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James Olmstead - was born on 4 Dec 1580 in Great Leighs, Essex, England and died on 6 Sep 1640 in Hartford, CT .
He was the son of James Olmstead II and Jane Bristow.
James married Joyce Cornish on 26 Oct 1605 in Great Leighs, Essex, England.
Joyce was born about 1585.
She died on 21 Apr 1621 in Fairsted, co. Essex, England .
James -
came to America in 1632 on the Lyon. (Same crossing as John Benjamin.
| The Family History of Judge Ellsworth D. Belden and Collateral Famlies. |
When James left his home at Fairsted, he left in its burying place his wife and four of their seven children. James Olmsted, together with two sons, Nicholas and Nehemiah, two nephews, Richard and John, and a niece, Rebecca, came to New England in the ship 'Lyon,' under Capt. Pierce, arrive at Boston on the Lord's Day 16 September 1632, after a voyage of twelve weeks from Braintree, England. There were 123 passengers, of whom 50 were children. They soon settled at Mount Wollaston, now Quincy, near Boston, but in the course of a year, they removed to New Town, now known as Cambridge, Massachusetts. James was made a freeman 6 November 1632 and was chosen by a popular vote 3 November 1634 to be the Constable.
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His name appears on the Hartford Ct.Founder's Monument and on the Hartford Ct. Founder's Stone.
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Founder's Monument - Hartford, Ct.
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