Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America : embracing the ...

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carried the works at midnight, July 15, 1779. Major Champion remained in
service until the end of the war. He was a member of the Conn. "Society
of the Cincinnati."
He obtained the Charter for the Phoenix Bank of Hartford, Conn., because
the State Bank refused him a loan of $2,000. He was interested in the Conn.
Land Co., to which he subscribed over $5,000, and the towns of Champion,
N. Y., and Ohio were named in his honor.
(368) SAMUEL OLMSTED, E. Haddam, Conn.; m. Lorena Bunce.
He came to East Haddam, Conn., in 1767, after the French and Indian
War, in which he participated. Received a deed of land from King George of
England, in Columbia Co., N. Y. He was a soldier in the War of the
Revolution.
858, Samuel +. 859, Matthias +. 860, William Robert +. 861,
Moses +. 862, Lewis +.
(369) ICHABOD OLMSTED, b. 1766; d. Jan. 6, 1861; m. Rebecca Griswold;
b. abt. 1763; d. Dec. 31, 1835; dau. of Aaron Griswold, of Middletown,
Conn. Ichabod Olmsted came from E. Haddam, Conn., and bought 200
acres of land, of a Mr. Proctor. He paid for it $3.00 per acre. He brought
his provisions, a gun and axe, and cleared up the farm, now occupied by his
son Ichabod, at Sunside, Green Co., N. Y.
863, Ichabod +. 864, William +. 865, Rebecca; b. 1793; m. Truman
H. Bagley of Durham, N. Y. 866, Aaron; b. 1796; d. Sept. 17, 1856. 867,
Jabez; b. Dec. 12, 1798; m. Mary Merwin. 868, Jason (twin) +• 869,
Rurus +. 870, Caroline +. 871, Orrin +. 872, Israel Griswold +
(372) MOSES OLMSTED, b. May 11, 1777; d. Aug. 15, 1847; m. July
25, 1802, Cornelia Pitcher; b. Feb. 13, 1785; d. Apr. 28, 1869, at Cairo, N. Y.;
dau. of John and Sarah (Peer) Pitcher. He moved to Acra, N. Y., and was
Postmaster there 1841-1847.
873, Adeline; b. Feb. 25, 1804; m. Feb. 17, 1829, Calvin W. Hayes, of
Lone Rock, Miss. 874, Samuel Wilbur +. 875, Frederick L. +.
876, John +. 877, Sarah Ann +. 878, William M. +. 879, Emeline
Esther +. 880, Walter; b. Nov. 17, 1822; d. Sept. 30, 1830; m. Oct. 27,
1846, Armida Tallman. 881, Elizabeth H.; b. Nov. 9, 1825; d. Feb. 21,
1829. 882, Russell Dorr +
(377) LYDIA OLMSTED, b. at Canaan, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1767; d. Oct. 1,
1820; m. Asher Osborn.
883, Elerida; b. Feb. 18, 1793; d. Dec. 19, 1844; m. Roswel] Guthrie. 884,
Asher P., Worthington, Ind.; b. Sept. 15, 1795; d. Feb. 5, 1858; m. Feb. 23,
1815, Hannah Whitman. 885, Lydia +. 886, Damaris; m. William
Hammond of Fairport, Monroe Co., N. Y.
(378) LUCY OLMSTED, b. at Canaan, N. Y., July 24, 1769; d. Oct. 12,
1818; m. Nov. 26, 1788, Alexander Pinney, of New Canaan, Columbia Co.,
N. Y.; b. Jan. 14, 1767.
887, Clarissa Harlow; b. Nov. 6, 1789. 888, Petit Smith; b. Sept. 21,
1792. 889, Sylvester; b. Sept. 19, 1795. 890, Polly; b. Jan. 18, 1799.
891, Jonathan Olmsted; b. Aug. 1, 1801. 892, Lucy; b. July 23, 1805;
m. Jan. 31, 1831, David Jennings.
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