Dr. John Olmsted1,2
M, b. before 16 February 1617, d. 2 August 1686
| Father | Richard Olmsted I b. 20 Mar 1579, d. b 16 Nov 1641 |
| Mother | Frances Slany b. b 25 Mar 1586, d. b 10 Sep 1630 |
John was born in Fairsted, County Essex, England. He was christened there on 16 February 1617 in St. Mary the Virgin Church.3 In 1632, he came to America with his Uncle James and his brother & sister to Newton, Massachusetts. He served in King Philip's War as a surgeon, and was the first physician in Norwich. He removed to Saybrook, where he was a "leather sealer" in 1656; he was at Mohegan (afterwards Norwich) in 1659, with a home lot near that of Thomas Adgate, his brother-in-law; in 1661 he is called a shoemaker there. He was made a freeman there in 1662. John married Elizabeth Adgate circa 1650. John made his will before 2 August 1686 at Connecticut.
His will was not dated. He was aged about 60 years. His wife, Elizabeth, was sole executrix. His servants to have liberty at the death of his wife.4
John departed this life on Friday, 2 August 1686 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. His will was probated on 22 September 1686.
His will was not dated. He was aged about 60 years. His wife, Elizabeth, was sole executrix. His servants to have liberty at the death of his wife.4
John departed this life on Friday, 2 August 1686 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. His will was probated on 22 September 1686.
Family | Elizabeth Adgate |
Citations
- [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 - will probated Sept. 22, 1686; made not long before, though, he himself only 60 years of age, which no doubt was by several years to small a reckoning. He left most of his large estate to his brother and sister. No children are mentioned in his will.
- [S17] Donald Lines Jacobus, History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, page 453.
- [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 451.
- [S2368] Leslie Mahler, The English Origin of John Baisley/Bayseyof Hrtford, Connecticut, page 37.