Samuel Wolcott (1679-1734)

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.

The previous was taken from the Wolcott Family in America Book (1578-1985)

Samuel Wolcott ( 1656-1695)

Samuel, son of the second Henry, was married in 1678 to Judith Appleton, by whom he fathered Samuel, Gershom, Josiah, Hannah, Sarah, Lucy, Abigail, Elizabeth and Mary.
Mr. Wolcott was a merchant in Windsor in 1685.  Later removed to Wethersfield and located on Wolcott Hill about a mile west of the village.

From the Wolcott Family in America book.
 

Henry Wolcott (1610-1680)

Henry was the eldest son of the immigrant Henry (root of tree)  Born 1610 - Died 1680.

This Henry resided in Windsor in 1536 where he married Sarah Newberry and they had eight children, Henry, John, Samuel, (died in infancy), Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Samuel and Josiah.

Henry immigrated to America with his parents in 1630. 

He was admitted a freeman by the General Court at Boston, 4/1/1634.

Henry Wolcott was in England on business in 1654. 

He was one of nineteen gentlemen named in the Charter of Connecticut. 

He was elected a member of the House of Deputies in 1660 and to the House of Magistrates in 1662 and for successive terms until his death

From the Wolcott Family In America Book. (1578-1985)

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.

Wolcott's In America

        Henry, son of John Wolcott, of Tolland, Somersetshire, England, was one of the first of the family to come to America during the reign of Charles I. He was the ancestor of the family in America.  He was one of the nineteen men mentioned in the Connecticut charter.   He brought his wife and 3 sons leaving behind 2 daughters with an older son.  He settled at Nantucket, Mass., in 1630 with his wife, Elizabeth Saunders, whom he had married in 1606, and there enrolled on the first list of 24 "freemen" of Boston.  About 1635, he moved his family to Windsor, Conn., and helped to establish the Connecticut Colony.  Henry Wolcott and the Reverend Mr. Warham were the founders of the First Church of Windsor.  Henry was also an original member of the General Court of both Massachusetts and the Connecticut Colonies.  He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of CT, 1637-1643.  He was one of the nineteen men mentioned in the Connecticut Charter.  The names of his children were John, Henry, George, Christopher, Anne, Mary, and Simon.  There may have been others, but there is no definite trace of them.

Henry Wolcott (the emigrant) was baptized on December 6, 1578, and later he conveyed the manor house to his son Henry.  The final "T" was not added until Henry removed to America.