Person:Mathew Olmstead (1)

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Mathew Olmstead
b.22 Mar 1760 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
d.16 Feb 1847 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Aug 1747
  1. Stephen Olmstead1748 - 1836
  2. James Olmstead1749 - 1779
  3. Hannah Olmstead1751 -
  4. Nehemiah Olmstead1754 - 1845
  5. Anna Olmstead1756 - 1849
  6. Jeremiah OlmsteadEst 1758 -
  7. Mathew Olmstead1760 - 1847
  8. Esther Olmstead1762 - 1849
  9. Thaddeus Olmstead1764 -
  10. Nathaniel Olmstead1767 - 1858
Spouse and Children
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m. 21 Dec 1783
  1. Walter Olmstead1784 - 1834
  2. Henry Olmsted1787 - 1848
  3. Mathew Olmsted1789 - 1791
  4. Charles Olmsted1791 - 1829
  5. Philip Olmsted, twin1794 - 1794
  6. Stephen Olmsted, twin1794 - 1865
  7. Jeremiah Olmsted1796 - 1868
  8. David Whitney Olmsted1800 - 1877
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Facts and Events
Name Mathew Olmstead
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Mar 1760 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 21 Dec 1783 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States[2nd cousins]
to Sarah Whitney
Death[1][2][3] 16 Feb 1847 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2] Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, New England, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ridgefield Vital Records (NEHGS)", in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    81, transcribed Abt 1910.

    OLMSTED, OLMSTEAD
    Matthew, s. Nathan* & Sarah*, b. Mar. 22, 1750 *(Stephen written) *(Hannah written). [1:3]
    Matthew, d. Feb. 16, 1847, a. about 86 y. [1:239]
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    [Note: Barbour appears to have misinterpreted the year of Matthew's birth, reading 1760 as 1750. Such a date would not fit in the family of Stephen and Hannah so he changed it to Nathan and Sarah. This is before the marriage of Nathan and Sarah, so this appears ill-considered.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 152, in Phœnix, S. Whitney (Stephen Whitney), and D. Williams (David Williams) Patterson. The Whitney Family of Connecticut and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to Which is Prefixed Some Account of the Whitneys of England. (New York: Privately Printed by Bradstreet Press, 1878)
    56.

    II. Sarah Whitney ... married ... her second cousin, Matthew Olmstead, born in Ridgefield 7 March 1760, a farmer and wall-builder, son of Stephen and Hannah (Northrop) Olmstead, of Ridgefield,  ; and grandson of one of the original proprietors of the town, Richard Olmstead, whose sister Elizabeth married Henry Whitney, grandfather of Sarah Whitney.

    They settled at Ridgefield, and there died (she, 23 May 1821  ; he, 16 Feb. 1847, and were buried in Titicus Cemetery.

    He was a soldier in several campaigns during the Revolutionary War, having entered the service when sixteen years old. He was in the army which was driven out of New York by the British, and was on guard at the execution of Major Andre.
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    [Note: The basis for Mathew's birth date is not given, and such a record is not found. One suspects it is the same birth later misreported by Barbour1.]

  3. ↑ 4170, 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)
    199, 214.

    (4170) MATHEW OLMSTED, Ridgefield, Conn. b. Mar. 7, 1760; d. Feb. 16, 1847; m. ... (his second cousin) Sarah Whitney ... dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Lobdell) Whitney, of Ridgefield, Conn., and grand-dau. of Elizabeth Olmsted.
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    [Note: The basis for Mathew's birth date is not given, and such a record is not found. One suspects it is the same birth previously misreported by Phoenix2 and Barbour1.]

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