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

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IV. 2, Ira Ward, of Killingworth, Conn. (b. Aug. 7, 1704; m. Oct. 3, 1725,
Lydia Parmelee). Of eight children, the third was:
V. 3, James Ward, of piillingworth. Conn. (b. Feb. 11, 1729; d. Apr. 12,
1804). m. (1) July 14, 1761, Mary Wilcox; (2) Feb. 6, 1754, Amy
Crane [b. at Killingworth, Dec. 25, 1730; d. Killingworth, Nov. 9,
1800]; Of eleven children, all but the first by the 2d wife, the
seventh was:
VI. 7, Joy Ward (b. June 10, 1766, at Killingworth, Conn.; m. Anna White
[b. 1768; d. at Bergen, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1824]; d. Oct. 27, 1845, at
Bergen, N. Y.). Of nine children, the fourth was:
VII. 4, Abner Ward (b. Jan. 19, 1794, at Killingworth, Conn.; m. (1) at Sheldon,
Wyoming County, N. Y., Feb. 29, 1816, Hulda Sykes [b.
probably at Pawlet or Danby, Vt., Apr. 28, 1795; d. at Bergen, N. Y.,
Feb. 27, 1847; dau. of Jacob Sykes (b. Jan. 21, 1758; d. Sept. 18, 1840)
of Pawlet, Vt., a soldier in the Revolutionary War (wife Michal
Kent)]; m. (2), at Byron, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1848, Diantha Parker).
Abner Ward died at Brockport, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1867. He is said to
have served as private in the War of 1812. Of fourteen children,
all by the first wife, the seventh was Emily (mentioned above).
(4985) MARY ESTHER OLMSTED, b. Feb. 2, 1822; d. 1862; m. May 25,
1838, John B. Helmes, (M.D.) of Harlem, N. Y.; d. 1852.
6379, Sasah; m. McCormick. 6380, Mary; m. George Bouton.
6381, Elizabeth; m. Torras. 6382, John P.
(4987) ELIZABETH OLMSTED, b. in New York City, Apr. 23, 1826; d.
1882 at Tarrytown, N. Y.; m. (1) Jan. 15, 1852, by Rev. Stephen H. Tyng,
at St. George's Church, Nathan Marble Johnson; d. at Utica, N. Y., Aug. 17,
1854; (2) Dec. 24, 1859, James Bird; b. Dec. 25, 1834; d. Mar. 5, 1911. After
her death Mr. Bird married (2) Louise H. Miller on Aug. 10, 1887. 2d
marriage of Elizabeth (Olmsted) Johnson: 6383, Cyrus. 6384, James
Everett +.
(4988) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OLMSTED, b. at North Stamford,
Conn., June 27, 1828; m. (1) at Monroe, Orange County, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1850,
Mary Jane HoUett; b. July 25, 1828; dau. of Daniel and Mary W. (Mills)
HoUett, of Monroe, N. Y.; d. near Smiths Cove, Orange County, N. Y., Jan.
22, 1902; (divorced); (2) Sarah Louise Welshman, of Mendham, N. J.; b. abt.
1850; d. at Newark, N. J., Jan. 29, 1899. Mr. Olmsted served in the Civil
War in 20th Regt., N. Y. Vols.
1st marriage: 6385, Mary; b. Oct. 6, 1851; m. at Newburg, N. Y., June 4,
1878, James Newell Decker; b. May, 1854, near New Paltz, N. Y.; d.
Apr. 25, 1886. 6386, Daniel Hollett +. 6387, Frank S., Cleveland,
Ohio; b. Jan. .23, 1856; d. Apr., 1906. 6388, Clarence Ericsson +.
2d marriage: 6389, John Hamilton; b. May 24, 1875; m. Aug. 20, 1893,
Amelia Henne, of Newark, N. J. 6390, William Hamilton +.
(4989) WILLIAM FAULKNER OLMSTED, b. Dec. 14, 1829; d. July 30,
1868; m. , 1850, Isabella Gibson; d. abt. 1899.
6391, Frances +. 6392, Silas; b. Aug. 18, 1853; d. Aug. 18, 1855. 6393,
George Washington; b. Feb. 22, 1856; d. Jan. 15, 1861. 6394, Cyrus
Albert; b. Dec. 28, 1859; d. Nov. 17, 1874. 6395, Edwin Irving; b. Sept.
10, 1862. 6396, Frederick Draper +.