Sgt.
Jabez
Olmsted
aka Olmstead
Born in Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Jeremiah Olmsted
and Elizabeth (Litten) Olmsted
Brother of
Aaron Olmsted, Jedediah Olmsted, Elizabeth (Olmstead) Haskins, Martha Olmsted, Gideon Olmstead, Silence Olmsted, Abigail (Olmsted) Hamilton and Lurana (Olmsted) Van Surdam
Husband of
Miriam (Husse) Olmsted
— married
about 1756 in Berkshire Co., MA
Descendants 
Father of
Aaron Olmsted, Jabez Olmsted, Jeremiah Olmsted, Elizabeth (Olmsted) Bullis, Gideon Olmsted, Richard (Olmsted) Olmstead, Jabez Olmsted Jr. and Job Olmsted
Died
at about age 74
in Washington, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2015
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Biography
Sergeant Jabez Olmsted served with 1st Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Jabez Olmsted is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086288.
Jabez was born in 1735. Jabez Olmsted ...
There has been considerable confusion over the spelling of the family name, especially in the 1600s & 1700s. All early records of the "root ancestor" Capt. Jabez Olmsted of Ware, Mass. use the family name without the "a"; at various times descendants have changed to the Olmstead or Omstead version of the name.
Served under Colonels David Brewer, Rufus Putnam, Benj Simonds, Joseph Vose Vose-229 1st MA. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 18, 2016), "Record of Jabez Olmstead", Ancestor # A086288.
- Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
- Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 394, 396-97; #9088.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jabez by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jabez by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Bob Olmstead
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I2a, FTDNA kit #10685
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~3.12%
Craig Gauger :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Patricia Beaulieu :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Tamara (Smith) Weaver :
23andMe, GEDmatch M764447 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MV8990306 [compare], Ancestry member TamWcurious
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~1.56%
Michael Smith :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Patricia Beaulieu :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Tim Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DK8317030 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tom Thornton :
23andMe, GEDmatch WY6744676 [compare]
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~0.78%
Janet (Dusten) Segler :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Tim Moore :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Pamela Rice :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A768232 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #780325
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~0.78%
Julia Scott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A139430 [compare], Ancestry member J_Scott98
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A139430 [compare], FTDNA kit #513207
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~0.39%
Shelah Sinclair :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A519298 [compare], Ancestry member shelah5marie
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~0.39%
David (Steenburgh) Millage :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FN4328731 [compare], Ancestry member pks_dsm66
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~0.39%
Diane (Shockey) Jalbert :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HK4331849 [compare], FTDNA kit #691197
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