1745 - 1825

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• Birth	1745	Usa
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Mar 1825	Usa
  Person ID	I95942	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	15 May 2000 00:00:00
  Father	Stephen OLMSTED, Lieut., b. 1 Apr 1709, E. Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut
  Mother	Lucy WOLCOTT, b. 7 May 1710
  Family ID	F41697	Group Sheet
  Family	Rebecca FORBES, b. 1744
  Children	1. Lucretia OLMSTED, c. 4 Oct 1767   2. Olive OLMSTED, c. 22 Apr 1769   3. Isaac OLMSTED, b. 7 Oct 1771, Usa   4. Timothy OLMSTED, b. 7 Aug 1774, of E. Granby, Connecticut   5. Rebecca OLMSTED, b. 1780   6. Eliphalet OLMSTED, c. 12 Aug 1781
  Family ID	F41720	Group Sheet

• Notes

  !Isaac served in the Revolutionary War. He served as a private in Colonel G. S. Silliman's Regiment, Conn. Militia. The dates of his enlistment and discharge are not of record, his name appearing only on a muster roll which shows thatthe company was organized by Capt. Gamaliel Northrop, Jr., of Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT. The records show that he served as a private in Capt. Ezekiel Sanford's company, also designated Capt. John St. John's Co., 5th conn. Regiment, commanded by Col. Philip B. Bradley. he enlisted Jan. 3, 1777, for three years, was transferred Nov. 1, 1778 to Col. Bradley's company, same Regiment and was discharged Jan. 3, 1780. The records also show that he served as a corporal in Captain Thaddeus Weed's company, also designated the 5th Col, 2d conn. Regiment,commanded by Col. Heman Swift. He enlisted May 24, 1781 for three years and was transferred about May 1783 to Captain Taylor's company, same regiment, and his name is last borne on the company roll for Sept. 1783.

• Sources

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