Jared Olmstead (1753 - 1825)

Born 1 Jul 1753 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Betts) Olmstead — married 30 Nov 1773 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 28 May 1825 at age 71 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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This profile is part of the Olmstead Name Study.

Biography

Apparently, this is the generation where some of the family moved over to Olmstead (with the "a"). One daughter apparently retained Olmsted

Ensign Jared Olmstead served with 16th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Jared Olmstead is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086291.

He served in the Revolutionary War in the Conn. line as a Ensign in Capt. David Olmstead's company in Col. Beardsley regiment and was in Gen. Washington's army when driven out of New York.

Jared married Hannah Betts in 1773. They had eleven children:

1. Lewis, b. 1774, d. 1847; m. Sarah Bennett
2. Nathan, b. 1776, d. 1833; m. Martha Watrous
3. Jonas, b. 1778, d. 1858; m. Polly Terhune
4. Hannah, b. 1780, d. 1857
5. Elizabeth, b. 1782, d. 1861
6. Sarah "Sally", b. 1784, d. 1828; m. William Clark
7. Mary "Polly", b. 1786, d. 1864; m Alfred Gray
8. Rachel, b. 1788, d. 1853; m. Lewis Nash
9. Lucy, b. 790, d. 1866; m. John Lane
10. Jared, b. 1793, d. 1882; m. Polly Abbott
11. Hiram, b. 1795, d. 1860; m. Sarah Fisher

In the Titicus Cemetery in Ridgefield, Jared's cemetery monument is clearly shown with Olmsted.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9081080 has photo

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 18, 2016), "Record of Jared Olmstead", Ancestor # A086291.
• Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy.
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 197, 210, #4113.
• Historical Sketch and Manual of the First Congregational Church in Ridgefield, Connecticut (Ridgefield Press Printing Co., Ridgefield, Conn., 1904)

• Page 35: He was a "communicant of the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield, Conn., October, 1822"

• FamilySearch source pages with birth records for children and other sources. https://www.familysearch.org/service/tree/tree-data/pdf/family-group/L7XY-KPV/spouse/DEFAULT?locale=en