Josiah Wolcott, born September 17, 1755 (son of Josiah, born March 27, 1720 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut; son of Samuel, born April 11, 1679 in Wethersfield, Connecticut; son of Samuel, born April 16, 1656 in Windsor, Connecticut; son of Henry, born January 21, 1610 in Tolland, England; son of Henry, born 1578 in Tolland, Somersetshire, England). Josiah was my Great-Great-Great Grand-father. He was born in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
During the Revolutionary war, which lasted from 1775-1783, Josiah served with his brother Theodore with the Connecticut troops. He was living in Wethersfield, Connecticut at the time of the war. He was a soldier, Private and Orderly Sergeant (or clerk) while under the command of Captain Oliver Pomeroy and Benjamin Wright, Col. Erastus Wolcott and Matthew Talcott. He served altogether 7 months.
In 1792, he moved to Bristol, Connecticut. He later moved to Farmington, Ohio where he received a military pension on April 21, 1837. His mother and father were living in a house the senior Josiah had built in 1754 on Wolcott Hill in Wethersfield, Connecticut. That house was still being used in 1976.
On May 13, 1779, Josiah married First Lydia Russell, daughter of Rev. Daniel Russell. During their marriage, they had eight children:
1. Catharine Wolcott
2. Daniel Russell Wolcott
3. Horace Wolcott
4. Susanna Wolcott
5. Mary Wolcott
6. Josiah Willis Wolcott
7. Erastus Wolcott
8. Edmund Pinkney Wolcott
After losing Lydia, Josiah then married Nancy Higgins, daughter of Capt. Israel Williams, on February 16, 1806. Nancy was the Widow of Joseph Higgins of Rock Hill, Connecticut. She died on October 13, 1824. Josiah and Nancy had three children:
1. Lydia Russell Wolcott
2. Caroline Wolcott
3. Charlotte Wolcott
It wasn't until May 7, 1829 that Josiah married Elizabeth (Muirhead) Brown. They had one child:
1. Nancy Williams Wolcott
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