Olmstead, James (b. , d. BEF 28 APR 1731)

Note: ! James Olmstead(5) was a lieutenant in 1680 and later made captain. He was a
selectman in 1671 and was elected Town Clerk of Norwalk for 29 years from
1678-1707, and again in 1721. He was Town Judge, Deputy sent to Hartford and
spent his life in the service of the town.
ERRMSG: Child John Olmstead born before parents' marriage.

SOURCE: (1) Katharine Barrett Kelly

Death: BEF 28 APR 1731

Note: !Jacobus "FoOF": will 27 Jan 1747/48 - proved 14 Nov 1748.

Death: 1748 Norwalk, Fairfield, CT

Note: !Died young.

Death: 1748

Note: !Matthias St John(1) was in Dorchester, MA by 1631. He was made a Freeman on 3 Sep 1634, owning 23 acres of land. He moved to Windsor, CT in 1640, into Wethersfield by 1641 and on into Norwalk by 1654. His will was dated 19 Oct 1669, as of Norwalk, and he died soon after leaving his widow and 5 children. SOURCE: (1) Katharine Barrett Kelly

Note: !Richard Platt(1) settled in New Haven and then Milford by 1638. SOURCE: (1) Katharine Barrett Kelly

Note: !Richard Olmstead(3) came to America with his maternal grandmother. He went to
Hartford, CT from Newtown, MA in 1636. He was a soldier in the Pequot War in
May 1637. He married before going to Norwalk in 1649. He was a surveyor. On
21 May 1653 he was a sergeant, and a lieutenant on 19 May 1659. He then fought
in King Philips War, June 1675-1676. By 1680 he was a captain and held his
commission for six years.
Great Lieghs, Richard's birthplace, is said to be about halfway between
Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

SOURCE: (1) Katharine Barrett Kelley
(2) Robertson T. Barrett. Jr. 238 Fasola Road, Sequim, WA 98382

Burial: 16 NOV 1641 Fairsted, Essex, England

Note: !Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield", page 451 Vol 1, gives her name as
Frances, rather than Fruance as in CSL Olmstead Family #50. She was the sister
of Thomas Slany of London, haberdasher, etc.

Burial: 10 SEP 1630 Fairsted, Essex, England

Note: !Rebeckah Olmstead(4) was christened Rebecca in England, her name change
evidently taking place after her arrival in Puritan New England. The neice of
the first James Olmstead of Hartford, CT, she and her brothers came to America
in the company of James, his wife and two children, on the ship "Lyon", with
Captain Pierce. The voyage took six weeks from the embarkation at Braintree,
England to arrive at Bodton on 16 Sep 1632. The family had been Puritans settled
at Great Leighs, Essex, England. Their arrival in America came just six years
after the settlement of Connecticut by the British. Rebeckah lived for many
years in the household of her Uncle James; she is mentioned in his will.

SOURCES of Connie Lane:
(1) "Newel", C.C. Baldwin
(2) "Genealogy of the Olmstead Family in America", H.K. Olmstead, 1912
(3) "The Families of Old Fairfield", Jacobus, Vol I pp 450-455
(4) Savage (?)

Death: 24 FEB 1698 Farmington, Hartford, CT

Note: !PPX-XL Olmstead family. Olmstead Family by H.K. Olmstead p x and X1. !LDS Archive Record.

Death: 2 DEC 1595

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Death: SEP 1640 Hartford, CT

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Burial: 19 DEC 1582

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Death: 7 MAR 1679

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Burial: 22 DEC 1594

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.

Note: ! Great Lieghs is said to be about halfway between Braintree and Chelmsford, which would be roughly 25 miles northeast of London.