Benjamin OLMSTED & Content PITKIN

Table of Contents

Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!

Every-Name Index

Capt. Benjamin OLMSTED
Content PITKIN

Husband: Benjamin OLMSTED
Birth: 12 Mar 1751, East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
Death: 25 Dec 1832
Military: Revolutionary War
Father: Jonathan OLMSTED
Mother: Hannah MEAKINS

Marriage: 2 Nov 1775

Wife: Content PITKIN
Birth: 10 Aug 1752
Death: 12 Jul 1839
Father: Ozias PITKIN
Mother: Theodosia BULL

Children — born in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT:

1. Elizabeth OLMSTED, b. 11 Aug 1776; d. 17 Jul 1825
2. Frederick OLMSTED, b. 7 Feb 1779; d. 13 Aug 1818
3. Theodosia OLMSTED, b. 16 Apr 1782; d. 4 Mar 1822
4. Ezekiel OLMSTED, b. 20 Nov 1785; d. 24 Jan 1829
5. John OLMSTED, b. 27 Sep 1791; d. 25 Jan 1873
6. Owen Pitkin OLMSTED, b. 13 Apr 1794; d. 1 Nov 1873
7. Maria OLMSTED, b. 20 Mar 1798; d. 3 Jun 1859

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Connecticut

Sources:

1. Henry King Olmsted & George K. Ward. 1912. Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1631-1912. A.T. de la Mare Printing & Publ. Co. Ltd., NY (available in facsimile from Higginsons Books).

p. 35 (191) (Capt.) BENJAMIN OLMSTED. b. at E. Hartford, Conn., Mar. 12, 1751; d. Dec. 25, 1832; m. Nov. 2, 1775, Content Pitkin; b. Aug. 10, 1752; d. July 12, 1839; dau. of Ozias and Theodosia (Bull) Pitkin. He served in the Revolutionary War. Enlisted May, 1775, under Capt. George Pitkin, of Col. Spencer's reg't. The company marched to Roxbury, Mass., and was at

p. 36 the siege of Boston, until Dec., 1775. He came home on a furlough to be married.
498, ELIZABETH; b. Aug. 11, 1776; d. July 17, 1825. 499, FREDERICK; b. Feb. 7, 1779; d. Aug. 13, 1818. 500, THEODOSIA; b. Apr. 16, 1782; d. Mar. 4, 1822. 501, EZEKIEL; b. Nov. 20, 1785; d. Jan. 24, 1829. 502, JOHN +. 503, OWEN PITKIN +. 504, MARIA; b. Mar. 20, 1798; d. June 3, 1859.

2. G.B. Roberts & W.A. Reitwiesner. 1984. American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD, p. 51.

Contact Home
Page Table of
Contents DNA
Hub Biddle
DNA Carrico
DNA Corbin
DNA Cupp
DNA Danish
DNA Ely
DNA Lyon(s)
DNA Rasey
DNA Reason
DNA Rose
DNA Straub
DNA Pedigree
Charts Census
Records Every-Name
Indices

Everything I have is online at this web site. I have no further information, so please don't write asking me if I do.
On the other hand, if you feel I've made an error, please don't hesitate to notify me, but in which case,
please include a link to the page you are referencing.
There are over 18,000 pages on this web site, and I simply don't remember every page, much less every person on every page.

"The Cloud" is double-speak for "dumb terminal on a main frame." Been there; done that. Never again.
You are giving away not only your privacy, but control of your data, your apps, and your computer to a corporation. Is that really where you want to go?
The IT guys on the big iron hated the Personal Computer because it gave users freedom and power; now they've conned you into being back under their control.

Table of Contents

Every-Name Index