Person:Samuel Olmstead (1)

Name^[1]	Samuel Olmstead
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]^[4]	Abt 1652
Marriage	Abt 1676	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Lord
Death^[1]^[2]^[3]	13 Jan 1726	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[1]^[2]		East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesCone Cemetery
Ancestral File Number		930J-83

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 #12, 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)
p 16.

'SAMUEL OLMSTED. b. at Hartford, Conn., 1653; d. at E. Haddam, Conn., Jan. 13, 1726; m. Mary Lord; b. at E. Haddam, Conn., May 1649; d. Sept. 14, 1736; dau. of William Lord, of Saybrook, Conn. ... Both Samuel Olmsted and his wife are buried in Cone cemetery, East Haddam, Ct. Samuel's gravestone has this inscription: "Samuel Olmsted, son of Capt. Nicholas in Hartford, being ye first of that name who came to that place who deceased Jan 13, 1726 in ye 73rd year of his age". '
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 LeBrun, Mrs. M. M. (transcriber). Inscriptions from Gravestones at East Haddam, Conn. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1926-1927)
80:418.

'Mr. Samuel Olmsted, son of Capt. Nicholas Olmsted "in Hartford being ye first of the name that came to that place," died Jan. 13, 1726, in his 73d year.'
↑ Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
3:557.

'Olmsted, Samuel, East Haddam. Died 13 January, 1726.'
↑ Approximate birth year based on approximation given in books and the fact that 1652 fits better between other known and estimated birth dates in the family.