Person:John Olmstead (41)

Watchers
m.
  1. John OlmsteadAbt 1700 -
  2. Joseph OlmsteadAbt 1706 - 1756
  3. Phebe OlmsteadAbt 1710 -
  4. Deborah OlmsteadAbt 1712 -
  5. Gardner OlmsteadAbt 1715 - Bef 1790
  6. David Olmstead
  7. _____ Olmstead, female
  8. Gideon OlmsteadAbt 1717 -
  1. John Olmstead1726 -
  2. Mindwell Olmstead1727/28 -
  3. Sarah Olmstead1729 -
  • HJohn OlmsteadAbt 1700 -
  • W.  Jemima (add)
m. Bef 22 Feb 1730
  1. John Olmstead1731 - 1809
  2. Sarah Olmstead1734/35 -
  3. Mindwell Olmstead1738/39 -
  4. Elijah Olmsted1740 - 1822
  5. Eleaser Olmstead1741 - 1789
  6. Mary Olmstead1742 - 1796
  7. Daniel Olmstead1744 - 1761
  8. Sarah Olmstead1746 - 1767
  9. David Olmstead1755 - 1824
  10. Jesse Olmstead1758 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Olmstead
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1700 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage to Mindwell Sherwood
Marriage Bef 22 Feb 1730 [2nd wife]
to Jemima (add)
Residence[2] Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Research notes

  • Jacobus2 proposes that wife "Mindwell" is the same as wife "Jemima" in the 1729/30 church record.
References
  1. 3983, 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)
    192, 195.

    (3983) JOHN OLMSTED, b. 1700; m.
    (1) Mindwell Sherwood; b. Sept. 8, 1696; dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Sherwood, of Stratford, Conn.

    He prob. m. (2) Jemima . ...
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    [cos1776 note: CAUTION! The list of children for 3893 John Olmste(a)d in this source contains errors. See their pages for explanations.]

  2. Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:455, 718.

    Olmstead, John, s. of Lt. John [Vol. I, p. 455].
    Born at Norwalk, abt. 1700; settled in Greenfield.
    He m. (1) Mindwell Sherwood, dau. of Benjamin, b. 8 Sept. 1696. "Jemima" wife of John was received into Greenfield Church from Fairfield Church, 1729/30.
    He m. (2) ___. ...