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

222 Olmsted Family Genealogy
(4268) SETH OLMSTED, Elmore, Vt. b. Mar. 29, 1765; d. Sept. 5, 1844;
m. (1) May 20, 1791, Ruth Hubbell; b. Apr. 3, 1770; d. Sept. 1, 1826; dau.
of Seth Hubbell; (2) Mrs. Glorianna (Hubbell) Keeler, sister of above and
widow of Rufus Keeler. Mr. Olmsted and first wife moved from Connecticut
with an ox team to Elmore, Vt. He was one of the early settlers of the town.
His wife was the only woman in the place during the first winter of settlement.
He was a farmer. Cleared his land and lived on it until his death.
1st marriage: 4803, Anna; b. Sept. 19, 1791 ; m. Job Gibbs. 4804, Harry +.
4805, Harriet; b. Dec. 11, 1795; d. July, 1863; m. Nov. 17, 1822, John
Warren. 4806, Sarah; b. Feb. 18, 1798; d. July 26, 1808. 4807, Anson +.
4808, Pamelia; b. Feb. 3, 1804; d. Nov. 12, 1865; m. Dec. 2, 1824, Rufus
Hill, of E. Montpelier, Vt. 4809, Julia; b. Sept. 30, 1806; d. Feb. 7, 1877;
m. David Camp, of Stowe, Vt. 4810, Caroline; b. July 5, 1809; d. Apr.
18, 1879; m. Feb. 8, 1835, Jacob Scott, of Winchester, N. H.; b. Nov. 9,
1811. 4811, Sarah; b. Jan. 7, 1815; m. Dec. 2, 1841, Abba Faunce, of the
Province of Quebec, Canada.
The town of Elmore, Vt., was charted by Martin and Jesse Elmore, James
and Seth Olmsted, and settlement commenced by them July, 1790. They
came from Norwalk, Conn. The first town meeting was held July 23, 1792.
James Olmsted was chosen one of the Selectmen. Harry Olmsted was the
first child born in the town. Seth Olmsted built the first hotel, opening the
same in 1813. He was a Mason and the Lodge meetings were held at his
hotel. A sign, hung before the entrance, bore the square and compass.
(4270) AARON OLMSTED, WUton, Conn. b. Mar. 4, 1770; d. Aug. 30,
1820; m. (1) Mar. 1, 1793, Sarah Esther Hawley: b. Mar. 13, 1777; d. Feb. 10,
1809; dau. of Ezekiel and Eleanor (Olmsted) Hawley, of Ridgefield; Conn.;
(2) Molly Betts; b. abt. 1775; d. July 24, 1852.
1st marriage: 4812, Hawley +.
(4271) ALFRED OLMSTED, Wilton, Conn. b. Nov. 5, 1789; d. Feb. 27,
1882; m. (1) Feb. 10, 1810, Ruth Whitlock; b. Jan. 19, 1793; (2) Matilda
Richards; b. 1804; d. Jan. 24, 1880.
4813, Hawley +. 4814, James; b. Sept. 5, 1813; d. Nov. 10, 1815. 4815,
William +. 4816, Minerva; b. Mar. 25, 1817; m. William A. Sturges.
4817, Mary +. 4818, Aaron; b. Feb. 19, 1821; d. Oct. 17, 1822. 4819,
Aaron +. 4820, Sylvester +.
(4277) DAVID OLMSTED, Shabbona Grove, De Kalb County, 111. b. in
Wilton, Conn., Mar. 1, 1768; bap. Apr. 20, 1768; d. Nov. 23, 1855; m. Rebecca
Jackson; b. Mar. 2, 1765; d. July 16, 1834; dau. of Daniel Jackson, of Wilton,
Conn. He moved to New York State about 1816 and settled at Oak Hill,
Chemung County, and in 1852 moved to Illinois.
4821, David +. 4822, Silas +. 4823, Coleman +. 4824, Hann.^h;
b. Feb. 4, 1795; m. Darius Horton. 4825, Lydia; b. Mar. 22, 1798; d. June
2, 1888; m. Abel Love; d. May 2, 1887. 4826, Esther; b. May 2, 1800;
d. Nov. 25, 1877; m. William Welby, of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N. Y.;
d. Oct. 7, 1882. 4827, Isaac Lewis +. 4828, Matthew William +.
4829, Eliza Ann +. 4830, Nathan T. +.
(4280) BENJAMIN COLEMAN OLMSTED, Danbury, Conn. b. Sept.'
26, 1766; d. at Le Roy, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1859; m. (1) Sybilla Mack; b. Jan. 2,