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The middle name Gideon has been added to Israel in many trees and on Family Search. It has been removed here until some verifiable source can prove that it is correct.
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The family used the Olmsted form of the surname in Massachuetts, it appears that Israel (may have) changed to Olmstead after leaving there.
Israel Olmsted is the son of Israel Olmsted and Anna Safford.
Israel was born in Warwick, Mass. 5 Sept 1757 and is listed in the vital record book for that town. He was baptized 4 June 1758 in Hardwick, Mass.
Warwick: original: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_270175__0001-00002/3320025
Warwick (re-write): https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_270176__0001-00002/3326804
Hardwick: baptism - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/41254_265529-00079/80363868 and https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/10071/dvm_PrimSrc000084-00041-1/77
He married Elizabeth Cooley and she later married Jonathan Fairchild. His cousin Gideon Omsted married her sister, Abigail Cooley.
The first seven children of Israel & Elizabeth (Cooley) Olmstead are: Elizabeth, Pollie/Mary, Jonathan, Jacob, Prudence, Israel, and Abigail. Born between 1780 and 1795. No further information is currently available.
Their eighth child, Harvey descendants are well documented.
There are errors in his listing that need to be fixed with proper documentation. Suggest finding information on www.jabezolmsted.com
Served with Green Mountain Boys? http://ggordon528.tripod.com/ged/olmstead.html If so, how ancestral to my Canadian Loyalist Olmsteads? DB
1795 Upper Canada Land Petition
History of Leeds and Grenville - does not have an Israel Omsted or Olmstead in the index. They do have his widow, Elizabeth Omsted and her four children as listed on the 1802 Census. page 86.
Land Petition, 1797
5th Cousins, once removed, GEDmatch: Comparing Gary Kent Kit T346635 and William Warren Kit M183615, Largest matching segment = 8.4 cM, Chr.19 from (816,374 to 2,991,154), SNPs 592. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 7.0, 652878 SNPs used for this comparison. [MRCAs [[Olmsted-254|Israel Olmsted(1757 - bef. 1795) and Elizabeth Cooley (1761 - bef. 1795), unconfirmed without a third Cousin triangulation.]
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Israel is 20 degrees from Herbert Adair, 19 degrees from Richard Adams, 16 degrees from Mel Blanc, 22 degrees from Dick Bruna, 19 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 30 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 19 degrees from Sam Edwards, 15 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 18 degrees from Marty Krofft, 12 degrees from Junius Matthews, 14 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 17 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
I too agree that Ontario looks much more likely than North Carolina, however, I see there is a photo here of Israel that does reference North Carolina.....uploaded by James Martin... I wonder what the story behind that is.....
If this Israel is in fact the one mentioned in the 1795 land petition there may be some UEL records to assist in proof.....
I agree as I have trouble with the North Carolina death location -- more likely an Ontario, Canada location.