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Facts and Events
| Name |
Benjamin Olcott |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Abt 1732 |
East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
| Residence |
Abt 1768 |
Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Stateswith Naomi Comstock |
| Residence |
1772 |
Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Stateswith Naomi Comstock |
| Death[1] |
26 Sep 1813 |
Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States |
| Burial[1] |
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West Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United StatesHomestead Cemetery |
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I cannot find any information about this person aside from the three sources mentioned. Some sources on the internet claim he was the son of Cullick Olcott, but his will only mentions two children, though given that Benjamin was born the same year that Cullick died, it is possible Benjamin was not yet born.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Benjamin Olcott, in Find A Grave.
Inscription: "Mr. Benjamin Olcott died Sept. 26, 1813. AE. 81 years."
Birth: 1732
Death: Sep. 26, 1813
Jaffrey
Cheshire County
New Hampshire, USA
- Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917. (Keene, NH: J.L. Seward Est., 1921)
p. 1277.
BENJAMIN OLCOTT was one of the earliest settlers of what we now call Sullivan. He came to that part of the town which was then in Gilsum, about 1768, and settled at 68, where he lived until 1772. He was probably the second settler of the place. Stephen Griswold, Sr., who settled upon the lot which he drew, at 102, as an original proprietor, was the first actual settler who had "drawn" land in the place, and had probably settled his lot before Olcott arrived. The latter's house at 68 was where the first Rowe house stood and is now on the town farm; Olcott's wife gave birth to a still-born daughter while living on this place. The child was probably the next after Benjamin named below. James Comstock, whom the writer in his boyhood knew, and who was a relative of the Olcotts, informed the writer that this still-born daughter of the Olcotts was the first birth on what is now Sullivan soil. Mr. Comstock also said that he was the first male child, and the first living child, born in the place. He was the first male child born in town, so far as we know. The Olcotts had a daughter named Mary, afterwards Mrs. Jonathan Lamson. who was born, according to Reed's History of Swanzey, page 389, on June 15, 1771, while Mr. Comstock was born, April to, 1773. Mary Olcott was certainly born (if Reed's history be correct) while her parents were living In Sullivan, at 68. As there was probably not more than one other family in the settlement, and the cabin of the Olcotts in the wilderness would be an unsuitable place for the birth of a child, it is not improbable that Mrs. Olcott went to Keene, or some other town, for its birth. If that were so, it would make good the statement of Mr. Comstock. Mr. Olcott came from East Haddam, Conn., where he was probably born, he was b. in 1732 (or 1731), for he d. in Swanzey, Sept. 26, 1813, ae. 81 years.
- Read, Benjamin. The history of Swanzey, New Hampshire : from 1734 to 1890. (Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1892).
Benjamin Olcott, b. in 1732; m. Naomi Comstock (b. in 1739; d. Dec. 21, 1831), d. Sept. 26, 1813. Children: Lucy, b. Feb. 26, 1764; m. Abel Wilson. Hannah, b. in 1764; m. Joseph Cross. Benjamin, b. 1766. Mary, m. Aug. 23, 1796, Jonathan Lampson. Anna, b. in 1776; m., 1st, Jotham Whitcomh; m., 2d, Elisha Whitcomb. William, d. Feb. 17, 1779. Dolly, d. Feb. 18, 1779. Dorothy, b. March 26, 1780. James, b. March 23, 1783. Otis, b. 1805.
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