Individual Details

Henry Wolcott

(December, 1578 - May 30, 1655)

Henry Wolcott was born in December 1578 only his father John is known. Henry lived and was married in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, England. In 1630 his family sailed for America on the Mary and John. Henry was in Windsor CT by 1636, an original settler and involved in many town services.

Events

BirthDecember, 1578Lydeard Saint Lawrence, Somerset, England
BaptismDecember 6, 1578Lydeard Saint Lawrence, Somerset, England
MarriageJanuary 19, 1606Lydeard Saint Lawrence, Somerset, England - Elizabeth Saunders
Arrival1630on the Mary and John - Dorchester, British America
CivilOctober 19, 1630Freeman - Boston, British America
Residence1636Windsor, British America
DeathMay 30, 1655Windsor, British America
WillMay 30, 1655Windsor, British America
BurialPalisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
CivilTown services

Families

SpouseElizabeth Saunders (1584 - 1655)
ChildMary Wolcott (1622 - 1689)
ChildAnna Wolcott (1620 - 1704)
FatherJohn Wolcott (1545 - 1623)
MotherAgnes Crosse (1552 - 1623)

Notes

Arrival

The Mary and John: She arrived at Nantasket May 30 and all the passengers settled at Mattapan which was renamed Dorchester. There is no list of emigrants but the following persons are believed to have come in this ship according to evidences from contemporary authorities. Henry Wolcott, Mrs Elizabeth Wolcott John, Anna Henry Jr, George Wolcott

Civil

Henry along with John Drake and Ephraim Child were Freeman.

Residence

An original settler of Windsor in 1636. In this same year his brother John from Lydeard wrote a letter to Henry in 'Winsor by the quenattecott river in Nu England'.

Will

I HENRY WOLCOTT, of perfect memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, I commend my soul to God my maker, hoping assuredly through Jesus Christ to be a partaker of life everlasting; and I commend my body to the earth, whereof it was made

Burial

Here under lyeth the body of Henry Wolcott sometimes a Magistrate of this jurisdiction who dyed ye 30th day of May Anno Saluitis (in the year of salvation) 1655, Aetatis (age) 77

Civil

Town services: Assessor, fence viewer, selectmen, Deputy for Windsor to Connecticut General Court, constable, first legislature of Connecticut, elected to the House of Magistrates, tax collector, juries, committees

Endnotes

1. (1847) || Volume 163 page 278.

2. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.

3. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.

4. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.

5. (1847) || Volume 163 page 282, several pages 85-6, 202, 244, 282, 284.

6. (2008). || Volume 3 page 1705.

7. (1847) || Volume 163 page 278.

8. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.

9. Banks, Charles. The Planters of the Commonwealth, Heritage Books, Westminster MC 2006, Page 87 and 91 Mary and John sailed from Plymouth England March 20, Wolcott family.

10. (1937). || Page 146 Somersetshire Henry Wolcott arrival.

11. (1876–1909). || Volume 29 page 133 Misc. papers, lists of freemen 19 Oct 30 Henry Wolcott.

12. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.

13. (1847) || Volume 2 page 373 John Wolcott in England writes to Henry in Windsor April 1639.

14. (1847) || Volume 163 page 278.

15. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.

16. || Page 43.

17. Rudd, Alice Bohmer. Wolcott Genealogy: the Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut. Washington, D.C.: Guild Pub. Co., 1950, Page 26 - 28.

18. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.

19. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

20. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W, p 2049 - 2052.