Elizabeth PITKIN

Family/Spouse: William OLMSTED. William (son of Deacon Joseph OLMSTED and Hannah MARSH) was born on 4 Sep 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from "Pitkin Genealogy":

Ozias Pitkin was appointed by the General Assembly, 1714, Captain of the militia company, Hartford, east side (Col. Rec., Vol. V, p. 453). He was repeatedly elected to the Colonial Assembly, and in1725 was appointed Associate Judge of Hartford County, and held the office till 1735, when he was chosen Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1727 he was chosen a member of the Colonial Council, and so remained till his death in 1746, a period of nineteen years (Col. Rec., Vol. VII, pp. 287, 439, 484, 510). He was chosen Commissioner of War in defense of New London in 1740, and again Commissioner of War in defense of frontier towns in 1743 (col. Rec., pp. 50, 52, 18, 119, 148). He "Owned his covenant" with the "First Church of Hartford" April 6, 1704, and his oldest child, George, was baptized that day. He joined with his wife in "full communion" in 1704.

Ozias married Elizabeth GREEN in 1702. Elizabeth was born in 1682; died on 08 Feb 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]