Ancestors of Stephen Armstrong Olmsted

Notes


4. Stephen Richard Olmsted

RESIDENCES:
(1781- ) CT.
( -1809- ) Schoharie Co, NY.
( -1820- ) Davenport, Delaware Co, NY.
(1822-1834) Maryland, Otsego Co, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 261).

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-RESIDENCES-OCCUPATION-CHURCH: H K Olmsted & G K Ward, GENEALOGY OF THE OLMSTED FAMILY IN AMERICA; 1632-1912; New York, De La Mare Printing & Publ, 1912, Reprint, with supplements, by Ralph Olmsted, 1979; p 247.

CENSUS: 1820 U.S. Census, Davenport, Delaware Co., NY; 1820; ; p 56A; National Archives, Wash., DC, M33-65 (Rick Crume's file #R 293).

OCCUPATION-CHURCH: PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS; 1781-1834; Chicago, Biographical Publ Co, 1886; pp 713-714; Library of Congress, Washington, DC (Rick Crume's file #O 102); NOTE: Biography of Stephen Richard Olmsted's son, H B Olmsted (Benjamin Henry Olmsted) mentions Stephen Richard: "Stephen Olmsted and wife were devout members of the Baptist Church. Mr. O. was a Jacksonian Democrat, and professionally a teacher, giving instruction at the district schools; he was also a teacher of vocal music of considerable talent."

DEATH: Gertrude A Barber, DEATHS TAKEN FROM THE OTSEGO HERALD AND WESTERN ADVERTISER AND FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, OTSEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS, FROM 1795-1840; 1795-1840; Vol 1; p 73; DAR Library, Washington, DC (Rick Crume's file #R 77); NOTE: Issue of 21 Apr 1834, Stephen Olmsted died 28 Mar 1834 aged 52 years.

DEATH: Gertrude Audrey Barber, DELHI GAZETTE, DELHI, DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK. DEATHS FROM NOV. 1819 TO AUG. 28, 1844; 1819-1844; typewritten manuscript, vol. 1; p. 20; FHL film 17,622 (Rick Crume's file #O 398); NOTE: Issue of 16 Apr 1834. "South Worcester, Otsego County, 28th ult., Stephen R. Olmsted, 52 y."

UPDATE: 1996-03-30


5. Cornelia Van Buren

RESIDENCES:
(1784- ) East Greenbush, Rensselaer Co, NY.
( -1809- ) Schoharie Co, NY.
(1832- ) Near Alton, Madison Co, IL (Rick Crume's file #O 102).
( -1846) Near Shipman, Macoupin Co, IL.

CHURCH: Baptist.

BIRTH: Letter from Mrs Donald A (Sylvia) Wilson, Medina, WA, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1755-1822; Letter dtd 26 Nov 1976; ; (Rick Crume's file #O 44).

MARRIAGE: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Royden Woodward Vosburgh (ed.), RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF KINDERHOOK IN KINDERHOOK, COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y., 1716-1864; 1716-1864; New York City, Jan 1921; ; FHL films 534,198 - 534,199 (Rick Crume's file #O 263); NOTE: Child: Cornelia. Parents: Marten Van Buuren, Martha Chesie. Sponsors: Benjamin Van Buuren, Cornelia Salsberg.

CHRISTENING: LDS IGI; 1600-1910; Sep 1981 edn, NY, Batch #C511011; p 2855; ; NOTE: Cornelia Van Buuren, baptized 3 Mar 1784 Reformed Dutch Church, Kinderhook, Columbia Co, NY. Parents: Marten Van Buuren/Martha Chesie.

CEMETERY-DEATH: Letter from Ralph Olmsted (great-grandson of Cornelia (Van Buren) Olmsted) to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1834-1846; Letter dtd 27 Dec 1978; ; (Rick Crume's file #O 65); NOTE: Cornelia (Van Buren) Olmsted is buried in the Woodburn, Macoupin Co, IL Cemetery. She prob died at the home of Ralph's grandfather Martin Van Buren Olmsted on his farm just south of Shipman and about five miles north of Woodburn.

CEMETERY: Letter from Ralph Olmsted (great-grandson of Cornelia (Van
Buren) Olmsted) to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1834-1846; Letter dtd 3 Jun 1982;
; (Rick Crume's file #O 89).


6. William P McMorris

RESIDENCES:
(1777-1798) Lisburn, (Down or Antrim Co?) Ireland (Rick Crume's file #O 244).
( -1810- ) Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY; (Rick Crume's file #O 244).
(-1810-1844) Davenport, Delaware Co, NY

RESIDENCES: HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK; 1797-1880; New York, W W Munsell & Co, 1880, Reprint by W E Morrison & Co, Ovid, NY, 1976; p 142; copy in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: "The Town of Davenport: Settlers and Pioneer Enterprise. The First permanent settlers that raised the native born population either cleared their first acre or bought out improvements not long before or after 1800. Some of them were as follows: Robert Riddle settled on lot No. 1, William McMorris on lot No. 2 and Benjamin Parker on lot No. 32, in the Kortright patent. They and their wives were of Gaelic or Scotch and Irish descent."

CENSUS: 1810 US Census, Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY; 1810; ; p 518; National Archives, Wash., DC, M252-26 (Rick Crume's file #O 72, R 292).

CENSUS: 1820 US Census, Davenport, Delaware Co, NY; 1820; ; p 58; (Rick Crume's file #O 124).

CENSUS: 1830 US Census, Davenport, Delaware Co, NY; 1830; ; p 50; (Rick Crume's file #O 124).

CENSUS: 1840 US Census, Davenport, Delaware Co, NY; 1840; ; p 421; (Rick Crume's file #O 16, O 124); NOTE: Males 1 (60-70), Females 1 (60-70)

LAND: Deed; abt 1842; James McMorris and William McMorris & Lucy A. his wife deed land in Harpersfield from estate of Armstrong McMorris; vol 22, p 391; Delaware County Clerk's Office, Delhi, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 295).

NATURALIZATION: Delaware Co, NY naturalization papers; 1829-1840, 1852; ; ; FHL film 1,032,904 (Rick Crume's file #O 244); NOTE: William McMorris was naturalized in 1840.

NATURALIZATION: Court minutes; 1827-1843; Delaware Co, NY Court of General Sessions; p 316; FHL film 832,284 (Rick Crume's file #O 251); NOTE: On 14 Sep 1840 Robert Armstrong, George McCall and William McMorris were granted US citizenship.

NATURALIZATION: Delaware Co., NY naturalizations, index of witnesses; 1810-1870; p 175; no 2503; FHL film 1,517,239 item 2 (Rick Crume's file #R 237).

CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1837-1924; North Kortright Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Town of Kortright, Delaware Co, NY; ; Viewed bef 1988 by Elizabeth Bakenhus, Binghamton, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 154); NOTE: "William McMorris - died May 10, 1844, aged 67 years."

CEMETERY-BIRTH-DEATH: CEMETERY GUIDE FOR 35 CEMETERIES; 1738-1991; Davenport Center, NY: The Davenport Historical Society, 1991; p 291; book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: North Kortright Cem.

RESIDENCES: Letter from Helen M Bruce, Charlotteville, NY, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1811-1976; Letter postmarked 26 Jun 1976; ; (Rick Crume's file #O 34); NOTE: "The McMorris families lived in Fergusonville, NY."


7. Phoebe Evans

BIRTH: CT or NY?

RESIDENCES: IGI; ; LDS Church, microfiche dtd 1992, NY; ; FHL film 0,170,641 (Rick Crume's file #O 304; NOTE: Phebe Evins, b abt 1775, of Canaan, Columbia Co, NY. Is this Phoebe (Evans) McMorris?

CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1823-1843; North Kortight Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Town of Kortright, Delaware Co, NY; ; Viewed bef 1988 by Elizabeth Bakenhus, Binghamton, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 154); NOTE: "Phoebe Evans - wife of William McMorris, died Sept. 5, 1837, aged 58 years."

CEMETERY-BIRTH-DEATH: CEMETERY GUIDE FOR 35 CEMETERIES; 1738-1991; Davenport Center, NY: The Davenport Historical Society, 1991; p 291; book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: North Kortright Cem.

UPDATE: 1995-04-08