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     Sylvester Olds was the son of Robert Augustus Olds and Elizabeth Fishback.¹

     Synthia Olds married (?) Jenny.² Synthia Olds was born on 16 Oct 1781 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Olds and Mehitable Pike.¹
     "Cynthia, died in Alstead [Vt.]; married a Mr. Jenny and left issue, including a son Chauncey, now deceased."²

     Tabbatha Ann Olds was born on 26 May 1970 at Crow Wing County, Minnesota.¹

     Teri Lynn Olds was the daughter of Virgil Olds.¹

     Thaddeus Olds was born on 11 Jul 1763 at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Benjamin Olds and Via Smith.¹ Thaddeus Olds married (1) Helena Mather, daughter of Hannah Newman, on 17 Feb 1783.^3,1,4 Thaddeus Olds married (2) Hannah Newman on 14 Oct 1838.^5,6 Thaddeus Olds died on 16 Apr 1842 at Marlboro, Vermont, at age 78^7,8,9 and was buried at Marlboro Center Cemetery, Marlboro, Vermont.⁸
     "Thaddeus Olds was in the Revolutionary War in 1782 from Windham Co., Vt."¹ On 7 Sep 1790, at Marlborough, he took the Freeman's Oath , as required by the 1777 Constitution of Vermont.¹⁰ In 1818 and 1820, Ephraim Pike of Marlboro applied for a Revolutionary War pension. Thaddeus Olds, Selectman of Marlboro, and Joseph Olds, Justice of ----, where among those who signed a statement saying that he was justly entitled to the pension.¹¹

     Thelma Dora Olds was born on 7 Dec 1903 at Ypsilanti, Michigan.¹ She was the daughter of Lewis Miron Olds and Dora D. Ambrose.¹

     Thelma Larue Olds was born on 24 Jan 1907 at Grass Valley, Sherman County, Oregon.¹ She was the daughter of Lewis A. Olds and Ida May Walker.¹ Thelma Larue Olds married Theodore G. Trimble on 21 Aug 1938 at Vancouver, Washington.¹ Thelma Larue Olds died in 1991.² She was buried at Grass Valley (I. O. O. F.) Cemetery, Grass Valley, Sherman County, Oregon.³
     "She and her husband are presently engaged in farming and cattle raising in Eastern Oregon, in [the] vicinity of Grass Valley."¹

     Theodiore Henry Olds was born on 21 Oct 1897.¹ He was the son of Edwin Elisha Olds and Julia Alger Pierce.¹

     Theodore Olds was born c 1864 at California.¹ He was the son of James S. Olds and Martha Franklin.¹

     Theodore "Teddy" Olds was born on 20 Oct 1906.² He was the son of James Henry Olds and Martha Cyrella Goldsberry.¹ Theodore "Teddy" Olds died on 17 Jul 1929 at Cass County, Minnesota, at age 22^2,3 and was buried at Pequot Lakes Village Cemetery, Crow Wing County, Minnesota.⁴

     Theresa Olds was born in 1846 at Branch County, Michigan.² She was the daughter of Aaron Knight Olds and Annette Barney.² Theresa Olds died on 5 Oct 1852 at Eastern Oregon.²
     "Theresa Olds, who was born in Branch County, Michigan, in 1846, and who died in Grande Rondo Valley, Eastern Oregon, on Oct. 5, 1852, while enroute to Oregon with her parents . . .".²

     Thomas Olds was born 08 Oct 175[6] at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of Ezekiel Old and Elizabeth (?).¹ Thomas Olds married Mehitable Pike on 10 Dec 1778 at Sturbridge, Massachusetts.^4,5
     He lived at Brookfield, Massachusetts, and was in the Revolutionary War.⁶
     "Thomas Olds, of New Hampshire... spent the greater part of his life and died in Alstead in that state in 1792. He was a farmer and landowner, a Whig in politics and a man of influence. He married Mehitable Pike, who survived him."⁷

     Thomas Olds was born on 8 Jun 1822 at New York.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Olds and Ruth Thurston.¹ Thomas Olds married Minerva Margaret Chamberlain c 5 May 1861.³ Thomas Olds died in 1901⁴ and was buried at Bunker Hill Cemetery, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas.⁵
     Thomas Olds and Minerva Margaret Olds appeared on the census of 5 Sep 1870 at Fenton, Whiteside County, Illinois, as follows:
     112/112 Olds, Thomas J., 41, farmhand, b. N. Y.
      , Minerva, 24, keeping house, b. I.
      , Varcellus, 19, at home, b. I.
      , Charles, 8, b. Ill.
      , Burnside, 5, b. Ill.
      , Helen, 1, b. Ill.⁶
Thomas Olds and Minerva Margaret Olds appeared on the census of 17 Jun 1880 at Center Township, Russell County, Kansas, as follows:
     253/261 Olds, Thomas, 59, farmer, b. N. Y., parents b. N. Y.
      , Minerva, 36, wife, keeping house, b. N. Y., father b. Vt, mother b. N. Y.
      , Charles, 18, son, works on farm, b. Ills., parents b. N. Y.
      , Burnside, 14, son, at home, b. Ills., parents b. N. Y.
      , Winifred, 11, dau., at home, b. Ills., parents b.N. Y.⁷

     Thomas Olds was the son of Thomas Olds Jr. and Margaret Kennedy.¹

     Thomas Olds was born on 31 Oct 1870 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Henry G. Olds and Mary A. Dooley.¹ Thomas Olds died on 24 Nov 1870 at Boston, Massachusetts.²

     Thomas Olds was born c 1829 at Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Sylvester Olds and Lucinda Loomis.
     Thomas Olds appeared on the census of 7 Aug 1850 at Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     216/214 Rowland Laflin, 63, farmer, b. Mass.
whose large household included
Thomas Olds, 21, laborer, b. Mass.¹

     Thomas Benton Olds was born on 25 Feb 1842 at Macoupin County, Illinois.¹ He was the son of Frederick Augustus Olds and Elizabeth A. Lincoln.¹ Thomas Benton Olds died on 31 Aug 1864 at Helena, Arkansas, at age 22.¹
     He "was a soldier in the Civil War in Co. H, 6th Regt., Minn. Vol; died in service".¹

     Thomas Eugene Olds was born on 10 Jan 1953 at Itasca County, Minnesota.¹ He was the son of Lyle Franklin Olds.¹ Thomas Eugene Olds died on 16 Jul 2006 at age 53.²
     His obituary states:
"Pea Ridge
"Thomas Eugene Olds, 53, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Sunday, July 16, 2006. He was born Jan. 10, 1953, in Grand Rapids, Minn., to Lyle Franklin Olds and Loretta O'Brien Olds.
"He was a custodian for the Rogers (Ark. ) Public Schools. He enjoyed fishing and hunting.
""He was preceded in death by his father, Lyle Franklin Olds; and a sister, Lila Olds.
"Survivors include his wife, Karen Olds of Grand Rapids, Minn; a stepdaughter, Tami Wiltgen of Pea Ridge; a son, Lance Lyle Olds of Grand Rapids; a daughter, Jolene Annette Olds of Rochester, Minn; his mother, Loretta Olds of Grand Rapids; four brothers, Lyle Olds of Bovey, Minn., Melvin Olds of Hibbing, Minn., Ronald Olds of Seligman, Mo., and Carl Olds of Nashwauk, Minn; four sisters, Alick Hawkinson of Grand Rapids, Margaret Loger of Pipestone, Minn., Dorothy Finch of Green Forest, Ark., and Charlotte Denzel of Bovey; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
"A memorial service will be held at 7 p. m. Thursday, July 20, at the Assembly of God Church in Pea Ridge with the Rev. Robert Fairchild.
"Cremation arrangements were by Sisco Funeral Home of Pea Ridge."³

     Thomas J. Olds was born on 10 Jun 1830.¹ He was the son of William Olds and Nancy J. Greeley.¹ Thomas J. Olds died on 25 Aug 1846 at age 16.¹

     Thomas Olds Jr. was born on 16 Jan 1787 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Thomas Olds and Mehitable Pike.^1,2 Thomas Olds Jr. married Margaret Kennedy on 21 Jan 1810 at Geauga County, Ohio.^3,4
     "Thomas, a farmer, died in Williams county, Ohio; married Margaret Kennedy; children; Samuel, Mary, Thomas, William, John, Harvey, Justice, Harriet. Harvey is the only one of this family known to be living; he resides in Ohio."³

     Tilly Olds was born on 11 Dec 1773 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of William Olds and Abigail Hewes.¹ Tilly Olds married Elizabeth Draper on 21 Feb 1802 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.² Tilly Olds died in 1846.³
     A Caroline Olds, daughter of Tilly Olds, was born in Shrewesbury, Vermont, on 1 Oct 1805. The mother, not named, was a native of Shrewesbury. I have not made the connection.⁴

     Timothy Olds was born on 6 Mar 1763 at Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.^1,2 He was the son of James Ould and Sarah Kingsley.¹ Timothy Olds died b 24 Oct 1819.³
     He "was a Revolutionary soldier, and in 1790 was living in Dalton, Mass."¹ Another source reports the tradition that "His [i. e. William Parker Olds'] great-grandfather, Timothy Olds, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1752, and was with the American forces who fought in the battle of Bunker Hill."⁴
          Timothy Olds signed with a group of enlistees for Revolutionary War services on "August ye 9th" with no year given, but the proclamation on which he enlisted was dated 1 July 1782 at Lebanon, Connecticut. As Timothy "Oles" he appeared on an undated Roll for Capt. Benj. Durkee's Company of Matrosses. He appears as a private on an undated payroll for this same company showing that he enlisted 9 Aug 1782 and was discharged on 9 Aug 1783. He served twelve months at two dollars per month. This service was in the Connecticut militia and one roll was signed at Ft. Trumbull.⁵
     One source says this about Timothy Olds:
"... while his[i.e. James H. Olds'] paternal grandfather, Timothy, was born and partially reared in England, and came to the colonies in America when a youth. At the age of nineteen the grandfatlier enlisted in the Revolutionary war as a private, and after participating in many of the best known battles was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. After the war he was ordained a Baptist minister, and during his ministry took part in the stirring events which have made his time memorable for its hideous religious intolerance. In accordance with the Massachusetts decree : " Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live," he was present at the hanging of a number of supposed witches, but just what attitude he assumed in regard to this travesty of justice is not clearly defined. From Massachusetts he removed to New York state, and later to Seneca county, Ohio, where he died."⁶
Timothy Olds appeared on the census of 1790 at Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     1 male over 16, 3 females.⁷
     An inherited family manuscript dealing mainly with the family of Kingsley Olds, son of Timothy, relates that Kingsley moved with his parents in 1798 to Onondaga County, New York, with an ox team and wagon, and in 1813 they moved to Huron County, Ohio, near Bloomsville.⁸
Timothy Olds appeared on the census of 1800 at Pompey, Onandaga County, New York, as follows:
     3 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 2 females 10-16, 1 female 26-45.⁹
Timothy Olds appeared on the census of 1810 at Pompey, Onandaga County, New York, as follows:
     2 m under 10, 1 m 10-15, 1 m 16-25, 1 m over 45, 1 f under 10, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 16-25, 1 f 26-44.¹⁰
     Estate papers for Timothy Olds were filed in Huron County, Ohio in Nov. 1819 and guardianship papers for some of his orphans were filed Feb. 1820. On 28 March 1821, Josiah G. Holbrook and Archibald P. Jackson, both of Oxford Township, petitioned the Court of Common Pleas of Huron County, claiming expenses for raising two of the orphan children of Timothy Olds. Kingsley Olds and William Riche were administrators. Three hundred dollars had been ordered to be set aside to support the orphans but this had not been done. At the Oct. 1826 term of court, Archibald P. Jackson filed a list of expenses showing that "October 24th 1819 Milisa Olds aged six years and three months and Ruel Olds aged about 12 years commenced boarding with me" and listing subsequent expenses.¹¹
     Researcher Virginia Treacy-Thomas has posted a list, a composite from her research to that time, of the children of Timothy and Polly (Russ) Olds as follows:
     This indicates where I [DWO] have more research to do on these children i.e. especially the children Polly Susan, Herman Gideon, Timothy Ira, and Medula. This list shows Polly was having children over a range of 30 years. In November, 2010, when I called the Huron County Probate Office about the estate papers of Timothy Olds, they reported that their index showed none. However, Virginia Treacy-Jones has said "By the way, the probate records are from Huron Co., Ohio and I found them at the Family History Center on their microfilm #1303066."¹⁴ Images of the loose papers for the estate of Timothy Olds, late of Oxford Township in Huron County are now available online. The bond is dated 13 Nov 1819 and there are inventory and sale records. No date of death and no heirs are mentioned in the estate papers and only two children are mentioned in the guardian papers.³

     Timothy Olds died in 1818 at Huron County, Ohio.² He was born in 1818 at Huron County, Ohio.² He was the son of Kingsley Olds and Margaret E. Widner.¹

     Tirza Olds was born on 11 May 1767 at Ware, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Jonathan Olds and Hannah Jones.¹ Tirza Olds was buried at Liberty Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.³ She died on 15 Apr 1839 at age 71.⁴
      She died 23 Sept. 1810 according to E. B. Olds. However, a photograph of her stone shows the inscription to be "Miss Tirzah Olds, died April 15, 1839, ae 72". Noon gives the date as 13 April 1839 (which is also a possible reading of the stone). It is clear that Olds has interchanged the death dates of Tirzah and David. She was the heroine of the ballad "Nick and Tarzy, O____".⁵ The story has been reprinted several times. One of the best is in The History of Ludlow.

"Nick and Tarzy"

"Melancholy was the story of "Nick and Tarzy" who were very worthy people.
"Nicholas Daniels lived in the eastern part of town on the farm of which the "Ould Burying Ground" was once a part. Thirza Olds lived over the line in Belchertown.
"Nick was a fine specimen of the Yankee of the olden time with his "cue" tied with strips of eel-skin. He always wore a blue coat with shining buttons, regulation knee-breeches, his stockings being very smooth and fair. His shoe buckles, large and shining silver, are treasured to this day by a descendant of his family.
"For nearly two score years, he visited Tarzy every Sunday night, fondly anticipating the day which never came. It is said that on "general training day" he never failed to bring Tarzy a goodly cake of hard gingerbread when he came home.
"Family legend claims that Nick had injured his hand with some sharp instrument. One cold, stormy Sunday evening in spring, he donned his best attire and despite warnings of his family, wended his way to Tarzy's fireside, along the path which he had trodded for forty years. Exposure to the storm brought on lockjaw and he died in Tarzy's home. Need we wonder that even the voluble McLean found his vocabulary straitened when he undertook to offer Thirza words of consolation?
"Afterward poor Tarzy lived but to keep Nick's memory green. She observed training day, never failing to bake gingerbread of a most golden hue, which she distributed in her lover's name to the children who came to see her. She always turned her cow out to pasture on the anniversary of his death, and walked to Three Rivers, carrying her butter and eggs to exchange for tea and snuff. Going and returning, she never failed to pay a visit to his grave.
"Anny Olds, a tiny tot, went with her one of the last times Tarzy made the journey. Anny carried a little basket with some eggs as a venture of her own. When the store was reached, she bartered the eggs for two dainty little salt cellars, one of which is still treasured in the family.
"When the travelers reached Tarzy's home, Anny was offered some of the gingerbread, but, remembering the color of the snuff, she declined for the first and last time to accept it. Tarzy was soon laid to rest near Nicholas in the "Ould burying ground", just across the line on the Belchertown side. As in life, they are divided. Her grave is marked with a fair stone, but, sad irony of fate! the most prominent word of Tarzy's epitaph is the word "Miss".
"A local bard wrote the quaint ballad, "Nick and Tarzy, O!" containing the story of their love. When the centennial of Ludlow was celebrated in 1874, this ballad was printed, distributed among the people, and sung to the tune of "Benny Havens".
"Into the conversation current of a generation has passed the expression "Courting as long as Nick and Tarzy". The text of the ballad is in the reference.

     Tracy Olds was the child of Gamaliel Whitney Olds and Hannah Leffingwell Tracy.¹ Tracy Olds died 10 years old.¹

     Trina/Trannie Olds was born on 17 Jun 1890.³ She was the daughter of Charles Emery Olds and Elmina M. Ellsworth.³ Trina/Trannie Olds died on 21 Jan 1891.^2,4 She was buried at Fairbury Cemetery, Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska.⁵

     Truman Olds was the son of Benjamin Olds and Lois Baldwin.¹
     He fell into a kettle of brine and was scalded so that he died.¹

     Truman Olds married Christina Anson Fonda.³ Truman Olds was born in 1819 at New York.⁴ He was the son of Jesse Olds.² Truman Olds died on 10 Nov 1874 at Union, Branch County, Michigan.^1,2 He was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Union City, Branch County, Michigan.⁵
     Truman Olds and Christina Anson Fonda appeared on the census of 9 Aug 1860 at Union, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
     Truman Olds, 41, farmer, b. N. Y.
     Christina , 37, b. N. Y.
     Jesse , 65, farmer, b. Mass.³
Truman Olds and Christina Anson Fonda appeared on the census of 21 Jul 1870 at Union, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
     111/110 Olds, Truman, 50, $1250 real estate, $150 personal, b. N. Y.
      , Christina, 47, keeping house, b. N. Y.
      , Jesse, 75, works on farm, b. Massachusetts.⁶

     Truman Stafford Olds was born on 13 Feb 1891.¹ He was the son of Alfred Stafford Olds.¹
     He "lives at Goldfield, Nev." [1915]¹

     Truman Tuttle Olds was born on 6 Dec 1818.¹ He was the son of Alfred Olds and Lue [Lois] Tuttle.¹ Truman Tuttle Olds married Aurecta Stafford on 23 Sep 1848.² Truman Tuttle Olds died on 1 Jun 1890 at age 71.¹ He was buried at Hillside Cemetery, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.³