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• Birth	13 May 1751	United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Sep 1811	Wallingford, Connecticut
  Person ID	I96648	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	James OLMSTED, b. Abt 1715, E. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
  Mother	Mary WHITE, b. 21 Jun 1728
  Family ID	F41755	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary BEAUMONT, b. 21 Mar 1749, of E. Hartford, Connecticut
  Married	Dec 1774
  Children	1. Norman OLMSTED, b. 14 Oct 1775, United States   2. Mary OLMSTED, b. 2 Jul 1777, United States   3. James OLMSTED, b. 15 Sep 1779, of New York, New York, Ny > 4. Nancy OLMSTED, b. 15 Sep 1779   5. Walter OLMSTED, b. 11 Dec 1781, of Whitestown, Ny > 6. Harriet OLMSTED, b. 22 Feb 1784 > 7. Frederick Makin OLMSTED, b. 6 Jul 1787, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA   8. Fanny OLMSTED, b. 6 Jul 1787 > 9. Henry OLMSTED, b. 26 Feb 1789, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA > 10. Edmond Beaumont OLMSTED, b. 21 Mar 1791,
  Family ID	F42121	Group Sheet

• Notes

  !He was a Leiutenant but acted as a Captain of his company. After the war he taught music. Was a member of the "Society of the Cincinnati". !The Oath ofAllegiance of Leiut. James Olmsted: I, James Olmsted, do acknowledge the United States of America to be Free, Independent, and Sovereign States, and declarethat the People thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain; and I renounce, refuse, and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him; and I do swear, that I will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain and defend the said United States against the said King George the Third, his heirs and successors, and his and their abettors, assistants and adherents, and will serve the said United States in the office of Quarter-Master of Brigade, which I now hold, with Fidelity, according to the best of my sill and understading. So help me God. James Olmsted, Q.M.B. Sworn before me, this 11thNovr. 1782, J. Huntington, B.G.

• Sources

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