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Personal data Henry "Squire" W. Wolcott 

• He was born on December 5, 1578 in Tolland, Somerset, England.
• He was baptized on December 6, 1579 in Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, England.Source 2
• Occupations:
• Magistrate Of The Colony Of Connecticut, came in the Massachusetts Bay Co. in 1636, 1630 the "Mary and John".
• between 1643 and 1655 Magistrate.
• (Marriage) on January 19, 1606 in Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, England: Spouse: Elizabeth Wolcott (born Sanders).Source 3
• (Arrival) in the year 1628 in Windsor, CT: Member of the General Court from Windsor, returned to England.
• He died on May 30, 1655 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony, he was 76 years old.Source 4
• He is buried after May 30, 1655 in Palisade Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten.
• A child of John Wolcott and Agnes Joan Crosse

Household of Henry "Squire" W. Wolcott

He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth Sanders.

Child(ren):

1. Margeret Walcott  1595-1622
2. Mary Saunders  1608-1609
3. Hon Henry Wolcott  1610-1680
4. George Henry Wolcott  1612-1662
5. Christopher Wolcott  1615-1662
6. John Wolcott  1618-1642
7. Ann Wolcott  1620-1704 
8. Elizabeth Wolcott  1622-1707
9. Mary Allyn Wolcott  ± 1622-1689 
10. Simon Wolcott  1624-1687

Notes about Henry "Squire" W. Wolcott

Henry has an extensive profile on WeRelate.com: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Henry_Wolcott_%281%29ember of the first legislature of CT, and he was elected to the House of Magistrates from 1643 until his death.en:H THE BODY OF HENRY WOLCOT SOMETIMES A MAIESTRATE OF THIS IVRISDICTION WHO DYETH Y 30 DAY OF MAY ANNO SALVIS 1655 AETATIS 77 USA or religious reasons, Henry Wolcott and his entire family, with the exception of his oldest son, came to New England and were among those that made the arduous journey from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River in 1635/6 and were among the founders of Windsor, Connecticut. There he assumed a position of influence and was a member of the Lower House in the First General Assembly held in Connecticut in 1637, and an Assistant to the Governor, 1643-1655. He became the progenitor of one of the most distinguished families in America. cond son of the Wolcotts of Galdon Manor, Tolland, County Somerset, England, he held a privileged position among the landed gentry and an estate which placed him in affluent circumstances. At the death of his elder brother, Christopher, in 1639, the family estate came into his possession after his move to America. uire's duties and responsibilities; but, becoming converted under the teaching of the Rev. John Elton, he soon found himself closely identified with the Puritan party in the religious and political revolution which then convulsed England. American presented to him, as to hundreds of others like-minded, the only asylum where civil and religious freedom could be found; and, though then past 52 years of age, and with children of an age when they most needed the social and educational advantages afforded in their native land, --to emigrate to a new home beyond the ocean. Taking their three sons, and leaving behind them for a time two daughters ands their youngest son (age 5), they joined the Warham and Maverick emigration of 1630, on the 19th of October in which yr. we find Henry Wolcott's name as one of the first list of freemen of Boston. first in a list of the inhabitants of Windsor; in 1643 was elected to the House of Magistrates (the present Senate) of Conn., and was annually re-elected during life, and was probably, after the pastor, the most distinguished citizen of Windsor; the younger child who had been left behind, rejoined the family between 1631 and 1641. His estate was inventoried at £764, 8s, 10d, not a large sum for one who is known to have sold about £8,000 worth of estate in England preparatory to removing to America. In the Ancient 'Family Chronologie' it is recorded of Henry Wolcott and his wife, that 'these both dyed in hope and Ly buried under one Tomb in Windsor.'" S1, S2, S3, S4 He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, in 1606. Henry, Elizabeth, and three of their sons sailed from Plymouth on the Mary and John . They arrived in Dorchester MA 31 May 1630. Their two daughters and youngest son arrived a few years later. Henry settled at Windsor CT in 1636. He was a member of the CT House of Delegates from1637 to 1643, and was a member of the House of Magistrates from 1643 until his death. Henry and Elizabeth Wolcott, both died in 1665, and are buried in the churchyard of the First Congregational Church at Windsor CT. e B. 1843-1915he American colonies was that of Henry Wolcott of Tolland, Somerset, and his wife, Elizabeth Saunders, who emigrated to America in 1630. Henry was the son of John Wolcott, Jr. of Tolland, Somerset, son of John Wolcott of Tolland, son of Thomas Wolcott who was living at Tolland in 1525.CT. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, in 1606. Henry, Elizabeth, and three of their sons sailed from Plymouth on the Mary and John . They arrived in Dorchester MA 31 May 1630. Their two daughters and youngest son arrived a few years later. Henry settled at Windsor CT in 1636. He was a member of the CT House of Delegates from1637 to 1643, and was a member of the House of Magistrates from 1643 until his death. Henry and Elizabeth Wolcott, both died in 1665, and are buried in the churchyard of the First Congregational Church at Windsor CT. the largest apple orchards in CT, making 500 hogsheads of cider a year; one of the 19 patentees named in the CT Charter of 1662, member CT House of Deputies 1655, 1660, 1661, and House of Magistrates from 1662 until his death, in 1669 the Assembly voted him 300 acres of land for his services, member of the Governor's War Council 1675-6; heir to his father's property in England, he visited there in 1654 and 1671; m. Sarah Newberry 1641 Windsor CT. constable and for many years town clerk of Windsor, on committee to settle boundaries of Windsor in 1710; m. Abiah Goff 1664 Windsor CT.T. She and her sister Sarah were heirs to the Wolcott property at Tolland, England; m. Matthew Allyn 1686 Windsor CT. indsor CT, d. 1696 Windsor CT, unm.. 698 Stratford CT; m. Rev. Charles Chauncy 1698 Fairfield CT.ate from College in America; he became the schoolmaster at Windsor, and in 1701 obtained a Masters Degree from Harvard; appointed Capt. of the Windsor militia 1705, elected to the CT General Assembly 1706, unm.. Deputies in 1698; m. (1) Mary Chester 1677 Wethersfield CT, m. (2) Hannah Hawley, widow of Josiah Nicholas, 1692 Windsor CT. . Hannah Newberry 1702 Windsor CT. Windsor CT. indsor CT, d. 1797 East Windsor CT. o Garrettsville OH in 1834; m. his 2nd cousin Diminis Loomis 1797 East Windsor CT.Harris 1800 East Windsor CT. 831 and lived at Brighton NY in 1840; m. (1) Lucy Stoughton 1805 Wethersfield CT, m. (2) Persis Calvin Rockwell 1825 Hartford CT. or CT. ne Wolcott, b. 1746 East Windsor CT; m. ____ VanSant. lliam Stoughton Jr. 1743 Windsor CT. r CT. 1709 Windsor CT; m. Jonathan North 1730 Farmington CT. s Wolcott Jr. , b., d. 1716 Windsor CT. b. 1679 Windsor CT, d. 1680 Windsor CT.England to make an unsuccessful claim, based on laws of primogeniture, to the Wolcott property in England which had gone to his female cousins; m. Jane Galhampton 1719 Tolland, England; she was either widow or daughter of Edward Galhampton who m. Joan Wolcott and purchased the home known as Gauldon Manor. d. c.1746; m. John Elliot Jr. 1706 Windsor CT. of the House of Deputies. nor from 1680 until his death. Wethersfield, constable there in 1679, representative to the General Court in 1685; in 1681 his Negro servant, Jack, was executed for burning a house down. Samuel owned a large piece of land a mile west of Wethersfield where he built a one room house on a hill, his sons built nearby and the hill became known as Wolcott Hill; on the site of Samuel's first house, George Webb built a large home, incorporating Samuel's earlier house into the rear wing; General Washington used Webb's house for his Wethersfield headquarters; his estate valued at 1,137 pounds; m. Judith Appleton 1678 Ipswich MA.(4) Capt. Samuel Wolcott Jr., b. 1679 Wethersfield CT; d. 1734 Wethersfield CT. He lived at Salem MA with his uncle Josiah, then returned to Wethersfield to be an importing merchant, leaving an estate of 5,097L; his tombstone has the arms of the Shropshire Walcott family on it; m. Abigail Collins 1706 Wethersfield CT. Abraham Waterhouse 1724 Wethersfield CT. ield and built a house on "Wolcott Hill" in 1750; m. (1) Mary Wyatt 1735 Colchester CT, m. (2) Mrs. Sarah Sherman, widow of Gamaliel Boardman, 1759 New Haven CT. Wethersfield CT, d. 1824 Sandisfield MA; received from his father land at Sandisfield 1764 and had a large farm in the Southeast part of the township; Capt. 10th Co. Berkshire Co. militia 1776, ordered to active duty and marched to Highland NY, sent to reinforce Northern Army, Maj. 1784 and present at surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, Representative of Sandisfield to the General Court; m. (1) Prudence Robbins 1762 Newington CT, m. (2) Sarah Boardman 1759 Newington CT, m. (3) Mrs. Elizabeth Hinman Beach 1807. Wolcott, b. 1765 Sandisfield MA, probably the Capt. Samuel Wolcott who is buried Agawan Cemetery, Agawan MA. He was a farmer and a carpenter; purchased land in Wyoming Co. in the Holland Patent NY in 1813, 1817, and 1819; lived at Sandisfield until after 1830 and was at West Springfield MA in 1850; m. (1) Lucy Wright 1789, m. (2) Rebecca Markham 1806 Sandisfield MA. 767 Sandisfield MA; m. John Parsons.r Wolcott, b. 1772 Sandisfield MA. He was a farmer, and settled at Salisbury CT shortly after 1800; m. Mary Warner 1796 Sandisfield MA. d next door to his father and inherited his father's farm, was Capt. of the South Sandisfield militia, as a cabinet maker he made the once fashionable "gunboat sleighs"; m. (1) Honor Wright 1800, m. (2) Huldah Deming 1805 Sandisfield MA. sfield to his brother, Samuel, three years before he died.itia; moved from Spencertown to Hillsdale, later called Austerlitz, about 1782; m. Desire Saxon 1764 Spencertown NY. vel". He moved to Hubbardtown VT, and then settled at Oakfield NY in 1801, moved from Elba NY to MI c.1832, Highway Comissioner Pavilion Twp, MI 1837, Township Supervisor 1841. ; m. Sarah Dunham 1800 Hubbardtown VT .sy ____.urora, Erie Co. NY. He moved to Aurora NY about 1800, where he was a farmer; probably the James Wolcott who purchased land in Cattaraugus Co. NY in 1814; m. Hannah Bartlett 1794. Wolcott, b. 1777 Spencertown NY, d. 1838 Elba NY. He purchased land in the Holland Patent in 1810, served in the War of 1812 for which he received a military pension; purchased land in Chataugua Co. NY in 1823, moved from Shelby NY to Alabama NY in the 1820s; m. (1) Mercy Boynton c. 1800, m. (2) Maria A. Wilford 1826 Elba NY. olcott, b. 1741 Wethersfield CT; m. David Mitchell 1761 Wethersfield CT.he relief of Boston in the Lexington alarm and participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill; enlisted 1778 in CT Line, discharged 1779. Solomon Wo. and Solomon Wo. Jr. were both given 100 acre land grants in Muskingum Co. OH in 1802 for military service based on warrants issued in 1796 (Jr.) and 1797; moved from Wethersfield to Oneida Co. NY before 1810; m. his 2nd cousin Sarah Wells c. 1767 Wethersfield CT. tt Jr. , b. 1775 Wethersfield CT, d. 1796. ton NY. He settled at Newton NY 1803 where he was a farmer, was a member of the Unitarian church there; m. Mary Adams 1799 Wethersfield CT. Trenton NY; m. her cousin, Nathaniel Wolcott Jr. 1803.0; m. Mary Strong c.1828.o Porter NY in 1840s, was a staunch Presbyterian; m. Jane Robinson Colewell 1809 Floyd NY. Wolcott, b. 1746, d. 1828 Walpole, NH. He was a carpenter and farmer; settled at Walpole NH 1774; appointed Lt. in 2nd Co., 16th Regt. NH militia 1782 and was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne; m.(1) Mary Slater 1775, m (2) Esther Wilson 1800. er Guild 1824 Walpole NH. lpole NH, d. y..c. 1775; m. (2) Abigail Goodrich 1798 Wethersfield CT. (7) Simeon Wolcott, b. 1780 Wethersfield CT, d. 1859 Woodhull NY. He was a carpenter at Trenton NY 1810-20, lived Florence NY 1830, Oneida NY 1840-50; m. (1) ____ Ball c.1803, m. (2) Abigail Webb 1810 Paris NY. cott Jr. , b. 1784 Wethersford CT, d. 1840Trenton NY. He moved to Trenton NY 1807 where he was a farmer; m. his first cousin, Abigail Wolcott 1803 CT.on Smith. T. oll 1840 Wethersfield CT, and widow on pension rolls 1843; he was a farmer and resided in home on "Wolcott Hill" built by his grandfather; m. (1) Rebecca Goodrich 1780 Wethersfield CT, m. (2) Huldah Wells 1790 Wethersfield CT. 7) Henry Wolcott, b. 1782 Wethersfield CT, d. 1812 Trenton NY. He moved to Holland Patent NY and was a member of the Unutarian Church at Trenton in 1805, served as Pvt. in the Detached Militia during War of 1812; pension to wife Rhoda; m. Rhoda Rockwell 1807. hersfield CT. ersfield CT, and in 1824 was one of the organizers of the Congregational Church Sunday School and a teacher there until his old age; m. his 3rd cousin Rhoda Robbins 1828 Wethersfield CT. cca Wolcott, b. 1795 Wethersfield CT, d. 1800 Wethersfield CT.ell 1730 Wethersfield CT. lived in the house his brother, Samuel, built in 1750; he was a deacon in the Wethersfield church, and in 1790 owned one slave; Rose, black servant of Elisha W. m. Newport, black servant of Elisha Callender at Wethersfield CT1782; m. Sarah Nott. 1790 Wethersfield CT.1776 , also at Westford and is said to have died while in military service; m. his 2nd cousin, Rhoda Robbins 1774 Wethersfield CT. NY. He moved from Wethersfield to Rome NY about 1803 and was at Trenton NY 1820-30; was described as "a large man weighing 200 pounds, 6 ft. tall, good natured, and not a professor of religion"; m. (1) Eunice Willard 1798 Wethersfield CT, m. (2) Sarah "Sallie" Woodbridge c.1831.olutionary War soldiers, moved to Catskill NY prior 1800, member of the Episcopal church there 1802; m. 1800 Catherine Shaffer 1800 Catskill NY.T; m. William Hart 1797 Wethersfield CT. Robbins 1778 Wethersfield CT. the Continental soldiers is a shed at the rear of his house which was built by his uncle, Samuel Wolcott, in 1750 and still standing in 1976; m. his 2nd cousin, Mary Welles 1775 Wethersfield CT. 7) Samuel L. Wolcott, b. 1775 Wethersfield CT, d. Trenton NY1857. He lived Trenton NY 1800-50; a Samuel L. Wolcott purchased land in Cattaragus Co. NY 1813-19; m. Hannah Butler 1796.Gates Wolcott b. 1777 Wethersfield CT, d. 1778 Wethersfield CT. ersfield CT; m. (1) Asa Sellew 1802, m. (2) Elisha Robinson 1829 Wethersfield CT. tt III, b. 1787 Wethersfield CT, d. 1862 Wethersfield CT. He was a farmer and had a house on "Wolcott Hill"; m. his 3rd cousin, Mary Wells Robbins 1811 Wethersfield CT. 1790 WethersfieldCT, d. 1859 Wethersfield Springs NY. He was a farmer, purchased land at Orangeville NY 1812 and in Cattaraugus Co. 1812-18; m. Maria Morgan 1809 Wethersfield NY. Wolcott, b. 1793 Wethersfield CT, d. 1847 Wethersfield CT unm.. lls 1829 Wethersfield, m. (2) Sarah ___ 1833 Hartford CT; m. (3) Mary Harris 1844 Wethersfield CT. se Wolcott, b., d. 1800 Wethersfield CT.T, d. 1784 Wethersfield CT. om Yale in 1742, planned to enter the ministry, but was unable due to poor health, built a house at Wethersfield in 1754 which was still standing in 1976; m. Lois Goodrich 1752 Wethersfield CT. ) Josiah Wolcott Jr., b. 1755 Wethersfield CT, d. 1838 Farmington Twp. Served as Sgt. CT Line and was at Battle of Long Island; applied for military pension 1837 at Farmington OH; pension given 1853 to 3rd wife Elizabeth Brown; he purchased 1,000 acres of land in OH in 1806, and that year he and his son, Horace, and his brother, Theodore, came to Trumbull Co. OH where they surveyed the township of Bristol and received 1,000 acres in payment; they then moved to Farmington Twp. where Theodore's son had begun clearing land; they built a 15 ft, square cabin; Josiah and Theodore then returned to Bristol CT for the rest of their families; his horse died and he had to continue home on foot; he returned with his family and his Higgins step-children. A Journey To Ohio, by Margaret Van Horn Dwight, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1991, describes her journey in 1810 to Warren OH with Deacon and Mrs. Wolcott and children, Susan and Erastus; built a sawmill and gristmill on the Grand River in 1816 and a town grew up around it; he was a deacon in the Farmington Congregational church; m. (1) Lydia Russell 1779 Rocky Hill CT, m. (2) Mrs. Nancy William Higgins 1806 Bristol CT, d. 13 Oct. 1826 age 38; m. (3) Mrs. Elizabeth Muirhead Brown 1828 Warren OH; his widow went to live with son-in-law Joel F. Aspen and in 1850 they moved to Chardon OH, and in 1852 she went to live with youngest dau., Mrs. Samuel Squire, Jr..o Ashtabula Co. OH about 1812 in a wagon pulled by oxen, built the first frame house in the area in 1820, purchased 476 acres in 1822 which later included the town of Orwell, set up a store and tavern but refused to sell alcoholic beverages, sold his store and moved one mile east and established a farm and fruit orchard; m. (1) Elizabeth Root 1805 Hartford Co. CT; m. (2) Philanda Atwood 1811. 1820 Farmington OH. ly to OH, he was a farmer in Farmington Twp., elected township treasurer in 1817.; m. Sabrina Tracy 1808 Trumball Co. OH. rmington Twp. OH. Wo. On her way west she walked most of the way and fell from a log while crossing a stream, contracted a cold and later tuberculosis. She died 2 Sept. 1808. The spot cleared for her grave is now Hillside Cemetery. ull Co. OH; m. (2) Jane Stewart 1821 Trumbull Co. OH. chool in 1816 and the first teacher became his wife, elected Constable of Farmington Twp. and Property Appraiser in 1817, Lt. in the Ohio militia in 1821 and Capt. 1825, deacon of the Farmington church 1841-67; m. Elmira Hannas 1820. ears, moved to Chagrin Falls OH where he was a merchant, Justice of the Peace, and a leading member of the Congregational Church there; m. Clarissa Bosworth 1829 Trumbull Co. OH. l Wolcott, b. 1807 Bristol CT; m. William Elbert Cowles 1827 Astabula Co. OH. Charlotte Wolcott, b. 1812 Farmington Twp. OH; m. William Smith 1836 Farmington Twp. OH. m. Joseph Belden Weed 1779 Newington CT. on CT. Her dau. Lois Beldin, b. 1798 m. Josiah Wolcott, below.nd then to Farmington CT by 1800; to Farmington Twp. OH 1814, cleared land and built a small frame house about 1820, deacon of the Farmington Congregational Church 1817, and Farmington Township clerk 1817;; built an "academy" near his home which was affiliated with the Congregational Church "In early days the Wolcotts, eight in number, came from Hartford CT. They were a true type of cultured eastern people, courteous and polite to everyone on all occasions; they became much respected"; m. Rhoda Goodrich 1785.oot in 1805 with David Curtis, stopping for a year in Vienna OH to work, cleared land and began the settlement of Henshaw, later Farmington Twp., he was the first person to be married in Farmington Twp., and his son, Joseph, the second child to be born there; inherited the family farm when his father died; m. (1) Nancy Higgins 1808 Trumbull Co. OH; m. (2) Mary Higgins 1819 Farmington Twp. OH.7) Josiah Wolcott, b. 1787 Rocky Hill CT, d. Farmington Twp. OH. He was a farmer at Farmington Twp. OH; m. Lois Belden, his first cousin, 1815 Trumbull Co. OH. eld CT, d. 1792 Wethersfield CT. m. Silas Higgins 1816 Trumbull Co. OH. m. (2) Cynthia Smith 1843 Ashtabula Co. OH. o. OH. n Twp OH. ield CT, d. 1748 CT; m. Rev. William Burnham 1704 Wethersfield CT. d CT, d. 1753; m. Samuel Robbins 1712 Wethersfield CT. ott, b. 1694 Wethersfield CT, d. 1777; m. John Stillman 1716 Wethersfield CT. State Representative 1703, Justice of the Peace, appointed judge of Common Pleas in 1722; m. Penelope Corwin 1685 Salem MA, granddaughter of Governor Edward Winslow (2) Mary Freke 1694. His father-in-law, George Corwin, left a sizeable estate of 6,000 pounds. d. 1696 Salem MA. Salem MA, d. 1747 Salem MA. He graduated from Harvard in 1721 and entered the mercantile business with Col. William Brown, filed claim to Arrowsmith Island ME in 1731 as heir of his grandfather Thomas Clark, was Justice of the Peace, Sheriff of Salem in 1737-40., and represented Salem in the General Court, owned Scarlett's Warf at Salem, valued at 6,500L; m. Elizabeth Papillion of Boston 1730.e of the Peace, m. Isabella Campbell 13 Feb. 1751 Oxford MA, a relative of Lord Loudon, who dined at his home while visiting America as a representative of the British government; m. (2) Naomi Everden, widow of Samuel Jenison 1793 Oxford MA.ved, was an innkeeper at East Sudbury MA in 1798, and a trader at Watertown in 1800, in 1805 he was back at Brookline; Edward Wolcott was given a land grant at Calais NH; m. Hannah Sewall 1776 Brookline MA. nry Sewall Wolcott, b. 1782 Brookline, d. y. Boston MA. 7 and 1780. This or another Thomas Wolcott died at Charleston MA 5 June 1840, age 82, recorded at Cambridge MA, bur. Mt. Auburn Cemetery (Boston?). unmarried woman, b. 1791 Oxford MA, d. 1835 Oxford MA; her brother Jacob Shumway, b. 1742, served in the same military unit as Thomas Freke Wolcott. He was a machinist in a woolen mill; m. Fanny Andrews of Northbridge 1816 Dudley MA.udley MA. Oxford MA, d. 1769 Oxford MA.1800 Oxford MA, d. 18 Oct. 1870 Hudson MA; m. Betsy ____.0, and at Rochester VT in 1860; m. (1) Hannah Eaton 1832 NH, m. (2) Tamar Merrill 1837 NH. rd NH, d. 1826 Orford NH.ford NH; m. Mary Ann Powell 1849 Boston MA. ehitable Wolcott, b. 1771 Oxford MA, d. 1825; m. Phineas Dana 1793 Oxford MA.tt, b. 1706 Salem MA, d. 1706 Salem MA. ---------- John Wolcott, Jr. of Tolland, Somerset, son of John Wolcott of Tolland, son of Thomas Wolcott who was living at Tolland in 1525.he Mary and John. They arrived in Dorchester MA 31 May 1630. Their two daughters and youngest son arrived a few years later. Henry settled at Windsor CT in 1636. He was a member of the CT House of Delegates from1637 to 1643, and was a member of the House of Magistrates from 1643 until his death. Henry and Elizabeth Wolcott, both died in 1665(55), and are buried in the churchyard of the First Congregational Church at Windsor CT.wrence, Somerset, in 1606. Henry, Elizabeth, and three of their sons sailed from Plymouth on the Mary and John . They arrived in Dorchester MA 31 May 1630. Their two daughters and youngest son arrived a few years later. Henry settled at Windsor CT in 1636. He was a member of the CT House of Delegates from1637 to 1643, and was a member of the House of Magistrates from 1643 until his death. Henry and Elizabeth Wolcott, both died in 1665, and are buried in the churchyard of the First Congregational Church at Windsor CT. son of Sir John, above, bap. Lydiard, St Lawrence, the adjoining parish, 6th Dec., 1578. m. 10th Jan., 1606, Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders, of Lydiard, St. Lawrence, b. 1589. Upon the decease of his elder brother, Henry inherited his estates, including Goldon Manor and the Mill. Possessing a handsome income and established social position, his picturesque home, built for defense as well as for a residence, with rooms adorned by fine wood carvings there seemed every reason that Henry Wolcott should enjoy the gifts of fortune, but these were days that tried men's souls. Impelled by religious motives, Henry Wolcott and his entire family, with the exception of his eldest son, came to New England and were among those who wade the memorable march from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River in 1635-6, and were among the founders of Windsor. Here he assumed a position of influence and was a member of the Lower House in the First General Assembly held in Conn., 1637, and an Assistant to the Governor, 1643-1655, and he became the progenitor of one of the most distinguished families in America. His daughter Anne, m. Matthew Griswold. Henry Wolcott d. Windsor, 30th May, 1655. She [wife] d. 5th July, 1655." New England historical & genealogical register By New England Historic Genealogical :roperty in his native country, which he held in capite, part of which he sold about the time he left England ; the rest of the estate was sold at sundry times by himself and his descendants ; the last remains were sold since the Declaration of Independence, by Henry Allen, Esq., of Windsor, who claimed it by female descent. From circumstances it seems probable that the family are of Saxon origin. Mr. Wolcott, to avoid the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the English Church, was induced to come into this country. He first settled at Dorchester, where he continued till 1636, when he came with the first settlers to the town of Windsor, and with four other gentlemen, namely, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Newberry, Mr. Stoughton, and Major Mason, undertook the settlement of that town, to which they gave the name Dorchester. The towns of Hartford and Welhersfield were settled the same year, though the town which is now called Windsor was, upon the first emigration, by far the most considerable. Previous to this settlement on Connecticut River, one had been made at Springfield, under the patronage of Mr. Pynchon ; and an earlier settlement, with commercial views, had been made at Saybrook, by Mr. Fenwick, agent to Lords Say and Seal and Brook. Those who settled on Connecticut River, in the year 1636, were united with the people of Massachusetts in religious and civil polity, and seem to have been much under their influence till 1638, when they adopted a civil constitution for themselves, and Mr. Ludlow was chosen their first Governor, and Mr. Wolcolt a magistrate, then called an Assistant, to which office he was annually chosen till his death, in 1655. His eldest son Henry was one of the Patentees, whose name is inserted in the Charter granted by Charles II. Mr. Ludlow went to the West Indies, and left no posterity in this country. Major Mason, it is said, had no male posterity. . 1578 ; and on or about the year 1607, married Elisabeth Sanders, who was born in 1589. He lived in Tolland, near Taunton in Somersetshire, England, till the year 1630, and then to avoid persecution, came with his family into New England, and settled at Dorchester. In the year 1 636, he went with his family to Windsor in Connecticut. Mr. Wolcolt, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Newberry, Mr. Stoughton, and Major Mason, were the five gentlemen that undertook the settling of the town. Mr. Wolcolt was one of the first magistrates in the Colony of Connecticut ; he lived in that post in Windsor, till he died, May 30, 1655. His wife died July 7, 1655, and she and her husband lie buried in one tomb in Windsor. Their children were

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