Mary Benedict

	Born	1652/1653		Southold, Long Island
	Married	11 Nov 1670	Lieut. John Olmstead	Norwalk, Conn.A
	Died	1687 or 1688		Location

Parents:

• Father: Thomas Benedict; 1617-1689/90
• Mother: Mary Bridgham

Children:

1. Mary Olmstead; 1675-
2. Jane Olmstead; 1677-
3. Sarah Olmstead; 1679-
4. Rebecca Olmstead; 1681-
5. Daniel Olmstead; 1683-
6. Richard Olmstead; 1685-
7. Eunice Olmstead; 1687

Mary’s Early Years

Mary and John Olmstead

John was the second son of Richard Olmstead and (unknown). Mary and John were wed on July 17, 1673 in Norwalk, Conn. and raised seven children. Mary died in about 1687 or 1688 and John then remarried, before 1690, to Elizabeth (Pardee) Gregory, widow of Thomas Gregory. Together, John and Elizabeth had five children. It is not known how he earned the rank of Lieutenant.

John's father was Richard Olmstead, the son of Richard Olmstead and Frances Slaney of Essex, England. John's father died after 1684 in Norwalk, Conn. John was christened on Dec. 30, 1649 in Hartford, Conn. and died in Dec. 22, 1704 at Hartford, Conn.^A,B

Footnotes

• Note A: per Passengers on the Lion from England to Boston 1632; by Sandra Sutphin Olney; published 2008 by Heritage Books, Inc., ISBN 978-0-7884-4656-6. See Part Two (volume II), pp. 448-454.

• Note B: See Legends: Olmstead, c. 1520-aft. 1803 and Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America, by Henry King Olmsted and Geo K. Ward, New York, A.T. De La Mare Publishing Co., 1912.

-- JimBenedict - 23 Feb 2011
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