Israel Olmstead

Omstead, Gideon (c. 1760-1797) came from the United States to Townsend Township, Norfolk County in 1793 and married Elizabeth Cooley. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Essex Counties, and in Iowa and Oklahoma and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Warden, Swanton, Evans, Chapin, Nailor, Flynn, Turner, Limage, Casey, Dunn, Watson. Stephen Olmstead (1787-1854) came from Canaan, Columbia County, New York to Norfolk County by 1817 and married widow Mary (Barber) Gilbert and settled in Middleton Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Snively, Thomson.

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Paternal Line of the Omstead (Olmstead; Olmsted; De Olmstede) Family between Martin De Olmstede (1220) and myself (Thomas Leonard Omstead).

Please Note: These Genealogy pages are always under construction and subject to revision. Robert and Marion Omstead of Wheatley, ON Canada did most of the research between Israel Olmstead (1790-1863) and the present. The pages that precede Israel Olmstead (1790-1863), have been borrowed from other contributors on www.geni.com . These contributors are unknown to me and I cannot validate their accuracy. In fact, some dates don’t make sense to me. If you have corrections or contributions PLEASE send an email to me at: omstead@telus.net Thanks, Tom Omstead.

The following comes from Robert Omstead of Wheatley, ON Canada.

WHEATLEY ONTARIO CANADA OMSTEAD'S

We learn from documents in the Archives of Ontario that Gideon Olmstead/Omstead of 29 years of age, born in the Province of Vermont in North America, (U.S.A.) and professing the Christian religion, by trade a farmer, appeared before William Kennedy Smith, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the Home District and took the Oath of Allegiance and signed the Declaration on the 24th day of May, 1797.

His was one of the first reported families to settle in Townsend township near Boston, Ontario. He applied for and received a Crown Grant of land on May 20, 1801 for Lot 13, Concession 3, and on 16 October 1804 for Lot 14, Concession 3, in all 400 acres in Townsend township. These properties were sold in 1804 and 1805. A brother, Job, moved to the U.S.A.

Having no proof we assume that Israel and Jonas were sons of Gideon, as they were the only other Olmsteads in the area at that time.

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When Israel Gideon Olmstead was born on 5 September 1757, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Israel Olmstead, was 41 and his mother, Anna Safford, was 25. He married Elizabeth Cooley about 1777, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1790 and Aurelius, Cayuga, New York, United States in 1800. He died in 1796, in Wolford, Grenville, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, at the age of 39, and was buried in Rutland, V