Janece: I have a John Olmstead who was "of Halstead", born c. 1540. He married Palladia (?) Olmstead c. 1565. Their daughter Anne (Agnes) was born c. 1566 "of Halstead", Essex. Ann married Thomas Edward French III in 1587 in Farham, Essex, and died on 11 Feb. 1624 in Halstead. Thomas died in 1613. Is your John Olmstead of this line or the James Halstead line?. Marge