Person:Ebenezer Olmstead (1)

Working notes

• Proof still needed for a marriage to Miss Lovell.
• 1810 census - places him in Thetford ; records to review
• Proof still needed that he ended up in Ohio.
• 1820 census - No Ebenezer Olmstead found in VT or OH. A quick search finds 2 in Edinburg, Saratoga, NY and 1 in Manchester, Dearborn, IN.

1. ↑ Warwick (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1739-1900
   Vol. 1, p. 3.

   Ebenezer Omsted Son to Israel Omsted and Anne Omsted was Born April the 29-1763.

2.   9098, 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)
   395.

   9098, Ebenezer; m. Lovell, of Haverhill, Mass.; he was a soldier in the Revolution.
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   [Note: Marriage not found in Haverhill VRs to 1849.]

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} A212637, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System
   last accessed Nov 2017.

   OLMSTEAD, EBENEZER
   Ancestor #: A212637
   Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE
   Rank(s): PRIVATE
   Birth: 4-29-1763 WARWICK HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
   Death: 10-26-1827 WARREN CO-BUR OHIO
   Service Source: HAMMOND, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, NH STATE PAPERS, VOL 17, PP 114-115
   Service Description: 1) CAPT SAMUEL YOUNG, COL BEDEL, 1778
   SPOUSE 1) DAMARIS SPOFFORD [sic]

4. ↑ United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M637).

   Year: 1790; Census Place: Bradford, Orange, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 181; Image: 146; Family History Library Film: 0568152
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Name: Ebenezer Olmstead
Home in 1790: Bradford, Orange, Vermont
Free White Males - Under 16: 3
Free White Males - 16 and over: 3
Free White Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 9
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   [Note: 1790 census is alphabetized, and Ebenezer is the only Olmstead listed in Bradford township.]

5. ↑ United States. 1800 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M32).

   Year: 1800; Census Place: Bradford, Orange, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 51; Page: 495; Image: 279; Family History Library Film: 218688
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Name: Ebenr Olmsted
Home in 1800: Bradford, Orange, Vermont
Free White Males - Under 10: 3 [b 1790-1800: Ebenezer, John, Nobel]
Free White Males -10 thru 15: 1 [b 1785-1790: Elezar]
Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [b 1756-1774: Ebenezer]
Free White Females - Under 10: 2 [b 1790-1800: Betsy, Polly]
Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 1 [b 1785-1790: Anna]
Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b 1756-1774: Damaris]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 9

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6. ↑ United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

   Year: 1810; Census Place: Thetford, Orange, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 410A; Image: 00729; Family History Library Film: 0218668
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Name: Ebenr Olmsber [sic]
Home in 1810: Thetford, Orange, Vermont
Free White Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [b 1766-1784: Ebenezer]
Free White Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b 1766-1784: Damaris]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 5

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   [Note: listed next to Jehebod/Ichebod Olmsber.]

7.   "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005", in Bradford (Vermont). Town Clerk. Town records, 1752-1868. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952, 1998)
   Image 114/200.

   [page] 97
   Birth of Eben^r olmsted his Wife + Children
   Eben^r. olmsted himself born April 24^th 1763 ...
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   [Note: Possible error. Birth date does not match published Massachusetts vital record.¹]

8.   "Card index to births in town records, 1752-1868", in Bradford (Vermont). Town Clerk. Town records, 1752-1868. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952, 1998)
   Image 563/1497.

   OLMSTED, Ebenezer
   Date of Birth: April 24, 1763
   ...
   Old record book - page 97
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   [Note: This index was supposedly derived from the original town record book ⁷ with this entry being from page 97.]

9.   .

   "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LL-6Q6 : 12 December 2014), Ebenezer Olmsted, 24 Apr 1793; citing BRADFORD TWP,ORANGE,VERMONT, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.
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   Name Ebenezer Olmsted
   Gender Male
   Birth Date 24 Apr 1793
   Birthplace BRADFORD TWP,ORANGE,VERMONT
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   [Note: Error. Birth year does not match original town record. This source indexes information without providing a specific origin. It could be the original town record, or it could be something less reliable, such as the IGI.]