Sgt. Daniel Olmstead / Olmsted, ~1759-1836

DAR Ancestor #: A086263. He was born ~1759, not 1749; Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America... contains an error re Daniel, #325. His mother, Anna Cadwell, was born 1737). He died aged 78 and was buried in Oriskany Cem., Oneida Co., NY (FindAGrave).

More About Daniel Olmstead:

• Military: 1776, Revolutionary War. Enlisted Simsbury, CT under Capt. Bissell. Served under Gen. Sullivan, Capt. Pettibone, Col. Eno, Major Healy, Capt. Catlin, Col. Arnold. Was in the battle on Long Island, White Plains, and Kingsbridge, and others. He was a U.S. pension 3. Residence: Aft. 1760, Moved to Whitestown, NY

Daniel Olmsted in Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (published 1912):

(No. 325) DANIEL OLMSTED, Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y. b. 1749 [error -- it's 1759]-d. Aug. 11, 1836; m. Nov. 28, 1782, Rosannah Tuller; b. Jan. 31, 1763; d. June 1853; dau. of Elijah Tuller. Mr. Olmsted was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Was in the siege of Yorktown.

Children:

• 747, Mittie; bap. June 20, 1784; d. Aug., 1785.
• 748, Chandler; b. June 4, 1785; d. 1805.
• 749, Elihu +
• 750 Mittie; b. Nov. 19, 1789; m. Thomas Edwards.
• 751, Daniel; b. Apr. 15, 1791; d. in Virginia.
• 752 Lyman +
• 753, Elijah Tuller +
• 754, Orrin; b. July 13, 1798; d. at Whitestown, N. Y., age 14.
• 755, Oliver +.
• 756, Luke +.
• 757, Rosanna +.
• 758, Susan; m. George Eno. of En Ritta Hill, Ohio.

Daniel Olmsted was a soldier in the Rev. War. He enlisted at Simsbury, Connecticut, under Capt. Bissell, early in 1776, joined his regt. at Roxbury, Mass., and when Boston was evacuated, March 17, 1776, the regt. was ordered to New York City. He was engaged in the battle on Long Island, under the command of Gen. Sullivan, and the battles which followed on the retreat from New York City, at White Plains, and Kingsbridge. He was discharged Jan. 1, 1777, and enlisted again in 1777, under Capt. Pettibone, in Col. Eno's Continental Regt., going for six months to New Haven and vicinity. In 1778 he entered the service again for six months, marched to Horse Neck, where he served his term in Col. Mead's Regt. In 1779 he served as corporal in Col. Eno's Regt., for six months, marched to Horse Neck, White Plains, Peekskill, and other places on the North river. He was in the detachment of 300 men under Major Healy that made an attack on the British stationed on an island near Morrisania, Westchester Co., in which they were repulsed, losing a considerable number of men killed, including Major Healy, and nearly all the rest in prisoners. In 1780 he enlisted for six months, as sergt. in Capt. Catlin's Co., Col. Arnold's Regt., which was at New Haven, Conn.

He was a U. S. pensioner. After the war he removed to Whitestown N. Y.

From The New York Evening Post, Wednesday, April 25, 1832, page 2 (OCR): Valuable Invention. Mr. Daniel Olmsted, and Mr. William Wells, Hatters, now in the employ of Mssrs. Stocking & Dart, of Buffalo, have invented, in connection with Mr. Dart, of that firm, a machine for Napping Hats, which will doubtless prove one of great public utility. It has been in operation here, and we are assured by those whose knowledge is practical, that it executes its task in the most perfect manner. Measures have been taken to secure a patent for the invention, but until this is effected, we must defer any description of the process. When offered in market, the right will undoubtedly be purchased with avidity by manufacturers, as it will add essentially to their present power of mechanical production."

A descendant of Daniel Olmsted is "Daniel Olmsted, from the Oneida Indian Nation. He is their Director of Living History. An Oneida (County, NY) ancestor of Mr. Olmsted fought art the Battle of Saratoga, considered the turning point in the American Revolution." March 2018: http://www.lonelypamphleteer.com/grants%20bday.asp

===============================

Cited in the DAR Lineage Book entry (1922) for Grace Olmsted (Horton) Vaissiere (60830), born Rome, NY and wife of F. E. Vaissiere. She was a descendant of Daniel Olmsted and of Elijah Tuller (Daniel's father-in-law).

1. Daughter of Wesley Horton (1834-1000) and Mary Elizabeth Olmsted (18371901), his wife, m. 1857.
2. Granddaughter of Oliver Olmsted (1800-75) and Elizabeth Owens (1805-79), his wife, m. 1822.
3. Gr-granddaughter of Daniel Olmsted and Rosannah Tuller (b. 1763), his wife, m. 1782.
4. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Elijah Tuller and Sarah Case (1798-51), his wife.

• Daniel Olmsted (1749 [error -- it's 1759]-1836) served several enlistments under different commands, 1776-80, Connecticut troops; engaged in battles of Long Island and White Plains. In 1818 he applied for a pension. His widow also received a pension. He was born in Simsbury, Conn.; died in Oneida County, N. Y.
• Elijah Tuller (1727-1814) was a minute man in the 18th regiment from Simsbury, Conn., where he was born and died.

Lineage Book, DAR, Vol. 61-62, 1922, page 279

DAR# A086263