, 02 Oct 1755; citing South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, reference 22395 p. 142; FHL microfilm 22,395.

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