Name Suffix: Deacon
!IGI Batch #7223507 - Call #822007 5.

!He was a farmer. He was chosen Deacon of the First Church in Hartford in 1691. Moved tothe east side of the river before his father's death, and was the first Deaconof the church in East Hartford. He was one of the Committee on building the meeting house, and for locating forts for defence against the Indians. Was Fence Viewer in 1678/1679, surveyor in 1693, selectman in 1703. His house stood onthe meadow hills, on the site now occupied by the house of the late Ashbel Olmsted, Esq. The farm has always been in the possession of the family.

1. Joseph OLMSTED b. 1673/1674, Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut; d. 25 Feb 1762.
2. James OLMSTED b. 1677, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; d. 14 Apr 1744.
3. Nicholas OLMSTED b. 1679, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 29 Nov 1717.
4. Richard OLMSTED b. 1682, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 9 Jan 1760.
5. Nehemiah OLMSTED b. 21 Mar 1685, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 4 Oct 1763.
6. Elizabeth OLMSTED b. Abt 1686, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; d. 20 Jan 1766.
7. Rebecca OLMSTED c. 26 Aug 1688, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; d. 13 Nov 1690.
8. Hannah OLMSTED c. 2 Nov 1690, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
9. Mary OLMSTED c. 2 Nov 1690, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
10. Rebecca OLMSTED c. 20 Aug 1693, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; d. 14 Jan 1778.

BIOGRAPHY: Served in Pequot War of 1637

Served in the Pequot War in 1637. Freeman in 1669. Captain in 1675. Cameover with his father on the Lion. In 1637, just eighteen months after thesettlement of Hartford, there were less than 800 inhabitants. Due to thethreat of Indian attacks, on May 1st of that year, ninety men weredrafted to fight off any such attacks. This group went down theConnecticut River to the fort of the Pequot Indians at Mystic,Connecticut where they were joined by parties of Narraganset and MoheganIndians. In an hour battle, 600 Indians were killed but only two Hartfordmen were killed and only twenty wounded. Two of those who went fromHartford were Nicholas Olmstead and his cousin Richard Olmstead. Theywere both granted land for their involvement in this affair. Nicholasreceived additional land for serving as a committee member of the GeneralCourt to view and settle what is now Waterbury, Connecticut. Nicholas waschosen in 1646 to be the Highway Surveyor. He was a Townsman of NorthsideHartford for nine years between 1653 and 1683. He was Corporal of theHartford Troop of Horse in 1658, Freeman and Rate Maker in 1669, andDeputy to the General Court in 1672 and 1673. In 1673, one hundred sixtymen of Hartford were gathered for protection from an apparent threat bythe Dutch settlers. Nicholas Olmstead was appointed Lieutenant of thesetroops. King Phillip's War began in 1675 and Nicholas was set in commandof the troops to New London, and Huntington Long Island. He was madecaptain of the toops in August of 1675. After many years of service toHartford and to the Connecticut Colony, he died in 1684.

1 _MILT
2 PLAC Captain

!Info taken from "The Olmsted Family In America" by Henry King Olmsted - 1912.
Page 12.

!For a complete history on Nicholas see Page 12 through 15. Includes a copy of
his will and life history.

1 BIRT
2 DATE 1617

!Info taken from "The Olmsted Family In America" by Henry King Olmsted - 1912.
Page 12.

!Of Windsor, Conn.

1. Sarah OLMSTED b. 1641, Hartford,Hartford,Ct; d. 7 Nov 1709, East Haddam,Middlesex Ct.
2. Elizabeth Mary? OLMSTED b. 1642, Hartford,Hartford,Ct; d. 12 Oct 1681, Wethersfield,Hartford,Ct.
3. Mabel OLMSTED b. 1645, Hartford,Ct; d. 28 Mar 1692, ,,Conn.
4. Rebecca OLMSTED b. 12 Mar 1647, Hartford,Hartford,Ct; d. Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut.
5. Mary OLMSTED b. 20 Nov 1646, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 1646, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.
6. John OLMSTED c. 3 Feb 1649, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
7. Samuel OLMSTED b. 1650/1653, Hartford,Ct; d. 13 Jan 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; bur. Jan 1726, Cove Cemetery,East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut.
8. 1. Joseph OLMSTED b. 1654, Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut; d. 5 Oct 1726, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut.
9. Thomas OLMSTED b. 25 Jun 1657, Hartford,Hartford,Ct; d. 28 May 1741, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

!Info taken from "The Olmsted Family In America" by Henry King Olmsted - 1912.
Page 12.

!For a complete history on James see Page 5 through 10. Includesa copy of
his will and life history. His name appears on a monument erected in 1835 of
the first settlers of Hartford.

Came over on the ship Lion in 1632. Like most of the passengers of thistrip, they moved shortly after arrival to Newtown (Cambridge). JamesOlmstead's lot was on the north side of Harvard Street and became thesecond piece of propety purchased by Harvard College. James was made aFreeman November 6, 1632, and was chosen as the first constable November3, 1634. On February 3, 1634 at a town meeting, seven men were chosen toconduct the business of the town, and James Olmstead as well as JohnTalcott, William Wadsworth and John White were included. In 1634, thesettlers found they were in need of more land and twelve men, includingJames Olmstead, were dispatched to look at lands on the ConnecticutRiver. The group returned with a good report of the new site they hadfound and on October 15, 1635, sixty men, women and children went by landwith their cattle, horses and swine and arrived at the new site two weekslater. Their furniture and provision had been sent by ship on theConnecticut River and because of the onset of a harsh winter, their shipwas frozen at the mouth of the River. Although a few in the group choseto stay at the new site, many of the sixty people returned to Newtown, ingreat hardship. In May of 1636, when the weather changed, one hundredpeople including their minister Reverend Thomas Hooker, set out again toestablish the settlement now known as Hartford. They arrived after a twoweek trip accross the land. James Olmstead had a home lot of about twoacres adjoining Reverend Hooker's lot, and many other plots of landincluding a seventy acre tract in 1639. He was one of the first membersof the First Church of Hartford. James was probably one of the first tobe buried in the Ancient Burying Ground which is back of the CenterChurch and where the mounument to the original proprietors of Hartfordnow stands.
Death Date Imported:Bef 23 1640 Sep

1 BIRT
2 DATE 1580

Notes: JAMES OLMSTEAD

Notes: ORIGIN: Fairstead, Essex
MIGRATION: 1632 on Lyon [ Hotten 150]
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Hartford 1636
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to church membership prior to 6 November1632 implied by freemanship, presumably to Watertown, since Cambridgechurch was not yet organized. Probably joined the church at Cambridgewhen it was formed in 1633, and remained with this church when it went toHartford.
FREEMAN: 6 November 1632 [ MBCR 1:367].
EDUCATION: In his inventory were "3 bibles & 3 other books" (Ð2 5s.) and"15 quire of paper" (6s. 3d.).
OFFICES: Cambridge constable to pay "James Omsted" 10s. for making thehighway by William Butler's pales, 2 June 1634 [ CaTR 8]; "James Olmsted"chosen constable of Cambridge for year following 3 November 1634 [ CaTR10]; elected selectman 3 February 1634/5 [ CaTR 11]; committee to surveytown lands, 3 February 1634/5 [ CaTR 12].
ESTATE: On 5 August 1633 granted one acre cowyard at Cambridge [ CaTR 5];assigned proportional share of five in division of meadows (one of thelargest in town), 20 August 1635 [ CaTR 13]; granted five acres (as"James Homsted"), 8 February 1635/6 [ CaTR 17]; in list of those withhouses, 8 February 1635/6 [ CaTR 18].
In the Cambridge land inventory, under date of 4 June 1635, "JamesOlmsteade" was credited with eight parcels of land: half a rood in townwith one house and backside; "one house and about one acre" in CowyardRow; four acres in the Old Field; one acre in Wigwam Neck; twenty-twoacres and a half in the Neck; two acres in the Ox Marsh; five acres and ahalf in the Long Marsh; and nineteen acres in the Great Marsh [ CaBOP 8].Although there is no record of the transaction, most of James Olmsted'sland in Cambridge came into the possession of Edward Goffe, and thehouselot and cowyard row lot are now part of Harvard Yard [ Morison ,maps facing pp. 188, 192].
In the Hartford land inventory of February 1639[/40] James Olmsteadheld thirteen parcels of land in Hartford: two acres with dwelling house,outhouses, yards and gardens; one acre, three roods and thirty perches inthe Little Meadow; five acres and twenty-four perches of meadow and swampin the North Meadow; thirty-two acres, three roods and nine perches ofmeadow and swamp in the North Meadow; four acres and thirty-two percheson the east side of the Great River; twenty-six acres in the OldOxpasture; two acres, three roods and eight perches in the Venturers'Field; sixteen acres, three roods and eight perches in the Cowpasture;eight acres and two roods of meadow and swamp in the South Meadow; twoacres, three roods and thirty-one perches of meadow and swamp atHockanum; four acres, two roods and thirty-three perches in the Neck ofLand; seven acres, three roods and sixteen perches in the Neck of Land;twenty acres, two roods and twenty-four perches in the Cowpasture [ HaBOP314-17].
In an undated will (attested 28 September 1640) James Olmstead ofHartford divided his estate equally between his two sons Nicholas andNehemiah (dependent upon a settlement to be made on Nicholas by hisfather-in-law Joseph Loomis), with small legacies to "my cousin RebeccaOlmstead that now dwelleth with me," and to servant Will[iam] Corby. In alater agreement between the executors and the two sons of James, kinsmenRichard and John Olmstead were given Ð5 apiece, and the Hartford churchÐ20 [ Manwaring 1:28-29; CCCR 1:446-47].
The inventory, taken 28 September 1640, totalled Ð397 19s. 2d., andincluded "2 acres of English corn of the ground" and "13 acres of groundbroke up," but this certainly did not include all his land [ CCCR1:448-49].
BIRTH: Baptized at Great Leighs, Essex, 4 December 1580, son of James andJane (Bristow) Olmstead.
DEATH: Hartford before 28 September 1640 (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: Great Leighs, Essex, 26 October 1605 Joyce Cornish; buriedFairstead, Essex, 21 April 1621.
CHILDREN (all but first baptized Fairstead, Essex):
i FAITH, bp. Great Leighs 7 January 1606[/7]; bur. Fairstead 3 March1627/8.

Notes: ii FRANCES, bur. Fairstead 14 February 1609/10. (This event ispublished at one point as a burial and at another as a baptism [OlmstedGen xi, 5], but the transcript has it as a burial.)

Notes: iii MABEL, bp. 30 September 1610; bur. Fairstead 18 February1621/2.

Notes: iv NICHOLAS, bp. 15 February 1612/3; m. by about 1645 SarahLoomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis (eldest known child d. 1646 and nextchild b. 20 November 1646 [ Grant 81; HaVR Barbour 237]; among the"children of Mr. Joseph Loomis" who received a distribution on 2 December1658 was "Nicholas Olmsted" [ Manwaring 1:135-36]).

Notes: v JAMES, bp. 22 January 1615/6; no further record.

Notes: vi NEHEMIAH, bp. 10 November 1618; m. by about 1655 ElizabethBurr, daughter of JEHU BURR , as the first of her three husbands.

Notes: vii MARY, bp. 18 April 1621; bur. Fairstead 24 April 1621.

Notes: ASSOCIATIONS: Three children of Richard Olmstead, nephew of James,came to New England: Richard (bp. 1612), John (bp. 1617) and Rebecca (b.say 1620) [Olmsted Gen 5]. It has been claimed that they came to NewEngland in 1632 with their greatuncle, but there is no evidence to provethis, and they may well have come later.

Notes: BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The standard genealogy for the Olmstead familyis Henry King Olmsted and Geo. K. Ware, Genealogy of the Olmsted Familyin America Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted andCovering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912 (New York 1912)[cited above as Olmsted Gen]. This presents the records obtained as aresult of research in England (supervised by Frederick Law Olmsted!),including speculations on earlier generations [x-xv]. The parish registerentries above are taken from this work, augmented by examination of atranscript of the register at the Essex Record Office in Chelmsford.

!Info taken from "The Olmsted Family In America" by Henry King Olmsted - 1912.
Page 5.

1. Faith OLMSTED c. 7 Jan 1606, Great Leighs, Essex, England; d. Mar 1627, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. 3 Mar 1627, Fairsted, Essex, England.
2. Frances OLMSTED c. 14 Feb 1609, Fairsted, Essex, England; d. 14 Feb 1609, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. 14 Feb 1609, Fairsted, Essex, England.
3. Mabel OLMSTED c. 30 Sep 1610, Fairsted, Essex, England; d. Feb 1621, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. 18 Feb 1621, Fairsted, Essex, England.
4. 2. Nicholas OLMSTED b. 15 Feb 1612, Fairstead,Essex,En; c. 28 Sep 1640, Fairstead,Essex,En; d. 31 Aug 1684, Hartford,Ct; bur. Sep 1684.
5. James OLMSTED c. 22 Jan 1615, Fairsted, Essex, England.
6. Nehemiah OLMSTED c. 10 Nov 1618, Fairsted, Essex, England; d. Bef 2 Oct 1657, Fairfield, Fairfield, Conneticut.
7. Mary OLMSTED c. 18 Apr 1621, Fairsted, Essex, England; d. Apr 1621, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. 24 Apr 1621, Fairsted, Essex, England.

Came over in 1638 and settled in Windsor in 1639. He was a woolen draperwho sailed from London in the ship "Susan and Ellen" 4/11/1638 andarrived in Boston July 17. He went to Windsor with Rev. Ephraim Huel andbought land there 2/24/1640.
Death Date Imported:Bef 25 1658 Nov

Came over with her husband and sister (Anna Porter) in 1638. Bothfamilies settled in Windsor.

1. Joseph LOOMIS, Jr b. 1 Mar 1615, Braintree,Essex,England; d. 26 Jun 1687, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. Jun 1687, Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut.
2. 3. Sarah LOOMIS b. 1617, Windsor,Ct; d. 1667, Hartford,Ct.
3. Elizabeth LOOMIS (BEMIS) b. 10 Jun 1619, Messing Or Brain,Essex,England; c. 10 Jun 1619, Or,Braintree,Essex,England; d. 16 Nov 1675, .,Killingworth,Ct; bur. Aft 1665, Windsor,Hartford Co,Conn.
4. Mary LOOMIS b. 1620, Braintree,Essex,England; c. Or,Braintree,Essex,England; d. 19 Aug 1680, Windsor,,Ct.
5. John LOOMIS b. 1622, Braintree,Essex,England; d. 2 Sep 1688, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut.
6. Thomas LOOMIS b. 1624, England; d. 1689, Windsor,Ct.
7. Nathaniel LOOMIS b. 1626, Braintree,Essex,Eng; d. 19 Aug 1688, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. 19 Aug 1688, Prob Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut.
8. Samuel LOOMIS b. 1626, ,Essex,England; d. 1 Oct 1689, Westfield,Hampden,Massachusetts; bur. Oct 1689, Westfield,Hampden,Massachusetts.

!Info taken from "The Olmsted Family In America" by Henry King Olmsted - 1912.
Page xiv. On Page xi is lists a James and Jane Olmsted with all of their
children. In the death records for Great Leighs church is shows a James
Olmsteddying 2 Dec 1595. According to the births of their children, the
only James that they had was the one who came over to Boston, so this could
not be the same one who died in 1595.
I'm assuming this death record is for the father James, husband of Jane.

!His will is dated 20 May 1592 for Essex and Herts County. The strange thing
is that the last name was spelled Hampstead.

!Info taken from "The Olmsted Family In America" by Henry King Olmsted - 1912.
Page xiv.

1. Thomas OLMSTED c. 7 Jun 1577, Great Leighs, Essex, England.
2. Richard OLMSTED c. 22 Mar 1578, Great Leighs, Essex, England; d. Nov 1641, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. 16 Nov 1641, Fairsted, Essex, England.
3. 4. James OLMSTED b. 4 Dec 1580, Great Leighs,Essex,England; c. 4 Dec 1580, Great Leighs, Essex, England; d. Abt Sep 1640, Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut; bur. 1640, Center Church, Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut.
4. Elizabeth OLMSTED c. 2 Sep 1582, Great Leighs, Essex, England; d. Dec 1582, Great Leighs, Essex, England; bur. 19 Dec 1582, Great Leighs, Essex, England.
5. Nicholas OLMSTED c. 24 Nov 1583, Great Leighs, Essex, England.
6. Mary OLMSTED c. 10 Oct 1585, Great Leighs, Essex, England; d. See Notes, Great Leighs, Essex, England; bur. 22 Dec 1594, Great Leighs, Essex, England.
7. Mabell OLMSTED c. 16 Jul 1587, Great Leighs, Essex, England.
8. Elizabeth OLMSTED c. 2 Nov 1589, Great Leighs, Essex, England.
9. John OLMSTED c. 20 Feb 1592/1593, Great Leighs, Essex, England.
10. Mary OLMSTED c. 15 Dec 1593, Great Leighs, Essex, England; d. See Notes.
11. Thomas OLMSTED c. 15 Dec 1593, Great Leighs, Essex, England.

1. 6. Joseph LOOMIS b. 24 Aug 1590, Braintree,Essex,England; c. 24 Aug 1590, Braintree,Essex,,Eng; d. 25 Nov 1658, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. Nov 1658, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. Ann LOOMIS b. 1592, Braintree,Essex,Engl; d. 23 Sep 1630, Will,Braintree,Essex,England.
3. Sarah LOOMIS b. 1594, Braintree,Essex,Engl; d. 29 May 1619, Will,Braintree,Essex,England.
4. Elizabeth LOOMIS b. 1596, Braintree,Essex,England; d. 29 May 1619, Will,Braintree,Essex,England.
5. Geoffrey LOOMIS b. 1597, Braintree,Essex,Engl; d. 1625.
6. Jane LOOMIS b. 1598, Braintree,Essex,England; d. 29 May 1619, Will,Braintree,Essex,England.
7. Godfrey LOOMIS b. Abt 1600, Braintree,Essex,England; d. 1625, ,,England.

He was accounted a rich man and was referred to as a yeoman. This wasthe old designation for an independent farmer who owned his own land.This was not very common in the 1500's since most of the land was stillunder the control of the nobility or the church. Robert seems to havelived in the area of Shalford in Essex most of his life and he is buriedthere.

She survived her husband but did not come to America with her children.
Death Date Imported:Aft 24 1605 Jun
Burial Date Imported:Aft 24 1605 Jun

1. Sarah WHITE b. 8 Mar 1585/1586, England; c. 8 Mar 1586, Shalford,Essex,England; d. 1623, Will Probate; bur. 1 Aug 1626, Shalford,Essex,England.
2. Nathaniel WHITE b. 30 Apr 1587, Shalford,Essex,Eng; c. 30 Apr 1587, Shalford,Essex,England; d. 31 Jul 1623, Shalford,Essex,England.
3. 7. Mary WHITE b. 24 Aug 1590, Messing or Shalford,Essex,England; c. 24 Aug 1590, Shalford,Essex,England; d. 23 Aug 1652, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. 23 Aug 1652, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
4. Elizabeth WHITE b. 18 Aug 1594, Shelford,Cambs,Eng; c. 5 Mar 1592, Shalford,Essex,England; d. 17 May 1676, Prob. Shalford,Essex,England.
5. Bridget WHITE b. 18 Aug 1594, Shalford,Essex,England; c. 18 Aug 1594, Shalford,Essex,England; d. WFT Est. 1623-1688, Shalford,Essex,England.
6. John WHITE b. Abt 1596, Shalford,Essex,England; c. 16 Dec 1642, Sheepscott,Kittery,,Maine; d. 23 Jan 1684, Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut; bur. 1684, Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut.
7. Anna WHITE b. 1600, Shalford,Essex,England; c. 13 Jul 1600, Shalford,Essex,England; d. 11 May 1647, Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut; bur. 12 May 1647, Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut.
8. Daniel WHITE