The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-02

and received by descendants of Giles
Olin, while representatives of still other
branches, favor us with their presence,
thought it would be Of interest to again
refer to such records and history of our
early ancestors, rs 1 have been able to
obtain since being chosen to this office.
From this work now hold in my
hand, and entitled: "The Genealogical
Record of James Edwards and his wife,
Cordelia Spear" among whose ances-
tors were several members of the DIN
family, the following is taken:
John DIN came over from Wales) as
cabin boy in 1890, and deserted at
Providence, Rhode Island, being four
teen years old He was married about
tho year 1900 His son John, raised
four sons, and together with them went
to Salisbury, vt, where he died.
Joseph, another son, had children and
died in Rhode Island. Another son,
Henry, whose name you see upon my
chart before you genealogical chart
exhibited, stands at the head of large
and numerous family, some of whom
have risen TO places of eminence and
great distinction; several members of
this branch were expected and are
with us to-day
AS before stated, John Olin, I'd (born
in I714), came with his four SONS to
SALISBURY, where he died. This is evil
dent from the fact, that over there in the
cemetery at the Centre, is erected a
marble slab which bears his name and
marks the spot where he was laid,
nearly one hundred years ago. He was
married in East Greenwich, r. l., to
Susanna Pierce. The names of their
fouC sons were, Jonathan, John, Gideon,
and Giles.
John, the second named, who was born
September 18th, l74l in Rhode Island,
and died Sept. 18th, 1921, in Salisbury,
where he was buried, was tho father of
Ezra DIN (born March, 1772), among
whose descendants, originated and have
carried on successfully for six years,
these colin Reunions" have traced the
records and history. of the family back
to the landing of its first member on
American soil. All of which has been
properly arranged and will soon appear
in book form, complete record, with
short life sketches of its members.
Giles Olin, the last named of the four
SONS, was born March 23d, 1746. Died
Sept. LIST, 1885. His wife, Anna Rey-
nolds, died Feb. 23d, 1888, They also
rest beneath the shadows of the Green
Mountains in South SALISBURY, vt.
The names of their children were, 1st,
William, I'd, James, Sd, infant son, died,
4th, Henry, 9TH, John, 9th, Reynolds,
It'll, Giles, Sth, Anna and 9th, Jeremy.
You will notice on the chart, that
James the I'd of this family was the
father of eight children, two by his
first wife Esther Reynolds), and six by
his second wife Sarah Ellis). The
third one of her children was daughter
named Roxanna, who married James F.
Harwood, and of their children you
notice the names: Henry o, Charles W.
Mary E., James E., George H., and
Caroline. Also that Geo. II. Harwood
is the father of two sons, viz: DIN W.
and George L. TO the first of these,
Olin W., l here return thanks for large
amount of information relating to the
history of Giles DIN branch and many
other courtesies.
Referring again to the chart before
you, we see that Giles Olin the I'd YES
the father of the following: La Nd
man; I'd, Mary Ann who married y u IN
Scott, and it is their son Col DIN Scott
who so kindly greets us as a representa-
tive of the Giles DIN family and gives us
a hearty welcome to Bennington; Sd, in
FAINT, died; 4th, Truman, died in infancy;
9th, Truman I'd, who now resides but a
few miles from here at Buskirks Bridge,
N. Y; 9th, Giles; It'll, Emily, who mar
ried John Fisk; Sth, Anna, married a
Mr.. Yelling; 9th, Jeremy.
Now there may be other members of
the Giles Olin family present, whom 1
have not mentioned, if such there are,
ask their kind forbearanee, as my inten-
ton was to prepare a special chart of the
family, but having lent to my Wisconsin
friend, G. G. Olin, the necessary records,
l could not finally carry out my inten-
ton.
In looking up the records of the many
branches of our DIN family, there are
several curious and interesting things
brought to light; the most wonderful
being that of the rapid increase of its
members. Two hundred years ago, this
country possessed but one solitary rep
resentative; to-day they probably exceed
6ty thousand, and are scattered through
nearly every State and territory in the
Union. First, located on a small farm
in East Greenwich, Il. |. Second, cen
tered in and about SALISBURY, VT, from
whence they have gone out into all parts
of the land, leaving behind them land
marks as it were, erected in the ceme-
terics, on the hillsides and in the valleys,
besides living records written in the
hearts and affections OF their fellow
cOuntrymen.
Memortal:-The saddest part of my
duty on these occasions, is to attempt to
prepare fitting tribute to the memory
Of those friends who have taken their
| final departure since our last meeting.