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Samuel Olmstead

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
Death: January 13, 1726 (72-73)
East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
Place of Burial: East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain Nicholas Olmstead and Sarah Olmstead
Husband of Mary Olmstead
Father of Sarah Cone; Capt. Samuel Olmsted; John Olmstead; Elizabeth Church / Whitney and Mary Brainerd
Brother of Sarah Gates; Elizabeth Butler; Mabel Taintor; Rebecca BIgelow; Deacon Joseph Olmstead and 5 others

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About Samuel Olmstead


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Samuel - b. 1653, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Jan. 13, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there in Old Cove Burial Ground. Married Mary LORD (b. May 1649, Saybrook, CT; d. Sep. 14, 1736), daughter of William LORD and Dorothy, and granddaughter of Thomas LORD and Dorothy BIRD. Children of Samuel and Mary OLMSTED: Samuel married Mary ROWLEY; John married Susannah BRAINERD; Sarah married Jared CONE; and Elizabeth married John CHURCH. Joseph - b. 1654, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Oct. 5, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Deacon. His grave marker reads: HERE LIETH THE BODY OF DEC JOSEPH OLMSTEED WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER THE 5 ANNON DOM 1726 IN THE 73 YEAR OF HIS AGE. Married Elizabeth BUTLER (b. about 1651; d. Apr. 28, 1729), daughter of Richard BUTLER and Elizabeth BIGELOW. Her grave marker reads: HERE LIES THE BODY OF ELISEABETH THE WIFE OF DEACON JOSEPH OLMSTED WHO DIED APRIL 28 IN THE 78 OF HER AGE 1729. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth OLMSTED: Joseph married Hannah MARSH; James married Mary BULL; Nicholas married Mary HOSMER; Elizabeth married Joseph SKINNER; Richard married Deborah HOSMER; Nehemiah married Clemence HOSMER; Rebecca died young; Hannah married Zachariah SEYMOUR; and Rebecca married Jonathan HILLS. Thomas - b. Jun. 25, 1657, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. 1741, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

Name: Samuel Olmsted Location: East Haddam Died 13 January, 1726. Inventory taken by Joshua Brainard, Isaac Spencer and Samuel Emmons. Court Record, Page 129--5 May, 1726: Adms. to Mary Olmsted, widow, and John Olmsted, son of sd. decd. Recog., œ300, with Samuel Olmsted. Page 131--3 June, 1726: John Olmsted, Adms. on the estate of Samuel Olmsted, late of Haddam decd., exhibited an account of Adms. of the estate: Paid in debts and charges, œ16-08-09; the inventory, with addition, œ580-13-04; subtracting œ16-08-09, there remains œ564-04-07 to be dist. Order: To Mary Olmsted, widow, œ78-05-02 with dower; to Samuel Olmsted, eldest son, œ2-18-00 with what he has received of his father's estate (œ452-11-03), which is his double portion; to John, 2nd son, œ79-15-00, he having formerly received œ148; to Sarah Cone, eldest daughter, œ202-14-11, she having formerly received œ25-01-00. To Elizabeth Church, another daughter, œ200-10-09, she having formerly received œ27-04-03; which, with what they have respectively received, is their single portion of sd. estate. And appoint Joshua Brainard, Isaac Spencer and Thomas Cone, of Haddam, distributors. Page 122--14 March, 1726-7: John Olmsted, and also the distributors, vizt., Joshua Brainard, Isaac Spencer and Thomas Cone, inform this Court that in sd. dist. therein ordered out of the homested of the decd. (to Sarah Cone œ44-02-07 and to Elizabeth Church œ4-10-07) will much damnify it, and desire that the sd. John may pay the sd. daughters in money and save the homested entire. Allowed.



Samuel's grave marker reads: "Here lies the body of Samuel Olmstead, son of Capt. Nicholas Olmstead, born 1653- d. Jan 13, 1726, in his 73rd year.

SAMUEL OLMSTED, b. at Hartford, Conn., 1653; d. at E. Haddam, Conn., Jan. 13, 1726; m. Mary Lord; b. at E. Haddam, Conn., May, 1649; d. Sept. 14, 1736; dau. of William Lord, of Saybrook, Conn.

Sarah; b. at Hartford, Conn.; m. Jared Cone; b. Jan. 7, 1668; d. Apr. 11, 1718; son of Daniel and Mahitabel (Spencer) Cone, of Haddam, Conn.

Elizabeth; b. 1688; bap. Aug. 7, 1692; d. Dec. 22, 1749 or 1761; m. Feb. 5, 1707, John Church; d. Mar. 21, 1757.

Both Samuel Olmsted and his wife are buried in the Cone cemetery, East Haddam, Ct. Samuel's gravestone has this inscription: " Samuel Olmsted, son of Capt. Nicholas in Hartford, being ye first of that name who came to that place who deceased Jan. 13, 1726 in ye 73rd year of his age." He settled in East Haddam as early as 1713.

Lyme, Ct., land records show deeds, Nov. 13, 1695, Samuel Olmsted of " haddome " to " my brother " Richard Lord, of Lyme, also to " my brother " John Colt, of Lyme, conveying to each one half of his dwelling house and orchard in Lyme.

The same records show a deed, June 19, 1684, from William Lord, Robert Lord and Thomas Lord to " Samuel Omsted our Brother in Law, land on Tantomoheagehill." On the same page a deed was recorded from Olmsted to " my brother," John Colt, of Lyme, dated Nov. 13, 1695, and acknowledged in Haddam, March 5, 1720. On the following page is a receipt from Olmsted for his full share of the estate of " his brother," Joseph Lord.



Samuel - b. 1653, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Jan. 13, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there in Old Cove Burial Ground. Married Mary LORD (b. May 1649, Saybrook, CT; d. Sep. 14, 1736), daughter of William LORD and Dorothy, and granddaughter of Thomas LORD and Dorothy BIRD. Children of Samuel and Mary OLMSTED: Samuel married Mary ROWLEY; John married Susannah BRAINERD; Sarah married Jared CONE; and Elizabeth married John CHURCH. Joseph - b. 1654, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Oct. 5, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Deacon. His grave marker reads: HERE LIETH THE BODY OF DEC JOSEPH OLMSTEED WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER THE 5 ANNON DOM 1726 IN THE 73 YEAR OF HIS AGE. Married Elizabeth BUTLER (b. about 1651; d. Apr. 28, 1729), daughter of Richard BUTLER and Elizabeth BIGELOW. Her grave marker reads: HERE LIES THE BODY OF ELISEABETH THE WIFE OF DEACON JOSEPH OLMSTED WHO DIED APRIL 28 IN THE 78 OF HER AGE 1729. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth OLMSTED: Joseph married Hannah MARSH; James married Mary BULL; Nicholas married Mary HOSMER; Elizabeth married Joseph SKINNER; Richard married Deborah HOSMER; Nehemiah married Clemence HOSMER; Rebecca died young; Hannah married Zachariah SEYMOUR; and Rebecca married Jonathan HILLS. Thomas - b. Jun. 25, 1657, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. 1741, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.


Samuel - b. 1653, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Jan. 13, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there in Old Cove Burial Ground. Married Mary LORD (b. May 1649, Saybrook, CT; d. Sep. 14, 1736), daughter of William LORD and Dorothy, and granddaughter of Thomas LORD and Dorothy BIRD. Children of Samuel and Mary OLMSTED: Samuel married Mary ROWLEY; John married Susannah BRAINERD; Sarah married Jared CONE; and Elizabeth married John CHURCH. Joseph - b. 1654, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Oct. 5, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Deacon. His grave marker reads: HERE LIETH THE BODY OF DEC JOSEPH OLMSTEED WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER THE 5 ANNON DOM 1726 IN THE 73 YEAR OF HIS AGE. Married Elizabeth BUTLER (b. about 1651; d. Apr. 28, 1729), daughter of Richard BUTLER and Elizabeth BIGELOW. Her grave marker reads: HERE LIES THE BODY OF ELISEABETH THE WIFE OF DEACON JOSEPH OLMSTED WHO DIED APRIL 28 IN THE 78 OF HER AGE 1729. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth OLMSTED: Joseph married Hannah MARSH; James married Mary BULL; Nicholas married Mary HOSMER; Elizabeth married Joseph SKINNER; Richard married Deborah HOSMER; Nehemiah married Clemence HOSMER; Rebecca died young; Hannah married Zachariah SEYMOUR; and Rebecca married Jonathan HILLS. Thomas - b. Jun. 25, 1657, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. 1741, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

Name: Samuel Olmsted Location: East Haddam Died 13 January, 1726. Inventory taken by Joshua Brainard, Isaac Spencer and Samuel Emmons. Court Record, Page 129--5 May, 1726: Adms. to Mary Olmsted, widow, and John Olmsted, son of sd. decd. Recog., œ300, with Samuel Olmsted. Page 131--3 June, 1726: John Olmsted, Adms. on the estate of Samuel Olmsted, late of Haddam decd., exhibited an account of Adms. of the estate: Paid in debts and charges, œ16-08-09; the inventory, with addition, œ580-13-04; subtracting œ16-08-09, there remains œ564-04-07 to be dist. Order: To Mary Olmsted, widow, œ78-05-02 with dower; to Samuel Olmsted, eldest son, œ2-18-00 with what he has received of his father's estate (œ452-11-03), which is his double portion; to John, 2nd son, œ79-15-00, he having formerly received œ148; to Sarah Cone, eldest daughter, œ202-14-11, she having formerly received œ25-01-00. To Elizabeth Church, another daughter, œ200-10-09, she having formerly received œ27-04-03; which, with what they have respectively received, is their single portion of sd. estate. And appoint Joshua Brainard, Isaac Spencer and Thomas Cone, of Haddam, distributors. Page 122--14 March, 1726-7: John Olmsted, and also the distributors, vizt., Joshua Brainard, Isaac Spencer and Thomas Cone, inform this Court that in sd. dist. therein ordered out of the homested of the decd. (to Sarah Cone œ44-02-07 and to Elizabeth Church œ4-10-07) will much damnify it, and desire that the sd. John may pay the sd. daughters in money and save the homested entire. Allowed.


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Birth year: 1650; Birth city: Hartford; Birth state: CT

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Birth year: 1650; Birth city: Hartford; Birth state: CT

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Samuel Olmstead's Timeline

1653
1653
Hartford, Connecticut
1668
January 7, 1668
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1676
December 30, 1676
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
1677
December 31, 1677
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
1688
August 1688
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1688
Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1718
1718
Age 65
East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
1726
January 13, 1726
Age 73
East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
January 1726
Age 73
Cove Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States