Family:John Olmstead and Elizabeth Adgate (1)
Parents: Richard Olmsted and Frances Slaney
Dr. John Olmstead
chr. 16 Feb 1617/18 Fairstead, Essex, England
d. 2 Aug 1686 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents: Unknown Adgate and Unknown
Elizabeth Adgate
b. Est 1622
d. Aft 15 Oct 1689
m. Bef 1650 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
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Marriage[1][2] Bef 1650 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
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The Identity of the Wife of Dr. John Olmstead

Elizabeth Marvin, eldest daughter of Matthew Marvin, has been thought to be the wife of Dr. John Olmstead. Robert Charles Anderson, in his Great Migration sketch of Matthew Marvin (5:70-71), argues that the 1689 will of Dr. Olmstead's widow Elizabeth, which contains legacies to all the surviving children of the first Deacon Thomas Adgate, but not to all the surviving children of Mary (Marvin) (Bushnell) Adgate indicates otherwise. Additionally, Matthew Marvin does not list a daughter Elizabeth in his 1678 will. These data points lead Mr. Anderson to conclude that the wife of Dr. Olmstead was Elizabeth Adgate, sister of Thomas Adgate, and not Elizabeth Marvin, daughter of Matthew Marvin.

References
  1. ↑ Matthew Marvin, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    5:70.
  2. ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
    2:1111.

    OLMSTEAD, John (1617, ?1626-1686) & Elizabeth [MARVIN] (1622-1708); by 1650?, no issue; ?Norwich, CT {Knapp Anc. 103; Randall Anc. 399; Thom Anc. Chart 71; Hale (1952) 714; Reg. 16:350; Dawes-Gates 2:577; Backus Anc. 111; Utah Gen. Mag. 22:121; Boardman Anc 264; Brownell Anc. 141; Hartford Prob. 1:343; Olmsted 191; Miner Anc. 137; Marvin 298?; Pain (#5) 151; Flagg Anc. 293; Williams (#16) 129, Fairfield Fam. 1:403, 453; Upton (1893) 158;
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    [Note of Caution: Maiden surname Marvin is in dispute. See notes above.]

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