Mary (Rowley) Olmsted (abt. 1677 - aft. 1755)

Born about 2 Feb 1677 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Olmsted — married 1697 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 5 Aug 1755 after about age 78 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary was born 2 Feb 1677 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, daughter of Moses Rowley and Mary Unknown.

Mary Rowley was married to Samuell Olmstead in the year 1699 at East Haddam^[1] Their children were:

• Daughter Sarah Olmstead Sarah Olmsted (1699-1704) was born 29 Dec 1699 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[2]
• Daughter Eunice Olmstead Eunice Olmsted (1701-)- she was a twin born 18 Sep 1701 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[3]
• Daughter Mary Olmstead Mary (Olmsted) Griswold (1701-1794) - she was a twin born 18 Sep 1701 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut,^[4]
• Son Samuell Olmstead Samuel Olmsted (1703-) was born 8 Sep 1703 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[5]
• Son Jonathan Olmstead Jonathan Olmsted (1707-) was born 21 Nov 1705 at East Haddam, Connecticut^[6]
• Son William Olmstead William Olmstead (1705-1770) was born 9 Nov 1707 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[7]
• Daughter Abigail Olmstead Abigail Olmsted (1716-) was born 10 Jun 1716 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[8]
• Daughter Deborah Olmstead Deborah (Olmsted) Gates (1721-abt.1795) was born 24 Jul 1721 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[9]
• Son Ichabod Olmstead Ichabod Olmsted (1725-1799) was born 12 Sep 1725 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[10]

Mary (Rowley) Olmsted died 5 Aug 1755 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut^[11]

Research Notes

• Records of the First Congregational Church, East Haddam, CT, 1704-1802 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2018) Page 2: "June 18, 1704. Was ye wife of Saml^l Olmstead, Junr. baptized called Mary and two of Saml^l Olmstead's children ye one called Samll, ye other Mary"

Sources

1. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0561?pId=161439
2. ↑ Birth • Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WQ-6Q4 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Sarah Olmstead, 1699.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WQ-DYH : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Olmstead, 1701.
4. ↑ Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register' Volume 12 Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21076/44/1429275711
5. ↑ Birth • Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-2V7 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Samuell Olmstead, 1703.
6. ↑ MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Volume Fuller, Edward (vol. 4) Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48512/103/1415598242
7. ↑ Birth • Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 '"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"', database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-2J1 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Jonathan Olmstead, 1707.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WQ-DYT : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Abigail Olmstead, 1716.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4R-GD7T : 21 September 2019), Mary in entry for Deborah Olmstead, 24 Jul 1721; citing Birth, Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272242.
10. ↑ Birth • Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-2J2 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Ichabod Olmsted, 1725.
11. ↑ Death • Find A Grave Index "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-D7BZ : 5 August 2020), Mary Rowley Olmstead, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 64812935, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.