Major General Robert Overton

1609 - 1679  (70 years)

• Name	Major General Robert Overton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1609	Easington, Yorkshire, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Dec 1679	Seaton, Rutland, England
  Person ID	I12891	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Overton, *,   b. 5 Jul 1585, Easington Manor, Holderness, Yorkshire, ENG d. 8 Oct 1650, Easington, Yorkshire, ENG (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Joanne Palmer,   b. 1581, , Yorkshire, ENG d. 1640, Easington, Yorkshire, England (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1606	Easington, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F4179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Gardiner,   b. 1613, London, Middlesex, ENG d. 16 Dec 1668, London, Middlesex, England (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1632	Easington Holderness, co. York Stratford Bow, Middlesex Little St Bartholomew's, London, London, England
  Children	1. William Overton,   b. 3 Dec 1638, , , England d. 1697, Jamestown, Colonial Virginia (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Fairfax Overton M Ann Conntesse,   b. 1650   d. 1678 (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Allatheia Overton M John Lewis,   b. 1640, Easington Hall, Holderness, Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Baby Jeremie Overton,   b. 1637, London, England d. 14 Dec 1637 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Dorcas Overton +,   b. 1642, Easington, Yorkshire, England d. 1711 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Overton +,   b. 2 May 1639, Easington, Yorkshire, England d. 20 Nov 1723, Essex, England (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. John Overton,   b. 1635, Stratford Bow, Middlesex, England d. Mar 1676, Easington, Yorkshire, England (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Benjamin Ebenezer Overton +,   b. Apr 1648, England d. Apr 1678 (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Joanna Overton +,   b. 1648, Est, England d. 1678 (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Elizabeth Overton M John Blith,   b. 1641, England d. 17 Feb 1671, Patrington, Yorkshire, England (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Samuel Overton,   b. 1639, Easington, Yorkshire, ENG d. 1732, Franklin, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Anne Overton,   b. Easington, Yorks, England d. 1689, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		General Robert Overton.jpg
  		Robert Overton - Plaque located in entrance to All Hallows .jpg
  		Major General Robert Overton.jpg
  		Churchyard where Overton was buried.jpg

  
  

  Documents		Robert Overton memorial plaque.jpg
  		Verbage of memorial plaque of Robert Overton.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  He was Colonel Robert Overton whom later gained the title of Major General. He played a prominent role in the English Civil War. (E) What is wonderful about this is that he is a proven ancestor of mine through an autosomnal DNA cousih whom also descends from him through his son William.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S1979] Historical Southern Families. Volume V, 1,48278::0. [S763] My Heritage. (www.myheritage.com : 6/19/2015), ). [S529] Mary Francis to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Sept. 21, 1996 at 7 Picton st., #805, London, Ontario, Canada N6B3N7 In Linda Coate files (C-865). [S13] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).