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Shaftsbury Vermont Cemetery Department

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John Olin Esq.
Interred in Center Cemetery - Shaftsbury, Vermont: Section C / Lot 5 / Grave 17A
For information regarding his family, children, and siblings, visit Find-A-Grave or the Town’s Cemify website.
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John Olin II (ESQ) was born March 8, 1711/12 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island. He married Susannah Pierce in East Greenwich on December 8, 1734. She was born in North Kingston, Rhode Island April 8, 1708 and was the daughter of Jeremiah Pierce.

John and Susannah (Pierce) Olin lived in Rhode Island where they reared their family, but later in life they removed to Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont where John died on September 24, 1797 and Susannah died in February 1802 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont. John and Susannah had seven children.






This historical information was generously provided to the Shaftsbury Cemetery Department by the Shaftsbury Historical Society. We appreciate their contribution to preserving our community's history.