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• Title	Capt.
  Birth	15 Feb 1612	Fairstead,Essex,En
  IMMI	1633	on 'Lion' to Boston
  Christened	28 Sep 1640	Fairstead,Essex,En
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Aug 1684	Hartford,Ct
  Buried	Sep 1684
  Person ID	I56417	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2005 00:00:00
  Father	James OLMSTED, b. 4 Dec 1580, Great Leighs,Essex,England
  Mother	Joyce CORNISH, b. Abt 1584, Probably Great Leighs,Essex,England
  Family ID	F42426	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Sarah LOOMIS, b. 1617, Windsor,Ct
  Married	28 Sep 1640	Hartford,Ct
  Children	> 1. Sarah OLMSTED, b. 1641, Hartford,Hartford,Ct   2. Elizabeth Mary? OLMSTED, b. 1642, Hartford,Hartford,Ct   3. Mabel OLMSTED, b. 1645, Hartford,Ct   4. Rebecca OLMSTED, b. 12 Mar 1647, Hartford,Hartford,Ct   5. Mary OLMSTED, b. 20 Nov 1646, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   6. John OLMSTED, c. 3 Feb 1649, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA > 7. Samuel OLMSTED, b. 1650/1653, Hartford,Ct > 8. Joseph OLMSTED, b. 1654, Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut   9. Thomas OLMSTED, b. 25 Jun 1657, Hartford,Hartford,Ct
  Family ID	F2385	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Hannah THURSTON
  Family ID	F24465	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Mary LORD, b. 6 May 1649, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F42422	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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.

• Sources

  [S712] Passengers on the "Lion" from England to Boston, 1632, Sandra Sutphin Olney, (1992 Heritage Books Inc. Two volume set). [S77] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Sal). [S711] The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor Connecticut 1635-1891, Henry R. Stiles, A.M., M.D.,, (Volume II, 1992 Picton Press). [S2170] GEDCom File from Cassandra Olmstead [CassandraO@msn.com], with information from"Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in Americ, 10 Jun 2002.