OLMSTED, James II^[1]

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• Name	OLMSTED, James
  Suffix	II
  Birth	12 Aug 1520	Great Waltham, Essex, England   [2]
  Christening	12 Aug 1520	Great Waltham, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Dec 1595	Great Leighs, Essex, England
  Death	2 Dec 1595	Great Leighs, Essex, England   [2]
  WAC	20 Dec 1928  [2, 3]
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I30648	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	OLMSTEAD, James I ,   b. Abt 1500, Olmstead Hall, Fairstead, Essex, England Olmstead Hall, Fairstead, Essex, Englandd. 1560, Great Waltham, Essex, England (Age 60 years)
  Mother	HILL, Beatrice Alice ,   b. 1494, Woore, Shropshire, England Woore, Shropshire, Englandd. 28 Aug 1570, Oakland, Shropshire, England (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1519	England
  Notes	_UID69DC230D3AD8D4119DA400B0D02B455CF963
  Family ID	F17379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SORELL, Alice Hawkins ,   b. 1529, Great Leighs, Essex, England Great Leighs, Essex, Englandd. 2 Aug 1553, Waltham, Essex, England (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	1547	Great Leighs, Essex, England   [2]
  Notes	_UID5FDC230D3AD8D4119DA400B0D02B455CEFC3MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Abt 1540 ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 22 Feb 1961
  Children	3 sons
  1. OLMSTEAD, John ,   b. 1540, Halstead, Essex, England Halstead, Essex, Englandd. 2 Dec 1595, Great Leighs, Essex, England (Age 55 years)   2. OLMSTEAD, William ,   b. Abt 1548, Great Leighs, Essex, England Great Leighs, Essex, Englandd. 2 Dec 1595, Much Leighs, Essex, England (Age 47 years) + 3. OLMSTEAD, James III ,   b. Abt 1551, Waltham, Essex, England Waltham, Essex, Englandd. 2 Dec 1595, Great Leighs, Essex, England (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F17046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Early Generations RICHARD OLMSTED, born about 1430, seems to be the earliest documented direct ancestor our Olmstead family. The Olmstead genealogy by Olmstead, is the primary source I have used in preparing this web page and my Olmstead genealogy In Essex County, England, there are two parish registeres: Fairsted and Great Leighs, that contain information about our Olmsted family. The Fairsted register proved to contain the record of the baptism of the children of one JAMES OLMSTED, the record of the burials of several of his children, and that of his wife, Joyce. This, without any doubt, is the record of the family of the JAMES OLMSTED who emigrated to New England in 1632. In Great Leighs Olmstead, citing the church records of Fairsted and Great Leighs, in Essex County, England, came to the conclusion that Richard was the earliest documented ancestor for the family. He spelled out a lengthy case for this conclusion in the front matter of the genealogy (see pp. x-xi). It is most likely there were at least a few other generations between Richard and the next verifiable ancestor, the Colonist James Olmstead. Mr. Olmstead's genealogy puts it this way: Richard's "descendant James married Alice, and had three sons, of whom James Jr., born about 1550, by his wife Jane Bristow, was the father of ...," and goes on from there. In the front matter, pp. x-xi, it is detailed that the likely candidates for those generations would be: John Olmstead, born in 1460. He married in 1497, Alice Hankey (b. 1478) James Olmstead I, born in 1500. He married in 1519, Beatrice (-). This one is suspect, see footnote on p. x. James Olmstead II, born about 1550. He married Jane Bristow. If Richard were born about 1430, and generations running between 20 and 40 years apart, it is very likely that, prior to the Colonist James's birth in 1550, there were two generations, John born in 1460, and James born in 1500, between Richard and himself. At any rate, we will leave off earlier generations in favor of getting to the Colonist, James Olmstead, the direct ancestor about whom we know the most.

  
  

• Sources

  [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 458412, downloaded 31 Oct 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Cynon Ap Llywarch; Male; Birth: About 1171 Of, , Denbigh, Wales; Baptism: 17 MAR 1995 BOUNT; Endowment: 04 MAY 1995 BOUNT; Sealing to Parents: 09 JUN 1995 BOUNT; Llywarch OR Goch Ap IORWERTH / Tangwystl Verch Llywarch; Father: Llywarch OR Goch Ap IORWERTH; Mother: Tangwystl Verch Llywarch; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 23 Sep 2004 [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 458302, downloaded 31 Oct 2009 (Reliability: 3).