Nehemiah Olmstead (1685 - 1763)

Born 21 Mar 1685 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Clemence (Hosmer) Olmsted — married 7 Jul 1711 in Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1763 at age 78 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Nehemiah was born in Hartford, Connecticut, March 21, 1685/6.^[1] Since the entry was dual dated , it would be 1686 by our current dating system. He was the son of Joseph Olmstead and Elizabeth (Butler) Olmstead.

Nehemiah married Clemence Hosmer on 7 July 1711 at Hartford, Connecticut. Together, they had the following (known) children:

1. Samuel Olmsted
2. Clemence Olmsted
3. Dorothy Olmsted
4. Rebecca Olmstead
5. Ruth Olmsted
6. Nehemiah Olmsted
7. Moses Olmsted
8. Esther Olmsted
9. Martha Olmsted

Nehemiah died 4 October 1763 and is buried next to his wife in the Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Records, 1684-1930"
   Catalog: Records, 1684-1930 Church records transcribed records; papers
   Film number: 008137297 > image 135 of 220
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKS-BJ2H (accessed 5 September 2023)
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #141399779

• Probate: "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999"
  Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9049 #2537792 (accessed 5 September 2023)
  Nehemiah Olmsted probate in 1763 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Residence Hartford, Connecticut, New England.
• Roberts, Ronald Longaker. The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer (South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984), Pg. 137
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 16, 19, #26

Notes by Walt Steesy

Sometime after the import of this file by Osmer-2, she abandoned this profile and two others (Olmstead-332, 333, 334). All three had just a name and no data other than his reference number. All three are brothers, sons of Joseph & Elizabeth (Butler) Olmsted that married Hosmer women.

I have adopted all three profiles and will eventually appropriately merge them into previously created profiles. One of the problems is that the spelling of the family name, with and without the "a", has caused the creation of duplicate profiles under each spelling. There continues to be discussion as to which form was used by the early Olmste(a)d families; those in Hartford, CT, which includes this family tend to use Olmsted without the "a." If and when the actual usage is determined the various profiles will be edited.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Olmstead-96 [later merged to Olmsted-61] created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.
• WikiTree profile Olmsted-61 created through the import of OsmerBook.ged on May 20, 2012 by Tami Osmer.
• WikiTree profile Olmstead-332 created through the import of Elijah Hosmer_2013-02-03.ged on Feb 3, 2013 by Malcolm Osmer