Overton, Robert, 1609-1678
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Overton, Robert, approximately 1609-approximately 1668
Overton, Colonel (Robert), 1609-1678
Overton, Major General (Robert), 1609-1678
Overton, Robert, ca. 1609-ca. 1668
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Birth Place
Easington (Hull, England)
Associated Locale
Seaton (Rutland, England)
Occupation
Armed Forces--Officers
Governors
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Earlier Established Forms
Overton, Robert, approximately 1609-approximately 1668
Overton, Robert, ca. 1609-ca. 1668
Sources
found: His The humble and healing advice of Colonel Robert Overton, governour of Hull ... 1659.
found: InU/Wing STC files(usage: Major General Overton)
found: Clarendon's Hist. of the rebellion, 1888:index (Overton, Colonel)
found: DNB(Overton, Robert, fl. 1640-1668; Fifth monarchy man and friend of Milton) Corrigenda (ca. 1609-ca. 1668)
found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, August 16, 2021(Overton, Robert; born 1608 or 1609; died 1678 or 1679 (will dated June 23, 1678 proved Jan. 29, 1679); parliamentarian army officer; family from Easingrton in southeast Yorkshire; matriculatred at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1627 and admitted to Gray's Inn in 1631; in the first civil war, served in the northern amy under Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax and his son Sir Thomas; commissioned a colonel of foot in the New Model Amy, 1647; deputy governor and governor of Hull intermittently, 1648-1660; in and out of prison, 1660-1671; spent his last years living with his daughter Anne Broughton of Seaton, Rutland)
found: Find a Grave WWW site, August 16, 2021(Robert Overton; born 1609, Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; died July 1, 1678, Seaton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England; burial: All Hallows Churchyard, Seaton; plaque installed inside All Hallows church in 1996 bears the 1609 and 1678 dates; the burial date documented in Seaton Parish records) - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60857920/robert-overton
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1985-12-24: new
2021-08-17: revised
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