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(9072) ISRAEL OLMSTED, b. at Brookfield, Mass., Mar. 24, 1716; d. prob. at Lyman (now Monroe), N. H., abt. 1806; m.
(1) in Brookfield, May 12, 1737, Sarah Bannister ...
(2) in Hardwick, Mass., Sept. 25, 1756, Anna Safford ...
Mr. Israel Olmsted was a soldier in the French War; Sergeant of a company which marched in 1757 for the relief of Fort William Henry, and probably saw other service; settled in Hardwick, but removed to Lyman (now Monroe), N. H., abt. 1771, to take charge of the lands of Col. John Hurd, of Haverhill. No trace of him is found after 1789, except a tradition that he d. at abt. 90, not far from 1806.