David OVERTON
1712 - 1792 (80 years)-
Name David OVERTON Born 1712 Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States 
Gender Male Died 1792 Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States Buried Baptist Cemetery, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States Person ID I2457 Patterson & Markham Family Tree Last Modified 17 Mar 2019
Father Isaac OVERTON, b. May 1673, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States , d. 4 Nov 1723, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 50 years) Mother Abigail MOORE, b. 1676, d. 4 Nov 1723 (Age 47 years) Family ID F1879 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Anna HULSE, b. Abt 1715, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States , d. 12 Jan 1747, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 32 years) Children 1. John OVERTON, b. 12 Jan 1747, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States , d. 4 Mar 1807, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 60 years)Family ID F6269 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Susanna PALMER, b. 1714, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Staes , d. 1794, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 80 years) Children 1. Nathaniel OVERTON, b. Cal 1752, d. 10 Jan 1803 (Age ~ 51 years) 2. Palmer OVERTON, b. 6 Jan 1750, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States , d. 14 Dec 1805, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 55 years)Family ID F1319 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - "David Overton was a staunch patriot during the Revolution as were all of his sons. He, with all of his sons except Nehemiah who had just passed his 16th birthday, signed the Association in support of the American cause. They signed in the Fourth Company Limits of Brookhaven Town on June 8, 1775, witnessed by Ebenezer Dayton, Clerk. Through their patriotism it was necessary for most of the sons to take refuge to Connecticut when the British occupied this area after the Battle of Long Island.
David Overton and his family were connected with the Baptist Church of Coram which was the first Baptist Church in the county. The Baptist meeting house was erected in 1743 and stood on the site where the Methodist church now stands, until 1847 when it was sold and moved to Port Jefferson. This church was started by Rev. Noah Hammond who came from New London, Conn. He died of smallpox Nov. 4, 1774, while still the leader of the Baptist flock. He is buried in the adjoining cemetery. The families of David Overton and Rev. Noah Hammond were closely associated and two of David's sons, John and Palmer, married two of Rev. Noah Hammond's daughters, Lois and Lucretia. It was fortunate that members of the family at Coram had passed down the family Bible recording the names and information regarding David's sons, as the records of the old Baptist Church were destroyed when the home of Richard Smith at Coram was burned."
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(Long Island Surnames; U.S.Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; "The Overton Genealogy: The Overton Family of Long Island, New York." 1965, by Alvin R.L Smith, pg 23.)
- "David Overton was a staunch patriot during the Revolution as were all of his sons. He, with all of his sons except Nehemiah who had just passed his 16th birthday, signed the Association in support of the American cause. They signed in the Fourth Company Limits of Brookhaven Town on June 8, 1775, witnessed by Ebenezer Dayton, Clerk. Through their patriotism it was necessary for most of the sons to take refuge to Connecticut when the British occupied this area after the Battle of Long Island.