220 Olmsted Family Genealogy Stephen Olmsted, Jr., is on theofficial muster roll of Col. Benj. Simons' Regt., which marched to Pawlet, by order of Gen. Lincoln. Twenty-four days in service, 60 miles from home, Sept. 30, 1777. The Company consisted of 51 men. Roll written and made out by Isaac Stratton, Justice ofthe Peace, S. Williamstown, Mass. Sworn to by Charles Goodrich, Justice ofthe Peace, Pittsfield, Mass. Roll recorded in Mass. Military Records, Vol. 18, p. 77. 4753, Dorcas. 4754, William +. 4755, Nathan +. 4756, Stephen +. 4757, David, Potsdam, N. Y. 4758, Jerusha. (4254) EBENEZER OLMSTED, b. at South East, Putnam County, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1770; d. 1838; m. Betsey Roberts; b. Feb. 18, 1768; d. 1837. 4759, Almon R.; b. Sept. 23, 1793; d. at New Orleans, La., in 1807; m. 1804, Harriet A. Chapman; b. Sept. 15, 1795. He went to Virginia, near Fairfax Court House. Mrs. Olmsted m. (2) Nov. 24, 1825, Daniel Fox. 4760, Alva R.; b. July 18, 1797; d. in South East, N. Y., Nov., 1870. 4761, Amzi R. +. 4762, Ebenezee; b. Dec. 6, 1800; d. Aug. 3, 1818. (4255) WILLIAM SWEET OLMSTED . b. at North East, Dutchess County, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1776; d. at Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio, Jaii. 15, 1846; ra. Oct. 15, 1797, Anna Wanzer; b. Feb. 14, 1778, at Sherman, Fairfield County, Conn.; d. Sept. 11, 1854; dau. of Abraham and Lydia (Ferris) Wanzer. They lived at New Milford, Conn, until 1836, and then moved to Portage County, Ohio. 4763, Abraham +• 4764, Almon; b. Sept. 16, 1800; d. Dec. 8, 1804. 4765, Bezaleel +. 4766, Jane +. 4767, Lydia +. 4768, William +. 4769, Ebenezer +. 4770, Phebe; b. Dec. 16, 1817; m. Feb. 28, 1839, James Madison Church, of Palmyra, Ohio. (4256) NATHAN OLMSTED, South East, Putnam Co., N. Y. m. . 4771, Ebenezer Judson. 4772, James +• 4773, Samuel. (4257) SAMUEL DUNNING OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Oct. 17, 1775; d. Dec. 20, 1863; m. (1) Nov. 12, 1795, Mercy Keeler; d. June 8, 1817; dau. of James and Abigail Keeler; (2) Sept. 30, 1822, Laura Edmonds; b. Dec, 1789; d. Nov. 23, 1884. 1st marriage: 4774, Lewis +. 4775, Rufus Keeler +. 4776, Sheldon jAMES;b. May28, 1804;d. Mayl6, 1814. 4777, Walter Smith +. 4778, Smith Walter +. (4260) STEPHEN OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Dec. 7, 1780; d. Aug. 24, 1806; m. Anna Belden; b. 1783; dau. of Asa Belden, of Wilton, Conn. Mrs. Olmsted m. (2) Noah Olmsted (No. 4261). , 4779, George Belden; b. Nov. 25, 1805; d. Feb. 23, 1858; m. Dec. 16, 1827, Sarah A. Belden; b. abt. 1804: d. Aug.. 1882. He d. at Brockport, N. Y. Mrs. Olmsted m. (2) Apr. 2,1860, F. W. Brewster. (4261) NOAH OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Oct. 3, 1786; d. Oct. 6, 1842; m. Mrs. Anna (Belden) Olmsted (see No. 4260) widow of Stephen Olmsted. She d. July 12, 1834. 4780, Sarah Ann +. 4781, Henrietta +. 4782, Jane +. 4783, Charles; b. 1815; d. Jan. 15, 1837. 4784, Stephen +. 4785, Maria; b.
Sixth Generation 221 1820; d. July 8, 1841. 4786, Fanny; b. Apr., 1822; m. Lewis J. Curtis. 4787, Samuel Edwin +. 4788, Asa Belden (twin); b. Mar. 25, 1824; d. at Brockport, Monroe County, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1824. (4262) SAMUEL OLMSTED, b. May 3, 1772; d. Aug. 18, 1814; m. Mar. 16, 1796, Rachel St. John; b. Nov. 22, 1778; d. Feb. 25, 1861; dau. of John and Martha (Northrop) St. John, of Wilton, Conn. Mrs. Olmsted m. (2) Abraham Olmsted (No. 4292). 4789, Marcellus Marcus; b. Oct. 15, 1797; d. Feb. 2, 1865, at New Canaan, Conn. 4790, Anna; b. Mar. 11, 1799; d. Feb. 30, 1860; m. Nov. 27, 1817, Harry S. Jones, of Bridgeport, Conn. 4791, Moses De Forest +. 4792, Eunice; b. May 10, 1803; d. Oct. 4, 1851; m. Nov. 13, 1825, Jesse O. Smith. 4793, Samuel Smith +. (4264) JAMES OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Apr. 4, 1755; d. Jan. 4, 1841; m. Feb. 8, 1775, Sarah Whitlock; b. 1758; d. 1824. Mrs. Olmsted d. in St. Armands, Canada. In May or June, 1776, he enlisted at Norwalk for 6 months, under Capt. Beach, in Col. Swift's Regt; marched to Skenesboro, now Whitehall, N. Y., then to Fort Independence (Ticonderoga), and was discharged in December at Fort Edward. In the summer of 1777 he was enrolled as a minute man ofthe Cavalry for the War, at Norwalk, under Capt. Gregory, which was'organized for the protection ofthe frontier, against theincursions ofthe enemy; and the tours of duty service would be from one to eight weeks—one ofthem was to Stony-Point, immediately after the capture of Major Andre, and another was to Sing Sing, N. Y. He was inthe engagement which followed the landing ofthe British at, and the burning of, Norwalk and Fairfield, and in skirmishes with the notorious " Cow-boys " who infested and plundered the country between the lines. He was taken prisoner by the British at the battle of Danbury, or Ridgefield, AprE 26, 1777, but escaped the same evening. About 1790 he went on horseback to Elmore, Vt.; thence after a few years to Cambridge, Vt., where he remained 7 years, thence to Waterville, Vt., from there to St. Armands, Canada, for 12 years, and thence to Marcellus, N. Y. 4794, Ira -|-. 4795, James +. 4796, Anna; b. 1781; d. Mar., 1875; m. John Fay, of Berkshire, Vt. 4797, Phebe; d. Nov. 16, 1846; m. Daniel Trowbridge, of Berkshire, Vt. 4798, Lewis -|-. (4266) ISAAC OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Jan. 23, 1759; d. Dec. 31, 1797; m. (1) Apr. 15, 1779, Mary Parsons; (2) Sept. 25, 1793, Sarah Lyon, of Greenwich, Conn.; d. Nov. 18, 1852. He enUsted Apr. 1, 1777, under Capt. Samuel Hoyt in Col. Philip B. Bradley's Conn. Regt., for 3 years. 1st marriage: 4799, Daniel +. 4800, Alden +. 4801, Osborn -|-. 2d marriage: 4802, John Strickland +. The following facts were sworn to by Isaac Olmsted's second wife, in making application for a pension Jan. 6, 1845. She lived at Wilton, Fairfield County, Conn. At the tihie of making this application she was 83 years of age. " Isaac Olmsted m. at Rye, Westchester County, N. Y., Sept. 24th or 25th, 1793, Sarah Lyon, of Greenwich, Conn., and d. at Wilton, Conn., Dec. 31, 1797. John S. their only child was living at Wilton, Conn., in 1846."
jAMES;b. May28, 1804;d. Mayl6, 1814. 4777, Walter Smith +. 4778,<br />
Smith Walter +.<br />
(4260) STEPHEN OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Dec. 7, 1780; d. Aug. 24,<br />
1806; m. Anna Belden; b. 1783; dau. <strong>of</strong> Asa Belden, <strong>of</strong> Wilton, Conn. Mrs.<br />
<strong>Olmsted</strong> m. (2) Noah <strong>Olmsted</strong> (No. 4261). ,<br />
4779, George Belden; b. Nov. 25, 1805; d. Feb. 23, 1858; m. Dec. 16, 1827,<br />
Sarah A. Belden; b. abt. 1804: d. Aug.. 1882. He d. at Brockport, N. Y.<br />
Mrs. <strong>Olmsted</strong> m. (2) Apr. 2,1860, F. W. Brewster.<br />
(4261) NOAH OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Oct. 3, 1786; d. Oct. 6, 1842;<br />
m. Mrs. Anna (Belden) <strong>Olmsted</strong> (see No. 4260) widow <strong>of</strong> Stephen <strong>Olmsted</strong>.<br />
She d. July 12, 1834.<br />
4780, Sarah Ann +. 4781, Henrietta +. 4782, Jane +. 4783,<br />
Charles; b. 1815; d. Jan. 15, 1837. 4784, Stephen +. 4785, Maria; b.
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