1578/9 "Richard Hamsted son of James Hamsted was baptized the xxijth of Marche" at St Mary the Virgin, Great Leighs, Essex, England. [1]
1606 Richard Homesteed and Francis Slaney were married on November 6 in Bartlow, Cambridgeshire, England. [2]
1615 "Marye Holmested the daughter of Richard Holmested was baptized the vjth of Auguste" at St Mary the Virgin, Fairstead, Essex, England. [3]
1617/18 "John Holmested the sonne of Richard Holmested & Fraunces his wiff was baptized the xvjth daye of Februarye" at St Mary the Virgin, Fairstead, Essex, England.[4]
1620 "Sara Holmsted the daughter of Richard Holmsted and Fraunces his sife was baptized the xijth of November" at St Mary the Virgin, Fairstead, Essex, England. [5]
1627 "Joseph Olmsted the sone of Richard Olmsted and Frauncis his wife was baptized the second day of December" at St Mary the Virgin, Fairstead, Essex, England. [6]
1630 "Frauncis the wiff of Richard Holmesteed was buryed the xth day of September" in Fairstead, Essex, England. [7] [8]
1641 "Richard Holmsteed was buryed the 16th day of November" at Fairstead, Essex, England. [9] [10]
Research Notes:
Jacobus states, [11]
Richard Olmstead married Frances Slany, sister of Thomas Slany of London, haberdasher, whose will, proved 28 July 1638, gave legacies to Joseph, his sister Holmested's youngest son, to his niece Sarah Holmestead, and to his nephew Richard Holmestead. Thomas Slany also gave legacies to the three children of his sister Bazie, one of whom was doubtless John Bazie of Hartford, who was called cousin in the will of Capt. Richard Olmstead of Norwalk.
Richard Olmstead and Frances Slany had children: Richard, bapt. 20 Feb. 1612; Mary, bapt. 6 July 1615; John, bapt. 16 Feb. 1617; Sarah, bapt. 2 Nov. 1620; Rebecca, brought to America by her uncle James, m. Thomas Newell, and d. at Farmington, 24 Feb. 1698; and Joseph, bapt. 2 Dec. 1627.
The baptism of Richard Olmsted, allegedly on 20 February 1612, does not appear in the parish register of Fairstead, Essex, England. The baptisms of four of his siblings (Mary, John, Sara, and Joseph) were recorded in the Fairstead parish register, but not the baptisms of Richard and Rebecca. Their uncle Thomas Slany, in his will dated August 4, 1634, made bequests to "Joseph my sister Holmsteds youngest sonne five pounds," to "my Neece Sara Holmsteed Thirty shillings" and to "nephew Richard Holmesteed Fower nobles." This suggests that Richard was still in England in 1634, while John and Rebecca may have accompanied their uncle James Olmstead on the Lyon in 1632.
[1] Great Leighs, St Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptisms (1558-1642), Marriages (1560-1643), Burials (1560-1641), D/P 137/1/3, Essex Record Office, image 8, [Essex Archives].
[2] Cambridgeshire Family History Society, transcriber, Cambridgeshire Marriages, [FindMyPastRecord].
[3] Fairstead, St Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptism (1538-1647), Marriages (1539-1651), Burials (1539-1647), D/P 310/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 31, [Essex Archives].
[4] Fairstead, St Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptism (1538-1647), Marriages (1539-1651), Burials (1539-1647), D/P 310/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 33, [Essex Archives].
[5] Fairstead, St Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptism (1538-1647), Marriages (1539-1651), Burials (1539-1647), D/P 310/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 35, [Essex Archives].
[6] Fairstead, St Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptism (1538-1647), Marriages (1539-1651), Burials (1539-1647), D/P 310/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 39, [Essex Archives].
[7] Fairstead, St Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptism (1538-1647), Marriages (1539-1651), Burials (1539-1647), D/P 310/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 40, [Essex Archives].
[8] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Reprinted with additions and corrections (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007), 451, [GoogleBooks].
[9] Fairstead, St Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptism (1538-1647), Marriages (1539-1651), Burials (1539-1647), D/P 310/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 47, [Essex Archives].
[10] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Reprinted with additions and corrections (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007), 451, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Reprinted with additions and corrections (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007), 451, [GoogleBooks].