Stephen Olmsted (1721 - 1778)

Born 17 Aug 1721 in East Hampton, Hartford, Connecticut

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Died 26 Apr 1778 at age 56 in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Capt. Stephen Olmsted served with Lexington Alarm - April 1775, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Stephen Olmsted is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086318.

Stephen married Hannah Fuller before 1750; they had two children, Susannah (c.1750) and Dorothy (1752).

Stephen married Mercy Freeman sometime between Oct 1754 and February 1764.

His son Stephen (1759) and daughter Hannah (Anna) (1762) may be by either wife. The educated guess is that they are by Mercy, his second wife due to the 7 year gap between Dorothy and Stephen.

His children Mercy (1764), Jonathan (1767), and Aurelia (1775) are by Mercy.

Stephen and others from Connecticut "responded to the Lexington Alarm."

Stephen contracted smallpox while in the army which resulted in his death 26 April 1778 in East Hampton Township, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

He is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in East Hampton. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #45453670 has photo

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 18, 2016), "Record of Stephen Olmstead", Ancestor # A086318.
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs.18, 22, #69.
• Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3NB-Y?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 23 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.