Captain Samuel Wolcott, when a youth, lived for a time with his uncle, Josiah Wolcott, Esq., of Salem, MA., who expresses a favorable opinion of Samuel in one of his letters. The death of Samuel's father while he was yet a lad of sixteen years and the eldest of eight children devolved upon him a special charge, which seems to have interrupted his education. He commanded a military company, was an importing merchant, and appears to have been wealthy for his time. The items in his inventory amounted to (English monetary sign (I think it is Pounds) 5,097, 2s., 10 d. It is reported "that the 'Worshipful' Samuel Wolcott built and occupied the mansion (on Wolcott Hill) which afterwards became famous as the Washington Headquarters in Wethersfield, CT." He commanded a military company during Queen Ann's War, HTFD-CNTX, DTP Dragoons. His tombstone, in the Wethersfield churchyard, is a handsome brown stone monument supported by five columns and bearing the Wolcott family coat of arms on the tabletop.
Samuel married Abigail Collins and they had five children, Oliver, Samuel, Mehitable, Elisha and Josiah.
Samuel married Abigail Collins and they had five children, Oliver, Samuel, Mehitable, Elisha and Josiah.
The previous was taken from the Wolcott Family in America Book (1578-1985)
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