(4054) SILAS OLMSTED, b. at Wilton, Conn., Feb. 18, 1732; d. Apr. 13, 1782 [sic - see note];
m. (1) Mar. 5, 1753, Abigail De Forest; b. abt. 1731; d. Dec. 26, 1766;
(2) Lydia Sloan, of Wilton, Conn.
He enlisted May 7, 1775, in Capt. Mead's Co., 5th Regt., Col. Waterbury, and was discharged Sept. 17, 1775; marched
for the relief of Fort William Henry, in the alarm, August, 1757 [sic].
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[cos1776 note: Death date of 1782 is impossible if will abstract's date of 1817 is correct. More research needed.]