Person:Benjamin Olmsted (1)

Name^[1]	Benjamin Olmsted
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	12 Mar 1751	East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	2 Nov 1775	Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Content Pitkin
Military^[1]		Rev War - Captain
Death^[1]	25 Dec 1832

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 191, 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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(191) (Capt.) BENJAMIN OLMSTED. b. at E. Hartford, Conn., Mar. 12, 1751 ; d. Dec. 25, 1832 ; m. Nov. 2, 1775, Content Pitkin ; ... He served in the Revolutionary War. Enlisted May, 1775, under Capt. George Pitkin, of Col. Spencer's reg't. The company marched to Roxbury, Mass., and was at the siege of Boston, until Dec., 1775. He came home on a furlough to be married.