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James Olmstead (1520-1553) and Alice Hawkins (1522-1553) of Great Leighs, Essex, England are the grandparents of several Olmstead Immigrants that came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639 on the boat Lyon. They then moved to help settle Connecticut and are listed on Hartford Founders Monument.

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There were six immigrants to New England in 1632 - James and his two sons and two nephews and one niece. It is believed they were part of the large Braintree colony that sailed to America in the Lyon, the first boat of Winthrop's Great Immigrant Fleet to found Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Olmstead Family Origins[]

The earliest mention of the family name occurs in "Doomsday Book" for the County of Essex, in the survey made under William the Conqueror, in 1086. It appears as follows under "The Land of Suen of Essex" and the "Hundret of Tendringe":

"Almesteda (Elmsted or Olmsted) was held by Robert Fitz Wimarc. Now Suen (holds it), and Siric' of him, as 1 manor and as 8 hides. Then 14 villeins; now 13. Then 31 bordars; now 36. Then 6 serfs; now 1. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne; now 4. Then 19 ploughs belonging to the men; now 18. (There is) wood (land) for 500 swine, 22 acres of meadow, and pas- ture for 60 sheep. Then as now {semper) 1 mill, and 1 saltpan. Then 3. rounceys (runcini), and 18 beasts (animalia), and 30 swine, 150 sheep, 40 goats, and 5 hives of bees; now 5 rounceys, 10 beasts, 32 swine, 190 sheep, 80 goats, (and) 2 hives of bees. It was then worth 9 pounds; now 10." — The Victoria History of the Counties of England [Essex], Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co., p. 491.

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  • Alexander Fisher Olmsted (1822–1853) / son of Denison Olmstead was a professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina.
  • Olmstead, Bert (1926) - Canadian ice hockey player
  • Olmstead, Denison (1791-1859) - ( NOlmstead3, NOlmstead2, NOlmstead1, JOlmstead_1654, NOlmstead, JOlmstead_1580, JOlmstead_1551, JOlmstead_1520) - American astronomer
  • Francis Allyn Olmsted wrote a book on Hawaii / son of Denison Olmstead.
  • Olmstead, Marla (2000) - young famous abstract artist
  • Matt Olmstead, American writer and producer for television shows
  • C. Michelle Olmstead, American astronomer
  • Olmstead, Roy (1886-1966) - famous bootlegger during American prohibition
  • Robert Olmstead, American novelist and educator
  • The notable Olmsted family of New York City:
    • Olmsted, Frederick L (1822-1903) - (John Olmstead, BOlmsted, JOlmstead3, JOlmstead2, JOlmstead_1654, NOlmstead, JOlmstead_1580, JOlmstead_1551, JOlmstead_1520) - an American landscape architect his sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., also landscape architects, and their company Olmsted Brothers
    • Olmsted, George W. (1874-1940) - founder of Long Island Lighting Company (LILCo), patron of the Chief Cornplanter Council, Boy Scouts of America
    • Olmsted, George H., Maj Gen. (1901-1998) - veteran of World War I and World War II, General in the United States Army, life insurance magnate, and philanthropist
  • Aaron Olmsted, investor in the Connecticut Land Company in the United States
  • Andrew J. Olmsted, a U.S. soldier during the Iraq occupation
  • Dan Olmsted, a senior editor for United Press International (UPI) and author of the Age of Autism reports
  • David Olmsted, an American politician
  • John Olmsted (1938–2011), an American naturalist and conservationist
  • John W. Olmsted (1903–1986), an American historian

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