Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 18 - Section XV
XV. Olivier.
What I have to note regarding this family I owe to “Burke’s Landed Gentry,"” and to my correspondent, Henry Wagner, F.S.A. The Oliviers were an old family of Nay — a father, son, and grandson, Laurent (1520), Bernard (1550), and Pierre 0575) begin the pedigree. Pierre’s son Isaac was born in 1600, and married in 1630 a lady of noble birth, named Isabeau de Masselin; he died in 1671. Their son was Jourdain Olivier, pasteur of Pau, married in 1677 Anne Day; he became a refugee in Holland in 1683; his sons were Jerome (born 1687) and Daniel, minister at Amsterdam (born 1694). Jerome married a lady, the niece of a Huguenot martyr, Julie, daughter of Joseph de la Motte. Jerome’s son was Daniel Josias Olivier, banker in the house of Vanech (also described as a merchant of London), born 19th July 1722, married 30th June 1750 Susanne, daughter of Jaques Massé, by Marie, daughter of Jaques Louis Berchère. Mr. Olivier died in 1782; his son was Rev. Daniel Stephen Olivier, Rector of Clifton, Bedfordshire (born 1755, died 1826), who was succeeded in his rectory by his son, Rev. Daniel Josias Olivier (born 1789), who had five sons and seven daughters, the third son being John Josias Conybeare Olivier (born 1825), father of Charles. The junior rector’s second son became a landowner, and was Lieut-Colonel Henry Stephen Olivier of Potterne Manor House, Wilts (born 1796) and now represented by Rev. Henry Arnold Olivier, M.A., Rector of Poulshot (born 1826), and by other children and grandchildren. (See Burke.)