(Dr.) John Olmsted, Hartford, Conn., (brother of Richard and Rebecca). He came with the family to America in 1632, and was doubtless a member of his uncle James Olmsted's family at Newtown, Mass., and at Hartford, Conn. Removed soon to Saybrook, Conn., thence in 1660 to Norwich, Conn. Was freeman, 1662; Surgeon of part of the forces in King Philip's War; married Elizabeth; dau. of Matthew Marvin; was a recipient of land by will of Joshua Uncas in 1675. His will was probated Sept. 22, 1686. He left most of his large estate to his brother and sister. No children are mentioned in the will. [1]
[1] Henry King Olmsted and George Kemp Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (New York: A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company, 1912), 191, [GoogleBooks].