Ancestry of
Frederick Law Olmsted

Landscape Architect

Benjamin Olmsted

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• • Grandfather of Frederick Law Olmsted — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Jonathan Olmsted 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Meekins   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Mar 1751 
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  • Burial Date:
  • 25 Dec 1832 
  • Burial Location:
  • Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Content Pitkin
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  John Olmsted (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Benjamin Olmsted

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Birth record for son John Olmsted.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/19/2021).
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 325.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No. 5482, Membership application for Fredercik Law Olmsted.
  • ⁵ Olmsted, Henry King and Rev. George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted and . . ., New York: A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd. (1912), 23.