Name Suffix: Captain
!Served in the Revolutionary War. In 1775 he was with Capt. Thorp at Roxbury for two months during the siege of Boston. In Jan 1777 he was a private in John Wyllys' Co., in Col. Thorp's regiment, for two months at New London, CT. He was Captain or conductor of teams for some four years, to late in 1781. In that year he was in charge of twelve teams from Lebanon,CT that accompanied the French army to Yorktown, and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and remained through the winter.

Name Suffix: Captain

1. Dorothy OLMSTED b. 1 Feb 1748, E. Haddam, Connecticut; d. 17 Aug 1781.
2. Ashbel OLMSTED b. 18 Dec 1750, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 24 Dec 1832.
3. Samuel OLMSTED b. 24 Feb 1753, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. Samuel OLMSTED b. 6 Dec 1754, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 22 Apr 1831.
5. 1. Oliver OLMSTED, Captain b. 22 Aug 1756, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 22 Jan 1814.
6. Azubah OLMSTED b. 9 Nov 1758, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 14 Jan 1835.
7. Ichabod OLMSTED b. 1768, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 17 May 1851.
8. John Bates OLMSTED b. 1762, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 30 Apr 1819.
9. Roger OLMSTED b. Abt 1764, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Aft 1811.
10. Elizabeth OLMSTED b. Abt 1766, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
11. Mary OLMSTED b. 17 Oct 1765, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 15 Dec 1854.

!Taken from "The Olmsted Family" book published in 1912 Page 18. His will is
dated May 28, 1744. Left to his wife Mary 1/3 of his moveables and 1/3 of his
real estate for life. Also his negroes Mingo and Bette. To Samuel, his eldest
son, "his grist mill, the house he now lives in, land adjoining, and the
Beckwith Lot on which Richard Purple now lives, also the 8th division lot
adjoining the farm he now lives on, also 1/2 the 'Cripper Lot' lying south of
the eighth division Lot." He gives property to William the 2nd son and to
Ichabod the youngest son. To his daughter Mary he gives the negro girl
Patience, and to his daughter Deborah, the negro girl Phyllis.

!Taken from "The Olmsted Family" book published in 1912 Page 18.

1. Sarah OLMSTED b. 29 Jan 1699, , Connecticut; d. 10 May 1704/1724, , Connecticut.
2. Mary OLMSTED b. 18 Sep 1701, Conneticut.
3. Samuel OLMSTED b. 8 Sep 1703, E. Haddam, Hartford, Conneticut.
4. William OLMSTED b. 21 Nov 1705, E. Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
5. Jonathan OLMSTED b. 9 Nov 1707, Conneticut; d. 20 Sep 1725.
6. Dorothy OLMSTED b. 21 Mar 1715, Conneticut; d. 14 May 1741.
7. Abigail OLMSTED b. 10 Jun 1716, Conneticut; d. 5 Apr 1723, Conneticut.
8. Deborah OLMSTED b. 24 Jul 1721, E. Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
9. 2. Ichabod OLMSTED, Captain b. 12 Sep 1725, E. Haddam, Hartford, Conneticut; d. 6 Nov 1799; bur. Nov 1799, Bashan Cem, Connecticut.

!Taken from "The Olmsted Family" book published in 1912 Page 16. Both Samuel
and his wife are buried in Cone Cemetery in E. Haddam, Conneticut. Samuel's
headstone has this inscription: "Samuel Olmsted, son of Captain Nicholas in
Hartford, being ye first of that name who came to that place who deceased Jan
13, 1726 in ye 73rd year of his age". He settled in E. Haddam as early as
1713.

!See Page 16 for land records held by Samuel and his brother-in-laws.

!Taken from "The Olmsted Family" book published in 1912 Page 16. Buried in
Cone Cemetery E. Haddam, Ct.

1. 4. Samuel OLMSTED b. 1676, Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut; d. 27 Jul 1747, Conneticut.
2. John OLMSTED b. 31 Dec 1677, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 15 Jul 1771, Of East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; bur. Cove Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. Sarah OLMSTED
4. Elizabeth OLMSTED b. 1688; c. 7 Aug 1692, Conneticut; d. 22 Dec 1749/1761, Conneticut.
5. Mary OLMSTED b. Abt 1688, Of, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 7 Aug 1692, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 5 Dec 1704, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 5. Mary ROWLEY