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Col. David Olmsted
d.8 Feb 1815
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ BIRTHS, PART I, in Rockwell, George Lounsbury. History of Ridgefield, Connecticut. (Ridgefield, CT: G.L. Rockwell, 1927).
David, son of Nathan & Millicent OLMSTED, b. 20 Nov 1748
- ↑ A086268, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.
OLMSTEAD, DAVID
Ancestor #: A086268
Service: CONNECTICUT
Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth: 11-20-1748 RIDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: ANTE 3-16-1813 MANLIUS ONONDAGA CO NEW YORK
Service Source: JOHNSTON,CT MEN IN THE REV, 1775-1783 P 539,586; BATES LISTS & RETURNS OF CT MEN IN THE REV, VOL XII P 162; BATES,ROLLS & LISTS OF CT MEN IN THE REV, VOL VIII P 195
Service Description: 1) COL ROGER ENOS, NEHEMIAH BEARDSLEY
RESIDENCE
1) City: RIDGEFIELD - County: FAIRFIELD CO - State: CONNECTICUT
SPOUSE
1) ABIGAIL INGERSOLL
- Hall, Edward Hagaman (editor). Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: containing an account of the origin of the Sons of the American Revolution. (New York, NY: The Society, 1899)
503.
DAVID OLMSTEAD;
Born in Ridgefield, Conn., Nov. 20, 1748 ;
died in Pike, Pa., Dec. 29, 1829 ;
private in 1776 and a prisoner of war ;
Sergeant in Capt. Benedict's Co., Bradley's Battalion in 1776 ;
Captain in Col. Enos' Regt., 1778 ;
Captain in Col. Beebe's Regt., 1780 ; and
Captain in a provisional regiment in 1781 ;
with Washington in his retreat from New York and participated in the northern campaign under Gates.
- James Marcus King
DAVID OLMSTED:
Born in Ridgefield, Conn., Nov. 29, 1748 ;
died in Jamesville, N.Y., 1813 ;
enlisted as Corporal, Aug. 7, 1775, in Capt. Joseph Hart's Co., 7th Connecticut Regt.;
discharged Dec. 23, 1775 ;
Sergeant, Aug. 22, 1776, in Capt. Benedict's Co., Bradley's Battalion ;
discharged Jan. 11, 1777 ;
Captain of a Company in Col. Enos' Regt., June 3, 1778 ;
Captain of 8th Co. in Lieut.-Col. Beebe's Regt., raised in spring of 1780, "for service along the Western coast" ; and
Captain in Provisional Regt., in 1781.
- William Adams Olmsted, William Henry Haskin.
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- ↑ 4117, 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)
197, 210, 518.
(4117) (Col.) DAVID OLMSTED, b. Nov. 20, 1748; d. July 30, 1805; m.
(1) Oct. 22, 1769, Abigail Ingersoll; b. May 7, 1751; d. Feb. 15, 1815; dau. of (Rev.) Jonathan and Dorcas (Moss) Ingersoll, of Ridgefield, Conn.;
(2) Abiah Keeler, of Norwalk, Conn.
He served in the Revolutionary War; was Capt. and Lieut. Col. in 16th Regt. of Horse, Col. Nehemiah Beardsley. He was Lieut. Col. Commandant, 16th Regt. in Oct., 1781 ; was Representative in Conn. Legislature fourteen times; was one of a Committee to procure clothing for the Continental Army, Nov. 17, 1778. After the War, he removed to Manlius, Onondaga County, N. Y., and thence to Janesville, Wis. He was buried in "Corey Cemetery," a small burying-ground near Otisco, N.Y.
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- ↑ 20729190 and 5410412 , in Find A Grave
includes headstone photo, last accessed Dec 2022.
Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
COL. DAVID OLMSTED
a native of
Ridgefield, Connecticut
he departed this life
Feb. 8, 1815
Aged 64 years.
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