| Birth: | About. 1645 in Hartford, Hartford, CT 1 |
| Death: | Jun 1731 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT 1 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Richard Olmstead , Immigrant b. 20 Feb 1611/12 in Fairsted, ESS, ENG |
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Capt. James Olmsted was Town Clerk of Norwalk, Conn., for 29 years, from 1678 to 1707 and again in 1721. He was also Town Judge, and repeatedly a Deputy to the General Court at Hartford. In fact, he was one of Norwalk's most eminent and influential citizens. In 1671 he was chosen Selectman. In 1673 in "The Estates of Lands and Accommodations of ye Towne of Norwalk," James Olmsted is credited with œ50. In 1680 he was made Lieut. From 1682 to 1685 he was again Selectman. On Jan. 16, 1694, he was chosen by the town to select a minister, and on Oct. 8, 1697, he was chosen "for to signifie unto the Reverend Elders at the time of ordination, the good agreement of the towne with the church in the ordayning of Rev. Mr. Steven Buckingham." On Jan. 4, 1702-03, we find the name of James Olmsted as Justice and Recorder, affixed to a document, in which the town of Norwalk lays claim to "severall Islands lying adjacent to their township . . . namely Cockenoes Island known by the sayd name, and Mamachimons Island, and the Long Island, and Camfield's Island, known by sayd names, and all other Islands lying in or adjacent unto the towneshipp of Norwalk." In 1706, he was a member of a committee to seat the church, "the sayd committee to order and determine that matter according to their best discretion; they to have respect to age, quality, and the estates of persons in the publique list, and the towne to abide their determination." By vote of Dec. 11, 1723, the town of Norwalk granted to Capt. Samuel Hanford the right "to sit in ye pue with Captain Olmsted and Captain Platt," evidently a privilege to be desired, as his seat in the church was one of honor.
("Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America")
- Title: "New England Families 2"
Author: SILVERSTEIN, Gary
Publication: http://WC.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2910341
Call Number: @S2900@
Media: Electronic
- Title: "Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America"
Author: OLMSTEAD, Henry King; WARD, George K. (Rev.)
Publication: New York, A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company, 1912.
Call Number: @S2517@ R929.2 qO51
Media: Book
Page: #3954
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