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

260 Olmsted Family Genealogy
5889, Rurus Hosmer; b. June 23, 1826; m. Jan. 1, 1856, Mary J. Champlin,
of Potsdam, N. Y.
(4754) WILLIAM OLMSTED, Le Roy, N. Y. b. at WilUamstown, Mass.,
Jan. 30, 1778; d. Sept. 19, 1876; m. 1814, Mrs. Cynthia (Franklin) Pierson; b.
at E. Haddam, Conn., May 10, 1786; d. Nov. 4, 1875; dau. of Jonathan and
Martha (Piersor) Franklin and widow of John Pierson, of Killingworth,
Conn. Jonathan Franklin was prob. a relative of (Dr.) Benjamin Franklin.
They removed to Bergen, Genesee County, N. Y., with the famous " Bergen
Colony." Her husband d. in the War of 1812. On her mother's side she
was a lineal descendant of (Rev.) Abram Pierson, the first President of Yale
College. William Olmsted was a Colonel in the State Militia, and a prominent
man in the early days of the settlement of the Genesee Valley. He settled
in Le Roy, N. Y., and built the first house in that village.
5890, William Horatio +. 5891, Florilla; b. Dec. 8, 1816; d. May 12,
1876; m. (1) Charles Dire; (2) John Hasey. 5892, John Randolph +.
5893, Ursula Maria +. 5894, Egbert Sylvester +. 5895, Charles
Lowell +.
(4755) NATHAN OLMSTED, Byron, Genesee County, N. Y. b. Jan. 29,
1792; d. Feb. 3, 1867; m. (1) Oct. 3, 1816, Lucinda Benson; b. Jan. 4, 1785;
d. Dec. 19, 1835; dau. of Justice Benson; (2) July 20, 1836, Lucinda Miller.
1st marriage: 5896, Norman +. 5897, Stephen; b. Mar. 21, 1815; d. June
19, 1872. 5898, Chester +. 5899, Alfred; b. Feb. 20, 1825; d. Aug. 8,
1898. 5900, Maryette; b. Mar. 13, 1828; d. Nov. 15, 1869; m. David
Ford. 2d marriage : 5901 , Orein ; b. Dec. 25, 1836 ; d. Aug. 1 1 , 1852. 5902,
Rosilla; b. May 21, 1840; m. Graham. 5903, Roxy Ann; b. Jan.
13, 1821; d. July 28, 1832. 5904, Infant; b. Feb. 10, 1832; d. Mar. 24,
1832. 5905, Lucinda; b. Dec. 9, 1835; d. June 13, 1837.
(4756) STEPHEN OLMSTED, Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y. b. at
Benson, Vt., Dec. 10, 1794; d. Apr. 5, 1884; m. Oct. 15, 1814, Barbara Parmelee;
b. in Killingworth, Conn., May 8, 1799; d. July 31, 1866; dau. of Roswell
and Belinda (Redfield) Parmelee. At the age of 19, Mr. Olmsted moved to
Le Roy, N. Y. He served in the Vermont Militia in the War of 1812. Mrs.
Olmsted was of " Mayflower " descent.
5906, Chauncey Lorenzo +. 5907, Cella Ann +. 5908, Carlos Edwin,
Blue Rapids, Kansas; b. Jan. 6, 1823; m. (1) Dec. 1, 1856, Mary Noyes,
of Le Roy, N. Y.; d. 1857; (2) Indiana Meyer. 5909, Willlam Delos +.
5910, Stephen Emery +.
(4761) AMZI R. OLMSTED, South East, N. Y. b. July 18, 1797; d. Oct.
14, 1866; m. Nov. 6, 1834, Mrs. Hannah (Elwell) Roberts; b. in Patterson, N. J.,
Oct. 31, 1796; d. July 7, 1867; widow of Rufus Roberts.
5911, Frederick Sweet +. 5912, Fernando Cortez +. 5913, Catherine
A.; b. Sept. 9, 1843; m. Oct. 6, 1882, (Rev.) William B. Haight; d.
Mar., 1883, at Balston Spa, N. Y.
(4763) ABRAHAM OLMSTED, Rootstown, Ohio. b. Oct. 5, 1798; d. Dec.
9, 1858; m. Dec. 30, 1823, Sarah Bradshaw; b. Dec, 17, 1800; d. Aug. 16, 1849;
dau. of Joseph and Lucy (Bristoe) Bradshaw.
5914, Cornelia S.; b. Apr. 27, 1826; d. Apr. 17, 1879. 5915, Lydia Ferris;
b. June 16, 1828.