Ancestry of
John Dewey

Philosopher and Education Reformer

James Olmstead

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of John Dewey — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 332 
  • Father:
  • James Olmstead 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Bristow   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 4 Dec 1580 
  • Christening Location:
  • Great Leighs, Essex, England 
  • Death Date:
  • BY 28 Sep 1640 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joyce Cornish
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Oct 1605 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Great Leighs, Essex, England 
  • Child:

  Nicholas Olmstead (Ahnentafel No:166 )

• Sources for James Olmstead

  • ¹ Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom . . ., Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House (1929), see chart preceding p. 51.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 2, G-O, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1357-1360.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 246.
  • ⁴ Loomis, Elisha S., Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America: And His Antecedents in the Old World, Berea, Ohio: unknown (1909), 126.
  • 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), 5-10.