Olive Pearson

1771 - 1851  (79 years)

• Name	Olive Pearson
  Nickname	Olivia
  Birth	23 Sep 1771	Connecticut   [1]
  	Computed birth year from tombstone inscription Birth date and place from page 87-88 of "Pierson genealogical records, collected and comp. by Lizzie B. Pierson" 1878
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio
  	Address: Farnham Cemetary, south of Conneaut on Old Route 7
  	RATHBURN, Olive Sept. 16, 1851 Aged 80 yrs.  "We miss you dear mother."
  Obituary	11 Oct 1851
  	Ashtabula Sentinal 10-11-1851
  	In Monroe, Sept. 16th. Mrs. Olive Rathburn, wife of Joseph Rathburn, aged 80 years. Olivia Rathburn Obituary - Ashtabula Sentinal Oct 11, 1851Contributed By Tiare Pires-Nelmida Thomas 6 September 2020 https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/memories/L7XY-LW8
  		Olivia Rathburn Obituary - Ashtabula Sentinal Caption Note: Contributed By Tiare Pires-Nelmida Thomas 6 September 2020 https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/memories/L7XY-LW8 Media Date: 11 OCT 1851 Keywords: Picture
  _UID	648AF4D741151743B90EE7388FA9D51E7A78
  Death	16 Sep 1851	Ohio   [1]
  Burial	16 Sep 1851	Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio   [1]
  Person ID	I317	Dutcher-Cummings
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Pearson   d. Bef 1854
  Family ID	F1421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Rathbun,   b. 28 Jan 1763, Rhode Island d. 29 Sep 1854, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	23 Jul 1787	Schoharie, Schoharie, New York   [2]
  	Address: High And Low Dutch Reformed Congregation
  	Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36 Name: Joseph Rathbun Gender: Male Record Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1787 Marriage Place: Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, USA Father: Jonathan Rathbun Spouse: Aulif Pearson Citation Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36 AND: Name: Joseph Rathbun Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Aulif Pearson Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 23 Jul 1787 Event Place: High And Low Dutch Reformed Congregation, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York Serial Number - Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51134-1 System Origin: New_York-ODM GS Film number: 534210 Reference ID: "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F63H-JJZ : 12 December 2014), Joseph Rathbun and Aulif Pearson, 23 Jul 1787; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 534,210.
  Children	1. Erastus Rathbun,   b. 1794, Connecticut   2. Calista M. Rathbun,   b. 1 Jun 1808, Caledonia, Genesee County, New York d. 19 Aug 1881, Amboy, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 73 years)   3. Joseph Rathbun, Jr.,   b. Abt 1813, New York
  Family ID	F117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  PEARSONS OF WINDSOR, CT. (page 87-88 of "Pierson genealogical records, collected and comp. by Lizzie B. Pierson" 1878) In Dr. Stiles's History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor^ Conn.^ upon p. 737, appears abruptly, with no ancestors, the brief entry, from the Town Records, of three Pearsons, (Simon, Samuel, and Ephraim perhaps brothers), and of their children as below. In the case of Ephraim, we are enabled to enlarge and continue the record from other sources. Simon ^ Pearson, mar. Ruth Tailer, Dec. 25, 1738, and had chd. i Ruth, b. Oct. 21, 1739; 2 Benjamin, b. May 21, 1742; 3 Ezra, b. April 16, 1744. Samuel^ Pearson, mar. Jerusha Kibbe, of Enfield, Conn., Jan. 17, 1739, and had children : i Jerusha, b. Dec. 5, 1740 ; 2 Love, b. Oct. 23, 1742; 3 Abigail, b. May 27, 1744; 4 Samuel, b. Dec.23, 1745- Pearson, ' Ephraim (This is the same individual as 37 Ephraim'' on page 25 in Miss Pierson's record of the family of Henry Pierson of Southampton) mar. Hannah Barrett (probably a descendant of James Barrett of Charlestown, Mass.), April 23, 1754. Had chd. I Hannah; 2 Annie; 3 Ephraim, b. June 18, 1758, or 1759; 4 Jesse ; 5 Benjamin, b. May 28, 1763 ; 6 John ; 7 Joseph ; 8 David ; 9 Olive or Olivia. 9 Olive (or Olivia), h. in Conn., Sept, 23, 1771, mar. July 1787 Joseph Rathburn, who was b, on Block Island, R. I. Sept. 23, 1761, and d. Sept. 29, 1854. She d. Sept. 6, 1851. They moved west about 1840, and both are buried at South Ridge, Conneaut, Ohio. They had thirteen children : 1 Electa Rathburn, b. April 17, 1788 ; m. Isaac Clark, 1801, and died Nov. 21, 1856. Buried at Buffalo, N. Y. 2 Sally Rathburn, b. May 18, 1790, mar. Nathan Walton and d. Nov. 10, 1847. 3 Pearson Rathburn, b. March 8, 1792, mar. Laura Stuart, d. Aug.' 24, 1843, buried at Newburg, Ohio. 4 Erastus Rathburn, b. June 23, 1794, m. Sally Lilley, 1815, and d. May 24, 1876. 5 Milton Rathburn, b. June 6, 1797, mar. Laura Aken, d. Oct. 1822, buried Newburg, O. 6 Jesse Rathburn, b. 1799, d. four months old. 7 Susannah Rathburn, b. July 4, 1800, m. 1st. Thomas Collins, m. 2d. Ambrose Lockwood, d. April 21, 1869. Buried at Clin- ton, Iowa. 8 Pamela Rathburn, b. Aug. 4, 1802, m. Robert Harper ; bur- ied at Harpersfield, Ohio ; d. Nov. 26, 1843. 9 Harriet Rathburn, b. May i, 1804, m. Jared Aken, now in Iowa. 10 Charlotte Rathburn, b. July 15, 1806, m. George Hubbell. Buried at Hillsdale Mich., d. Dec. 30, 1848. 11 Calista Rathburn, b. June i, 1808, m. Harvey Cole, now of Ohio. 12 Polly Rathburn, b. May 19, 1810, m. Thomas Allen, lives at Clinton City, Iowa, and has four chd. 13 Joseph Rathburn, b. March 10, 1813, m. Sarah Brown, d. Oct. 2, 1858, and is buried at Plum Spring, Iowa. His widow liv- ing at Ionia, Branch co., Mich

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] Farnham Cemetary Listing. Rathburn, Olive Sept. 16, 1861 Aged 80 yrs "we miss you dear mother" [S46] Rathbun, Joseph - Olive Pearson IGI. Joseph Rathbun Aulif Pearson 23 JUL 1787 High And Low Dutch Reformed Congregation, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York Page: Batch #: M511341, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0534210, Printout Call #: 1205775, Dates: 1732 - 1799