Distinguished Wolcotts or Walcotts in American History

Among those of the name who fought as officers in the Revolution were:

Capt. Benjamin Walcott and Ensign Christopher Walcott, of Massachusetts;

Lieutenant Benjamin S. Walcott, of Rhode Island;

Surgeon's Mate Christopher Wolcott, Captain Erastus Walcott or Wolcott, Major General Oliver Wolcott (signer of the Declaration of Independence) and Captain Simeon Wolcott, of Connecticut;

Captain Giles Wolcott, of New Hampshire.

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A few of the many Wolcotts or Walcotts who have distinguished themselves in America in the more recent times are:

Roger Wolcott (dob unknown), of Connecticut, Governor-Major General.

Oliver Wolcott (1726 - 1797), of Connecticut, son of Major General Roger
Wolcott, politician.(signed Declaration of Independence)

Samuel Wolcott (1813 - 1886), of Connecticut, clergyman, missionary and poet.
 

Charles Melton Walcot (1815 - 1868), of England and Pennsylvania, actor and dramatist.
 

Anson Wolcott (1819 - 1907), of New York and Indiana, farmer, merchant, lawyer and legislator.
 

William Walcutt (born 1819, deceased, date unknown), of Ohio, designer, sculptor and artist.
 

Charles Folsom Walcott (died 1887), of Massachusetts, military officer.
 

Henry Roger Wolcott (born 1846), of Massachusetts, financier and State Senator.
 

Roger Wolcott (1847 - 1901), of Massachusetts, lawyer, legislator.
 

Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848 - 1905), of Massachusetts, lawyer and politician.
 

Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850 - 1927), of New York, geologist.
 

Robert Henry Wolcott (1868 - 1934), American biologist and author.
 

Harry Mills Wolcott (born 1870), of Connecticut, painter and artist.