Daniel O (Olmsted) Olmstead (abt. 1682 - 1749)

Born about 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Ketchum) Olmstead — married 9 May 1711 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1749 at about age 67 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Daniel OLMSTED was born in 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT to Lieut. John OLMSTED and Mary BENEDICT.

He married Hannah KETCHUM (sometimes KETCHAM) on 9 May 1711 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT. Their children:

1. Daniel OLMSTED
2. Samuel OLMSTED
3. Deacon Nathan/Nathaniel OLMSTED
4. Richard OLMSTED
5. Ambrose OLMSTED
6. Hannah OLMSTED
7. Jonathan OLMSTED
8. Elizabeth OLMSTED Stebbins
9. Ezekiel OLMSTED

Daniel and Hannah lived in Ridgefield their entire lives.

Daniel and his brother Richard and twenty-two others bought, with the permission of the General Assembly at Hartford, on the 30th of Sept. 1708, of the Indian, Sachem Catoonah, and his associates, for L100, a tract of land (2000 acres), now Ridgefield, Conn.^[1]

Daniel Olmstead passed away in 1749 in RIdgefield and is buried next to his wife in the Titicus Cemetery in Ridgefield.^[2]

Research Notes

This Daniel Olmstead is #3965 in the Olmsted Family in America and is a grandson of Richard of Norwalk. He married Hannah Ketchum, dau of Joseph & Mary (Lindel) Ketchem.

The child, Nathan, listed in the genealogy belongs to Jonathan Olmsted #75 and Hannah Meakins.

Daniel was born in 1682. He passed away in 1749.

Sources

1. ↑ Olmsted: Page 193
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #70393176 photo is of the founders memorial not an individual's grave marker

• Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, an index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F748-589 : accessed 01 Jan 2014), for Nathan Olmstead, 07 Mar 1714.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR7D-L53
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 193, #3965
• Rockwell, Kenneth W., A Query on Daniel Olmsted, a Founder of Ridgefield, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 2011) Vol. 53, No. 3, Page 119.
  • He died after 19 Mar 1754.