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

Fifth Generation 2Q5
4319, Daeius +. 4320, Rosanna +. 4321, Ethel +• 4322, Aaron;
b. Sept. 28, 1788; m. in St. John, New Brunswick, Can. He died,
leaving a widow and two daughters, who, soon after his death, moved to
England. 4323, Jesse +. 4324, Eliphalet Peat +. 4325, Hannah;
b. Sept. 30, 1793; d. 1834; m. 1811, WiUiam Jacobs, of St. John, New Brunswick,
Can.; b. abt. 1787; d. abt. 1849.
(4081) DARIUS OLMSTED, Norwalk, Conn. b. June 22, 1754; d. Feb.
22, 1832; m. Sept. 10, 1775, Esther Gregory (No. 4332); b. July 6, 1758; d.
Mar. 15, 1829; dau. of Stephen and Mary Gregory. She was an Episcopalian
and a member of St. Paul's Church. Both lie buried in the churchyard.
Darius Olmsted was a county blacksmith and a good mechanic. His blacksmith
shop was still standing until a few years ago, and also his old barn.
He was a hot Tory. Nearly six feet in height, with black hair and eyes,
smooth face and of a dark complexion.
4326, Aaron -|-. 4327, David -1-. 4328, Silas +. 4329, Mary -1-.
4330, Esther +• 4331, Charles +.
The Ancestry or Esther Gregory
I. John Gregory, Sr. His will was executed Aug. 15, 1689. Mrs. Sarah
Gregory appeared as widow Oct. 9, 1689; and died that same month.
Children: 1, John, Jr. 2, Joachim. 3, Judah, removed to Danbury.
4, Joseph; bap. July 26, 1646. 5, Thomas; bap. Mar. 19, 1648; m. Elizabeth
Pardee. After Thomas Gregory's decease, she married, 2d, Lieut. John
Olmsted, son of Richard the settler. 6, Phoebe; married John Benedict.
7, Sarah; born Dec. 3, 1632; m. James Benedict.
II. John Gregory, 2d.
Children: John 3d. Perhaps others.
III. John Gregory, 3d; married Mary, dau. of Ebenezer and sister of Robert
Smith, of Long Island. The mother of Mary and Robert Smith was
(See Selleck's Norwalk, Vol. I., pp. 186, 466) " the honor subject of a
Jamaica, L. I. public action." John and Mary Gregory lived in
Cranberry Plain, Norwalk.
Children: 1, John 4th. 2, Nehemiah. 3, Denton. 4, Stephen; b, Apr.
7, 1738. 5, Sarah. .
IV. 4, Stephen Gregory; born Apr. 7, 1738; married, Dec. 2, 1757, Mary
Benedict; b. Jan. 22, 1741; dau. of John and Elizabeth Benedict.
4332, Esther; b. July 6, 1758; m. Darius Olmsted (No. 4081). 4333,
Aaron; b. Mar. 18, 1760. 4334, Silas; b. Apr. 7, 1762. 4335, Ruth; b.
Feb. 3, 1764; m. John Hoyt. 4335a, Sarah; b. Sept. 3, 1765. 4335b,
Mary; b. Aug. 6, 1767; m. Thaddeus Waterbury. 4335c, Stephen; b. June
6, 1769. 4335d, Moses; b. Feb. 22, 1771. 4335e, Lydla; b. Nov. 14, 1772.
4335f, Elizabeth; b. Dec. 11, 1774. 4335g, Susan; b. Apr. 17, 1776; m. (1)
Lewis Grumman; (2) Allen Hays Betts. 4335h, Olive; b. Feb. 19, 1778;
m. (1) Thorp; (2) Eliphalet Smith; (3) Joseph Piatt. 43351, Nehemiah;
b. Mar. 2, 1780. 4335j, Catherine; b. May 27, 1782; m. Samuel
Finch.
(4082) ASA OLMSTED, Belden's HiU, Norwalk, Conn. b. May 25, 1756.
d. Apr. 21, 1839; m. Dec. 5, 1787, Elizabeth Stuart; b. Feb. 12, 1766; d. Sept.
28, 1852 ; dau. of Simeon and Mary (Whelpley) Stuart. He d. in New Canaan,
Conn. He was a shoemaker. "Learned the trade with David Bolt, in