The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 148

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012

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1. Roger (Maj.), b. 14 Sept., 1704. FAM. 19.

2. Elizabeth, b. 10 Apl., 1706; m. 21 Ang., 1727, C'apt. Roger Newberry, Esq., of W.

3. Alexander, b. 20 Jan., 1707 8: d. 8 Oct., 1711.

4. Samuel, b. 9 Jan., 1709/10: d. 27 Dec., 1717.

5. Alexander (Dr.), b. 7 Jan., 1711. 12. FAM. 20.

6. Sarah, b. and d. 10 Dec., 1712.

7. Sarah, b. 31 Jan., 1715; d. 5 Jan., 1735.

8. Hepzibah, b. 23 June, 1717; in. 10 Nov., 1737, John Strong of E. W

9. Josiah, b. 6 Feb., 1718/19; res. South W .; d. 29 June, 1502 ( C.R.); cat., ₺8,034, 68. 84.

10. Erasins, 1 d. 11 May, 1722.

11. Epaphras, §

b. 8 Feb., 1721: d. 3 Apl., 1733.

12. Erastus (Gen.). b. 21 Sept., 1722. FAMI. 21.

13. Ursula, b. 30 Oct., 1724; m. 10 Nov., 1743, Gov. Matthew Griswold of Lyme; their son Roger Gri-wold was also Gov. of Conn. See, also, a paper on the Griswold Family in The Magazine of American History which says that Governor Matthew Griswold was a diffident and sby man. Hle desired to marry a lady in Durham, but she kept him waiting, hoping for an offer from a physician whom sbe preferred. Griswold, bay- ing au intimation of this state of affairs, at last

pressed her for a decision. She hesitatingly an- swered that she " wished for more time. " " Mad. am," said he, rising with decision, "I will give you your lifetime," and withdrew. She took her lifetime, and never married. This rebuff disin- clined him ever to approach a lady again. He had bren intimate from childhood with his second cousin, Ursula Wolcott, and a vontiding affection grew up between them, but be never spoke his mind. At last Ursula, with that good sense and resolution which characterized her, took control of the situation. Meeting him about the house, she occasionally asked him, " What did you say, Cons- in Matthew?" " Nothing, " he answered. Finally, meeting him on the stairs, she asked. " What did you say, Cousin Matthew?" " Nothing," he an- swered. " It's time you did," she said. Then he did, and the result was a long and happy marriage. Uranla was not quite twenty at the time of her mar- ringe. She d. 5 Apl., 1785, in 64th year.

14. Oliver, b. 20 Nov., 1726. FAM. 22.

15. Mariann, b. 1 Jan., 1729; m. 5 Dre., 1758, Thos. Williams, Esq., of Brooklyn, Conn.

16. - , ch., d. (prob. Dec.), 12 .- E. B. C. R.

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FAM. 12. John 4 (John,' Henry,? Henry 1), m. 14 Dec., 1703, Hannah (dau. Thomas) Newberry of W., b. 10 Feb., 1679; res. So. W. Ile d. 20 (17, E. W. C. R.) Aug., 1750. Children :

1. Mary, b. 18 Sept., 1704; d. 14 June, 1706. Bancroft.

2. Hannah, b. 21 Oct., 1706; m. 2 June, 1737, Uriah Loomis of W.

3. John. b. 24 Aph, 1708 9. FAM. 23.

1. Anne, b. 9 Dec., 1711; m. 21 l'ec., 1732, Nath']

5. Abigail, b. 26 Sept., 1716; m. 8 Feb., 1713, Wil- liam Stoughton, Jr.

6. Jerusha, b. 18 Jan., 1718 19; m. 10 Feb., 1746. Gen. Erastus Wolcott, Esq. (See Fam. 21.)

FAM. 13. Charles' (Lieut.) (John,3 Henry,? Henry 1), in. 19 Dec., 1706, Elizabeth Hawley; res. So. W .; d. 20 July, 1754, in 74th year (E. W. C. R.); she d. 3 Nov., 1765, in 79th year. Children :

1. Sarah, b. 20 Sept., 1707; d. 28 Meb., 1727 8. - F. W. C. R.

2. Mary, b. 20 Ang., 1709; m. 28 Ang., 1730, Jona- than North of Farmington.

3. Elizabeth, b. 15 June, 1712; d. 25 Meb., 1727 8.

4. George, b. 3 Mch., 1713/14; d. 16 Mch., 1727, 8.

5. Charles, b. 17, d. 27 June, 1716.

6. Benjamin, b. 23 Feb., 1221, 22; d. 19 Apl .. 1222.

7. Eunice, b. 14 June, 1,25; m. Benoni Olcott of So. W.

FAM. 11. Henry 4 (Lieut. Henry,3 Simon,? Heury) ), m. 27 ('8) Dec., 1716, Abigail (dau. Benj.) Cooley of Longmeadow; res. at L. and E. W. Lieut. Henry's wife d. 6 Nov., 1740. - C. R. Children :

1. Benjamin, h. 14 Sept., 1717; was in the Exped. to Ft. Henry: m. Mrs. Mary Adams; res. L .; <1. 25 Feb., 1801.

2. Jane Allyn, b. 5 Ang .. 1219; m. 31 Oct., 1745. Joseph Chapin of Springhell: was the ma- ternal gt .- grandmother of the author of this Hist. of Windsor. [thew Keep of L.

3. Abigail, b. 15 Aug., 1721; m. 1 Dec., 1213, Mat- 1. l'enclope, b. 15 Dec., 1221; m. 22 Nov., 1749.

.John Colton of L.

5. Trypbena. b. 20 Dee., 1726; m. Oct., 1751, The- ophilus Allyn of W.

6. Menry, b. 15 May. 1729. FAM. 24.

7. Christopher, bp. 25 Oct., 1732; d. same day.

8. Simon, b. 7 Aug., 1733. FAM. 25.

9. Peter, b. 21 Ang., 1736: d. ? Dec., 1758.

10. Martha, bp. 9 Dec., 1739; m. Joseph Stough- ton of E. W.

FAM. 15. Thomas (Lieut.) (Lieut. Henry,3 Simon,2 Henry1), m. 12 Ang., 1725, Cath- erine (dan. Moses) Loomis of W., b. 19 Dec., 1702, and d. 21 Mch., 1738. This must have been a 2d marriage, as E. W. Rec. of Burials has the entry "1723 - Oet. 5, Thomas Wolcott's wife." He was one of the first settlers and for many years res. of Tolland; after death of second wife, rem. to Taghanic, N. Y., where he is said to have m. again and had at least nine children, whose dese. res. in Copake, Dover, Taghanie, Hillsdale, and Ancoram, N. Y. Children (b. in E. W.) :

1. Thomas, b. 1 Sept., 1726; m. Catharine Sack - ett of Dover, N. Y .; bad family.

4. Miriam, b. 26 Feb., 1728; in. Stone Mills of

3 Luke, b. 4 Sept., 1730; m. Jerushu (dan. Joseph) Diggens of So. W; d. 11 Mch., 1762. Issue : 1. ('h., d. 2 Mch., 1761.

2. Ch., bp. 7 Mch., 1762. - E. W. C. R.

4. Jane Catherine, b. 22 Feb., 1733; m. 18 Nov., 1751, Ellis Russell of W. [Loomis of W. 5. Redexalena, b. 16 May, 1735; m. 8 June, 1756, John 6. Rachel, h. 4 Apl., 1737; m. 15 Sept., 1757. Elijah Loomis of Vernon.

7. Gideon (probably), b. 24 Feb., 1750, whose de- reendants seem to have been among the earliest settlers of Yates County, N. Y.

FAM. 16. Gideon 4 (Capt.) (Lieut. Henry,3 Simon," Henry 1), of whom it was said that " his contemporaries and those who knew him best regarded him as one of nature's poblemen;" commanded one of the companies of colonists engaged (1760) in the French and Indian wars. Ile d. 5 (3, E. W. C. R.) June, 1761, in 50th year; estate, C2,557, 2x. 3d. Ile m. (1) 27 Feb., 1739/40, Abigail (dan. Samuel) Mather of W . 1. 31 May, 1718; d. June, 1741 (C. R.); (2) Naomi (dau. Dea. Joseph and Hannah Marsh) Olmsted of E. H., who b. 1 Mch., 1721; d. 7 Nov., 1775; res. So. W .; she m. (2) William Wolcott. Ch. :

1 Abigail. b. 9 Apl., 1741; m. Chas. Rockwell of So. W.

2. Samuel, b. I AApl., 1751. FAM. 26.

3. Naomi, b. 28 Sept., 1751; in. 8 Feb., 1780. Rev. William Robinson of Sonthingt'n, who grad. Y. C. 123 (father by a 2d wife of Rev. Edward Robinson, D. D., the disting'd Biblical scholar); alır d. Ifi Apl., 1782. Hem. (2) Sopbia Mose- ley of Westfield, Mass., 16 Sept., 1753, and d.

15 Aug .. 1825, m. 71.

4. Gideon, b. 26 Nov., 1756: d. 1806. Perhaps " Oli- ver. s. of Gideon," bp. 6 Dee., 1773 ( I. (. R.) was bis so1.

5. Elizur, b. 12 Apl .. 1760; m. Elizabeth (dan. of Dr. Alex.) Wolcott; res. S. W. He d. 20 Sept., 1×24; she d. (s. p.) 12 Oct., 1817, e. 51. She adopted her brother Simon's dan., Lucy, who m. Francis (8. Amasa) Drake of So. W.

FAM. 17. William 4 (Esq.) ( William,8 Simon,? Henry1 ), grad. Y. C. 1734, having been titted for college by his pastor, Rev. Timo. Edwards of E. W., who has a charge against Mr. William W. in his rate-book, as follows : "To instrueting his son Wil- liam in the Latin and Greek tongues." "The year after grad. he res. at the Coll. as the holder of the Berkeley Scholarship, and at the same time he taught the Hop-

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kins Grammar School. He was then app. to tutorship in the Coll., and entered upon his duties Sept., 1735, but, owing to illness, seems to have done no duty after Commencement, 1736; res. So. W .; was Justice of the Peace; for many yrs. a Rep. in Gen. Assemb., 1778; was active and patriotic during the Rev. period; Chairman of the Town Committee of Correspondence and of the County Committee of Obser- vation. Epitaph : "Sacred to the Memory of William Wolcott, Esq., who died May 22, 1799, aged 88 years. He possessed an enlightened mind, | Aided by a lib- eral education, | And in early life dedicated himself ] To the service of God, and of mankind. | He sustained several important | Offices in this state, and discharged | The duties of them with fidelity. | Throughout a prolonged life | he was a pillar of the church and an | Ornament to his Christian profession. | The memory of the just is blessed, | llis life was pure, beneficent, approved | Of God and man, and happy was his end."

Ile m. (1) Abigail (dau. Abiel and Abigail) Abbot, 26 Feb., 1746/7, of E. W., who d. 12 Oct., 1763, in 45th year (E. W. O.); (2) Naomi (wid. of his first cousin, Capt. Gideon) Wolcott, and who d. 7 Nov., 1775. - E. W. C. R. Ch. :

1. Eunice, b. 11 Dec., 1717; d. Aug .. 1749 .- E. W. C.R. 5. Abigail, b. 8 Feb., 1755/6; m. Chief Justice Oliver 2. Eupice, b. 1 Mch .. 1750; d. 24 Nov., 1826, æ. 76. Ellsworth of W. (See Ellsworth.)

3. Abigail, b. 25 Dec., 1751; d. 5 Jan., 1752 .-- 6. Martha, b. 23 Apl., 1757; m. 10 Sept., 1792, In- crease Mather of W. [28. E. W. C. R.

4. William, b. 10 Feb., 1753. FAM. 27. 7. Abiel (Maj.), b. 10 Aug., bp. 22 Nov., 1761. FAM.

FAM. 18. Ephraim 4 (Wm.,3 Simon,? Henry1), m. 12 May, 1758, Mary Kellogg of Newington; res. So. W .; d. 18 Dec., 1762. - C. R. Ch. :

1. Sarah, b. 25 Feb., 1760; m. Josiab Bissell. | 2. Ephraim, b. 25, bp. 28 Feb., 1762. FAM. 20.

FAM. 19. Roger 4 (Hon. and Maj.) (Gov. Roger,3 Simon,2 Henry 1 ), res. So. W., about a

Rogun wolcottan Agent.

mile S. of meeting-house on W. side street, afterward owned by Elihu W., still (1892) in good preservation. He was a Rep. of town in Gen. Assemb .; a major of Conn. troops; memb. of the Council; Judge of Superior Court, and one of the Revisors of the Laws of the State; and but for his death, would prob. have occupied the seat which his honored father had so dignified. He was one of three Commission- ers app. by the Colony to meet those of the other colonies in convention at Albany June, 1754, to form a plan of colonial union. Universally esteemed as "an able statesman, a reliable friend, and an exemplary Christian, as well as for his distin- gnished accomplishments, natural and acquired, his death, 19 Oct., 1759, in his 56th year, was felt as a publie loss .* Ile m. (1) 10 Oct., 1728, Mary (dau. of Capt. Benj.) Newberry of W., b. 3 Feb., 1710, who d. 5 June, 1758, in 49th year; (2) 19 June, 1759, Eunice (dau. of John and Joanna Colton of Longmeadow, Mass., b. 22 Feb., 1705, and wid. of Ens. John) Ely of W. Springfield, who had d. 22 May, 1754. After Mr. W.'s death she m. (3) 8 Apl., 1761, Capt. Joel (s. David and Ann Bissell) White of Bolton, Conn., and d. 29 Mch., 1778, and was bu. W. Spgfd .- Ely Mem .; White Mem .; Bridgman's Epitaphs. To this lady, after the death of his first wife, he sent the following letter (copied from original in poss. of late Mrs. E. Simmons of W.) :

* JUDGE WOLCOTT. A Funeral Poem upon Roger Wolcott, Esq., who was one of the Honorable Council of the Colony of Connecticut, and a Judge of their Superior Court, who died Oct. 19th, 1759, in the 56th year of his Age. Inscribed to William Wolcott, Esq .: "Quem semper amatum, Semper honoratum, sic Dii voluistis, habebo."-VIR. My whole life tells me that a just demand for esteem is sacred, but rare. We may well afford to pay it where it is duc. The Centaur not fabulous. New Haven: Printed by James Parker & Co., 1760.

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WINDSOR, Feb. 10, 1759.

MADAM: - As I have No other Way of Conversing with you than by Writing, I Embraced this opportunity by Mr. Wolcott to Let you know that I am in helth. and must Tel you that when on yo 5 of June Last I committed to ye Dust the Rich- est Tresure I had in this World, and a Darkened, Gloomy Prospect appeared on Every other Injoyment in Life, a sublime Mantel Hung Round about me, and so it Remained untill I had the Plesur of Waiting upon you, and then ye Innercens and oblidging Entertainment I met with Gave me sum Prospect, yt my Dayes might acquire Durence - my sore might cease, and ye Long Night of affliction he in some meesur att an ende, if I might be a Partner in ye Plesures you Enjoye; it has been yr Greatest Plesur I ever Enjoyed in Life in Contributing to ye Happi- ness of her y' is now Removed Beyond my Care. But shold you smile on my ad- dresses, I hope to feall ye same Plesure In Doing Every Thing in my Powers to contribute to your Happiness, there is nothing I more Desier than to Give you full Evidence of my sincerity in this, and Did I Beleeve this could not be obtained by so Near and Intimate a Relation with you, I should be farr from Desiring it, But I should Rather still Remaine in a State of Moping Melancholy. I now with Im- patience Waight the Return of the hapy Hour when I hope to have ye Pleasur of Waiting upon you againe. My Days of Prosperity fly with Raysed and Impetuous forse, but yr hours of Affliction, Especially when I have some Prospect of Deliver- ance and Happiness Before me - how slow do the minits Roale. Time seems to stand still and make a Pause; my fortin is all att your Dyspocis, and how ever you may Dyspose of it I sincerely Wish you a Long, Prosperous and hapy Life. I add no more except to assure you, I am your

Affectionate friend and very Humble Servant, ROGER WOLCOTT.

Children :

1. Roger, h. 18 Sept., d. 15:19, Nov., 1729. Goodell.

2. Mary, b. 15 Oct., 1730; d. 14 Aug., 1737.

3. Roger, b. 16 Iune. 1733; d. 1 Nov., 1736.

4. Sarah, b. 7June, 1735; m. Elisha Steele, Esq ..

5. Roger, b. 10 Nov., 1437. FAM. 30. [of Tolland.

6. Epaphras, h. 2 (21) May, 1740. FAM. 31.

7. Mary, b. 1 Apl., 1742; m. 22 Apl., 1764, Jesse

8. Emelia, b. 20 Oct., 1744: d. 26 Feb., 1715.

9. Parmenio, b. 17 Apl., 1746. FAM. 32.

10. Amelia, h. 27 Oct., 1250; m. 30 May, 1721, Marvin Lord of LUOr.

11. Martha, b. 23 .1pl., d. 8 (E. B. C R.) May, 1:53.

(A son of Maj. Roger d. 19 Oct , 1:59. E. W. C. R.)

FAM. 20. Alexander (Dr.) (Gor. Roger,3 Simon,? Hleury1), accompanied his father

Alexandere. Wol cott agent.

as a surgeon in the Lainsbury Exped .; rem. from New Haven after his m. to W. (see Chapter on W. Physicians); was J. of the Peace, often a Rep. to Gen. Assemb., in which he took an active and influential part in the discussion which preceded the Declaration of Indep. During Rev. War was Chairman of the W. Committee of Inspection, and was placed by the Assemb. at the head of a commission to examine applicants for the post of Surgeon and Surgeon's Mate. Ile possessed considerable of his father's turn for versifying, and is described as being, when in years, " very tall, erect as a plane-tree, with hair hanging down his shoulders, of silvery whiteness, and with an eye and eyebrow and complexion of a dark hue; his appearance very noble." He m. (1) 4 Dec., 1732, Lydia (dau, Jeremiah and Lydia Row ell) Atwater of New Haven; (2 17 Mch., 1739, Mrs. Mary (wid. Fitz-John) Allyn of New Haven, who d. 1741. w. 34; (3) 3 Apl., 1745, Mary (dau. Capt. Moses and Margery Prout Mansfield) Richards of New London, who d. 23 Oct., 1817, æ. 93 years. Dr. W. d. 25 Meh., 1795, æ. 83. Ch. (bp. W. C. R.) :

Lynda Navison

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1. Jeremiah (Dr.), b. 3 Nov., 1733; m. 13 Ap]., 1758, Sarah (dau. Rev. Thos. ) Goodsell of E. H :- ven, who was gr.gd. - dan. of the 1st John and Martha Davenport ; he d. 12 May, 1792. W. C. R. Iskie : [nolds.

1. Martha. b. 18 Aug., 1762; m. Hez. Rey-

2. Thomas Goodsell, b. 17 Ang., 1764

3. Sarah, b. 7 May. 1767; married 1281, Philemon Harrison, whose oldest s. James and his wite. Charlotte N. Lynde, were the parents of Hon. Lynde Harrison of New Haven .*

2. Alexander, b. 17 Feb., 1735; killed in Fr. War, 1:57, serving under his gd .- father, Gov. Roger.

3. Lydia, bp. 6 Nov., 1737; m. 6 Dec., 1739, Samuel Austin of N. Haven: their son, Rer. Samuel, D.D., grad. Y. C., 173, and was Pres. of Univ. of Vermont.

4. Esther, b. 17 Sept .. bp. 5 Oct., 1746, in W., by virtue of the father's having owned the cov'l in the 1st Ch., New Haven (Rev. Mr. Noyes'), 1:33; she d. 9 Oct .. 1746.

5. Simon (Dr.), b. and bp. 9 Ang .. 1757. FAM. 33.

6. Esther, b. 17 July, 1:49. 01 6 Jan., 1785 (as his 2d wife) Samuel Treat of So. W.

7. George, b. 23 May. d. 17 Oct., 1751.

S. George, b. 17. bp. 22 Oct., 1753. FAM. 31.

9. Christopher (Dr.), b. 1, bp. 6 Ort , 1754 FAM. 35.

10. Mary, b. 7. bp. 15 Ang., 1756: m. 25 Dec., 1776, Elihu Griswold of W.

11, Alexander, b. 15, bp. 17 Sept., 1256, FAM. 36.

12. Gny, b. 7, bp. 10 Aug., 1760. FAM. 37.

13. Elizabeth, b. 13, bp. 16 Jan., 1763: m. Elizur Wolcott of No. W .: >bed. 12 Oct., 1817, æ. 54; he d. 20 Sept., 1828, æ. 68.

FAM. 21. Erastus + (Gen.) (Gor. Roger,3 Simon,2 Henry1), settled So. W .; repeatedly representative to General Assembly ; speaker of the Orastis What Lower llouse; Justice of the Peace; Judge of Pro- bate; Chief Judge of Co. Court: Rep. in U. S. Con- gress; Judge of Superior Court; Brig .- Gen. Conn.

troops in Revol. War; in spring of 1775 was sent, with Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson (afterwards Pres, of Columbia Coll., N. Y. city) from the Conn. Legislature to treat with Gen. Gage, then in command of the British troops at Boston, and to ascertain, as far as possible, the designs of the British, with a view to an immediate prepara-

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tion for the worst events - an interview in which they gained only specions and delusive promises of peace. In 1776 he was app. to the command of a regiment of militia, with which he joined the army then investing Boston, under Washington; from thenee he proceeded (after the evacuation of that city by the British . to New London, where he superintended the erection of fortifications, and, with his regi- ment, garrisoned Forts Trumbull and Griswold during the summer; app in 1777 a Brig .- Gen., he served at and around Peekskill, N. Y. (See. also, p. 721, Vol. I.)

lle was a firm patriot and able advocate for the liberties of his country; and Yale Coll., in recognition of his personal worth and public services, bestowed upon him an honorary degree. In person, he was tall, of a large frame, with light gray eyes and light hair, reserved in conversation, and with such a reputation for sagac- ity as earned from him among his neighbors the sobriquet of " Old Long-Head." Plain in manners, accessible to and patient with all, he was very decided when he had onee made up his mind; and he was noble-hearted and generous; with no am-

* The mother of Hon. Lynde Harrison was Charlotte (dan. of John Hart) Lynde, belonging to the Saybrook family of that name. Hon. LYNDE HARRISON, b. New Haven, Conn., 15 Der., 1837. has been a practicing lawyer in N. H. since 1863; has several times rep. that city in both branches of the Gen'l Assem .; was Speaker of the lower Honse in 1877; Judge of the City Court, and afterwards of the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven Co., for several years; has also been prominent in politics, He m. (1) May, 1>67. Sarah Plant of Branford, Conn., who d. Mcb., 1879: (2) 30 Sept., 1886, Harriet S. White of Waterbury, Conn. Children (hy 1st mar.) :

1. William Lynde. 3. Gertrude Plant. (By 2d mar.): 4 Katherine White.

2. Paul Wolrott.

Mr. Harrison's brothers and sisters are: (1) Janet S. (Harrison), b. 1810: m. Henry A. Loop of N. Y. city, 1865; both are artists. (2) llenry N. (Harrison), b. 1848; d. 1880. (3) Ella Louisa (Harrison), b. 1:50; m. Gott- leib Federlein, 1877; res. N. Y. city. (1) Florence (llarrison), b. 1-55. 15) Arthur W. (Harri-on), b. 1:57

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bition for public life, accepting such as were offered him from a simple and sincere sense of duty. Ilis memory was well embalmed by his pastor, in a funeral dis- course, entitled, A Sermon delivered in East Windsor, Conn., at the interment of the Hon. Erastus Wolcott, Exq., who departed this Life, Sept. 14, 1793, in the 71st Year of his Age. By David MeClure, A. M. Pr. at Hartford, by Hudson & Goodwin, MDCCXCIV. Text, Psalm xii. 1: "Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men." Svo, 28 p. 1le m. 10 Feb., 1746, Jerusha (dau. John) Wolcott of So. W., who d. 2 June, 1789, æ. 70 (C. R.); he d. 14 Sept., 1793 (E. W. C. R.). Ch. :

1. Erastus, b. 24 Dec., 1747: d. 16 Ang .. 1751 .* 5. Jerusba. b. 29 Nov., 1755; in. 29 Dec., 1774, Sanı- 2. Flavia, b. 27 May, 1750: d. 23 Aug .. 1751 .* uel Wolcott of So. W.

3. Erastus (Capt.), b. 6 July, 1752. FAM. 38.

4. Flavia, b. 5 Jan., 1754; m. 20 Aug., 1783, Ros- well Grant of So. W.

6. Arodi, b. 29 Sept., 1259 60. FAM. 39.

7. Albert, b. 19. bp. 20 Dec., 1,61. FAM. 40.

FAM. 22. Oliver+ (Gov.) (Gor. Roger,' Simon,? Henry1), grad. Y. C., 1747; "on leav- ing college, he received a commission as captain in the army, from Gov. George Clinton of New York, and immediately raised a company, at the head of which he marched to the defense of the Northern frontiers, where he served until the regi- ment to which he was attached was disbanded, in consequence of the peace of Aix- la-Chapelle. Hle tben returned to Conn., and studied medicine under the direction of his brother, Dr. Alex. Wolcott, then a distinguished practitioner. Before he was established in practice, the county of Litchfield was organized, and he was app. the first sheriff of the county, in 1751. Hle settled in Litchfield, and rep. the town in Gen. Assemb. In year 1774 he was chosen an Assistant, or Councillor, to which station he was annually re-elected till 1786; at the same time he was also Chief Judge of the Ct. of Common Pleas for the Co., and for many years Judge of the Ct. of Probate for the Litchfield district. He served in the militia in every grade from Capt. to that of Maj. Gen. On all questions preliminary to the Revol. War, he was a firm advocate of the American cause.

At a town meeting in Litchfield, 17 Aug., 1771, to consider the resolutions of the Legislature on the subject of the Boston Port Bill, he presided and drew up the most eloquent preamble and resolutions then adopted. Ile was chosen a member of the Continental Congress, and in July, 1775, was appointed by that body one of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs for the Northern Department - a trust of great importance, its object being to induce the Indian natives to remain neutral during the war. While engaged in this business the controversies respecting the bounda- ries between Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and between New York and Vermont, menaced the tranquility of the colonies, and exposed them to the seductions of British partisans. His influence was exerted with great effect to compromise these disputes, and to unite the New England settlers in support of the American cause.

In January, 1776, he attended at Philadelphia the session of Congress at which the Declaration of Independence was adopted, of which he was one of the signers. During the session he returned to Connecticut, carrying with him from New York city the leaden statue of King George, which formerly stood in the Bowling Green, and which was converted into bullets under his direction. On the 15th of August he was appointed by Gov. Trumbull and the Committee of Safety to the command of fourteen regiments of the Connecticut militia, ordered to the defense of New York, which duty he performed until the force, amounting to more than 5,000 men, was subdivided into four brigades. In November, 1776, he resumed his seat in Congress, and accompanied that body to Baltimore during the winter of 1777. On the 17th of January he was appointed by the General Assembly as Brig .- General, and was constantly employed the ensuing summer in superintending detachments of militia and corresponding on military subjects. After detaching several thousand

* F. W. C. R. gives no such dates, but records death of a eh. of Erastus, on 1 Aug., and of another ou 11th Ang., 1751.

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THE WOLCOTT FAMILY.

men to the assistance of Gen. Putnam on the North River, he headed a corps of between three and four hundred volunteers, who joined the Northern Army under Gen. Gates, and he commanded a brigade of militia and aided in reducing the Brit- ish army under Burgoyne. From February to July, 1778, he attended Congress at Yorktown. In the summer of 1779, he was in the field at the head of a division of militia for the defense of the seacoast. During the severe winter of 1779/80 famine added its terrors to excessive coll; the colonies were well-nigh drained of resources. and amid this gloom and distress every dollar that could be spared from the main- tenance of his family was by Gen. Wolcott expended in raising and supplying men; every blanket not in actual use was sent to the army and the sheets torn into ban- dages or cut into lint by the hands of his wife and daughters. Froni 1751 to 1783 he occasionally attended Congress. In 1784 and '85 he was one of the Commission- ers of Indian Affairs for the Northern Department, and, in concert with Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, prescribed the terms of peace to the Six Nations of Indians. Ilis military services, his known probity and judgment, his ardent attachment to the Rep. cause, and his social standing, all contributed to give him an extended influence, which was faithfully exerted for the public good.

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The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 148

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909 Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company Number of Pages: 1012

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012