(4008) RICHARD OLMSTED, Ridgefield, Conn. b. Sept. 15, 1717;
m. (1) Jan. 13, 1740, Abigail Hoyt; b. Dec. 18, 1719; d. Apr. 20, 1747; dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Hoyt, of Deerfield, Mass.;
(2) June 1, 1748, Mary Keeler; b. Jan. 29, 1718-19; d. May 23, 1816; dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Betts) Keeler, of Wilton, Conn.
He d. before Sept. 18, 1752, and his widow married (2) 1754, (Capt.) Vivus Dauchy.
1st marriage:
4159, Benjamin; b. Dec. 1, 1741; d. Oct. 27, 1744.
4160, Abigail; b. Jan. 14, 1743.
4161, Benjamin +.
4162, Marah; b. Apr. 20, 1747; d. young.
2d marriage:
4163, Hepzibah; b. Aug. 15, 1751; d. Oct. 7, 1841; m. Feb. 7, 1773, Josiah Osborne, of Lenox, Mass.; b. Feb. 20, 1746, at Ridgefield, Conn.; d. Aug. 27, 1830; son of Daniel and Sarah (Osburn) Osborne.
They moved in the spring of 1773, to Lenox, Mass., bringing their goods in an ox cart. Their first log house was built in an unbroken forest. They endured all the hardships of pioneer life, and lived and died upon the same farm which is now owned and occupied by their grandsons. In 1789, he had built and nearly finished his first frame house in which his youngest child was born.
4164, David; b. 1753; d. Jan. 4, 1777; m. Feb. 7, 1771, Rachel Woodruff; b. Aug. 31, 1750; dau. of Benjamin and Eunice (Martin) Woodruff, of Litchfield, Conn.
David Olmsted was a Revolutionary soldier. When he enlisted first we know not, but he was discharged Jan. 11, 1775, at Ft. Washington. He enlisted again with his cousin Roger Olmsted, July 16, 1775, in the 4th Co., 7th Regt., under Capt. Hait and served as Corp. from Aug. 7, 1775, to Dec. 23, 1775. He enlisted Nov., 1776, under Capt. Beebe, one of the " picked 36 men," for the defence of Ft. Washington, which was taken by the enemy, Nov. 16, 1776. He died in the Old Sugar house, in Livingston St., New York.
