Olmsted Ancestry in England

James Olmsted and Joyce Cornish     Nathaniel Turner and Margaret Leachland

Nicholas Olmstead and Sarah Loomis  Thomas Mix and Rebecca Turner

                 Thomas Olmsted and Hannah Mix

                 Sarah Olmstead and John Kellogg

                 Sarah Kellogg and John Belden

                 Hannah Belden and Nathaniel Merrill

                 Allen Merrill and Tamma Smith

                 Elizabeth Merrill and Elijah Mason Morey

                 William Clemeth Morey and Melvina E. Andrews

                 Minnie Elsie Morey and Aretus Erastus Freeman

                 Iva Melvina Freeman and Donald VanHoosier Lawson

                 Stephen Martin Lawson

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The Genealogy of the Olmsted Family, by Henry King Olmsted, et al., 1912, includes comments on a possible English ancestry of the family to 1086. To include the nephews and nieces of emigrant James OLMSTED, this listing begins with his parents, the earliest proven OLMSTED ancestor.

James OLMSTED - b. about 1550, Great Leighs, Essex; bur. Dec. 2, 1595, England. Will dated May 20, 1592 and proved Jan. 8, 1594/5. Son of James OLMSTED (b. about 1520) and Alice. Married Aug. 12, 1576, Great Leighs, Essex.

Jane BRISTOW -

1. Thomas - bap. Jun. 7, 1577. Married at Great Leighs on Feb. 4, 1599 Margaret SACHE.
2. Richard - bap. Mar. 22, 1579, Great Leighs, Essex; bur. Nov. 16, 1641, recorded at Fairsted, Essex. Married Frances SLANY (will proved Sep. 10, 1630, Fairsted, Essex). Children of Richard and Frances OLMSTED: Capt. Richard emigrated to Hartford, and settled at Norwich, CT; Mary; Dr. John married Elizabeth MARVIN, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth and widow of Thomas GREGORY - settled first at Hartford, then removed to Saybrook and Norwich, CT; Sarah; Rebecca married Thomas NEWELL of Farmington, CT; and Joseph.
3. James - bap. Dec. 4, 1580, Great Leighs, Essex; d. Sep. 18, 1640, Hartford, CT.
4. Elizabeth - bap. Sep. 2, 1582; bur. Dec. 19, 1582.
5. Nicholas - bap. Nov. 24, 1583; d. 1627, Much Parndon, Essex. Will dated May 19, 1627 and proved Mar. 7, 1627/8. Married in 1613 Mrs. Rachel GRAVES, widow of Thomas GRAVES of Stansted Abbot, Hertford, England.
6. Mabel - bap. July 16, 1587.
7. Elizabeth - bap. Nov. 2, 1589.
8. John - bap. Feb. 20, 1592/3. Married Apr. 25, 1623, at Fairsted, Deborah ROBINSON.
9. Mary - bap. Dec. 14, 1593.
10. Thomas - bap. Dec. 15, 1593.

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James OLMSTED - bap. Dec. 4, 1580, Great Leighs, Essex; d. Sep. 18, 1640, Hartford, CT. Son of James OLMSTED and Jane BRISTOW. His name appears on Hartford's Founders Monument. From The Family History of Judge Ellsworth D. Belden..., by Stanley R. and Elvera Belden, 1980: "When James left his home at Fairsted, he left in its burying place his wife and four of their seven children. James Olmsted, together with two sons, Nicholas and Nehemiah, two nephews, Richard and John, and a niece, Rebecca, came to New England in the ship 'Lyon,' under Capt. PIERCE, arrive at Boaston on the Lord's Day 16 September 1632, after a voyage of twelve weeks from Braintree, England. There were 123 passengers, of whom 50 were children. They soon settled at Mount Wollaston, now Quincy, near Boston, but in the course of a year, they removed to New Town, now known as Cambridge, Massachusetts. James was made a freeman 6 November 1632 and was chosen by a popular vote 3 November 1634 to be the Constable." He removed to Hartford, CT in the summer of 1634. In 1986, a memorial conisting of a maple tree and granite marker was placed in the Center Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground), Hartford, CT in honor of James OLMSTED and his brother Richard OLMSTED. Married Oct. 26, 1605, Great Leighs, Essex, England.

Joyce CORNISH - bur. Apr. 21, 1621, Fairsted, Essex, England.

1. Faith - bap. Jan. 7, 1606, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. there Mar. 3, 1627.
2. Frances - bap. Feb. 14, 1609, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. there the same day.
3. Mabel - bap. Sep. 30, 1610, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. there Feb. 18, 1621.
4. Nicholas - bap. Feb. 15, 1612, Fairsted, Essex, England; d. Aug. 31, 1684, Hartford, CT.
5. James - bap. Jan. 22, 1615; probably died young.
6. Nehemiah - bap. Nov. 10, 1618, Fairsted, Essex, England; d. Oct. 2, 1657, Fairfield, CT. Sgt. in 1657. Married Elizabeth BURR, daughter of John BURR, Sr. Elizabeth married second Obadiah GILBERT of Fairfield, CT, and third Nathaniel SEELEY. Nehemiah and Elizabeth OLMSTED had one child.
7. Mary - bap. Apr. 18, 1621, Fairsted, Essex, England; bur. there Apr. 24, 1621.

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Nicholas OLMSTED - bap. Feb. 15, 1612, Fairsted, Essex, England; d. Aug. 31, 1684, Hartford, CT (will dated Aug. 20, 1683 and proved Nov. 25, 1684). Son of James OLMSTED and Joyce CORNISH. To Boston and Hartford with father. Served in Pequot War. Surveyor of highways; 1646; townsman for North side between 1653 and 1683; Corporal 1658; freeman 1669; deputy to General Court 1672 and 1673. Served in King Philip's War and made Capt. Aug. 26, 1675.  Married second Mary, perhaps the widow Mary LORD, but she was not the widow of Dr. Thomas LORD, who married Gregory WOLTERTON as his third wife (see TAG 68:160-75). Nicholas married first on Sep. 28, 1640 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

Sarah LOOMIS - b. 1617, Essex, England; d. 1667, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Daughter of Joseph LOOMIS and Mary WHITE.

1. Sarah - b. 1641, Hartford, CT; d. Nov. 7, 1709, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Married 1661/2 Capt. George GATES (b. about 1634, England; d. Nov. 12, 1724, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT) of Hartford and East Haddam, CT. He was town clerk in Haddam, CT in 1698. Both Sarah and George were buried in Cove Burial Ground, East Haddam, CT.  Children of Sarah and George GATES: Sgt. Samuel married Esther HUNGERFORD; Thomas married Hannah BRAINERD; Joseph married Elizabeth HUNGERFORD; John; Mary; George;  Daniel; and Sarah married Timothy FULLER.
2. Elizabeth -  b. Nov. 20, 1642, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Oct. 12, 1681, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. Married by 1665 Samuel BUTLER (b. 1639; d. Dec. 31, 1692), son of Richard BUTLER and his first wife (unidentified). They lived at Haddam and Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. Samuel's will, dated Dec. 30, 1692, names his children. Children of Elizabeth and Samuel BUTLER: Samuel; Elizabeth; James; Jonathan married first Mary EASTON, and second Elizabeth CADWELL, widow of Jonathan EASTON (Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Mary, married Richard EDWARDS, nephew of Rev. Timothy EDWARDS); George; Mary married Ebenezer HOPKINS (son Ebenezer became great grandfather of Pres. Millard FILLMORE); Dorothy; and Sarah.
3. Mabel - b. about 1645, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Her father's will, dated Aug. 20, 1683 and proved Nov. 25, 1684 names "son Samuel BUTLER" and "daughter Mabel BUTLER." Married first Sgt. Daniel BUTLER (d. Mar. 28, 1692), son of Richard BUTLER and Elizabeth BIGELOW; and second at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT on Aug. 26, 1697 Michael TAINTOR. Children of Mabel and Daniel BUTLER: Sarah married John EASTON; Mabel married Ebenezer KELLOGG; Elizabeth married Daniel CLARK; Mary; and Hannah married Israel NEWTON.
4. Mary - b. Nov. 20, 1646, Hartford, CT; d. there before year end.
5. Rebecca - b. Mar. 12, 1647/8, Hartford, CT. Married John BIGELOW (b. Oct. 27, 1643), son of John BIGELOW and Mary WARREN. No known children.
6. John - bap. Feb. 3, 1649/50, Hartford, CT. Died young.
7. Samuel - b. 1653, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Jan. 13, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there in Old Cove Burial Ground. Married Mary LORD (b. May 1649, Saybrook, CT; d. Sep. 14, 1736), daughter of William LORD and Dorothy, and granddaughter of Thomas LORD and Dorothy BIRD. Children of Samuel and Mary OLMSTED: Samuel married Mary ROWLEY; John married Susannah BRAINERD; Sarah married Jared CONE; and Elizabeth married John CHURCH.
8. Joseph - b. 1654, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. Oct. 5, 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Deacon. His grave marker reads: HERE LIETH THE BODY OF DEC JOSEPH OLMSTEED WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER THE 5 ANNON DOM 1726 IN THE 73 YEAR OF HIS AGE. Married Elizabeth BUTLER (b. about 1651; d. Apr. 28, 1729), daughter of Richard BUTLER and Elizabeth BIGELOW. Her grave marker reads: HERE LIES THE BODY OF ELISEABETH THE WIFE OF DEACON JOSEPH OLMSTED WHO DIED APRIL 28 IN THE 78 OF HER AGE 1729. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth OLMSTED: Joseph married Hannah MARSH; James married Mary BULL; Nicholas married Mary HOSMER; Elizabeth married Joseph SKINNER; Richard married Deborah HOSMER; Nehemiah married Clemence HOSMER; Rebecca died young; Hannah married Zachariah SEYMOUR; and Rebecca married Jonathan HILLS.
9. Thomas - b. Jun. 25, 1657, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. 1741, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

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For information on the immigrant family, refer to The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, by Robert Charles Anderson (Boston, 1995).

Nathaniel TURNER - b. England; d. Jan. 1646, aboard ship. Arrived in New England with the Winthrop fleet 1630 and settled at Lynn, MA. He requested to be admitted as freeman on Oct. 19, 1630 and was admitted Jul. 3, 1632. Constable 1632; representative 1634; deputy 1635. Having been a soldier in England, he became an original member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. Appointed Captain of the Saugus train band 1633, and commanded it during the Pequot War 1636-1637. Moved to New Haven, CT 1637 after his home at Lynn was destroyed by fire, where he was an original signer of the New Haven Agreement and took the oath of fidelity on Jul. 1, 1644. He became a member of the New Haven First Congregational Church; assistant to the Governor 1639; deputy in the Connecticut Assembly; and served on numerous committees both in New Haven Colony and previously in Massachusetts Bay Colony. On Sep. 1, 1640 Nathaniel was appointed Captain of all martial affairs of the New Haven Colony. He was on the ill-fated "Lamberton's Phantom Ship" which sailed from New Haven on a voyage to Europe and was lost with all on board in Jan. 1646.

Margaret LEACHLAND - d. before Nov. 1662. As widow of Capt. TURNER, she married Samuel VANGOODENHOUSEN about 1647. They lived at New Haven, CT. (Some sources give Capt. TURNER's wife name as Elizabeth, and some indicate her name is unknown.)

1. Mary - d. Oct. 15, 1704, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT. Married 1645 Thomas YALE (b. about 1616, Plas Grono, Wales; d. Mar. 27, 1683, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT), brother of David YALE, and of Ann YALE (wife of Gov. Edward HOPKINS). David YALE was father of Elihu (b. Apr. 5, 1648, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. Jul. 8, 1721), who married a daughter of Gov. HINMERS, and had three daughters: Catharine married Dudley NORTH (son of Sir Dudley NORTH, merchant, economist, and author); Ann married Lord James CAVENDISH; and Ursula. Elihu was prosperous in the East Indies trade, became Governor of the East India Company, and contributed (£500) for the founding of Yale College. Thomas YALE was the son of Thomas YALE (d. 1619) and Ann LLOYD (d. 1659), who married second Gov. Theophilus EATON of Connecticut (Line 251 of Weis' Ancestral Lines of Sixty Colonists). Children of Mary and Thomas YALE: John married Rebecca; Capt. Thomas married first Rebecca GIFFORDS/GIBBARD, second Sarah NASH, and third Mary BEACH; Mary married Joseph IVES; Nathaniel married Ruth BISHOP; Martha died young; Abigail; Hannah married Enos TALMADGE (ancestors of Ernest HEMINGWAY); and Elizabeth married Joseph PARDEE.
2. Rebecca - b. 1629, Lynn, MA; d. Jun. 14, 1731, New Haven, CT. Married Thomas MIX.
3. Abigail - b. 1631; d. 1693. Married Sep. 2, 1651, New Haven, CT John HUDSON.
4. Nathaniel - b. 1633; d. Jan. 13, 1661/2. No issue.
5. Hannah - bap. Nov. 17, 1639, New Haven, CT. Married on Dec. 5, 1667 at New Haven, CT to Samuel HOPKINS.
6. Isaac - bap. Jun. 7, 1640, New Haven, CT; d. Mar. 27, 1699, New Haven, CT. Married Aug. 19, 1668, New Haven, CT Mary TODD (bap. Sep. 16, 164?; d. May 3, 1676), daughter of Christopher TODD and Grace MIDDLEBROOK. Children of Isaac and Mary TURNER: Isaac married Abigail; Nathaniel married Ruth BUCKINGHAM; Joseph married Sarah HOTCHKISS; and Mary died young.

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The principal source of information about the MIX family is Families of Ancient New Haven, by Donald L. Jacobus (1939).

Thomas MIX - b. 1623, England; d. 1691, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT. Son of Daniel MEEKES. Thomas MEEKES and Rebecca TURNER were called before the court Jul. 3, 1649 "to answer to their sinful miscarriage in matter of fornication, with sundry lies added thereto by them both in a gross and heinous manner." Married Jan. 19, 1649, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.

Rebecca TURNER - b. 1629, Lynn, MA; d. Jun. 14, 1731, New Haven, CT. Daughter of Capt. Nathaniel TURNER and Margaret LEACHLAND.

1. John - b. 1649, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. Jan. 21, 1711/2, New Haven. CT. Married in 1675 at New Haven, New Haven Co., CT Elizabeth WILMOT (bap. Sep. 23, 1649; d. Aug. 20-21, 1711), daughter of Benjamin WILMOT and Elizabeth. Children of John and Elizabeth MIX: John married first Sarah THOMPSON, second Elizabeth BOOTH, and third Esther MORRIS; Esther married Theophilus MUNSON; Elizabeth married John ATWATER; Lt. Joseph married first Hannah BALL, and second Rebecca; Stephen; Abigail married Thomas MILES; Mercy married first Ebenezer ALLING, and second James TALMADGE.
2. Nathaniel - b. Sep. 14, 1651, New Haven, CT; d. Oct. 14, 1725, New Haven, CT. Married May 2, 1678 married Mary PANTRY (b. about 1654; d. Mar. 23, 1723/4), daughter of John PANTRY and Hannah TUTTLE. Children of Nathaniel and Mary MIX: Mary; Rebecca married Matthew ROWE; Hannah; Sarah; and Nathaniel married first Anna BUNNELL, and second Rebecca LINES.
3. Daniel - b. Sep. 8, 1653, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. 1720, Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT. Married on May 2, 1678 at Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT to Ruth ROCKWELL (b. Mar. 5, 1653/4, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; d. 1739), daughter of John ROCKWELL and Sarah ENSIGN. Children of Daniel and Ruth MIX: Thomas married Deborah ROYCE; Lydia married Ebenezer HULL; Daniel married Lydia AVERY; Ruth; Hannah married Theophilus JONES; and Theophilus married his first cousin Damaris OLMSTED (b. May 28, 1699; d. Oct. 5, 1775), daughter of Hannah MIX and Thomas OLMSTED.
4. Thomas - b. Aug. 30, 1655, New Haven, CT. Married Jun. 30, 1677 Hannah FITCH, daughter of Rev. James and Abigail FITCH, and granddaughter of Rev. Henry WHITFIELD. Resided at Norwich, CT.
5. Rebecca - b. Jan. 4, 1657, New Haven, CT; d. Oct. 17, 1734, New Haven, CT. Married John YALE.
6. Abigail - bap. Jan. 22, 1659, New Haven, CT. Married John PANTRY. Their daughter Rebecca married Nathaniel JONES.
7. Caleb - bap. Dec. 15, 1661, New Haven, CT; d. Aug. 12, 1708, New Haven, CT. Married first Hannah CHIDSEY (b. Jan. 9, 1663; d. Dec. 11, 1693), daughter of John and Elizabeth; and second Mary BRADLEY (b. 1672), daughter of Nathan and Hester. Children of Caleb and Hannah MIX: Thomas had no children; Caleb married Rebecca THOMPSON; and Hannah married Capt. Ebenezer BEECHER. Children of Caleb and Mary MIX: Thankful married Caleb ALLING; Rachel married John COLLINS; Patience married John ALLING; and Esther married Nathaniel HUBBELL.
8. Samuel - b. Jan. 11, 1663, New Haven, CT; b. Apr. 10, 1730, New Haven, CT. Married Jul. 26, 1699, New Haven, CT Rebecca PARDEE (b. Apr. 18, 1666; d. Jun. 14, 1731), daughter of George PARDEE and Katharine LANE. Children of Samuel and Rebecca MIX: Samuel married Abigail CUTLER; George married Katharine TUTTLE; and Stephen had no children.
9. Hannah - b. Jun. 30, 1666, New Haven, CT; d. about 1698, Hartford, CT. Married Thomas OLMSTED.
10. Esther - b. Nov. 30, 1668, New Haven, CT; d. there 1670.
11. Stephen - b. Nov. 1, 1672, New Haven, CT; d. Aug. 28, 1738, Wethersfield, CT. Graduated Harvard 1690; ordained 1694; minister at Wethersfield, CT. Married Dec. 1, 1696 Mary STODDARD, daughter of Rev. Solomon STODDARD of Northampton, MA. Children of Stephen and Mary MIX: Christian; and others.

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Thomas OLMSTED - b. Jun. 25, 1657, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. 1741, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. His will was dated May 23, 1735 and his estate inventoried at £111-09-08 on May 28, 1741. Son of Nicholas OLMSTED and Sarah LOOMIS. Owned covenant Aug. 14, 1692, and admitted to full communion Jul. 14, 1696. Families of Early Hartford, by Lucius Barbour, indicates that Thomas married second Martha BIGELOW, without citing a source. However, such a marriage is not included in The Bigelow Family Genealogy, and there is no Martha BIGELOW included who could have been the second wife of Thomas OLMSTED. The will of Thomas OLMSTED names his three sons and five daughters, but makes no mention of a wife. Married Hannah MIX on Jun. 25, 1691 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

Hannah MIX - b. Jun. 30, 1666, New Haven CT; bap. there Aug. 12, 1666. No documented death date has been found for Hannah, but if Thomas OLMSTED had a second wife, it is possible that some of the younger children were of his second marriage. Daughter of Thomas MIX and Rebecca TURNER.

1. Thomas -  bap. Aug. 10, 1692, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Aug. 14, 1692; d. Aug. 18, 1759, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Married Feb. 21, 1715/6, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT Ann WEBSTER (bap. Dec. 3, 1682, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT), daughter of John WEBSTER and Sarah MYGATT. Children of Thomas and Ann OLMSTED: Ann married Samuel MOODY; Susanna married Nathaniel STEELE; and Moses.
2. Stephen - b. Jan. 1, 1694, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Jan. 6, 1694/5; d. Oct. 14, 1776. Married first Jun. 29, 1723, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT Sarah MERRILL (b. Jan. 13, 1696/7, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. before 1748), daughter of John MERRILL and Sarah MARSH; and second about 1748 Hannah HULL, daughter of Ebenezer HULL and Lydia MIX. Children of Stephen and Sarah OLMSTED: Irene married John MERRILL; Sarah died young; Roger married Eunice MARSH; Damaris; Stephen; Hannah married Stephen SEDGEWICK; Sarah died young; Lois married Elijah ENSIGN; and Thomas married Rhoda SHEPARD. Son of Stephen and Hannah: Gamaliel died young.
3. Sarah - b. Jan. 1, 1695/6, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Jan. 3, 1696/7. Married John KELLOGG.
4. Rebecca - b. Oct. 10, 1697, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Apr. 9, 1699; d. Oct. 5, 1726, CT.
5. Damaris - b. May 28, 1699, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Nov. 14, 1700; d. Oct. 3, 1775. Married on Jan. 17, 1728/9 at Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT to her first cousin Theophilus MIX (b. about 1697; d. Jul. 1, 1750), son of Daniel MIX and Ruth ROCKWELL.
6. Daniel - b. Sep. 28, 1701, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Oct. 19, 1701; d. Nov. 30, 1781, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Married Jan. 27, 1729/30 Mary CADWELL (b. Dec. 18, 1708, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; d. May 25, 1786, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT), daughter of Samuel CADWELL and Mary CLARK. Children of Daniel and Mary OLMSTED: Daniel married first Anne CADWELL, and second Rachel HUBBARD; Timothy married Eunice FLOWER; Roswell married first Elizabeth STANLEY, and second Hannah (BIDWELL) FOOTE; Eliphaz died young; Mary married Clark GIBBS; Lydia married Jonathan GILBERT; Sarah married Stephen HOPKINS; and Abigail married Gideon BUTLER.
7. Hannah - b. Jan. 26, 1703/4, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Jan. 23, 1703/4; d. Oct. 7, 1762.
8. Jerusha - b. Mar. 28, 1706, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; bap. there Mar. 31, 1706.

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