John M. Olmstead (1791-1845) was born to Lemuel Olmstead 1761-1805) and Slience Weed (1759 Scotland - 1832) who married at Danbury, Connecticut in about 1781 and had 7 children: Zalman (b.1783), Colman (b. 1785), Joshua (b.1788), John (b.1791), James (b.1794), Lois (b.1797), and Mary (b.1800). This family moved to Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York in about 1786.
John married first 30 Apr 1818 at Malta, Saratoga County, New York to Suzannah Bates (1800-1831) and they had five children there: Elisabeth (b.1819), Lois (b.1821), William (b.1823), Mary Jane (b.1824,d.1824), Mary (b.1829).
John married second 28 Oct 1833 at Malta, NY to his first wife's sister Sarah Bates (1802-1891) and they had four children there: Edward (b. 1835), Otis (b. 1836), Susan (b.1838), and Ellen (b.1840).
John M. Olmstead (and his family) are listed in Federal Censuses for NY, Saratoga County, Malta for 1820, 1830, 1840. Sarah Olmstead is listed with the children at NY, Saratoga County, Malta for 1850, 1860, 1870. Sarah Olmstead is listed with daughter Susan (James) Lamb's family at NY, Saratoga County, Malta for 1880.[1]
John is buried in the Salisbury Cemetery, Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.[2]
This profile created by Valentine Van Zee on April 5, 2012. She was long time research of her ancestral Olmstead lines and was active until her death a few years ago.
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