Nehemiah
Olmstead
aka Olmsted
Born in Fairsted, Essex, England
Ancestors 
Son of James Olmstead
and Joyce (Cornish) Olmstead
Brother of
Faith Olmstead, Frances Olmstead, Mabel Olmstead, Nicholas Olmstead, James Olmstead and Mary Olmstead
Husband of
Elizabeth (Burr) Seeley
— married
about 1655 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah (Olmstead) Seeley
Died before
before age 38
in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Nehemiah Olmstead immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
NEHEMIAH, 6th known child of James & Joyce (Cornish) Olmstead, was baptized 10 November 1618. He married by about 1655 Elizabeth Burr, daughter of JEHU BURR, as the first of her three husbands. Source: Great Migration Begins.
Parents:
- James Olmstead (1580 - 1640) and Joyce Cornish Olmstead (____ - 1621)
- Spouse: Elizabeth Burr Olmstead Gilbert Seeley (1637 - ____)
- Children: Sarah Olmstead Seeley, m. Robert Seeley, of Fairfield, Conn.
Nehemiah died 2 Oct 1657 and is buried in the Old Burying Grounds, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[1]
NEHEMIAH OLMSTED, bap. at Fairsted, Nov. 10, 1618. Came to America with his father, and settled in Fairfield, Conn., in 1649. He married Elizabeth Burr, dau. of Jehu Burr, Sr. He was a sergeant in 1657. Died before Oct. 2, 1657. His widow was appointed administratrix Aug. 1658. Mrs. Olmsted m. (2) Obadiah Gilbert, of Fairfield, Conn. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #156358841
- ↑ Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pg. 15, #6
- The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850) Vol. 1, Page 446 mentioned in his father's will
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