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James Oliver^[1]
Abt 1759 - 1844

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• Birth	Abt 1759
  Gender	Male
  Died	08 Feb 1844	Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England
  Person ID	I01854	Hale Family
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas Oliver,   b. Abt 1722,   d. Jan 1805
  Mother	Sarah Cook,   b. Abt 1732,   d. Aug 1762
  Married	30 Oct 1748	Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F00519	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary French,   b. Abt 1775,   d. 03 Jun 1839, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England
  Married	30 Sep 1806	Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England
  Notes	Mary French of Eversholt.
  Family ID	F00529	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones

  1839 James & Mary Oliver The headstone has been broken, and moved. Luckily the Flitwick Monumental Inscriptions records the headstone as it was intended to be. It is still possible to make out some letters/words so this is the correct headstone. It's location is shown in the MI and graveyard map held at BLARS. From MI: In Memory of Mary Oliver, wife of James Oliver of Flitwick Warren Farm, who departed this life on the 3rd June 1839 aged 64. 'The dear delights we here enjoy And fondly call our own Are but short favours borrow'd now To be repaid anon. 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high Or sinks them in the grave. He gives, and blessed be his name, He takes but what He gave.' Also of James Oliver, who departed this life 8 February 1844 aged 85 years. Status: Located

  
  

  Histories		1844 James Oliver Will The will of James Oliver - dated 27 Jan 1844 (under two weeks before he died) and proved on 13 June 1844. James left no family of his own, but over 5 sheets of original writing, the will details his neices and nephews, and his land in the Counties of Bedford and Hertford. The family details James recorded have been invaluable in piecing together the Oliver Family.
  		1820 - Duke of Bedford land records List of farm tenants with field names and sizes. James Oliver - The Warren Farm, Flitwick William Cook - Steppingley Park Farm, Steppingley Matthew Cook - Wood Farm, Flitwick Thomas Cook - Town Farm, Steppingley John Gregory - Bake House, Steppingley Thomas Cook - The Honour Estate, Steppingley
  		1805 Probate for Thomas Oliver of Flitwick, Bedford. Extract from 1805 Archdeaconry Court of Bedford records.

  
  

• Sources

  [S00051] Will of James Oliver 1844.