Person:Rebecca Olmsted (1)
Rebecca Olmstead
b.Aft 1688 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
d.Aft 1752 Westchester, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 Jul 1673
  1. Mary OlmsteadAbt 1675 - Bef 1752
  2. Jane OlmsteadAbt 1677 -
  3. Sarah Olmstead1679 -
  4. Elizabeth OlmsteadEst 1683 -
  5. Daniel OlmsteadAbt 1684/85 - Aft 1743
  6. Richard OlmsteadEst 1687 - 1776
  7. Rebecca OlmsteadAft 1688 - Aft 1752
  8. Eunice OlmsteadEst 1689 - Aft 1743
  9. Deborah OlmsteadAbt 1693 - Bef 1706/07
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel St. JohnAbt 1681 - Bef 1752
  • W.  Rebecca OlmsteadAft 1688 - Aft 1752
m. Bef Jan 1705
  1. Samuel St. John, Jr.Abt 1702 - 1777
  2. Abigail St. John1703 - 1775
  3. Joanna St. John1705 -
  4. Jane St. John1706 -
  5. Peregrina St. John1708 -
  6. Noah St. John1713 - 1778
  7. Daniel St. John1717 -
  8. Job St. John1719 -
  9. Ebenezer St. John1721 - 1810
  10. Matthew St. JohnAbt 1723 -
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Facts and Events
Name[2] Rebecca Olmstead
Married Name _____ St. John
Gender Female
Birth[3] Aft 1688 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States[see notes]
Marriage Bef Jan 1705 [est based on ?]
to Samuel St. John
Other[4] 22 Dec 1704 Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesnamed in Inventory of John Olmsted, father
Other[4] 5 Mar 1706/07 Fairfield, Connecticut, United Stateschose Ebenezer Gregory as guardian
Death? Aft 1752 Westchester, New York, United Statespos Courtland Manor
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Research notes

  • cos1776 note: The Mar 1706/07 court record suggests that Rebecca was married, probably to her chosen guardian, Ebenezer Gregory. More research needed.
References
  1.   Churchyard, James Nohl. Data (Mostly Negative) on the English Origins of Matthias St. John
    http://www.nctimes.net/~churchyj/early4ch.html.
  2. ↑ Selleck, Charles M. (Charles Melbourne). Norwalk. (Norwalk, Connecticut: C.M. Selleck, 1896)
    267.
  3. ↑ 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)
    191.

    3964, Rebecca; b. 1681  ; m. Samuel St. John.
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    [cos1776 note: Likely error. 1706/07 court record shows that Rebecca required a guardian, so she was younger than 18 and therefore born after 1688.]

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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)
    5:201.

    OLMSTED, John, Lieut, late of Norwalk, ...

    Inventory taken Dec. 22, 1704, by John Benedick and Samuel Smith, mentioned his children, ... Rebecca, ... and filed Jan. 17, 1704/5, page 51.

    Mch. 5, 1706/7, the court ... and Rebecca Gregory, another daughter of decedent, made choice of Ebeneazer Gregory of Norwalk, to be her guardian, page 52.

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