WOLCOTT ANNEX
Edna Matilda (Wolcott) Drake Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
Note: Early generations taken in large part from Wolcott
Genealogy, published in 1986 by The Society of Descendants of Henry
Wolcott.
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 1 October
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Origin of
the surname “Wolcott:”
Ancient
Wolcott Coat of Arms:
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Shield: Argent a Cheveron between three
Chess Rooks ermined. (the chess rooks were introduced early in the 15th
century by a Wolcott knight who, according to family records, was “Playing at
ye chesse with Henry ye fifte, kind of Englande, he gave hym ye cheke matte
with ye rouke, whereupone ye kings changed his coate of armes which was ye
crosse with flower de lures, and gave him ye rouke for a remembrance.”)
Crest: A Bull’s Head erased argent, armed
or, ducally gorged, lined, and ringed, of the last.
Motto: Nullius addictus jurare in verba
magistri (from Latin poet Horace, which means, literally, “Accustomed to swear
in the words of no master.” Referring to
how a student might repeat information provided by a teacher, it means Wolcotts
take nothing purely on trust, but rather, think and decide for themselves. Somewhat similar to President Ronald Reagan’s
often used motto during the Cold War: “Trust, but verify!”
Generation
26
25 Sir John
Walcot, Esq.
A. Biographical notes:
Of Walcot, England. Knight of the 13th century.
B. Wife: (?)
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Jane Walcot: See generation 24, below.
24 Jane Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Only daughter and heir of
her father.
B. Husband: David of Garthmael
Son of Rees, Lord of Garthmael. Married Jane Walcot about 1227.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Jeran Walcot: See generation 23, below.
23 Jeran/Jevan/Ievan/John
Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Surname given to him by
his mother.
B. Wife: Ann Mynde
Only daughter of John
Mynde of Shropshire.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Roger Walcot: See generation 22, below.
22 Roger Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Of Walcot about 1255.
B. Wife: Edith
Downes
Daughter of Sir
William Downes,
Knight.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Philip Walcot: See generation 21, below.
21 Sir Philip
Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Eldest son of Roger
Walcot. Knight of Walcot.
B. Wife: Julian
Harley
Daughter of John
Harley of
Hereford. Married Philip about 1327.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. John Walcot: See generation 20, below.
20 John Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Of Walcot.
B. Wife: Alice Lloyd
Daughter of David
Lloyd, Esq.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. John Walcot: See generation 19, below.
19 Sir John
Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Knight of Walcot. Died after 1383.
B. Wife: (?)
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Thomas Walcot: See generation 18, below.
18 Thomas Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Died about 1406.
B. Wife: (?)
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. John Walcot: See generation 17, below.
17 John Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Was living between 1390
and 1419. Died 2 August 1396.
B. Wife: (?)
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Sir John Walcot: See generation 16, below.
16 Sir John
Walcot
A. Biographical notes:
Of Walcot during the reign
of King Henry V of England.
B. Wife: Matilda
Cornwall
Daughter of Sir
Richard Cornwall,
Baron of Hereford.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Roger Walcot: See generation 15, below.
15 Roger
Walcot/Wolcot
A. Biographical notes:
Born 1416. Changed the spelling of his surname from
Walcot to Wolcot.
B. Wife: Margaret
Lloyd
Daughter of David
Lloyd, Esq.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. William Wolcot: See generation 14, below.
14 William
Wolcot
A. Biographical notes:
One of Roger Wolcot’s younger
sons, who moved to Tolland, Somerset County, England. Born 1439.
Died 1504.
B. Wife: Joan
Sperry
Born 1442.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. William Wolcot, Jr.: See generation 13, below.
13 William
Wolcot, Jr.
A. Biographical notes:
Born 1463. Will dated 2 August 1500. Died 1502; interred in the Dulverton
churchyard. Will proved 1530.
B. Wife: Elizabeth
Whetchill
Died 1514 at Lidiard, St.
Lawrence.
C. Children: (perhaps
others)
1. Thomas Wolcot: See generation 12, below.
12 Thomas Wolcot
A. Biographical notes:
Born 1487. Died 5 June 1554. Was employed as a tucker and resided at
Tolland, Somerset County, England in 1552.
B. Wife: Margaret
Welling (also seen:
Alice (?) (b. 1503)
Died 5 February 1557.
C. Children:
1.
Thomas Wolcot, Jr.: Died 1572. Was
employed as a tucker. Married (2nd)
Alice Dawe and had the following children:
a.
John Wolcot: Died 1589. Was employed as
a clothier. Had 2 daughters and 7 sons,
including:
(1.
Henry Wolcot: Born 1561. Died after 1636;
interred St. John the Baptist Church, Tolland.
Was employed as a clothier.
Married (2nd) Joan/Johne (?) (d. 5 Apr 1637) and had the
following children:
(a.
John Wolcot: Died 21 March 1618; interred St. John the Baptist Church, Tolland,
Somerset County, England.
(b.
Henry Wolcot, Jr.
(c.
George Wolcot: Born 1599. Died 1669.
b.
Simon Wolcot: Was employed as a miller at Heathfield.
c.
Daughter.
d.
Daughter.
2. John Wolcot: See generation 11, below.
3.
Henry Wolcot: Born about 1523. Died
after 1610. Of Elsworthy.
4.
Roger Wolcot: Born about 1525. Died
1615. Married Alice Gibbs (or, perhaps,
Alias Hall) and had the following children:
a.
Mary Wolcot.
b.
Elizabeth Wolcot.
11 John Wolcot
A. Biographical notes:
Born 10 September 1516 at Tolland,
Somerset County, England. Will dated
1571. Died 7 December 1571.
B. Wife #2: Agnes
Butler
Born about 1523. Died 6 November 1606.
C. Children:
1. John Wolcot, Jr.: See generation 10, below.
2.
Alice Wolcot: Born about 1551.
3.
Mary Wolcot: Born about 1553.
10 John Wolcot,
Jr.
A. Biographical notes:
Born 17 April 1545 at
Tolland, Somerset County, England. Will
dated 10 November 1623 and proved 4 January 1624. Died 10 December 1623. Was employed as a miller at Tolland.
B. Wife: Agnes Crosse
Born 3 January 1552. Died 2 November 1623. Married John Wolcot on 9 February 1578.
C. Children:
1. Henry Wolcot: See generation 9, below.
2.
Christopher Wolcot: Born 1583. Died 25
March 1639, age 56. Married Mrs. Mary
(Greenslade) Partridge (d. 1645) in 1620; no children.
3.
John Wolcot: Died 17 February 1652.
Married (1st) Elizabeth (?), who died 7 August 1629. Married (2nd) (?). John had five children.
9 Henry Wolcot/
Wolcott (1)*
A. Biographical notes:
Born 1578. Baptized 6 December 1578 in the parish
church, Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somerset County, England. Died 30 May 1655 at Windsor,
Connecticut. Was a member of the landed
gentry in England and relatively wealthy.
During the reign of King
Charles I many Englishmen looked to America as a place to escape religious,
civil, and economic pressures. Henry
Wolcott of Tolland, Somersetshire, England traveled to America about 1628 and
returned to emigrate with his wife and sons Henry, Jr., Christopher, and George
aboard the “Mary and John” ( 1st vessel in the 17-vessel “Winthrop
Fleet”), which left Plymouth, Devon County, England on 20 March 1630 and
arrived in the vicinity of modern day Boston, Massachusetts on 30 May 1630,
settling at Dorchester. Henry’s
daughters, Anna and Mary, and his 5 year old son, Simon, remained in England
until there was a suitable home in America for them. In 1936 moved to Windsor, Connecticut.
Sometime after moving to
America Henry began to use two t’s when spelling his surname. He was a prominent member of the communities
where he lived in America. For instance,
he was one of 19 men mentioned in the Connecticut Charter.
B. Wife: Elizabeth Saunders
Born 1582. Baptized 20 December 1584 in the parish church,
Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somerset County, England.
Died 7 July 1655 at Windsor, Connecticut. Married 19 January 1606 at Lydiard St
Lawrence, Somerset County, England.
C. Children:
1.
John Wolcott: (2) Born 1607. Baptized 1
October 1607 in the parish church, Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somerset County,
England. Died (probably) before
1655. Was living in England in 1631 and
apparently did not emigrate to America with his parents and siblings. No children.
2.
Henry Wolcott, Jr.: (3) Born 21 January 1610 in England. Emigrated to America with his parents in
1630. Died 12 July 1680. Was granted freeman status by the General
Court at Boston on 1 April 1634. By 1636
was a resident of Windsor, Connecticut.
Was one of 19 men named in the Connecticut Charter. Was elected a member of the Connecticut House
of Deputies in 1660, and to the House of Magistrates in 1662, remaining in the
latter position until his death.
Married Sarah
Newberry (b. 1614, d. 16 Jul 1684), daughter of Thomas and Hannah/Joanne (Dabinott)
Newberry, on 18 November 1641 at Windsor and had the following children:
a.
Henry Wolcott, III: (9) Born 6 January 1643.
Died 18 February 1709/10. Married
Abiah Goffe (b. 1 Apr 1647, d. 18 Jan 1718), youngest daughter of Edward and
Margaret (Wilkinson) Goffe of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 12 October 1664 and
had 7 children.
b.
John Wolcott: (10) Born 28 February 1645.
Died 23 January 1711/12. Resided
last at Windsor, Connecticut. Married (1st)
Mary Chester (b. 23 Dec 1654, d. 10 Jul 1689), daughter of Captain John Chester
and granddaughter of Governor Thomas Welles, on 13 February 1677 and had 5
children. Married (2nd) Mrs.
Hannah (Hawley) Nicholas on 22 June 1692 and had 1 child. After John Wolcott’s death, Hannah married
two more times.
c.
Samuel Wolcott #1: (11) Born 8 October 1647.
Died 10 May 1648.
d.
Sarah Wolcott: (12) Born 5 July 1649.
Died 25 March 1698. Married
Captain John Price on 6 June 1674 and had 1 son.
e.
Mary Wolcott: (13) Born 6 December 1651.
Died August 1683. Married James
Russell on 2 June 1679.
f.
Hannah Wolcott: (14) Born 8 March 1653.
Died 4 September 1683 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.
g.
Samuel Wolcott #2: (15) Born 16 April 1656.
Died 14 June 1695. Was a merchant
in Windsor in 1685, but later moved to Wethersfield and located on Wolcott
Hill, about 1 mile west of the village.
Married Judith Appleton (b. 19 Aug 1653, d. 19 Feb 1741), daughter of
Samuel and Hannah (Paine) Appleton of Ipswich, Massachusetts, on 6 March 1678
and had 9 children.
h.
Josiah Wolcott: (16) Born 21 July 1658.
Died 9 February 1729. Married (1st)
Penelope Corwin (b. 1670, d. 28 Dec 1690), daughter of George and Elizabeth
(Winslow) (Book) Corwin and granddaughter of Governor Edward Winslow of
Plymouth, on 19 February 1685/6 and had 2 children. Married (2nd) Mary Freke (b. 6 May
1674), daughter of John and Elizabeth (Clarke) Freke of Boston, on 1 May 1694
and had 9 children.
3.
Christopher Wolcott: (4) Emigrated to America with his parents in 1630. The Wolcott family homestead in America was
bequeathed to him by his father in 1655.
Christopher died unmarried on 7 September 1662. His property was divided between his
surviving siblings.
4. George Wolcott: (5) See generation 8, below.
5. Anna
Wolcott: (6) Born about 1620 in England.
Emigrated from England to America before 1640, when her parents, who
emigrated in 1630, felt a suitable home had been established. Died between September 1700 and May
1701. Married Lieutenant Matthew Griswold
(b. 1618 in England, d. at home 27 Sep 1698), son of George/Edward Griswold, on
16 October 1646. Matthew emigrated from
England, arriving in Massachusetts on 30 May 1630. He was trained as a mason and was also a
lawyer. Anna and Matthew settled in Lyme
Township, New London County, Connecticut and had the following children:
a.
John Griswold.
b.
Elizabeth Griswold: Born about 1652 at Lyme, Connecticut. Died in July 1727. Married (1st) John Rogers (b. 1
Dec 1648, d. 17 Oct 1721 of smallpox; interred on his farm close to the banks
of the Thames River), son of James and Elizabeth (Rowland) Rogers, on 17
October 1670 at Lyme, Connecticut and had 2 children. Elizabeth and John were divorced in 1676.
Elizabeth
(Griswold) Rogers married (2nd) Peter Pratt (d. 24 Mar 1688) at Lyme
on 5 August 1679 and had 1 child. She
married (3rd) seaman Matthew Beckwith (b. 1637, d. 4 Jun 1727), who
had 7 children from a 1st marriage, and they had 1 child.
c.
Matthew Griswold, Jr.: Born 13 January 1652 (also seen: b. 1653) in East Lyme
Township, New London County, Connecticut.
Died 13 January 1716 (also seen: d. 1715) in Old Lyme Township, New
London County. Married Phoebe Hyde (b.
Jan 1663, d. 29 Nov 1704 in Lyme Twp, New London Co., Ct) of Norwich,
Connecticut on 21 May 1683 at Norwich and had the following children:
(1.
Reverend George Griswold: Born 13 August 1692 in Connecticut. Died there 14 October 1761.
(2.
Samuel Griswold: Born 1697. Died 10 June
1727 in Lyme Township, New London County, Connecticut.
(3. Phoebe
Griswold: Born 15 August 1684 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died there 29 November
1704.
(4.
Matthew Griswold, III: Born 1689 in Lyme Township, New London Township,
Connecticut. Died there in 1712.
(5.
Mary Griswold: Born 1694 in Lyme Township, New London County, Connecticut. Died there 21 February 1776.
(6.
Patience Griswold: Born 1701 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died there 8 November 1776.
(7.
Elizabeth Griswold: Born 19 November 1685 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died there in 1704. Married (?) Knox.
(8.
Judge John Griswold: Born 1690 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died 22 September
1764. Married Hannah Lee (b. 1695 in
Lyme Twp, d. there 11 May 1773) and had the following children:
(a.
Sarah Griswold.
(b.
Deborah Griswold: Married (?) Jewett.
(c.
Governor Matthew Griswold #3: Born 25 March 1714 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died 28 April 1799 in Black
Hall, Connecticut. Seventeenth Governor
of Connecticut from 1784 to 1786.
Married Ursula Wolcott (b. 30 Oct 1724, d. 5 Apr 1788), daughter of
Governor (of CT) Roger Wolcott (Para. 7.i.(13. of this generation, below) on
10/11 November 1743. Matthew and Ursula
had the following son:
(1)
Marian Griswold: Born 1750. Died
1829. Married Charles Chandler.
(2)
John Griswold: Born 1752. Died 1812.
(3)
Governor Roger Griswold: Born 21 May 1762 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died 25 October 1812 at
Norwich, Connecticut. Governor of
Connecticut from 1811 until his death.
Married Fanny/Fannie "Frances" Rogers (b. 1767 at Norwich, CT,
d. 27 Dec 1863 in Lyme Twp, CT) of Windsor, Connecticut on 27 October 1788 in
Lyme Township and had 10 children, including:
(a)
Augustus Henry Griswold: Born 1789. Died
1836. Married Elizabeth Landell (b.
1795, d. 1848).
(b)
Charles C. Griswold: Born 1791 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut.
(c)
Matthew Griswold #1: Born 13 September 1792 in Lyme Township, New London
County, Connecticut. Died there 17
August 1879. Married Phebe Hubbard Ely
in 1827.
(d)
Frances Ann/Anne Griswold: Born 15 January 1795 at Norwich, New London County,
Connecticut. Died 22 September 1850;
interred Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. Married her 1st cousin, Judge Ebenezer Shaw
Lane (b. 17 Sep 1793 at Northampton, MA, d. 12 Jun 1866 at Sandusky, OH;
interred there in Oakland Cem.), son of (sea) Captain Ebenezer and Marian
(Griswold)(Chandler) Lane, on 11 October 1818 in Lyme Township, New London
County and moved to their farm in Elyria, Ohio.
Ebenezer was employed as an attorney and judge, eventually becoming
Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court for 21.
Frances and Ebenezer had the following children:
[1.
Dr. Ebenezer Shaw Lane, Jr.: Born 6 August 1819 in Elyria Township, Lorain
County, Ohio. Employed as a physician at
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Married
Pallas Elizabeth Andersen (b. 4 Jan 1825 at Sandusky, Erie Co., OH) and had the
following children:
[a.
Ebenezer Lane: Born about 1848 in Ohio.
Married Mary (?) about 1855 in Maine.
[b.
Fannie C. Lane.
[2.
Frances Elizabeth Lane: Born 12 October 1822. Married Alfred Chesebrough (b. 16
Sep 1816 in CT, d. 3 Oct 1894 at Detroit, Wayne Co., MI) of Detroit, Michigan
on 9 May 1842 in Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio and had the following
children:
[a.
William Griswold Lane Chesebrough: Born 1 August 1846 in Mansfield Township,
Richland County, Ohio.
[b.
Alfred Ludlow Chesebrough: Born 15 January 1850 at in Springfield Township,
Clark County, Ohio.
[c.
Katherine Griswold Chesebrough: Born 22 May 1853 in Michigan.
[d.
Charles Mayo Chesebrough.
[e.
George Lattimer Chesebrough: Born 28 July 1862.
[f.
Henry Wolcott Chesebrough:Born 25 July 1865 in Ohio.
[3.
Judge William Griswold Lane: Born 12 February 1824 at Norwalk, Ohio. Died 28 October 1877, age 52, in Sandusky
Township, Erie County, Ohio. At age 12,
to prepare for college, studied in a seminary at Middletown, Connecticut. At age 15 entered Yale College, graduating in
1843. Then studied law at Harvard
College for 1 year followed by law school in Berlin, Germany. Subsequently employed as an attorney and
judge at Sandusky, Ohio.
William
married his cousin, Elizabeth Diodate/Diadate Griswold (b. 17 May 1825 at Black
Hall, CT), daughter of Charles C. Griswold of Old Lyme, New London County,
Connecticut, on 31 October 1850 and had the following daughter:
[a.
Elizabeth Griswold Lane: Born 25 October 1851 in Sandusky Township, Erie County,
Ohio. Married Charles Horace Moss (b. 15
Dec 1844 in New Berlin Twp, Chenango Co., NY), son of Horace Orlando and
Emeline Betsey (Knapp) Moss, on 25 November 1873 and had the following
daughter:
[1]
Emeline Knapp Moss: Born 27 September 1874.
[2]
Elizabeth Diodate Griswold Moss: Born 21 November 1879 in Sandusky Township,
Erie County, Ohio.
[b.
Sarah Spencer Lane: Born 2 March 1858.
[c.
Wolcott Griswold Lane, Esq.: Born 4/24 January 1866 in Ohio. Employed as an attorney.
[d.
Charles C. Griswold Lane: Born 16 December 1867.
(e)
Roger Wolcott Griswold: Born 1797 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Married Juliet Griswold,
daughter of Thomas and Ethelinda (Caulkins/Calkins) Griswold, in 1823.
(f)
Eliza Woodbridge Griswold: Born 1799.
Married Charles Leicester Boalt, son of John and Ruth (Lockwood) Boalt,
in 1832.
(g)
Mariann Griswold: Born 1802 in Lyme Township, New London County, Connecticut.
(g)
William Frederick Griswold: Born 1804.
Died 1851.
(h)
Captain Robert Harper Griswold #2: Born 1806.
Died 1882.
(i)
James Griswold: Born 1808. Died 1810.
(d.
Hannah Griswold.
(e.
Clarissa Griswold #1.
(f.
John Griswold.
(g.
Phoebe Griswold.
(h.
Lucy Lucia Griswold: Married (?) Backus.
(i.
Clarissa Griswold #2.
(j.
Lydia Griswold.
(k.
Thomas Griswold.
(9.
Deborah Griswold: Born 1696 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died there in 1731.
(10.
Thomas Griswold: Born 1699 in Lyme Township, New London County,
Connecticut. Died there on 27 July 1716.
6.
Mary Wolcott: (7) Born about 1622 at Tolland, England. Emigrated to America before 1640, when her
parents, who emigrated in 1630, felt a suitable home had been established. Died 16 September 1689 at Windsor,
Connecticut. Married Sergeant Job Drake
(b. England, d. 16 Sep 1689 at Windsor), son of John and Elizabeth (Rogers) Drake (who accompanied the Wolcotts on their
voyage aboard the “Mary & John” in 1630 and are generation 1 of the
Ancestors of Almond Henry Drake) on 25 June 1646 and had
the following children:
a.
Abigail Drake: Born 28 September 1648 at Windsor, Connecticut. Died 17 November 1696 at Windsor. Married Israel Dewey (b. 25 Sep 1645, d. 23
Oct 1678 at Windsor), son of Thomas and Frances (Clark) Dewey, on 20 August
1668 at Windsor. Israel emigrated to
America in 1633 and settled at Windsor in 1636.
Abigail and Israel had 7 children.
b.
Mary Drake: Born 12 December 1649. Died
2 December 1728. Married Thomas Marshall
(d. 8 Nov 1735), son of Captain Samuel Marshall, on 3 March 1685/6 and had 1
son.
c.
Lieutenant Job Drake: Born 1652.
Baptized 28 March 1652. Died
1711. Married Mrs. Elizabeth (Clark)
Cook (b. 28 Oct 1651, d. 1729), daughter of Daniel and Mary (Newberry) Clark,
on 13 September 1677 and had 4 children.
d.
Elizabeth Drake: Born 14 November 1654.
Died 20 February 1679. Married
Nicholas Buckland (b. 21 Feb 1647, d. 24 Aug 1728), son of Thomas and
Temperance (Denslow) Buckland, and had 5 children.
e.
Joseph Drake: Born 16 April 1657. Died
22 May 1664.
f.
Hepzibah Drake: Born 14 July 1659. Died
1685. Married Thomas Packer in 1681.
g.
Esther Drake: Born 10 October 1662. Died
19 February 1691/2. Married Thomas
Griswold (b. 29 Sep 1658, d. 18 Sep 1689) on 11 August 1681 and had 4 children.
7.
Simon Wolcott: (8) Born 11 September 1624 in England. Died 1687; interred in the South Windsor
churchyard.
Was only 5
years old when his parents emigrated to America in 1630, so he did not
accompany them. However, his father
returned to England for him and his two older sisters sometime before 1640,
when a suitable home had been established for them in America.
Was granted
freeman status in 1654. Married (1st)
Joanna Cook (b. 5 Aug 1638, d. 27 Apr 1657), daughter of Aaron Cook, on 19
March 1657; no children. Married (2nd)
Martha Pitkin (b. 1639 in England, d. 13 Oct 1719 at Windsor, interred old S.
Windsor churchyard), daughter of Reverend William J. and Elizabeth (?) Pitkin (and
sister of Governor Pitkin), on 17 October 1661 at Windsor, Connecticut and had
the following children:
a.
Elizabeth Wolcott: (21) Born 9 August 1662 at Windsor, Connecticut. Died 3 January 1708. Married Daniel Cooley (b. 2 Mar 1651 at
Springfield, MA, d. there 9 Feb 1727) on 8 December 1680 and had 7 children.
b.
Martha Wolcott: (22) Born 17 May 1664.
Died 8 September 1687. Married
Thomas Allyn, Jr. on 6 January 1636 and had one son.
c.
Simon Wolcott, Jr.: (23) Born 24 June 1666.
Died 28 October 1732. Married
Sarah Chester, daughter of John Chester, on 5 December 1689 and was one of the
original settlers of Tolland, Connecticut.
Simon and Sarah had 6 children.
d.
Joanna Wolcott: (24) Born 30 June 1668.
Died 10 January 1755. Married
John Colton (b. 8 Apr 1659, d. 3 Feb 1727), son of George and Deborah (Gardner)
Colton of Springfield, Massachusetts, on 2 September 1690 and had 10
children.
e.
Lieutenant Henry Wolcott: (25) Born 20 May 1670. Was one of the original settlers of both Tolland and Wellington,
Connecticut. Died 17 November 1746. Married (1st) Jane Allyn (b. 22
Jul 1670, d. 11 Apr 1702), daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Warham) Allyn of
Windsor, Connecticut, on 1 April 1696 and had 6 children. Married (2nd) Rachel Talcott (d. 8
Jan 1725). Married (3rd)
Hannah (Hawley) (Nicholas) Wolcott, widow of his cousin, John Wolcott, on 11
April 1727.
f.
Christopher Wolcott: (26) Born 4 July 1672.
Died 3 April 1693.
g.
Mary Wolcott: (27) Born 1674. Died 1676.
h.
William Wolcott: (28) Born 6 November 1676.
Died 26 January 1749. Married
Abiah Hawley on 5 November 1706 and had 5 children.
i.
Governor Roger Wolcott: (29) Born 4 January 1679 at Windsor, Connecticut. Died there 17 May 1767. Became Major General and 2nd in
command at the taking of Louisburg in 1745.
Also served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Connecticut. Married Sarah Drake (b. 10 May 1684/6, d. 21
Jan 1748 at Windsor, CN), granddaughter of Sergeant Job and Mary (Wolcott)
Drake (making her
Roger’s 1st cousin, once removed; see paragraph 6, above), on 3
December 1702 and had the following children:
(1.
Roger Wolcott, Jr.: (97) Born 14 September 1704 at Windsor, Connecticut. Died 19 October 1759. Married (1st) Mary Newberry (b. 3
Feb 1710 at Windsor, CT, d. 5 Jun 1758 at Windsor), daughter of Benjamin
Newberry of Windsor, Connecticut, on 10 October 1728 and had 11 children. Married (2nd) Eunice (Colton) Ely,
widow of John Ely and daughter of John Colton.
(2.
Elizabeth Wolcott: (98) Born 10 April 1706.
Married Roger Newberry, Esq. on 24 August 1727 and had the following
son:
(a. Thomas
Newberry.
(3.
Alexander Wolcott #1: (99) Born 20 January 1708. Died 8 October 1711.
(4.
Samuel Wolcott: (100) Born 9 January 1710.
Died 27 December 1717.
(5.
Dr. Alexander Wolcott #2, MD: (101) Born 7 January 1712. Died 25 March 1795. Graduated from Yale College in 1731.uMarried
(1st) Lydia Atwater, daughter of Jeremiah Atwater of New Haven,
Connecticut, on 4 December 1732 and had 3 children. Alexander and Lydia were divorced on 3 March
1739. Married (2nd) Mrs. Mary
Allyn. Married (3rd) Mary
Richards in 1745 and had 10 children.
(6.
Sarah Wolcott #1: (102) Born and died 10 December 1712.
(7.
Sarah Wolcott #2: (103) Born 31 January 1715.
Died 5 January 1735.
(8.
Hephzibah Wolcott: (104) Born 23 June 1717.
Died 9 November 1780. Married
John Strong (b. 14 Jul 1707, d. Oct 1793) on 10 November 1737.
(9.
Josiah Wolcott: (105) Born 6 February 1719.
Died 29 January 1802.
(10.
Erastus Wolcott #1: (106) Born 8 February 1721.
Died 10 May 1722.
(11.
Epaphras Wolcott: (107) Born February 1721.
Died 3 April 1733.
(12.
Brigadier General Erastus Wolcott #2: (108) Born 21 September 1722. Died 14 September 1793. Served in the Revolutionary War. Married Jerusha Wolcott (117) (b. 18 Jan
1719), daughter of John Wolcott of South Windsor, on 10 February 1746 and had 7
children.
(13.
Ursula Wolcott: (109) Born 30 October 1724.
Died 5 April 1788. Married
Governor (of CT) Matthew Griswold (b. 25 Mar 1714, d. 28 Apr 1799) (Para.
C.5.c.(8.(c. of this gen., above), son of Judge John and Hannah (Lee) Griswold,
on 10 November 1743.
(14.
Governor Oliver Wolcott: (photos) (more info) (110) Born 20 November
1726. Died 1 December 1797. Graduated from Yale College in 1747. Was a Brigadier General during the
Revolutionary War. Held many State
offices, including Governor of Connecticut.
Member of the Continental Congress.
Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Married Laura Collins (photos) (b. 1 Jan 1732, d. 19 Apr 1794), daughter
of Daniel Collins of Guilford, Connecticut on 21 January 1755 and had the
following children:
(a.
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. #1: (250) Born 31 August 1756/7. Died 13 September 1757.
(b.
Governor Oliver Wolcott, Jr. #2: (photos) (more info) (251) Born 11 January
1760. Died 1 June 1833 in New York City;
interred Litchfield near his father.
Graduated from Yale College in 1778.
Admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1781.
Held many public offices, including Judge of the Second Circuit of the
United States. Briefly moved to New
York, but returned to Litchfield, Connecticut.
Was elected Governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827. In retirement moved back to New York City to
be close to his children. Married
Elizabeth Stoughton (b. 27 Oct 1766, d. 22 Sep 1805), only daughter of John
Stoughton of Windsor, Connecticut, on 1 June 1785 and had 7 children.
(c.
Laura Wolcott: (252) Born 15 December 1761.
Married William Moseley, Esq. on 6 October 1785 and had 1 child: Charles
Moseley.
(d.
Mariann Wolcott: (photos) (253) Born 16 February
1765. Died 12 March 1805. Married the Honorable Chauncey Goodrich (Member
of Congress, Senator, Lieut. Governor, and Governor of CT) in October 1789.
(e.
Frederick Wolcott: (254) Born 2 November 1767.
Judge. Resided at Litchfield,
Connecticut.
(15.
Mariann Wolcott: (111) Born 1 January 1729.
Married Thomas Williams, Esq. (b. 1725 at Brooklyn, CT, d. 3 Apr 1778 at
Brooklyn, CT) on 5 December 1758 and had the following son:
(a. Roger
Wolcott Williams.
j.
Daniel Wolcott. (30)
After Simon’s
death, Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott married (2nd) Daniel Clarke; no
children.
8 George
Wolcott (5)
A. Biographical notes:
Born in England. Emigrated to America with his parents aboard
the “Mary and John” in 1630. Died 12
February 1662 at Wethersfield, Connecticut; will dated 9 January 1662 and probated
10 August 1663. Granted freeman status
by the General Court of Connecticut on 2 May 1657. Moved from Windsor to Wethersfield,
Connecticut shortly after 1650.
B. Wife: Elizabeth
Treat
Born 25 July 1627 at
Pitsminster, England. Died about 1662 at
Wethersfield, Connecticut. Daughter of
Richard and Alice (Gaylord) Treat.
Married George Wolcott about 1649 and had the following children:
C. Children:
1.
Elizabeth Wolcott: (17) Born 20 June 1650.
Died 24 June 1702 at Westfield, Massachusetts. Married Gabriel Cornish of Wethersfield,
Connecticut on 15 December 1686 and had the following daughter:
a.
Damaris Cornish: Born 19 February 1690.
Died 22 September 1749. Married
William Tuller (b. 10 Jun 1687, d. 22 Sep 1740) on 12 April 1711.
2. George Wolcott, Jr.: (18) See generation 6, below.
3.
John Wolcott: (19) Born 5 August 1656 at New Haven, Connecticut. Died 18 October 1725 at Wethersfield,
Connecticut. Married Sarah Johnson (b.
26 Aug 1664, d. 1 Nov 1732/3), daughter of John and Hannah (Parmalee) Johnson
of New Haven, on 8 February 1683 and had the following children:
a.
Noah Wolcott: (74) Born 1685. Married (1st)
Sarah Tuttle (b. Nov 1699, d. before 1728), daughter of Caleb and Mary
(Hotchkiss) Tuttle, on 29 April 1725 and had 1 child. Married (2nd) Mary Horton (b. 24
Feb 1703), daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Johnson) Horton, in November 1728 and
had 5 children.
b.
Mehitable Wolcott: (75) Born 30 November 1689.
Married (1st) John Ford.
Married (2nd) Israel Thomas.
c.
Sarah Wolcott: (76) Born 1692. Died
young.
d.
John Wolcott: (77) Born 15 December 1696.
Died 7 December 1743. Married Ann
Sperry (b. 3 Sep 1696, d. before 1769),
daughter of Daniel and Deborah (Peck) Sperry, on 18 December 1722 and had 5
children.
e.
Hannah Wolcott: (78) Born 19 November 1699.
f.
Ebenezer Wolcott: (79) Died 1729.
Married Rachel Hotchkill (b. 26 Oct 1709, d. 6 May 1774), daughter of
Caleb and Mehitable (Crittenden) Hotchkiss.
4.
Mercy Wolcott: (20) Born 4 October 1659.
In 1687 Mercy was an invalid.
7 George
Wolcott, Jr. (18)
A. Biographical notes:
Born 20 September
1652. Died 7 July 1726.
B. Wife: Elizabeth
Curtis
Born 17 April 1673. Died 13 August 1741. Married George Wolcott, Jr. on 30 August
1691.
C. Children:
1.
Elizabeth Wolcott: (64) Born 22 May 1693.
Died 23 April 1770.
2.
Deborah Wolcott: (65) 3 January 1695.
Married John Taylor on 8 March 1722.
3.
Ann Wolcott: (66) Born 11 August 1698.
Died 1732.
4. George Wolcott, III: (67) See generation 6, below.
5.
Caleb Wolcott: (68) Born 15 August 1703.
Died before 1725.
6.
Eunice Wolcott: (69) Born 28 November 1705.
Died 30 November 1747.
7.
Joshua Wolcott: (70) Born 15 June 1708.
Married Esther Belding (b. 26 Jan 1710), daughter of Joseph Belding of
Wethersfield, Connecticut, and had the following children:
a.
Joshua Wolcott, Jr.: (143) Died 31 March 1766. Married Esther Dean (b. abt
1734, d. 5 Jun 1774, age 40) on 20 June 1757 and had 3 children:
b.
Esther Wolcott. (144)
c.
Solomon Wolcott: (145) Born 1 September 1735.
Died 12 August 1829. Married
Abigail Hastings (b. 28 Feb 1739, d. 17 Jul 1822), daughter of Waitstill
Hastings of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on 11 February 1767 and had 7 children.
d.
Honor Wolcott: (146) Married Elisha Baxter on 14 December 1756.
e.
Private Joseph Wolcott: (147) Born 1740.
Died 21 May 1808. Was in Captain
Elijah Denny’s Company (in Colonel Ashley’s Berkshire Regiment) during the
Revolutionary War. Married Elizabeth
Bosworth (b. 28 Aug 1746 at Middletown, CN, d. 4 Mar 1812) on 16 September
1766. Joseph and Elizabeth had 13
children.
f.
Caleb Wolcott: (148) Baptized in August 1743.
Died without children.
g.
Josiah Wolcott: (149) Baptized 7 September 1746. Died 7 October 1793. Married Prudence Warner on 25 March 1772 and
had 1 child: Belden Wolcott.
h.
Thomas Wolcott: (150) Baptized 1749.
Died without children.
8.
David Wolcott: (71) Born 3 March 1711.
Married (1st) Eunice Buck (d. 16 Aug 1755) and had the
following children:
a.
David Wolcott, Jr.: (151) Born 20 August 1744.
Killed in action at Horse Neck during the Revolutionary War. Before the war married Hannah Munsell and had
4 children.
b.
Elizabeth Wolcott: (152) Born 12 August 1746.
Married Elias Seymour on 9 February 1769.
c.
Eunice Wolcott: (153) Born 26 May 1748.
Died 19 January 1822.
David Wolcott,
Sr. married (2nd) Abigail Loomis; no children.
9.
Josiah Wolcott: (72) Born 29 August 1713.
Died 24 October 1784 at Newark, New Jersey. Married (1st) Lucy (White) French
(b. 17 Jul 1715, d. 29 Nov 1760), daughter of Captain Daniel White and widow of
Joseph French, on 23 April 1740 and had the following children:
a.
Lucy Wolcott: (154) Born 19 January 1741.
Married John Thompson.
b.
Anna Wolcott #1: (155) Born 19 March 1743.
Died 26 March 1743.
c.
Anna Wolcott #2: (156) Born 15 April 1745.
Died 18 June 1745.
d.
Theodora Wolcott: (157) Born 5 November 1746.
Married Michael Baldwin on 17 November 1768.
e.
Anna Wolcott #3: (158) Born 15 January 1749.
Married Jedediah Pratt.
f.
Desire Wolcott: (159) Born 15 January 1751.
Died 18 February 1835. Married
Robert Lay (b. 8 Jun 1745, d. d. 4 Jun 1813) on 5 March 1772 and had 1 son.
g.
Paul Wolcott: (160) Born 15 November 1752.
Married (?) and had 8 children.
h.
Josiah Wolcott: (161) Born 17 May 1753.
i. Silas
Wolcott: (162) Born 4 August 1755. Died
4 June 1834 at Litchfield, Pennsylvania.
Was one of General Washington’s bodyguards during the Revolutionary War;
also served from 1 April 1776 to 1 January 1778 in the 13th
Pennsylvania Line. Married Margaret
Rowan (b. 20 Oct 1756, d. 20 Dec 1844) on 2 October 1778 and had 10 children.
j.
Sarah Wolcott: (163) Born 26 March 1757.
Adopted by Reverend John Devotion.
Married Colonel Asa Lay.
k.
Elisha Wolcott: (164) Born August 1758.
Died young.
l.
John Wolcott: (165) Born 1 July 1759 at Saybrook, Connecticut. Died 1824 at Pikes’ County, Ohio. Revolutionary War service: enlisted at
Sunbury, Pennsylvania as a Private in Captain James Wilson’s Company of the 1st
Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment commanded by Colonel Chambers on 7 December
1777. Captured by the British near
Montgomery, Pennsylvania on 29 June 1779 during the Battle of Fort Muncy. After 6 months of captivity John was released
in a prisoner of war exchange and rejoined the American forces. He was discharged in 1780, having been
wounded 3 times during the war. For his
military service John received a pension.
Married (1st)
Sarah (?) (b. CN, d. 1802), daughter of Daniel (?), in 1790 at Pine Creek,
Pennsylvania and had 10 children.
Married (2nd) (?) (b. 1780) in 1802 and had 6 children.
m.
George Wolcott: (166) Born 1760.
Josiah Wolcott
married (2nd) Sarah (?) in New Jersey and had the following
daughter:
n.
Phoebe Wolcott: (167) Born 1769 at Newark, New Jersey. Died 21 August 1811. Married David Doremus (b. 25 Jul 1775, d. 20
Feb 1861) in January 1800 and had 5 children.
10.
Sarah Wolcott: (73) Born 3 November 1716.
Married Timothy Hollister.
6 George
Wolcott, III (67)
A. Biographical notes:
Born 15 January 1701.
B. Wife: Mary Hartwell
23 December 1705. Married George Wolcott, III on 7 November
1722.
C. Children:
1.
Mary Wolcott: (133) Born 27 October 1724.
Married Moses Barnes on 7 September 1748.
2.
Sarah Wolcott: (134) Born 5 October 1726.
Married Jonathan Blinn.
3. Caleb
Wolcott: (135) Born 19 December 1728.
Died in Chemung County, New York.
Married Jerusha Price and had the following daughter:
a.
Eunice Wolcott: (291) Baptized 23 February 1755.
4.
George Wolcott, IV #1: (136) Born 28 February 1731. Died 18 June 1744.
5.
James Wolcott: (137) Born 1 October 1734.
Married Mrs. Huldah B. Case.
6. Justus Wolcott: (138) See generation 5, below.
7.
Rosanna Wolcott: (139) Born 30 March 1737.
Married Levi Warner on 12 April 1764.
8. Lois
Wolcott: (140) Born 27 July 1742.
Married James Blinn.
9.
Eunice Wolcott: (141) Born 29 June 1744.
Died 30 November 1747.
10.
George Wolcott, IV #2: (142) Born 18 January 1747. Died 23 July 1809. Married Elizabeth Nott in March 1774 and had
the following children:
a.
George Wolcott, V: (306) Born 16 August 1774.
Died 16 October 1819. Resided at
Burlington. Married Jemima Andros (d. 10
Apr 1838, age 69) and had 5 children.
b.
William Nott Wolcott: (307) Born 24 April 1776.
Died 1 July 1807. Married Cynthia
Clark, daughter of Roger Clark, on 23 November 1803 and had 1 child: Mary Nott
Wolcott.
c.
Elizabeth Wolcott: (308) Born 18 April 1780.
Married Horace Andrews.
d.
Sarah Wolcott: (309) Born 20 June 1782.
Married Abner Roberts.
5 Justus Wolcott
(138)
A. Biographical notes:
Born 1 February 1735 at
Newington, Connecticut. Died 29 April
1831 in New York State. Served in the
Revolutionary War (Sergeant in Captain Brodhead’s Company within Colonel Hathorn’s
Regiment)
B. Wife #1: Rachel Bidwell
1. Biographical notes:
Born 27 March
1737. Died 29 May 1778.
2. Children:
a.
Joseph Wolcott: (292) Born 27/29 July 1760 at Newington, Connecticut. Died 1845.
Married Ruth (?) and had the following children:
(1.
Ruth Wolcott: (671) Married Edward Saxton.
(2.
Nathaniel Wolcott: (672) Born 3 June 1787.
Resided at Canton, Indiana.
Served in the War of 1812.
Married Ruth Tollarday and had 3 children.
(3.
Henry Wolcott. (673)
(4.
Justus Wolcott. (674)
(5.
Sabiah Wolcott. (675)
(6. Alanson
Wolcott. (676)
(7.
David Wolcott. (677)
b.
Hannah Wolcott: (293) Born 7 January 1762.
Died 26 July 1856. Married Daniel
Loomis (b. 8 May 1747, d. 1820) and had the following children.
c. Justus Wolcott, Jr.: (294) See generation 4, below.
d. Sabiah
Wolcott: (295) Born 3 January 1765.
Married Ezra Rowley.
e.
Norman Wolcott: (296) Born 4 October 1766.
Died 18 September 1859. Married
Sarah Cook (b. 29 Dec 1776, d. 20 Mar 1873) and had the following children:
(1.
Caleb Wolcott. (687)
(2.
Hannah Wolcott. (688)
(3.
Edify Wolcott. (689)
(4.
Celestia Wolcott. (690)
(5.
Jonathan Cook Wolcott: (691) Born 30 March 1804. Died 18 April 1877. Married Rebecca Boyd (b. 14 Dec 1811, d. 31
Dec 1894) and had 7 children.
(6.
Eunice Wolcott: (692) Born 9 April 1798 at Corning, New York. Died 16 November 1859 at Thurston, New
York. Married William Brown in 1818 and
had 1 child: Aaron Brown.
f.
Charles Wolcott: (297) Born 13 November 1768.
Died 18 November 1858 in Steuben County, New York. Served in the War of 1812 as a Captain, and
in 1814 resided at Caton, New York.
Married (1st) Lydia Keeler (d. 11 Mar 1816) of Painted Post,
New York on 13 June 1793 and had the following children:
(1.
Charles Wolcott, Jr.: (693) Born 19 November 1795. Married Elizabeth Dalph and had 1 child: Joel
Wolcott.
(2.
Samuel Keeler Wolcott: (694) Born 24 August 1800. Died 1851 in California. Married Hannah B. McNulty (b. 5 Sep 1803, d.
4 May 1879 at Caton, New York) of Big Flats, New York on 26 December 1826 and
had 7 children.
(3.
Nelson Wolcott: (695) Born 28 August 1802.
Resided at Caton, New York. Was a
Judge of the Steuben County, New York Court.
Married Margaret Smith Hoffman (b. 11 Nov 1805) on 15 September 1824 and
had 8 children.
(4.
Frederick Wolcott: (696) Born 27 June 1806.
(5.
Susanna Wolcott: (697) Born 1 July 1810.
Married Salter Steel.
(6.
James Keeler Wolcott: (698) Born 30 December 1813 in Steuben County, New
York. Died 24 December 1883. Married Augusta L. Perkins (b. 1 Aug 1822 at
New Lebanon Springs, N.Y., d. 2 Mar 1883) on 10 October 1843 at New Lebanon
Springs, New York and had 1 child: James Keeler Wolcott, Jr.
(7.
Ira Wolcott: (699) Born 21 January 1816 in New York State. Married Sophia Thraul in 1838 and had 3
children.
Charles
Wolcott, Sr. married (2nd) Mrs. Elizabeth Thurber (d. 25 Jun 1851,
age 88); no children.
g.
Roger Wolcott: (298) 26 October 1770.
Resided at Painted Post, New York.
Served in the War of 1812.
Married Elizabeth Bosworth, daughter of Hezekiah Bosworth of
Williamstown, Massachuseets, on 10 January 1792 and had the following children:
(1.
Mary Wolcott: (700) Born 10 October 1792 at Corning, New York. Died 1832 at Dayton, Ohio. Married (1st) William Reynolds (d.
1824 at Baltimore, MD) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 26 June 1811 and had 3
children. Moved to Zanesville, Ohio
after the death of William and married (2nd) (?) Seamore, who had 3
children of his own. They moved to
Dayton, Ohio.
(2.
Cynthia Wolcott: (701) Born 31 July 1798.
Married Samuel Lane in 1818.
(3.
Paulina Wolcott: (702) Born 4 November 1800.
Married David Knapp.
(4.
James Harvey Wolcott: (703) Born 15 July 1802.
Resided at Pulteney, New York in 1849.
Married Susanna Taylor on 26 February 1831 and had 1 child: James
Stephen Wolcott.
(5.
Elizabeth Bosworth Wolcott: (704) Born 2 May 1804. Married Henry Lyon of Catharine, New York on
8 February 1828.
Roger said he
was going to Tennessee and his family never heard from him again. After many years Elizabeth (Bosworth) Wolcott
remarried.
h.
David Wolcott #1: (299) 23 February 1774.
Died 11 August 1775.
i.
Rachel Wolcott: (300) Born 21 February 1776.
Married Benjamin Gorton (b. 1772) on 3 September 1794 and had the
following children.
C. Wife #2: Mrs. Edify (?) Scott
1. Biographical notes:
Born 25 August
1746. Died 26 September 1837.
2. Children:
a.
John Wolcott: (301) Born 29 January 1780.
Died 29 April 1864. Married
Harriet Jones on 14 December 1806 and had the following children:
(1. Phineas
Bradley Wolcott: (705) Born 10 September 1807.
Died 20 October 1829.
(2.
William Alfred Wolcott: (706) Born 28 May 1809.
Died January 1838.
(3.
Augusta Maria Wolcott: (707) Born 30 January 1811. Died 10 September 1812.
(4.
Augustus Wolcott: (708) Born 10 September 1814.
Died 12 February 1835.
(5.
Horace Douglas Wolcott: (709) Born 10 April 1817.
(6.
Irving Gillis Wolcott: (710) Born 25 October 1819.
(7.
Edwin Jones Wolcott: (711) Born 20 June 1821.
Resided at Corning, New York in 1849.
Married Emily Fidelia McHenry (b. 26 Jul 1829) on 1 January 1846 and had
7 children.
(8.
George Henry Wolcott: (712) Born 2 July 1823.
Married Eliza Morris, daughter of Asa Morris of Akron, Ohio, and had 7
children.
(9.
Maria Augusta Wolcott: (713) Born 9 August 1825. Married Barzillai Buckley of Havana, New York
in October 1844.
(10.
Mary Sydna Ann Wolcott: (714) Born 24 November 1827. Married Horatio M. Sturtevant of Painted
Post, New York on 12 April 1848.
b. David
Wolcott #2: (302) Born 11 December 1781.
Died 16 November 1854. Resided at
Erwin, New York. Married Eliza
Mulhollan, daughter of John Mulhollan, on 10 October 1816 and had the following
children:
(1.
Lorenzo Scott Wolcott: (715) Resided at Erwin, New York in 1849. Married Lucy S. Brookins on 13 October 1847
and had 2 children.
(2.
Hugh Erwin Wolcott. (716)
(3.
David Ferdinand Wolcott: (717) Married Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Wells Hall,
on 21 January 1849.
c.
Lucy Wolcott: (303) Born 9 February 1784.
Died 29 April 1831. Married
William Chilson (b. 10 Jul 1782, d. 25 Jul 1846) on 24 December 1806 and had 10
children.
d.
Mary Wolcott: (304) 10 July 1786.
Married Caleb Mallory.
e.
George Wolcott: (305) Born 19 July 1789.
Married Sarah Baird and resided at Big Flats, New York.
4 Justus
Wolcott, Jr. (294) (more info)
A. Biographical notes:
Born 20 February 1763 at
Newington, Connecticut. In 1792 was
residing at Painted Post, New York.
B. Wife: Rosetta
Squires
Married 12 December 1785.
C. Children:
1.
Harriet Wolcott #1: (678) Born 18 May (?).
Died 12 June 1786.
2.
Lavinia Wolcott: (679) Born 5 June 1789.
3.
Harriet Wolcott #2: (680) Born 17 July 1791.
4. Erastus
Wolcott #1: (681) Born 18 August 1793.
Died 27 October 1800.
5.
Sheldon Wolcott: (682) Born 7 February 1796.
6.
Celestia Wolcott: (683) Born 25 September 1798.
7.
Erastus Wolcott #2: (684) Born 5 April 1801.
8.
Chester Jefferson Wolcott: (685) Born 18 August 1803.
9. Henry Wolcott: (686) See generation 3, below.
3 Henry Wolcott
(686)
A. Biographical notes:
Born 1811
in Connecticut. Died 1891. Employed as an attorney
1860 US Census: Henry, age 49 and employed as an attorney, was heading a
household in Theresa Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Eunice
Wolcott (age 39, b. NYS); and Audra Peck (age 14, b. NYS).
B. Wife:
Eunice (?)
Born in
New York State.
C. Children:
1. George Henry Wolcott: (1539) See generation 2, below.
2. Eugene Wolcott: (1540) Born about 1852/1850. Died about 1923 at Black River, New
York. Married Ida (?) and had the
following son:
1860 US Census: Eugene Woolcot, age 8, was residing in the household of
Ephraim Burdick (age 21, employed as a farmer), which also included Racheal
Burdick (age 47); and Mary/Mercy J. Burdick (age 13).
1870 US Census: Eugene Woolcot, age 18, was residing in the household of Ephraim
Burdick (age 31, employed as a farmer), in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. The household also included
Ephraim’s wife, Rosilla Burdick (age 30).
All were born in New York State.
a.
Dean Erring Wolcott: (2688) Born 19 June 1892 at Black River, New York. Died 7 April 1973 at Buffalo, New York. Married Josephine Captolia Babcock (b. 7 Jun
1896, d. 5 Nov 1943 at Buffalo, N.Y.), daughter of Mabie and Mary Louise (Gay)
Babcock of Chittenango, New York, and had the following children:
(1.
Ralph Clark Wolcott: Born 3 February 1919 at Syracuse, New York. Married Virginia May Thomas (b. 24 Apr 1916
at Mitchell, SD), daughter of Alfred Warren and Mary Elsie (Coffin) Thomas of
Mitchell, South Dakota, on 30 November 1942 at Buffalo, New York and had the
following children:
(a.
Mary Virginia Wolcott: Born 1947 at Syracuse, New York. Married Robert Glenn Case, son of Harold and
Elma (Robinson) Case of Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1970 and had the following
daughter:
(1) Jessica
Jayne Case: Born 1973 at Tucson, Arizona.
(b.
Thomas Dean Wolcott: Born 1952 at Baltimore, Maryland. Married Diane Christiansen.
(c.
Ralph Jeffrey Wolcott: Born 1955 at Greene, New York.
(2.
Dean Edison Wolcott: Born 11 February 1929.
Married Elizabeth Ann Burger.
2 George Henry
Wolcott “Henry” (1539) (photos)
A. Biographical notes:
Born 14 December
1850. Died 1 August 1909; interred Black
River Cemetery, Black River, Jefferson County, New York. In 1875 resided at Theresa, Jefferson County,
New York. Later resided in Black River,
Jefferson County, New York.
1870
US Census: George Wolcott, age 20, was employed as a farm hand and residing in
the household headed by Jacob Haap (age 68, employed as a
farmer) in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included Jacob’s wife, Susan [Matty] Haap (age 44, b.
France); daughter, Augusta Haap (age 24); and (presumably Jacob’s
mother-in-law, Susan Matty (age 68, b. France, retired).
1880
US Census: George Wolcott, age 27 and employed as a farmer in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Celestia, age 23. Their parents were born in New York.
B. Wife: Celestia Margaret Gardner (photos)
(see Gen 6 of
the Gardner Annex)
Born 3 August 1856. Died 29 December 1925; interred Black River
Cemetery, Black River, Jefferson County, New York. Married George Wolcott on 16 February 1879.
1920
US Census: Celestia M. Wolcott, age 63 and widowed, was heading a household in
Hounsfield Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included Elsie Fournier,
age 39 and apparently married (Celestia’s niece) (more info), and Charles M.
Fournier, age 7 (Celestia’s nephew).
C. Children:
1.
Grace Ruth Wolcott: (photos) (more
info) (2686)
Born 11 November 1881 near the village of Black River, Jefferson County, New York. Died Sunday, 20 April 1969, age 87, at the
Madonna Home, Watertown, New York; interred Black River Cemetery. Attended Black River schools and graduated
from the Watertown Business School.
1940
US Census: Grace Humes, age 58 and widowed, was heading a household at
LeRaysville, LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. Grace had completed 1 year of college.
Grace married
(1st) Charles F. Sidman (d. 1909) of Dexter, Jefferson County, New
York on 31 August 1904. Charles owned
and operated a jewelry business in the village of Black River, where they
resided. Grace and Charles had the
following children:
a.
Harlan G. Sidman: (photos) (more
info) Born 13
May 1906 at Black River, New York, Jefferson County, New York. Died Thursday, 1 February 1973, age 66, at
the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital, Watertown, New York, where he had
been a patient since 21 January; interred Black River Cemetery. Spent his early life in Black River, then moved
with his mother and step-father to Harrisville, New York. Graduated from Harrisville High School and
the Dieberts’s Business School. Was
employed first as a stenographer for the St. Joe Lead Company at Edwards, New
York, then in the same capacity for the New York Air Brake Company, Watertown,
New York, followed by the New York Central Railroad. In later life resided at Rochester, New
York. Just prior to death resided with
his aunt and uncle, Edna and Briant Drake of Evans Mills, New York.
b.
Celestia “Cyd” C. Sidman: (photos) Born 26 November 1909 at
Black River, Jefferson County, New York.
Married Raymond "Ray" Thomas Churchill (photos), son of Francis M. and
Frankie (Thomas) Churchill of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, on 8 April
1930 and resided at Fairport (SE of Rochester), Perinton Township, Monroe
County, New York; no children. Ray was in
the automobile business in/near Rochester.
Of interest,
Ray was acquainted with Truman James Rowell, who worked at a gas
station in Rochester, and Cyd's 1st cousin, Ruth Helen Drake, moved to Rochester about
1935 to find work. Ruth may have resided
with Cyd and Ray, at least initially, in Rochester, and it was through Cyd and
Ray that she met and eventually married Truman on 20 June 1937 at Rochester.
After Charles’
death, Grace Ruth (Wolcott) Sidman continued to reside in the village of Black
River. She married (2nd)
William “Will” E. Humes (photos)(more info) (b. 1 Jan 1862 at
Harrisville, N.Y., d. at home in LeRaysville, Sun, 6 Nov 1938, age 76 from
complications of coronary occlusion; interred Black River Cemetery), son of
Warren and Lucia (Blanchard) Humes of Harrisville, New York, on 15 February
1916 and resided 1st (until 1930) at Harrisville. Of interest, Warren and Lucia Humes also had
a son, Grant W. Humes. Subsequently,
Warren Humes had, from a 2nd marriage to (?), two sons: Burton R./K.
Humes (photos)
(more info) of Watertown, New York
and Wendell Humes of New Hampshire.
William Humes
graduated from Harrisville schools and the Ive Seminary at Antwerp, Jefferson
County, New York. His father owned and
operated “The Forest Home,” a hotel for hunters and fishermen located about 5
miles from Harrisville. In 1898 William
moved to Elwha, Washington, near Seattle, and purchased a tract of land there
where he planned to guide hunters and provide hiking and horseback tours of the
surrounding area. His brother, Grant,
joined him in the enterprise, and stayed in Washington after William sold Grant
his interest in the property in 1915 and returned to Harrisville, New
York. He married Grace (Wolcott) Sidman
shortly thereafter.
In 1930/32
Grace and William moved from Harrisville to LeRaysville, New York, where they
owned and operated a small farm on the Evans Mills – LeRaysville Road between
the George E. Drake residence and the Village of LeRaysville (map). In 1941, about 3 years after Williams death,
Grace sold the farm to the US Government (as did her neighbors, to facilitate
expansion of Pine Camp) and moved into the village of Evans Mills to reside
with her sister, Edna, and Edna’s husband, Charles Briant Drake, who had also
been forced to move from the Drake farm near LeRaysville to accommodate the
expansion of Pine Camp. Later Grace
moved to Fairport (SE of Rochester), Perinton Township, Monroe County, New York
to reside with her daughter, Celestia, returning to Evans Mills each summer to
visit Edna and Briant. In 1965 Grace
moved to the Madonna Home, an assisted living facility in Watertown, New York,
where she died 20 April 1969.
2. Edna Matilda Wolcott: (2687) See generation 1, below.
1 Edna Matilda Wolcott:
Born 22 October 1888. Died 8 June 1975. Married Charles Briant Drake, generation 11 in America.
Note: Contents of this annex are, in large part, from Wolcott
Family in America 1578-1985, written by Robert C. Griffen and Mitchell R.
Alegre and published in 1986 by The Society of Descendants of Henry
Wolcott. Supplemented by discussions
with and materials provided by relatives who are Wolcott Descendants.
* Numbers in parentheses following names are those used by
the Society to identify descendants.
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Other, still
unknown, Wolcott names:
1. Mary Wolcott:
1820 US Census: Mary
Wolcott, age 45, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. The household also included a
female age 16 to 26.
2. Henry Woolcott:
Born between 1760 and 1770.
1840 US Census: Henry,
age 70 to 80, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included 1 male under age 5; 1 male age 30 to 40; 1 female age 5 to 10; 1
female age 20 to 30; and 1 female age 70 to 80.
3. Jerome Wolcott:
Born about 1838.
1870 US Census: Jerome,
age 32 and employed as a day laborer, was heading a household in Theresa
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Mary Wolcott (age 32); son, Fredy
Wolcott (age 8); Ella Y. Wolcott (age 2); and Barney Hanson (age 72, employed
as a teamster).
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