Oliver Wickes (September 29, 1757 – June 22, 1855) was a skilled carpenter who became an enlisted soldier and military officer serving with the Rhode Island Militia during the Revolutionary War.

At the age of 17 (in May 1775), Private Wickes enlisted with the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment (known as Hitchcock's Regiment) was authorized on May 6, 1775, under Colonel Daniel Hitchcock in the Rhode Island Army of Observation, which shortly was adopted into the Continental Army and participated in the Siege of Boston thru the end of the year.

The Kent County Courthouse, which is a two-and-a-half-story, hip-roof, clapboarded building, and is described as a landmark example of Federal architecture in Rhode Island.

In addition, the Oliver Wickes House at 21 Pierce Street, East Greenwich, built circa 1785, is a Federal style, Colonial, 2+1⁄2-story, exposed basement story framed home, both are contributing properties to the East Greenwich Historic District listed with the National Register of Historic Places.

Both are great-grandchildren of the former Rhode Island Deputy Governor John Greene Jr.; Abigail's maternal lineage includes Clement Weaver, one of the founders of East Greenwich.