Family:Jabez Olmstead and Martha Wright (1)

Jabez Olmstead, of Ware River Parish b. Abt 1690 probably Connecticut d. Bef 22 Mar 1753 Ware River Parish, Hampshire, Massachusetts	Parents: Joseph Wright and Sarah Osborn Martha Wright b. 16 Jun 1699 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 9 Jun 1776 pos Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts

m. 2 Feb 1748/49

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

2 Feb 1748/49

[2nd wife - she is the widow Old]

Children

		Birth	Death

References

↑ Family Recorded, 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).

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(Capt.) JABEZ OLMSTED, Ware River, Northampton [Hampshire] County, Mass.; will dated Feb. 24, 1752; m. (1) abt. 1712, Thankful Barnes; b. at Marlboro, Mass., May 1, 1695; d. Mar. 20, 1745; dau. of Thomas and Mary (How) Barnes, of Marlboro and Brookfield, Mass.; (2) Feb. 2, 1748-9, Mrs. Martha (Wright) Old; b. at Springfield, Mass., June 16, 1699; d. June 9, 1776; widow of Jonathan Old, of Springfield, Mass., and dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Osborn) Wright. She married (2) May 1, 1773, John Hancock, of Belchertown, Mass. She died June 9, 1776.
... [no issue from 2nd marriage listed]