Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America : embracing the ...

SEVENTH GENERATION
(351) (Capt.) SAMUEL OLMSTED, b. at Barkhamsted, Conn., 1780: d.
Dec. 27, 1829; m. 1801, at Delhi, N. Y., Polly Brown; b. on the retreat from
the Wyoming massacre, (where her father was killed) to Granby Hill, to her
Grandfather's, Col. Robinson; d. 1832. Capt. Olmsted was in the Light
Infantry in the War of 1812. Was at Sackett's Harbor.
809, Abigail +. 810, Orimell Brown +. 811, Erastus Robinson +.
812, Anson G., Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y.; b. Feb. 11, 1815; m. (1) 1840,
Plumley; (2) . 813, Permelia W. +.
(352) JAMES OLMSTED, Delhi, N. Y.; b. July 26, 1782; d. Mar. 27, 1838;
m. Dec. 1, 1803, Hannah Gilbert; b. Oct. 5, 1783; d. Sept. 13, 1855; dau. of
Allen and Mary (Hall) Gilbert.
814, Melinda; b. Sept. 23, 1804; m. Case Ferguson, of Orwell, N. Y. 815,
Adeline; b. May 30, 1806; d. Oct. 25, 1831; m. Mincus Barber, of Delhi,
N. Y. 816, Mary H. +. 817, Sarah Maria; b. Dec. 17, 1810; m.,
Dec. 4, 1831, Simon Clannon, E. Orange, New Jersey. 818, Lucy
Euphemia; b. Oct. 6, 1812; m. Dec. 5, 1833, William M. Mills, of New
York City. 819, Allen Gilbert +. 820, Eliza; b; July 26, 1816; m.
Joseph Miller, of Hamden, N. Y. 821, Joseph; b. July 23, 1818; d. Oct. 21,.
1839. 822, Samuel Everett; b. Aug. 11, 1820; m. Slocum, of
Delhi, N. Y. 823, James; b. Sept. 20, 1822; m. Jane Slocum, of Walton,
N. Y. 824, Hannah +. 825, John Homer +.
(355) WILLIAM OLMSTED, b. Apr. 5,
1812; m. Prudence . He served in
1750; d. Canaan, N. Y., Nov. 30,
the Revolutionary War, in Capt.
Kellogg's Company, Colonel Whiting's regt. of Conn. His will, dated Nov.
28, 1812, was proved Apr. 22, 1813, and was witnessed by Nathaniel Olmsted,
Betty Olmsted and Aaron Olmsted. His wife Prudence and his son Anselm
were appointed executors.
826, Sophia. 827, Prudence; m. July 23, 1817, William Flint, Jr. 828,
Chamberlin. 829, Clarissa. 830, Nancy. 831, Anselm; d. 1824..
832, William (prob.) d. Canaan, N. Y., July 8, 1814; aet 25; (prob.) m.
in Canaan, May 15, 1812, Widow Anna Arnold of Canaan, N. Y.
(356) REUBEN OLMSTED, b. Apr. 3, 1753; d. Oct. 21, 1833; m. .
833, Reuben. 834, Richard; b. 1794; d. June 15, 1867. 835, Ruth; m..
June 15, 1811, Aner Drown, of Rehoboth, Mass. 836, Asenath; m..
Apr. 1, 1824, Levi Williams. 837, Sophia; m. Benton.
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.
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