Lieut. John Olmsted1,2

M, b. before 30 December 1649, d. before 22 December 1704
FatherRichard Olmsted II b. b 20 Feb 1612, d. a 5 Sep 1684
MotherElizabeth Hawes
     John was born before 30 December 1649 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. On 30 December 1649, he was christened in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. John married Mary Benedict, daughter of Thomas Benedict and Mary Bridgham, on 17 July 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.3 John married 2nd Elizabeth Pardie in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth was the widow of Thomas Gregory. John departed this life before 22 December 1704 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The inventory of his estate was dated 22 December 1704/1705. His estate was distributed 17 April 1705.4

Family 1

Mary Benedict b. c 1653
Children

Family 2

Elizabeth Pardie b. 10 Jun 1660, d. a 1705/6

Citations

  1. [S100] Henry King Olmsted, A.M. revised & completed by George K. Ward and Right Rev. Charles T. Olmsted, Mrs. Henry S. Stearns, Prof. Everett Ward Olmsted, Ex-off. Advisory Committee: John Bartow Olmsted, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family In America - Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted and covering a period of nearly Three Centuries 1632-1912, page 192 - married first probably Nov. 11, 1670 Mary Benedict, daughter of Thomas & Mary [Bridgum] Bennedict of [prob.] Southhold, L.I., New York; second Elizabeth [Pardie] Gregory b. June 10, 1660, daughter of George Pardie and widow of Thomas Gregory. Elizabeth survived her husband.
  2. [S17] Donald Lines Jacobus, History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, pages 454-455.
  3. [S17] Donald Lines Jacobus, History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, page 454.
  4. [S17] Donald Lines Jacobus, History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, page 454 - Inv, 22 Dec. 1704/5 (sic). Children: Daniel abt 19 (Thomas Read guardian) ; Richard 17 (Samuel Sension guardian) ; John 4 (Samuel Betts guardian) ; Mary 18 [error for 28]; Jane; Sarah; Rebecca ; Elizabeth; Eunice abt. 15 (Samuel Marvin guardian) ; Deborah 10 or 11; Abigail abt. 8 (Joseph Platt guardian) ; Anna abt. 6 (Samuel Keeler guardian). Thomas Read, Samuel Sension, and Benjamin Wilson, sons-in-Iaw to Lt. John Olmstead, Administrators John Benedict and Elizabeth Olmstead, as Adm'rs of Est. of Thomas Gregory, gave receipt to Est. of Lt. John Olmstead.
    Distribution 17 Apr. 1705: Widow; eldest son Daniel; Thomas Reed, Benjamin Wilson, Annah Olmsted, Jonathan Abut, Samuel St. John; Richard, John, Elizabeth, Eunice., Deborah, and Abigail Olmsted.