Family:John Olmstead and Mary Benedict (1)

Research Notes

• Children probably born at Norwalk, but apparently no records of their dates and place(s) of birth survives. Approximate years of their births derive from the 1704/05 probate records of Lt. John Olmsted.

1. ↑ Marriage Recorded, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   101.

   Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) > Norwalk Vital Records 1651-1850
   OLMSTED, OLMSTEAD - John, m. Mary BENEDICT, d. Thomas, July 17, 1673 - Vol. LR1, p. 50

2. ↑ Benedict, Henry Marvin. The genealogy of the Benedicts in America. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1870)
   24.

   'Ch. [of Thomas and Mary (Bridgum) Benedict] ...
   Mary, b. 16--, Southold, L. I.; m. John Olmsted, "Lieut. Olmstede," Norwalk, Ct., July 17, 1673.'

3. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
   1:454.

   'Olmstead, John, s. of Richard. ...
   Bapt. at Hartford, 30 Dec. 1649, d. at Norwalk in 1704.
   Married (1) at Norwalk, 17 July 1673, Mary Benedict, dau. of Thomas.
   Married (2) Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Gregory, and dau. of George Pardee, b. at New Haven, 10 June 1660.
   Inv. 22 Dec. 1704/5 (sic). ... Distribution 17 Apr. 1705: Widow; ...'

4.   Marriage Recorded, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   Norwalk Vital Records:11 (edited version).

   'BENEDICT, BENYDICKE, BENNEDICK, BENEDICK, ...
   Mary, d. Thomas, m. John OLMSTED, July 17, 1673'

5.   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).

   p 192 -
   (3955) (Lieut.) JOHN OLMSTED, bap. at Hartford, Conn., Dec. 30, 1649; inventory dated Dec. 22, 1704-5; estate distributed Apr. 17, 1705; m. (1) prob. Nov. 11, 1670 [17 Jul 1673, per Barbour VRs], Mary Benedict; dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bridgum) Benedict, of (prob.) Southold, Long Island, N. Y.; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth (Pardie) Gregory; b. June 10, 1660; dau. of George Pardie and widow of Thomas Gregory. Mrs. Elizabeth Olmsted survived her husband. In 1673, in "the Estates of Lands and Accommodations of ye towne of Norwalk," John Olmsted is credited with £50. In 1699 he was chosen Selectman, and again in 1703.
   
   3961, Mary; b. 1675; m. May 9, 1694, at Norwalk, Conn., Thomas Reed; son of John Reed, of Cornwall and Derby, Eng. John Reed was an officer in Cromwell's army.
   3961a, John.
   3962, Jane; b. 1677; m. abt. 1700, Benjamin Wilson, of Norwalk, Conn.
   3963, Sarah; b. 1679; m. June 5, 1696, Jonathan Abbott, of Norwalk, Conn.; son of George Abbott.
   3964, Rebecca; b. 1681 ; m. Samuel St. John.
   3965, Daniel +.
   3966, Richard + .
   3967, Eunice; b. 1687.
   3968, Elizabeth; b. at Norwalk, Conn., 1690; m. June 14, 1710, Henry Whitney; b. at Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 21, 1680-1; d. Apr. 26, 1728; son of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitney. He removed, among the early settlers, to Ridgefield, Conn., with his brothers-in-law, Richard and Daniel Olmsted. Mrs. Whitney lived to a great age.
   3969, Deborah; b. 1693.
   3970, Abigail; b. 1696.
   3971, Anna; b. 1698; m. abt. 1720, Robert Andrews, of Grassy Plain, now Bethel, Conn.; b. 1693; son of Abraham and Sarah (Porter) Andrews, of Waterbury, Conn .

6. ↑ 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.
   2:1112.

   OLMSTEAD, John (1640-) & 1/wf Mary BENEDICT; 17 Jul 1673, 11 Nov 1670; Norwalk, CT {Norwalk VR 11, 93; Fairfield Fam. 1:12, 454; Benedict 24; Miner Anc. 138; Olmsted 192?; Lobdell 14; Fairfield Prob. 62, 85; Sv. 1:164; Reg. 59:356}