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Facts and Events
| Name |
Moses Olmstead |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
29 Jan 1736 |
Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Other[2] |
24 Feb 1752 |
Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesnamed in Will of Jabez Olmstead, father |
| Marriage |
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to Abigail Elwell |
| Military[4] |
1776 |
Rev war - Lieutenant |
| Other[5] |
12 Jul 1790 |
Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesnamed in Will of Thomas Elwell, father in law |
| Death? |
29 Sep 1795 |
Lincoln, Ontario, Canada |
Research notes
- following the death of first wife Abigail, Moses Olmstead and several children supposedly migrated to Ontario along with members of the Cooley family
- supposedly there is a will filed in Sep/Oct 1795 in Exeter, Lincoln county, Canada by his widow Elizabeth Olmstead - need to locate copy
References
- ↑ Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1909)
p. 168.
OMSTED, Moses, s. Jabish and Thankfull, [born] Jan. 29, 1736.
- ↑ Will Abstract of Jabez Olmstead, in User generated Abstract.
OLMSTEAD, Capt. Jabez of Ware-River Parish, Hampshire County. 24 Feb 1752. Rec. 22 Mar 1753.
Wife: Martha.
Sons: Moses ; Jeremiah ; Israel.
Daus: Thankful Brawn, dec'd. ; Hannah Marsh ; dau Hammond, dec'd.; Dorcas Wolcot ; Sarah Marsh ; Abigail Smith ; Prudence.
Exec: wife "Martha Omstead".
Wit: Job Lane ; John Downing
[8:26-27]
[Note: for complete Will Transcript, see page for Capt. Jabez Olmstead of Ware.]
- 9080, 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)
394, 396.
(9080) MOSES OLMSTED, Pittsford, Vt. b. at Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 29, 1736; m. prob. 1754, Abigail Elwell ...
"Moses Olmsted was a strong man in his day. His family was the eleventh to settle in town. He was a great Indian fighter, and was a soldier of the Revolution. He was at the Battle of Hubbardton and helped to bury the dead the day after the battle. He and his men brought many British muskets from the field of battle. He was 1st Lieut., of Capt. Benjamin Cooley's Company, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He filled all the Town Offices of his day with honor and was a respected citizen." — Pittsford Town Clerk Record.
- ↑ A086302, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.
OLMSTEAD, MOSES
Ancestor #: A086302
Service: VERMONT
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1-29-1736 BROOKFIELD WORCESTER CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: POST 1790 PITTSFORD-LIV RUTLAND CO VERMONT
Service Source: GOODRICH, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR 1775-1783, PP 787, 791, 792
Service Description:
1) CAPT BENJAMIN COOLEY, COL GIDEON WARREN:
2) PAID FOR NURSING SOLDIERS AT FORT VENGEANCE
- ↑ Will transcript of Thomas Elwell, dated 12 Jul 1790, in Elwell, Levi Henry. The family of Thomas Elwell of Hardwick, Massachusetts. (Amherst, Mass.: L.H. Elwell, 1989).
... ITEM I give & bequeath to the children of my beloved son in law Moses Olmstead twelve shillings which with what I have heretofore given to him & to my daughter Abigail his late wife deceased is their full proportion of my Estate. ...
... the affore sd. Legacies to my son Jabez to Moses Olmstead & to my daughter Lucy Rice to be paid to them by my Sons Joshua, Moses, Thomas, John & Jonas equally in one year after my Decease ...
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