Oliver Crocker (1788-1878) - Find a Grave Memorial

Oliver Crocker

Birth

3 Aug 1788

Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Death

23 May 1878 (aged 89)

New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

Burial

Rural Cemetery

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OLIVER CROCKER was born on 3 August 1788 in Cotuit Village, Barnstable Town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts to Hemand Crocker and Elizabeth (Crocker) Crocker Ruggles.

Oliver married Sophia Tappan on 29 November 1810 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, and they had TWELVE children of record:

1. Charlotte N Crocker-Nelson (1811 - ?),
2. Elizabeth Crocker (1812 - 1869),
3. George Oliver Crocker (1814 - 1887),
4. William Stanford Crocker (1815 - 1839),
5. Caroline Crocker (1816 - 1829),
6. Sophia Tappan Crocker-Stevens (1818 - 1866),
7. Ann Maria Crocker-Lawrence (1821 - 1865),
8. Abner Tappan Crocker (1823 - 1825),
9. Abner Tappan Crocker (1827 - 1861),
10. John Franklin Emerson-Crocker (1829 - ?),
11. Caroline Crocker (1831 - 1833), and
12. Mary Hale Crocker-Stickney (1834 - 1916).

Oliver passed away on 23 May 1878 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and he was laid to rest there at Rural Cemetery.

REFERENCES:

1. 16 August 1850 New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts Census, (Stamped 280, Sheet 559, Family #1170, Line 14), Head of Household, Widower: Oliver Crocker.

2. 1 May 1865 New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts Census, (Page 43, Sheet 27, Family #256, Line 28), Head of Household, Widower: Oliver Crocker.

3. 13 July 1870 New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts Census, (Stamped 148, Sheet 27, Family #230, Line 37), Head of Household, Widower: Oliver Crocker. (NOTE: Family Continued on Next Census Page).

4. Crapo, Henry Howland, 1912, Certain Comeoverers: Part VIII Ancestors of Elizabeth Stanford, V 2, p 795-818.

Sophia Tappan Married Oliver Crocker of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

5. Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910:
Groom: Oliver Crocker.
Bride: Sophia Tappan.
Married: 29 November 1810.
Place: Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.

6. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, P 119:
Entry: #260.
Oliver Crocker.
Age: 89 Years, 8 Months, 24 Days.
Birth Estimate: 1789.
Birthplace: Cotuit Village, Barnstable Town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Died: 23 May 1878.
Place: New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Marital Status: Widowed.
Occupation: Merchant.
Residence: New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Father: Herman Crocker.
Birthplace: Cotuit Village, Barnstable Town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Mother: Eliza Crocker.
Birthplace: Cotuit Village, Barnstable Town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.