Person:Moses Olmstead (5)

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Moses Olmstead
b.28 Apr 1751 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
d.1776 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Sarah Olmstead1745/46 -
  2. Samuel Olmstead1747 -
  3. Lydia Olmstead1749 -
  4. Moses Olmstead1751 - 1776
  5. Eleanor Olmstead1755 -
  6. Hannah Olmstead1756 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Moses Olmstead1751 - 1776
  • W.  Martha DeForest (add)
m. 30 Jan 1772
  1. Samuel Olmstead1772 - 1814
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Facts and Events
Name Moses Olmstead
Gender Male
Birth[1] 28 Apr 1751 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Christening[2][3] 28 Apr 1751 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 30 Jan 1772 to Martha DeForest (add)
Death[2][3] 1776 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ Selleck, Charles M. (Charles Melbourne). Norwalk. (Norwalk, Connecticut: C.M. Selleck, 1896)
    283.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 A086303, in Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR patriot index. (Washington, District of Columbia: N.S.D.A.R., c1994).

    OLMSTEAD, MOSES Ancestor #: A086303
    Service: CONNECTICUT
    Rank(s): CORPORAL
    Birth: BAPTISED 4-28-1751 WILTON FAIRFIELD CO CONNECTICUT
    Death: 1776 IN SERVICE
    Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV P 458
    Service Description:
    1) CAPT SAMUEL COMSTOCK
    2) COL JOHN MEAD

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 4050, 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)
    196, 203.

    (4050) MOSES OLMSTED, bap. Apr. 28, 1751; m. Jan. 30, 1772, Patty DeForest. He d. in Wilton, Conn., in the Revolutionary War, in 1776.

    4262, Samuel +.
    4263, Moses.

  4.   Research notes of R North, in Wikitree.com.

    Moses Olmstead had a very short military history.

    Moses Olmstead was a Corporal in 7th Company (Captain Comstock), of the 9th Connecticut (Trainband) regiment under Lt. Col. John Mead. The company Marched August 12th 1776 to Manhattan. Moses was Discharged on August 28th. A total of 16 days. Not by Legislative edict but by "the ancient laws of this Colony" which "enable the Colonels of the Militia to call out their respective regiments upon any alarm, invasion, or appearance of an enemy" Ref: Gov. Trumbull's letter to Washington July 1776.

    1. He was not a member of the "Continental Line" or the "Connecticut Line" as he was not a member of one of the 6 regiments raised for Continental Service, even if you allow the term "Line" to apply to a unit raised in 1776.
    ...
    3. Given the events of the time, it would seem that the most likely reason why he was Discharged on August 28th is that Moses Olmstead caught Small Pox, and was sent home to Wilton, where he subsequently died. The DAR "In Service" being a somewhat vague reference to his death being a direct result of his service.

    Sources:
    - Public records of the Colony of Connecticut - BY CHARLES J. HOADLY, LL.D.,
    - Public records of the State of Connecticut - BY CHARLES J. HOADLY, LL.D.,
    - RECORD OF SERVICE OF CONNECTICUT MEN - COMPILED BY AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1889
    - American Archives - BY PETER FORCE.
    - Wilton Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920, Volume 128 via Ancestry.com.

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