Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: James OLMSTEAD
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1580 in Great Leighs, Essex Co, England b
  • Death: Abt Sep 1640 in Hartford, Connecticut d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Nicholas OLMSTED Birth: Abt Feb 1612/3 Death: 31 Aug 1684 in Hartford, Connecticut

Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p[0-9]*].
  2. Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol 2: Gates and Allied Families. Privately printed: Rufus C Dawes, 1931. NEHGS CS71/D269/1931v2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/256356. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p[0-9]*].
  3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p610, Roberts USPres FILLMORE],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FILLMORE]
Sources for death Information
date:
1640 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p610, Roberts USPres FILLMORE]
inventory of estate 28 Sep 1640 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1359],
place:
[Ref: Roberts USPres FILLMORE]
Sources with Information about marriage to Joyce CORNISH
date:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1359]
1605 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p610, Roberts USPres FILLMORE],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1359],
child:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1359, Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p610, Roberts USPres FILLMORE]
Research Notes:
emigrated 1632 on Lyon from Fairstead, Essex, to Cambridge then Hartford [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1359]

of Braintree and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p610]



Pedigree of James OLMSTEAD
James OLMSTEAD



Descendants of James OLMSTEAD
1. James OLMSTEAD m. Joyce CORNISH
m. Joyce CORNISH

2nd generation

2. Nicholas OLMSTED m. Sarah LOOMIS
m. Sarah LOOMIS father: Joseph LOOMIS mother: Mary WHITE

3rd generation

3. Elizabeth OLMSTEAD m. Samuel BUTLER
m. Samuel BUTLER father: Richard BUTLER mother: Elizabeth (BUTLER)
4. Sarah OLMSTED m. George GATES
m. George GATES

4th generation

5. Mary BUTLER m. Ebenezer HOPKINS
m. Ebenezer HOPKINS father: Stephen HOPKINS mother: Dorcas BRONSON
6. Joseph GATES m. Elizabeth HUNGERFORD
m. Elizabeth HUNGERFORD father: Thomas HUNGERFORD mother: Mary (GREEN)

5th generation

7. Ebenezer HOPKINS m. Susannah MESSENGER
m. Susannah MESSENGER father: Daniel MESSENGER mother: Lydia ROYCE
8. Joseph GATES m. Hannah BRAINERD
m. Hannah BRAINERD father: Daniel BRAINERD mother: Susannah VENTRES