Person:Nehemiah Olmstead (1)
Nehemiah Olmstead
chr.10 Nov 1618 Fairstead, Essex, England
d.Bef 2 Oct 1657 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 Oct 1605
  1. Faith Olmstead1606/07 - 1627/28
  2. Frances OlmsteadBef 1609/10 - 1609/10
  3. Mabel Olmstead1610 - 1621/22
  4. Nicholas Olmstead1612/13 - 1684
  5. James Olmstead1615/16 -
  6. Nehemiah Olmstead1618 - Bef 1657
  7. Mary Olmstead1621 - 1621
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Nehemiah Olmstead1618 - Bef 1657
  • W.  Elizabeth BurrEst 1637 - Aft 1675/76
m. Bef 1655
  1. Sarah OlmsteadEst 1655 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Nehemiah Olmstead
Gender Male
Christening[1][4] 10 Nov 1618 Fairstead, Essex, England
Marriage Bef 1655 to Elizabeth Burr
Military[2][3] May 1657 Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesSergeant
Death[2][3] Bef 2 Oct 1657 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[2][5] 6 Oct 1657 Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Olmstead, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    II:1359.

    Nehemiah Olmstead, bp (Fairstead) 10 November 1618.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nehemiah Olmstead, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    I:452.

    Olmstead, Nehemiah, s. of James. Sergt., Fairfield Trainband, May 1657. Bapt. at Fairsted, co. Essex, Eng., 10 Nov. 1618, d. at Fairfield in 1657; m. Elizabeth Burr, dau. of Jehu. She m. (2) Obadiah Gilbert, and (3) Capt. Nathaniel Seeley. Inv, 6 Oct. 1657. Widow and minor dau. On 27 Jan. 1671 [1671/2], land was recorded which Nehemiah Olmstead "did purchase of his bro.-in-law Jehu Burr." On 15 Mar. 1675 [1675/6], Nehemiah having died and left a widow and one child, Sarah, and she is now of age and married to Robert Seeley, he demanded her portion, and an agreement was made with Elizabeth Seeley, the Adm'x.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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)
    15.

    (6) Nehemiah Olmsted, bap. at Fairsted, Nov. 10, 1618. Came to America with his father, and settled in Fairfield, Conn., in 1649. He married Elizabeth Burr, dau. of Jehu Burr, Sr. He was a sergeant in 1657. Died before Oct. 2,1657. His widow was appointed administratrix Aug., 1658. Mrs. Olmsted m. (2) Obadiah Gilbert, of Fairfield, Conn. ...

  4. ↑ 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 xi.

    'Fairsted Church Records ...
    Baptized children of James Olmsted: ... Nehemiah, 10th November, 1618;'

  5. ↑ Mead, Spencer P. (Spencer Percival). Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1648-1750. (Spencer P. Mead (Typescript), 1929)
    1:9.

    [Transcribed by Geri Ryerson K.]
    OLMSTEED, Nehemiah, late of Fairfield, Oct 2, 1656, letters of administration on his estate granted to his widow Elizabeth Olmsteed, page 41.
    Inventory taken Oct 2. 1657, by Anthony Wilson, Cornelius Hull, and Alexander Knowles, and filed Oct. 2, 1658, and estate distributed to his widow Elizabeth Olmsteed, and one child. page 41.
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    [cos1776 note: The 1656 date may be a transcription error - verification needed. If it is correct, then the currently posted death year is wrong.]

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