Mary (Benedict) Olmstead (1650 - 1693)

Born 4 Dec 1650 in Southold, Suffolk, Province of New York

Ancestors

Wife of John Olmstead — married 17 Jul 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1693 at age 42 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Olmstead Name Study.

Disputed Origins

The exact dates and order of birth for Thomas and Mary (Brigham) Benedict's children is unclear. Some sources give Mary's date of birth as December 4, 1650,^[1] while others surmise that she was born as late as 1656.

Family

Mary (Benedict) Olmstead was born on 4 December 1650 in Southold, Suffolk, Province of New York, daughter of Thomas Benedict Sr. (<1617–~1690) and Mary (Bridgham) Benedict (<1618–~1719).

Her parents lived in Hassamommock, near Southold, on Long Island, New York.The family removed to Norwalk, in the Colony of Connecticut, around 1665.

Her siblings were:

1. Thomas Benedict (~1640–1688)
2. Dea. Samuel Benedict I (1646–1719)
3. Lieut Daniel Benedict (1649–1723)
4. John Benedict (1649–1729)
5. Elizabeth (Benedict) Slawson (~1650–1688)
6. Sarah (Benedict) Beebe (>1650– )
7. James Benedict (1650–>1717)
8. Rebecca (Benedict) Wood (~1660– )

Mary (22) married Ensign John Olmstead (23) (born on 30 December 1649 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; son of Richard Olmstead) on 17 July 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield.^[2][3][4] Their known children were:

1. Mary (Olmstead) Reed (1673–1758)
2. Jane (Olmstead) Wilson (~1675– )
3. Sarah Jane (Olmstead) Abbott (1679–~1742)
4. Elizabeth (Olmstead) Whitney (1680–1728)
5. Rebecca (Olmstead) Lockwood (~1681–~1755)
6. Capt Daniel O (Olmsted) Olmstead (~1682–1749)
7. Eunice (Olmstead) Lobdell (~1687–~1743)
8. Richard Olmsted (~1692–1776)

Mary died on 11 July 1693 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, aged 42.^[1] Her headstone is no longer visible in the historical cemetery in East Norwalk.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #34791852
2. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Norwalk, Page 11.
3. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey; New England Marriages Before 1700; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company; 1997
4. ↑ William M. Clements; American Marriages before 1699

• William Benedict; Benedict Family Genealogy.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 61.
• 1912 "Olmsted Family in America"
• Hall, Edwin. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (James Mallory & Co., Norwalk, 1847) Page 185

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). Birth: Dec. 4, 1650 Southold Suffolk County, New York, USA. Death: 1693 Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut, USA
• Connecticut Town Records (Barbour Collection), 1673