Ebenezer Olmstead (abt. 1736 - 1804)

Born about 1736 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1804 at about age 68 in Southeast, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Ebenezer Olmstead served with Dutchess County New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Olmstead is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086277.

Ebenezer Olmstead was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut the son of Nathan and Eunice (Smith) Olmstead.

He served in the Revolutionary War.

He married Betsey Sherwood and they had three children:

1. Ebenezer, b. 1770, d. 1838
2. William Sweet, 1776, d. 1846
3. Nathan, d. 1836

The family farmed in the Town of Southeast, Dutchess County, New York. Southeast was an original town in Dutchess County. It was the "South East" portion of the county and boarding Connecticut to the east. The Town was included in the portion of Dutchess County that became Putnam County in 1812.

Ebenezer died 14 March 1804. His burial site has not been identified.

Research Notes

From 1912 genealogy: (1) Rev war story on p.203 of 1912 genealogy doesn't seem to match him (it doesn't; it applies to ...; (2) p.501 indicates Betsy was second wife -- some confusion as it may be her 2nd marriage and his first.

Steesy file CR-B-15 (information from John Baldwin) believes his first wife was a Sweet and wonders if the children were by 1st or 2nd wife.

As with all of the family name in Connecticut, records exist as both Olmstead and Olmsted. This family line is primarily found as Olmstead, with the "a."

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 18, 2016), "Record of Ebenezer Olmstead", Ancestor # A086277.
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 203, 581; #4043.
• Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-SQ5 : accessed 12 May 2021), Ebenezer Olmstead, Southeast, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 34, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5T-FDK : accessed 12 May 2021), Ebenezer Olmstead, South East, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 172, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 193,709.