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Olmsted Family Genealogy 397
A complete list of his children has not been found as the records are very
incomplete in Berkshire County. He probably married about 1756-57.
9144, Aaron; b. in Berkshire County, Mass., about 1758.
He enlisted as a drummer in Capt. Stephen Pearl's Co., Col. Benj. Ruggles
Woodbridge's (25th) Regt., May 10, 1775; was at Cambridge, June 26, 1775;
at Prospect Hill, Sept. 28, 1775, and in camp at Cambridge Oct. 23, 1775.
He probably served throughout the campaign of 1776 in this regt.
Jan. 14, 1777, he enlisted in Capt. Ephraim Fitch's Co., Col. Benj. Simond'^
detachment of Berkshire Co. militia, which marched to Ticonderoga.
He served until Feb. 25, 1777.
He was a Private in Capt. Sylvanus Willcox's Co., Col. John Ashley's
(Berkshire Co.) Regt., from July 8 to July 21, 1777, and marched to Fort
Edward. He was also in Capt. Elijah Demming's detachment of Col. Ash-
ley's Regt. ordered to Albany by Gen. Fellows June 4 to July 15, 1778, and in
Capt. Peter Porter's detachment. Gen. Fellows' Berkshire County Brigade
July 1 to Oct. 31, 1778; service, 4 months under Brig. Gen. Stark at Albany.
He again enlisted July 19, 1779, in Capt. Roswell Downing's Co., Lieut.
Col. Miles Powell's Berkshire County Regt., and served until Aug. 23, 1779,
at New Haven, Conn.
After the close of the Revolutionary War he removed to the town of
Granville, Washington County, N. Y., where he was living in 1790 with a
wife, one son and one daughter. No record of his descendants.
9145, Jabez + . 9146, Jeremiah + . 9147, Gideon; b. at West Stockbridge,
Mass., abt. 1764-66; d. at Northville, N. Y., soon after 1791; m. at Stockbridge,
Mass., Feb., 1788, Esther Andrews; prob. dau. of Jeremiah and Sarah
(Bryant) Andrews. He removed with his brother, Jeremiah, to Hope,
N. Y., but soon settled in the adjoining town of Northampton, where he died
soon after his settlement. His death is the first recorded in that town.
(9093) ABIGAIL OLMSTED, b. Mar. 24, 1731; m. at Brookfield, Mass.,
Jan. 1, 1771, Nathan Hamilton, Jr.; d. Feb. 5, 1833; son of Nathan and Ruth
(Wheeler) Hamilton, of Brookfield, Mass.
9148, Nathan; b. Jan. 15, 1774. 9149, Abigail; b. Jan. 7, 1776; m. Aug.
3, 1800, Rufus Bartlett; b. Apr. 6, 1775; son of Eli and Mary (Hill) Bartlett.
9150, THIRZA+. 9151, Esther; b. Oct. 21, 1779. 9152, Simeon; b. Nov.
13, 1782. 9153, Dolly; b. Oct. 1, 1783; m. Mar. 3, 1805, Stephen Buckland.
9154, Tilly; b. Mar. 24, 1785. 9155, Sarepta -|-.
(9097) THANKFUL OLMSTED, b. at Brookfield, Mass., Oct. 7, 1739;
m. (1) July 21, 1756, at Hardwick, Mass., Joseph McMitchell; son of William
and Margaret (Smith) McMitchell, of Palmer, Mass.; d. Dec. 7, 17.59; (2)
Aug. 13, 1761, Daniel Watson, of Brookfield, Mass.
1st marriage: 9156, John; b. Aug. 9, 1758. 2d marriage: 9157, Sarah; b.
Apr. 15, 1762. 9158, Timothy; b. Jan. 4, 1764. 9159, Cynthia. 9160,
Lucinda.
(9100) (Sergt.) TIMOTHY OLMSTED, b. at Brookfield, Mass., Nov. 19,
1743; d. at Lyman (now Monroe), N. H., Nov. 20, 1812; m. 1770, Susannah
Killam; b. 1752; d. Nov. 24, 1841.
9161, Thankful; bap. Aug. 27, 1769. 9162, Phineas -|-. 9163, Charles
+ . 9164, Polly; b. Oct. 13, 1776; d. Dec. 24, 1796; m. Jonathan Ladd,
and removed to Montreal, Can. 9165, Electa; b. May 13, 1779. 9166,
Frances -t-. 9167, Relief; b. Mar. 21, 1785; d. in Monroe, N. H. 9168,