(356) REUBEN OLMSTED, b. Apr. 3, 1753; d. Oct. 21, 1833; m. . ...
Reuben Olmsted, of Canaan, N.Y., was drafted in June, 1775, into Capt. Bostwick's Co., in which Samuel Olmsted, his uncle, was ensign, in Col. Whiting's regt. His brother had previously started for Boston, but Reuben marched to Ft. Edward, where he performed scout duty for four months. About the 1st of May, 1776, he volunteered for six months, under Capt. Cady, in Col. Waterman's regt., going by way of Schenectady to Ft. Stanwix, near the present town of Rome, and then to Johnstown, N.Y. About July 1, 1777, he volunteered into the company of Capt. Aaron Kellogg, in Col. Waterman's regt., and marched to Ft. George and vicinity, where he was under the command of Gen. Schuyler, engaged in scouting, which involved him in skirmishes with the advancing parties from Gen. Burgoyne's army, until his surrender in Oct., 1777, at Saratoga, N.Y.
In Sept., 1778, he marched in Captain Jonathan Olmsted's co. to Fishkill, serving for two months. There being an alarm in April, 1779, he turned out for six months under Captain Warner in Colonel Waterman's regt., to repel the supposed incursions of British and Indians in the vicinity of Ft. George.
