Born in Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Olmstead
and Sarah (Fairchild) Olmstead
Sister of
Sarah (Olmstead) Sanford, Samuel Olmstead, Lydia Olmstead, Moses Olmstead and Hannah (Olmstead) Hurlburt
Wife of
Ezekiel Hawley
— married
4 Jan 1775 (to before Sep 1776) in Fairfield Co., Connecticut [uncertain]
[uncertain] Wife of
Reuben Betts
— married
25 Mar 1778 in Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Esther (Hawley) Olmstead, Eunice Betts, Daniel Lyman Betts, Mary Betts, Ellen Betts, Benjamin Platt Betts, Amelia Betts and Charles G. Betts
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Mar 2015
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Biography
Records have been found for her first name as Eleanor, Ellinor, Elinor, and Ellen.
In 1790, her late husband, Ezekiel Hawley's estate was ordered to be distributed and set out to the widow, now wife of Reuben Betts and to Sarah Esther only child of Ezekiel.[1]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 24-25, 1787-1798”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-BF4W : 12 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627289, image 168, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 24, 1787-1792, Pages 296.
- Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1896) Book 3, Page 62
- Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
- Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, Co. Ltd., New York, 1912) p.196, #4051.
- Betts, Frederic H., 1888. Thomas Betts, of Guilford and Norwalk, and his Descendants. (based on the work of Caroli Wyllys Betts, deceased) pages 76-77
- Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920-Marriage
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