Family:Josiah Olmstead and Rebecca Whitney (1)

Parents: Daniel Olmstead and Elizabeth Northrup Josiah Olmstead b. 21 Mar 1768 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 10 Sep 1857 Branchville, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	Parents: Henry Whitney and Elizabeth Lobdell Rebecca Whitney b. 18 Feb 1761 Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 14 Dec 1843 Branchville, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]^[3]

18 Jan 1789

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Nicholas Olmsted	24 Apr 1790 Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	21 Oct 1861 Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey, United States
2.	William Olmstead	31 Mar 1793 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	23 Jul 1836 At Sea
3.	Daniel Olmsted	16 Aug 1795 Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	30 Apr 1863 Warwick, Orange, New York, United States
4.	Ira Olmsted	18 Jan 1800 Branchville, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	17 Jul 1863 Chester, Orange, New York, United States
5.	Elizabeth Olmsted	24 Aug 1804 Branchville, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ Selleck, Charles M. (Charles Melbourne). Norwalk. (Norwalk, Connecticut: C.M. Selleck, 1896)
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↑ Phœnix, S. Whitney (Stephen Whitney), and D. Williams (David Williams) Patterson. The Whitney Family of Connecticut and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to Which is Prefixed Some Account of the Whitneys of England. (New York: Privately Printed by Bradstreet Press, 1878)
57.

... Rebecca Whitney, twin, ... married, 18 Jan. 1789, at Ridgefield, her second cousin, Josiah Olmstead, a farmer, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Northrop) Olmstead, of Ridgefield, ...
↑ 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)
214.

(4186) JOSIAH OLMSTED, Branchville, Conn. b. Mar. 21, 1768; d. Sept. 10, 1857; m. Jan. 18, 1789, (his second cousin) Rebecca Whitney; b. at Ridgefield, Conn., Feb. 18, 1761; d. Dec. 14, 1843; dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Lobdell) Whitney, and grand-dau. of Elizabeth (Olmsted) Whitney. He was a farmer.

4598, Nicholas +.
4599, William +.
4600, Daniel +.
4601, Ira; b. Jan. 18, 1800; d. in Chester, N. Y., July 17, 1863.
4602, Elizabeth; b. Aug. 24, 1804.