Person:Elizabeth Olmstead (3)

Name	Elizabeth Olmstead
Gender	Female
Birth^[4]	Est 1643
Marriage	Abt 1664	Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Deacon Samuel Butler
Death^[1]^[2]	12 Oct 1681	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Ancestral File Number		8MZT-XT

References

↑ #16, in Olmsted, Henry King (1824-1896), and George Kemp Ward (1848-1937). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmstead and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912. (New York: A. T. DeLaMare, 1912)
page 17.

'ELIZABETH OLMSTED. b. at Hartford, Conn.; d. Oct. 12, 1681; m. Samuel Butler; d. Dec. 20, 1692, in Wethersfield, Conn.; son of (Deacon) Richard and Elizabeth (Bigelow) Butler.'

Note: The identification of Samuel's mother as Elizabeth Bigelow has since been discredited.
↑ Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
Wethersfield Vital Records:51 (typescript).

'Butler,...
Elizabeth,w.Samuel,d.Oct.12,1681'
#16, in Olmsted, Henry King (1824-1896), and George Kemp Ward (1848-1937). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmstead and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912. (New York: A. T. DeLaMare, 1912)
page 12.

'NICHOLAS OLMSTED. ... [daughter] Elizabeth.'
↑ Birth year estimated based on birth years of siblings, husband and children.

Many compilers give her birth date as 20 Nov 1642 or 20 Nov 1646. 20 Nov 1646 is the day her sister Mary was born - using this birth date for Elizabeth may be the result of the fact that Torrey incorrectly identifies the wife of Samuel Butler as Mary Olmsted.