Samuel Olmsted (1712 - 1801)

Born 1712 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1801 at about age 89 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Samuel Olmsted served with 9th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Olmsted is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086312.

Samuel Olmsted was born in 1712 in East Hartford, Connecticut the son of Nehemiah and Clemence (Hosmer) Olmsted.

He married Jerusha Pitkin about 1757 and they had eleven children:

1. Eunice Olmsted, 1758-1839
2. Dorothy Olmsted, 1759
3. Jerusha Olmsted, 1760-1837
4. Huldah Olmsted, 1763-1807
5. Martha Olmsted, 1764-1840
6. Samuel Olmsted, 1766-1848
7. Elisha Olmsted, 1768-1858
8. Russell Olmsted, 1771
9. Clemence Olmsted, 1773-1861
10. Esther Olmsted, 1775-1809
11. Mary Olmsted, 1778-1827

Samuel died April 23, 1801 at age 67 in East Hartford, Connecticut.^[1]

Research Notes

Death record gives an age of 67, calculating back to Samuel being born around 1734. I am unsure why Samuel is often attributed a birth around 1712.

Sources

1. ↑ Death: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 004254878; FHL microfilm: 001312794
   FamilySearch Record: Q211-1XXH (accessed 4 September 2023)
   Samuel Olmsted death 1801 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 18, 2016), "Record of Samuel Olmstead", Ancestor # A086312. DAR Patriot # A-086312 "Cannot be used as Record Copy"
• The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer by Ronald Longaker Roberts. South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 19, 26, #98
• Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
• Military: "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
  citing Aug 1776, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,305
  FamilySearch Record: Q2DG-VBZC (accessed 4 September 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89WB-CRXF Image number 00454
  Name: Saml Olmsted; Military Service Date: Aug 1776; Military Service Place: Connecticut, United States; Mil Rank: Ensign; Event Place Parent Jur: 1; Event Place Sup: United States.

Acknowledgement

• WikiTree profile Olmsted-69 created through the import of OsmerBook.ged on May 20, 2012 by Tami Osmer. Orphaned and then adopted by Walt Steesy.