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• Title	Deacon
  Birth	1654	Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Oct 1726	East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut
  Person ID	I56426	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Nicholas OLMSTED, b. 15 Feb 1612, Fairstead,Essex,En
  Mother	Sarah LOOMIS, b. 1617, Windsor,Ct
  Family ID	F2385	Group Sheet
  Family	Elizabeth BUTLER, b. Abt 1643, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
  Married	Abt 1672	Ct
  Children	> 1. Joseph OLMSTED, b. 1673/1674, Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut > 2. James OLMSTED, b. 1677, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA > 3. Nicholas OLMSTED, b. 1679, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 4. Richard OLMSTED, b. 1682, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 5. Nehemiah OLMSTED, b. 21 Mar 1685, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   6. Elizabeth OLMSTED, b. Abt 1686, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   7. Rebecca OLMSTED, c. 26 Aug 1688, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   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
  Family ID	F24469	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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.

• Sources

  [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). [S718] GEDCom File from Cassandra Olmstead [CassandraO@msn.com], with information from"Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in Americ, 10 Jun 2002.