Bethiah OLMSTED

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Capt. Nathan Olmsted and Sarah Ambler

Family/Spouse: William FANCHER. William (son of William FANCHER and Sarah Hanford SMITH) was born in 1769 in Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York; died in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Deacon Nathan Olmsted and Millicent Goodrich

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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record:

Nathan enlisted in the 7th Military Company, Col. John Mead's 9th regiment of Connecticut Militia, in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, 15 May 1777. Capt. Nathan Olmsted was captured in the Battle of White Plains, and imprisoned in the "Sugar House" in New York City. Lorina and Nathan had three known children: Nathan, Catherine, and Mary Olmsted.

He was a captain in Col. Thomas Thomas's 2d Regt., Westcheser militia, served at the Battle of White Plains and later was a British prisoner in the sugar house, New York City. He was moderator of the Ridgefield meeting called to approve the Articles of Confederation of Congress on 8 Jan. 1778, and was an important man in the Ridgefield-Westchester section throughout his life. It is tradition that while Sarah Ambler Olmsted's body lay in their house at Pound Ridge after her death 27 Sept., 1782, cowboys raided he farm and drove away the stock which, however, was recovered by Sheldon's Dragoons.

Nathan married Sarah AMBLER. Sarah (daughter of Joshua AMBLER and Bethia WEED) was born on 25 Aug 1752 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 27 Sep 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]