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Notes for Nathan Olmstead and Mercy Comstock

1676 Mercy Comstock was born on November 12. [1] [2]

1678 Nathan Olmstead was born on April 27 in Norwalk, Connecticut. [3] [4]

1702 Nathan Olmstead and Sarah Keeler were married on December 7 in Norwalk, Connecticut. [5] [6]

1703 Nathan son of Nathan Olmstead was born on December 3 in Norwalk, Connecticut. [7]

c 1706 "Mercy [Comstock], b. Nov. 12. 1676; m. about 1706 Nathan Olmstead. She was his 2nd wife." [8] [9]

1716/1717 Nathan Olmstead died by February 12, the date of the inventory of his estate. [10]

An Inventory of the Estate Both Reall and personall of Nathan Olmstead deceased prized att Norwalk on the 12th day of Feb. by Capt John Raymond Mr John Stuart and Samll Hanford as followeth
Imprimus his wearing apparrell …
feather bed …
small gilded trunk …
Sword and Bett … 1 pistol … a Gunn … halbert …
2 needlework cushions …
2 Bells …
54 (of ll)/10 (s)/04 (d)

1716/17 Additions to the inventory of Nathan Olmstead were reported to the court on March 4 with a list of his children dated February 27. [11]

The names and ages of the Children Nathan 13 In years … fourteen year in December 1717
Samuel tenn Years James Eight Mercy Sixe years
Hannah four year old Lydiah one year old Last May
Norwalk: Febr. the 27the 1716/17

1725/26 On February 2, Nathan Olmstead's sons Samuel and James chose their uncle Moses Comstock to be their guardian. [12]

Olmsted, Nathan, late of Norwalk, Feb. 2, 1725/6, Samuel and James, sons of decedent, made choice of their uncle Moses Comstook of Norwalk, to be their guardian.

1727 On September 6, Nathan Olmstead's daughters, Mary, Hannah, and Lidia chose their brother Samuel to be their guardian. [13]

Olmstead, Nathan, late of Norwalk, Sept. 6, 1727, Mary Olmsted, Hannah Olmsted, and Lidya Olmsted, daughters of decedent, made choice of their brother Samuel Olmsted of Norwalk, to be their guardian.

1736 Hannah Olmstead, Lediah Olmstead, Moses St. John, and Mercy St. John, his wife, Aug. 16, 1736, discharged their brother, Samuel Olmstead, of his guardianship. [14]


Footnotes:

[1] John Adams Comstock, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America ( Los Angeles: Commonwealth Press, 1949), 4, person 32, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[2] 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), 193, person 3958, [GoogleBooks].

[3] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, Norwalk 1651-1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 93, [AmericanAncestors].

[4] 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), 193, person 3958, [GoogleBooks].

[5] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, Norwalk 1651-1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 93, [AmericanAncestors].

[6] 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), 193, person 3958, [GoogleBooks].

[7] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, Norwalk 1651-1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 93, [AmericanAncestors].

[8] John Adams Comstock, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America ( Los Angeles: Commonwealth Press, 1949), 4, person 32, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[9] 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), 193, person 3958, [GoogleBooks].

[10] Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[11] Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[12] Spencer P. Mead, Abstract of Probate Records of Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut (1934, published online as Fairfield County, CT: Probate Records, 1704–1757, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 2512, vol. 7, page 3, [AmericanAncestors].

[13] Spencer P. Mead, Abstract of Probate Records of Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut (1934, published online as Fairfield County, CT: Probate Records, 1704–1757, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 2513, vol. 7, page 22, [AmericanAncestors].

[14] Spencer P. Mead, Abstract of Probate Records of Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut (1934, published online as Fairfield County, CT: Probate Records, 1704–1757, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 2509, vol. 7, page 188, [AmericanAncestors].