Ancestry of
Frederick Law Olmsted

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Godsgift Theodosia Bull

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• • Great-grandmother of Frederick Law Olmsted — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • Benedict Bull 
  • Mother:
  • Sibella Bryan   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Feb 1724/1725 
  • Birth Location:
  • Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 7 Feb 1724/1725 
  • Christening Location:
  • First Church, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 17 Feb 1788 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ozias Pitkin
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  • Child:

  Content Pitkin (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Godsgift Theodosia Bull's given name is also seen as Dosia.

    Godsgift's stepfather did not like her name so he changed it to Theodosia, which mean's "God's gift" in Greek.

• Additional marriages for Godsgift Theodosia Bull

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  • Spouse:
  • Aaron Grant
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Dec 1767

• Sources for Godsgift Theodosia Bull

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Baptism record for daughter Content Pitkin.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Milford, p. 38, Birth record for Godsgift Bull.
  • ³ Milford, CT: Records of the First Church, 1640-1829, p. 8, Baptism record for Godsgift Bull.
  • ⁴ Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2006, p. 101, especially footnote 2.
  • ⁵ Abbott, Susan Woodruff, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. (1979), 152.
  • ⁶ Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. (2001), 457-458.