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JOHN, m. Mary Buckly, June 29, 1644. Children-John, b. March 26, 1646 ; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 25, 1647; Rebecca, b. April 20, 1649 ; Hannah, b. April 13, 1651 ; Mary and Elizabeth, twins, b. Jan. 5, 1652; Elizabeth, d. Feb. 22, 1652; Abiel, b. Sept. 2, 1655 ; Abigail, b. May 31, 1658.
JOHN, Jr., m. wid. Bethia Maskell (Marshell ?) Aug. 8, 1672; had Frances, b. May 25, 1673; also John the first born, and Ebenezer ye second, both at birth, b. Jan. 7, 1675.
NATHANIEL (son of John, sen.), had Mary, b. Sept. 28 -; Zebedee, b. Jan. 7, 1697-8 ; John, b. April 16, 1699.
ROGER (see p. 134), m. - , who d. Dec. 10, 1645.
DAVID, d. Sept. 7, 1684.
"ESTHER WILLIAMS, widow of James Eggleston, who (as it is reported ), was the first female child that was in Hartford ; d. July 10, 1720."
NANCY (wife of John), d. April 17, 1681, a. 65.
SAMUEL, m. Cynthia Stoughton, Feb. 17, 1825.
ASAHEL, m. Emeline Cusar, Oct., 1829.
HENRY, m. Lucinda Ross, Oct. 13, 1834.
WILSON, SAMUEL, m. Mary Griffen, May 1, 1672; he d. Aug. 3, 1697. Children-Isabel, b Feb. 24, 1672-3; Samuel, b. May 1, 1675 ; Samuel, b.
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Nov. 21, 1678 ; d. July 31, 1689 : Mary, b. Aug. 7, bap. 8, 1679 ; Abigail, b. March 3, 1683-4 ; John, b. May 24, 1686.
Dea. JOHN, m. Mary Marshall, June 16, 1709, who d. Feb. 11, 1772, in 83d year ; he d. Aug. 10, 1774, a. 89. Children-Mary, b. July 16, 1710 ; John, b. Nov. 7, 1711; Hannah, b. Oct. 19, 1713 ; Noah, b. Feb. 12, 1715 ; Joel, b. April 17, 1718 ; . Rachel, b. June 6, 1720 ; Amos, b. Jan. 13, 1725-6 ; Phineas, b. March 16, 1728.
SAMUEL, m. Jemima Lewis of East Haddam, May 9, 1723. Children- Jemima, b. Feb. 15, 1723-4; Keziah, b. Sept. 21, 1725 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 14, 1727 ; Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1729 ; Samuel, b. April 9, 1732; Ebenezer, b. March 28, 1734.
JOEL, had Joel, b. May 1, 1746 ; Moses, b. Sept. 11, 1748 ; Abiel, b. March 18, 1750; Samuel, b. Feb. 17, 1754; John, b. Oct. 3, 1757; Joab, b. Dec. 22, 1761.
PHINEAS, m. Mary Palmer, Nov. 21, 1750, who d. Sept. 14, 1814, a. 86; he d. Nov. 25, 1804, a. 77. Children-Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1753; Ruth, b. March 10, 1755 ; Eli, b. Aug. 23, 1757.
ABIEL, had Hannah, b. May 2, 1786.
ELI, who d. a. 84; and his wife, who d. a. 62; m. Nov. 3, 1845; had Melicent, b. Nov. 23, 1819 ; d. Sept. 5, 1845 : Mary, b. July 14, 1822.
JAMES, had Lydia, b. March 10, 1777 ; Susannah, b. Nov. 15, 1778 ; - , b. Nov. 30, 1780.
CALVIN, had Oliver, b. Oct. 14, 1785; d. Jan. 22, 1787 : Oliver, b. Jan. 10, 1788; Laura, b. Jan. 19, 1790 ; Griggs, b. Feb. 10, 1793 ; d. July 31, 1800 : Emma, b. Jan. 9, 1795 ; Courtney, b. July 11, 1797; d. Jan. 11, 1798 : Charles Courtney, b. Dec. 2, 1798 ; Eliza, b. Nov. 4, 1800 ; d. Sept. 12, 1803 : Richard Griswold, b. Nov. S, 1802 ; d. Oct. 6, 1803.
Dea. PHINEHAS, d. July 12, 1808, a. 55 ; his wife Susannah, d. Feb. 20, 1814, a. 63.
MOSES, m. Wealthy Ann Barnes, Feb. 5, 1824.
SAMUEL, m. Delia Chapman, Nov. 2, 1829.
AMMI, m. Betsy Burr, July 3, 1828.
HENRY, Jr., m. Susan A. Newberry, Nov. 17, 1842.
RUTH (wife of Eli), d. Feb. 1, 1816, a. 60.
WILTON, Lieut. DAVID, see Appendix No. 1 (at the beginning), also Hin- man.
NICHOLAS (brother of Lieut. David), m. Mary Stanford, Nov. 20, 1656; who d. Aug. 4, 1683 ; he d. Aug, 4, 1683. Children-David b. Jan. 13, 1660 ; John, b. Aug. 8, 1664.
WINCHELL, NATHANIEL, m. Sarah Porter of Farmington, April 8, 1664. Children-Nathaniel, b. Aug. 7, 1665 ; Thomas, b. May 25, 1669 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 26, 1674 ; Stephen, b. Aug. 13, 1677.
ROBERT, who was in Dorchester in 1635, came to W., where he d. Jan, 21, 1667 ; m. - , who d. July 10, 1655 ; he d. Jan. 21, 1667. Children -- Phebe,
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bap. March 29, 1638 ; Mary, bap. Sept. 5, 1641 ; David, bap. Oct. 22, 1643 ; Joseph, bap. April 5, 1646 ; Martha, bap. June 18, 1648 ; d. July 12, 1655 : Benjamin, bap. July 11, 1652 ; buried June 24, 1656.
JONATHAN, m. Abigail Bruson, at Farmington, May, 1666 ; had Jonathan, b. Feb., 1667.
NATHANIEL, m. Mary Graves of Hartford, March 15, 1693; he d. March 8, 1699. Children-Nathaniel, b. Dec. 23, 1694; Hannah, b. Nov. 5, 1695 ; Hezekiah, b. June 20, 1697 ; Mercy, b. Feb. 29, 1699 ; Zebadiah, who d. Feb. 16, 1697.
THOMAS, who d. Aug., 1697; had Samuel, b. Jan. 5, 1690 ; Hannah, b. May 18, 1693.
STEPHEN, m. Abigail Marshfield, March 10, 1697-8. Children-Stephen, b. Nov. 20, 1698 ; Thomas, b. April 2, 1700 ; Caleb, b. Dec. 6, 1701 ; Dorothy, b. Oct. 2, 1703; Robert, b. May 28, 1705; Martin, b. Dec. 23, 1708.
DAVID, m. Elizabethi Filley, Nov. 17, 1669 ; had Joseph, b. Sept. 13, 1670 ; Christian, b. March 9, 1672 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1675.
DAVID, m. Mary Griffen, May 1, 1672.
BENJAMIN, had Thomas, b. Dec. 16, 1702.
ROBERT, had Lydia, b. July 8, 1734.
JOHN, m. Martha Eno, Jan. 3, 1705. Children-John, b. April 5, 1707 ; Silence, b. Jan. 6, 1708 ; Samuel, b. March 15, 1710 ; Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1713 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1715 ; Daniel, b. 1718; d. April 19, 1733 : Ebe- nezer, b. Sept. 15, 1719 ; d. April 21, 1721 : Ebenezer, b. March 31, 1722 ; Martha, b. Dec. 5, 1726 ; d. Jan. 17, 1728.
JOSEPH, had Tryphena, b. May 5, 1752.
JOHN, d. Dec. 1, 1773.
Wid. SARAH, d. Oct. 7, 1725.
WING, SAMUEL, who d. Aug. 14, 1777; had Hannah, b. June 20, 1771 ; Hezekiah, b. March 6, 1777; Samuel, who d. Sept. 7, 1777.
Major MOSES, m. 1, Hannah Denslow, Dec. 13, 1781 ; m. 2, Huldah Denslow, April 8, 1793 ; he d. 1809. Children-Cynthia, b. Nov. 22, 1782 ; William, b. July 1, 1799; m. in 1822 to Electa Spelman of Granville, O. ; is secretary and auditor of the Central Ohio R. R. Co., and resides at Zanesville, O. : Adeline, b. O.t. 15, 1801.
WOLCOTT .*
The family of WOLCOTT is one of great antiquity and respectability, as will be seen from the following pedigree: 1. JERAN WOLCOTT (son of Sir JOHN) of Wolcott, who married Anna, daughter, of John Mynde of Shropshire. 2. ROGER WOLCOTT of Wolcott, who in. Edith, dau, of Sir
* " The spelling of the family name (as was usual in those days) was very variable; we find not less than a dozen forms. It is given three different ways, in the signature, the seal, and the snperscription of the same Jetter. The traditional pronunciation, in the family, of the penultimate vowel, gives it the sound of o in Wolf,"
In addition to the Windsor Records, we have availed ourselves, in the compilation of this 104
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Wm. Donnes, knight. 3. Sir PHILIP WOLCOTT of Wolcott, knight, who m. Julian, dau. of John Herle. 4. JOHN WOLCOTT of Wolcott, who m. Alice, dau. of David Lloyd, Esq. 5. Sir JOHN WOLCOTT of Wolcott, knight, A. D. 1382. 6. THOMAS WOLCOTT. 7. JOHN WOLCOTT. 8. JOHN WOLCOTT of Wolcott, who m. Matilda, dan. of Sir Richard Cornwall of Bereford, knight. 9. ROGER WOLCOTT of Wolcott, Esq., who m. Margaret, dau. of David Lloyd, Esq. 10. WILLIAM WOLCOTT, settled in Tolland, Somersetshire. 11. WILLIAM WOLCOTT, who m. Elizabeth. His will is dated A. D. 1500. 12. THOMAS WOLCOTT, who was living in Tolland in 1552. 13. THOMAS WOLCOTT, who m. Alice. Will dated Nov. 4, 1572. 14. JOHN WOLCOTT of Galdon Manor, Tolland, in Somersetshire, England, where will was dated Nov. 10, 1623.
HENRY WOLCOTT, the emigrant, was the second son of John Wolcott of Galdon Manor, and was baptized in the adjoining parish of Lydiard St. Law- rence, Dec. 6, 1578. He m. Jan. 10, 1606, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sand- ers of Lydiard St. Lawrence ; she was b. in 1589. He held a fair position among the gentry of England, and possessed an estate which yielded him a handsome income. By the decease of his elder brother, without issue, he subsequently became proprietor of the family estates, including the Manor, and a mill in the same village .* Here in the quiet pursuits of a country squire, he passed the earlier portion of his life, but as the Reformation advanced he became interested in spiritual affairs. At this juncture he became acquainted with the Rev. Edward Elton, under whose teachings he became converted, and being a man of ardent temperament and lively sensibilities, he soon found himself strongly identified with the Puritans. Becoming con- vinced, in common with others, that the only way of preserving inviolate and enjoying the right of conscience in spiritual matters, was to remove to another continent, Henry Wolcott, then past his fifty-second year, with a quiet liero-
genealogy, of an article published some years ago in the New Eng. Gen. Register, and also a recent contribution to the Congregational Quarterly, by Rev. Samnel Wolcott of Providence, R. I., entitled " Henry Wolcott and his children."
It is to be hoped that the extensive and elaborate History and Genealogy of the Wolcott family, upon which the gentleman above named has been engaged for many years past, will soon be published, as no family record in New England possesses so great an interest and value to thousands of individuals, as that of Wolcott.
"" " Tolland," says II. G. Somerby, Esq., in a letter to the family, " is one of the most secluded, qniet, and picturesque villages in England. The Galdon Manor, which I sketched, and which is now occupied as a farm-house, must at one time have been very extensive, and the principal room very splendid for the period. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, etc. I visited the old Mill, which belonged to the Family at least, 300 years ago. The house connected with it, now somewhat dilapidated, is the same which was then standing, and is a cnrions specimen of architecture, both internally and externally. The mill is also the original one, with a modern addition to one end ; I mado a sketch of the honse and mill."
" The manor-house, which is still standing, is said to be of very great antiquity and extent. It was originally a splendid mansion, designed, as well for the purposes of defence against the excesses of a lawless age, as for the purposes of a permanent family residence. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, and if left to itself nnassailed by the band of violence, it will stand for ages. The familiar motto of the family arms, borrowed from the Roman poet, is still to be seen npon the walls of the manor-house, its bold words informing us that the family who
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ism which could only have proceeded from a stern sense of duty, resolved to emigrate to New England ; leaving behind them their two daughters, and their youngest son, then five years of age ; until a settlement had been effected in America, they embarked with their three sons, Henry, George, and Christopher, in company with the Rev. Mr. Warham of whose congrega- tion they were members, and on the 30th of May, 1630, arrived at Dorchester, Mass. Henry Wolcott's name appears on the first list of freemen made in Boston, Oct. 19, 1630. In 1635, he removed with Mr. Warham's Church to Windsor, in Connecticut, of which place he became "a chief corner stone." In the year 1637, the first general assembly was held in Connecticut. Mr. Henry Wolcott was elected a member of the lower house, and thus partici - pated in the first legislative proceedings of both colonies. In 1640, his name stands first in the list of inhabitants in Windsor. In 1643, he was elected a member of the house of magistrates (the present senate), and was annually re-elected during life. In the year 1640, he visited England. His younger children, Ann, Mary and Simon, had probably joined the family in America before this date ; we can only ascertain that they came between the years 1631 and 1641. His honored and useful life at W., closed on the 30th of May, 1655. His will was dictated on the day of his death, and was proved October 4. The inventory of his estate amounted (exclusive of property in England) to £764, Ss, 10. In the old cemetery of Windsor, over his grave and that of his wife, is an arched monument of brown stone, wrought by their son-in-law, Matthew Griswold ; the inscriptions being on the opposite sides :
Here under lyeth the body of Henry Wolcot sometimes a Maiestrate of this Jurisdiction who dyed ye 30th day of May
anno § salutis 1655 2 ætatis 77
Here under lyeth the body of Elizabeth Wolcot who dyed ye 7th day of July
anno S salutis 1655 ætatis 73
And to the record of their deaths in the ancient " Familye Chronologie " is appended this simple and beautiful statement : " These both dyed in hope
have adopted it as their text of life were ' accustomed to swear in tho words of no master,' Nul- lius addictus jurare in verbu magistri. It is alike in keeping with the independent spirit of an English gentleman of the middle ages, and with that of a Puritan of the 17th century who spurned the dictation of ecclesiastical dominion. In relation to the Wolcott coat-of-arms, the fol- lowiug anecdote may not be withoutinterest to such as are curious in matters of heraldry. John Wolcott of Wolcott, who lived in the reign of Henry the Fifth, and who married Matilda, danghter of Sir Richard Cornwall of Bereford, knight, assumed for his arms, the three chess rooks, instead of the crow, with tho fleurs de lis, borno by his ancestors. It is recorded in the old family pedigree, that "playinge at the chesse with Henry the Fifth, Kinge of England, he gavo hym the check matto with the rouke, whereupon tho kinge changed his coat of arms, which was tho cross with flower de Iures, and gave him the rouke for a remembrance.' - - - - 'It seems theso Chess Rooks were at first called Rooks for being in defence of all ye rest; and thorefore they stande in ye uttermost corners of ye Chessboard as Frontier Castles. King Wm. yo Conqueror lost great Lordships at this playe. And it might well become a King, for therein are comprised all ye Stratagems of Warr or plotts of Civill State.'"
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and ly buried under one Tomb in Windsor." This worthy couple had the following Children-JOHN, bap. Oct. 1, 1607; was living in England in 1631, and apparently never emigrated to America ; he d. without issue previous to the date of his father's will, in 1655. The family record makes no mention of him. ANNA, came over with her sister and youngest brother, after the family had become settled. She m., Oct. 16, 1646, Mr. Matthew Griswold, who resided in Windsor, and was a deputy to the general court. He after- wards removed to Saybrook, in the capacity of agent for Gov. Fenwick ; he subsequently purchased a large estate in Blackhall, a pleasant part of Lyme, which has now been the seat of the Griswold family for more than two centuries. He gave the name to the town, of which he was the first inhabit- ant, in honor of Lyme Regis, the place of his nativity in England. He was a stonecutter by trade, and wrought the tombstone of his father-in-law, Henry Wolcott. He d. at the age of 96 years, and was buried in Saybrook ; but his grave is unknown. HENRY, b. Jan. 21, 1610-11. GEORGE, became a freemen in Conn., May 21, 1657; m. Elizabeth Treat, and settled in Wethers- field, Ct. Children-George, Elizabeth, John, and Mercy. CHRISTOPHER, to whom the family homestead at W., was bequeathed by his father, d. un- married, Sept. 7, 1662, and his estate was divided among his brothers and sisters, Henry receiving the largest share. MARY, m. June 25, 1646, to Job Drake of W. ; she and her husband d. on the same day, Sept. 16, 1649. SIMON, b. about the year 1625.
DESCENDANTS OF HENRY, SENIOR, IN THE LINE OF HIS SON HENRY.
HENRY, Jr., admitted a freeman at Boston, April 1, 1634, and was then a member of the Dorchester Church, removed to W. in 1636, and m. Sarah (dau. of Mr. Thomas) Newberry, Nov. 8, 1640 ; was a large importing merch- ant ; appears to have visited England in 1654 ; was a prominent man in the colony ; one of the 19 named in the Charter of Connecticut; elected deputy in 1660 ; a magistrate in 1662, and from that time until his death ; received a grant of 300 acres of land in 1669, and d. July 12, 1680 ; his wid. d. July 16, 1684 ; her wardrobe, an inventory of which still exists among the family papers, was appraised at nearly £100 sterling. Children-Henry,1 b. Jan. 6, 1642-3 ; John,2 b. Feb. 28, 1644; Samuel,3 b. Oct. 8, 1647; Sarah, b. July 5, 1649 ; m. Walter Price, and d. at Salem : Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1651; m. James Russell, Esq. ; d. at Charlestown, Mass. : Hannah, b. March 8, 1653-4 ; d. Sept. 4, 1683 : Josiah,4 b. July 22, 1658.
Mr. HENRY,1 m. Abigail (or Abiah) Goffe, Oct. 12, 1664 ; he d. Feb. 15, 1709-10. Children-Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1665 ; m. Matthew Allyn, Esq., of W. : Henry, b. April 13, 1667; Abiah, b. May 1, 1669 ; d. Jan. 25, 1696 : Sarah, b. March 27, 1671; d. July 20, 1671 : Henry, b. March 30, 1673; d. Aug. 5, 1697 : Sarah, b. April 16, 1676 ; m. Charles Chauncey ; d. at Strat- ford : Samuel, b. March 26, 1679.
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JOHN,2 m. Mrs. Mary Chester, Feb. 14, 1676 ; he d. Jan. 23, 1711. Child- ren-John,5 b. Nov. 20, 1677; Henry, b. Aug. 7, 1679 ; d. April 29, 1680 : Charles,6 b. Sept. 3, 1681 ; George, b. Oct. 20, 1683 ; Benjamin,7 had Mary, m. John Eliot, Esq.
Capt. SAMUEL,3 d. June 14, 1695. Children-Samuel,8 b. 1679 ; Josiah, b. Feb., 1682; d. Oct. 8, 1712: Hannah, b. March 19, 1684; m. William Burnham : Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1686 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 16, 1688 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 23, 1690; d. Sept. 9. 1714: Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1692; Mary, b. May 14, 1694.
JOSIAH,4 moved to Salem, Ct. ; m. 1, Penelope Curmin ; m. 2, Mrs. Mary Treat ; he d. Feb. 9, 1729, at Salem. Children-Elizabeth, b. March 30, 1688 ; d. July 12, 1702 : Josiah, b. Dec. 21, 1690 ; d. Jan. 4, 1691 : Treat, b. March 26, 1696 ; d. July 7, 1696 : Thomas, b. June 23, 1697 ; d. Sept. 13, 1697: Mehitable, b. Aug. 3, 1698 ; d. July 6, 1721 : Josiah, b. July 11, 1700; d. July 31, 1700 : Johu,9 b. Sept. 12, 1702 ; Elizabeth, b. April 1, 1705 ; d. June 24, 1716 : Mary, b. July 13, 1706; d. July 29, 1706 : Treat, b. Oct. 9, 1712.
JOHN, 5 m. Hannah Newberry, Dec. 14, 1703 ; he d. Aug. 20, 1750. Child- ren-Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1704 ; d. June 14, 1706 : Hannah, b. Oct. 21, 1706 ; m. Uriah Loomis of W. : Johu,10 b. April 24, 1708; Anne, b. Dec. 9, 1711; Abigail, b. Sept. 26, 1716 ; Jerusha, b. Jau. 18, 1718-19 ; m. Erastus Wol- cott, Esq.
Lieut. CHARLES,6 m. Elizabeth Hawley, Dec. 19, 1706, who d. Nov. 3, 1765, in 79th year ; he d. July 20, 1754, in 74th year. Children-Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1707 ; d. March 24, 1727-8 : Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1712 ; d. March 5, 1727-8 : George, b. March 6, 1713-14; d. March 16, 1727-8 : Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1709 ; m. Jonathan North : Benjamin, b. Feb. 23, 1721; d. April 19, 1722 : Eunice, b. June 14, 1725; m. Benoni Olcott : Charles, b. June 17, 1716 ; d. June 27, 1716.
BENJAMIN,7 m. Abigail Pinuey. Children-Miriam, b. Aug. 26, 1766; d. May 29, 1773 : Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1769 ; Eleanor, b. Dec. 18, 1770; d. Oct. 18, 1776 ; Talcott, b. Oct. 1, 1772; Chester, b. Jan. 23, 1775 ; Eleanor, b. Nov. 2, 1776 ; Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1778; d. April 17, 1850 ; his wife Abigail, d. March 25, 1854, a. 79 : Clarissa, b. June 16, 1781 ; James, b. June 23, 1784; John, b. July 23, 1786; d. May 21, 1787 :
SAMUEL, 8 d. at Wethersfield, Sept., 1734. Children-Abigail, b. June 3, 1707 ; Oliver, b. Oct. 2, 1709 ; d. 1734 : Samuel, b. April 13, 1713 ; Mehita- ble, b. Aug. 12, 1715 ; Elisha, b. Sept. 26, 1717 ; Josiah, b. March 26, 1720. JOHN,º had John, b. Nov. 2, 1721 ; d. Nov. 27, 1731.
JOHN, 10 m. Mary Hawley, June 9, 1734 ; he d. April 11, 1773. Children- Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1736 ; m. Abiel Grant : Lorana, b. June 5, 1739 ; m. Jonathan Bement : Hope, b. Dec. 29, 1742 ; m. Nathaniel Drake : Benjamin, b. Oct. 26, 1744 ; Anne, b. March 6, 1746; m. - Vansant.
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DESCENDANTS OF HENRY WOLCOTT SENIOR, IN THE LINE OF HIS SON SIMON.
SIMON, admitted freeman in 1654; m. 1, Joanna (dau. of Aaron) Cook, March 19, 1656-7 ; who d. April 27, 1657, a. 18 ; m. 2, Martha Pitkin, " late from England " ( Windsor Rec.) ; she was a sister of Mr. William Pitkin of East Hartford, and is spoken of by her son, the Governor " as a gentlewoman of bright natural parts, which were well improved by her education in the City of London." She came from England in 1661, and on Oct. 17 of same year was m. to Mr. W. " She is said to have come on a visit to her brother, and been induced to remain by the marriage proposal which she received, which was backed by the urgent wishes of some of the leading colonists. A few years after this marriage, Mr. Simon Wolcott sold his place in Wind- sor, and purchased a farm in Simsbury, to which he removed. His name appears on the Simsbury Records, as commander of the train-band, and select- man. It proved an unfortunate investment, as the settlers were driven from the place by the Indians in 1676, and his property was destroyed. He remained a few years in Windsor, and in 1680 settled on his land on the east side of the Connecticut River, in the present town of South Windsor. He died Sept. 11,'1687, a. 62, and was buried in Windsor Churchyard. His death was hastened by gloomy anticipations of the oppression and suffering which awaited the colonists under the coming administration of Sir Edmund Andross - fears which, as the result proved, were not wholly groundless." His widow m. in 1689, Mr. Daniel Clarke, and d. Oct. 13, 1719, a. 80. Child- ren-Elizabeth, b. Aug. 19, 1662 ; m. Daniel Cooley ; d. Jan. 30, 1707 : Martha, b. May 17, 1664 ; m. Thomas Allyn ; d. Sept. 7, 1687: Simon,1 b. June 24, 1666 ; Joanna, b. June 30, 1668 ; m. John Cotton : Daniel, b. -; Henry,2 b. May 20, 1670 ; Christopher, b. July 4, 1672 ; d. April 3, 1693 : Mary, b. 1674; d. 1676: William,3 b. Nov. 6, 1676; Roger,4 b. Jan. 4 1678-9.
SIMON,1 m. Sarah Chester of Wethersfield, Dec. 5, 1689, who d. Aug. 8, 1723, in 67th yr. ; he d. Oct. 28, 1732, in 66th yr. Children-Sarah, m. Samuel Treat ; Martha, m. William Stoughton ; Simon, d. July 26, 1742, in 48th yr. ; Christopher, d. Oct. 9, 1727, in 31st yr. ; Eunice, d. Feb. 18, 1725, in 28th yr. ; James, b. 1700 ; d. Feb. 10, 1747-8, in 48th yr.
HENRY,2 m. Rachel -, who d. Jan. 8, 1725 ; he d. Nov., 1746. Child- ren-Henry, b. Feb. 28, 1697 ; had a son Henry : Thomas, b. April 1, 1702 ; Peter, d. Dec., 1735 ; had a son Giles ? Rachel, m. Joseph Hunt ; Gideon,5 b. 1712.
Mr. WILLIAM 3 (E. W.), m. Abiah Hawley, Nov. 5, 1707, who d. June 16, 1716; he d. Jan. 6, 1749. Children-Abiah, m. Samuel Stoughton ; Lucy, b. May 7, 1710; m. Stephen Olmsted, Hartford : William,6 b. July 29, 1711; Martha, b. Jan. 20, 1718 ; m. - Chapin of Springfield ; Ephraim, b. March 13, 1714; d. Dec. 18, 1762.
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Gov. ROGER * 4 (E. W.), m. Sarah Drake, Dec. 3, 1702. Children- Roger, 8 b. Sept. 14, 1704 ; Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1706; m. Roger New berry of W. : Alexander, b. Jan. 20, 1707-8 ; d. Oct. 8, 1711 : Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 1709-10; d. Dec. 27, 1717 : Alexander,9 b. Jan. 7, 1711-12 ; - , stillborn, Dec. 10, 1712 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1714-15 ; d. Jan. 5, 1735 : Hepzibah, b. June 23, 1717 ; m. John Strong of E. W .; Josiah, b. Feb. 6, 1718-19; d. Jan. 29, 1802, a. 84 : Erastust and Epraphras,# b. Feb. 8, 1720-21 ; Eras- tus,10 b. Sept. 21, 1722; Ursula, b. Oct. 30, 1724; m. Matthew Griswold, Esq., Lyme, Ct. : Oliver,11 b. Nov. 20, 1726; Mary Ann, b. Jan. 1, 1730; m. Thomas Williams, Esq., Brookline, Ct.
# Governor ROGER WOLCOTT was one of the most remarkable men whom Connectient has produced. He never enjoyed many educational advantages ; was apprenticed at the age of 12 to old Mr. Eno of W., to learn the trado of a weaver; in 1699 he went into business for him- self ; in 1702, m., and went to the east side of the Connectiont River to reside; in 1707, was a selectman ; in 1709, a .representative ; in 1710, a justice of the peace; in 1711, commissary in the expedition to ,Canada ; in 1714, a member of the council : in 1721, a judge of the connty conrt ; in 1732, a judge of the supreme court; in 1741, was depnty-governor and chief judge of the supreme court; in 1745, the 2d in command of the expedition to Cape Breton, which resulted in the glorious capture of St. Lonisburg; in 1750, was bereaved by the death of his wife; in 1760, became governor of the colony. After 1754, ho retired from public life, and devoted his leisure to literary pursuits and to reading of the scriptures, meditation and prayers. IIe is an eminent proof of the power of native talents and industry, in a free country, in raising one to positions of distinction and nsefulness. In all his exaltation he was free from hantenr, casy of access, free and affable in manner, possessing ready wit, humor, and good literary tastes. Ilis body was strong and well proportioned, and his countenance peenliarly adapted to inspire reverence and esteem. His personal appearance is thus described by a lady of Wethersfield, who saw him frequently at a time when he was enjoying the height of his popularity. Ile was a visitor at her father's honse, and the costume of an officer under the royal government was too imposing to pass uunoticed. " Several times a week he rode out on horseback, and never appeared abroad but in full dress. He wore a snit of scarlet broadeloth. The coat was made with wide skirts, and trimmed down the whole length in front with gilt buttons, and broad gilt vellum buttonholes, two or three inches in length. The cuffs were large and deep, reaching nearly to the elbows, and were ornamented like the sides of the coat, as were also the pocket lids, with gilt vellum buttonholes and buttons. The waistcoat had skirts and was richly em- broidered. Ruffles at the bosom and over the hand they were of lace. He had a flowing wig, and a three cornered hat with a cockade, and rode sternly and stately on a large black horse whose tail swept the ground." He was a good thinker, and a clear, vigorous writer. Several of his works were published, viz : In 1725, Poetical Meditations, with a preface by the Rev. Mr. Bnlkly of Colchester, Ct. ; in 1761, a letter to Mr. Hobart entitled "The New England Con - gregational Churches are and always have been Consociated Churches, and the liberties greater and better founded in their Platforms agreed upon at Cambridge, in 1648, than in the agreement at Saybrook iu 1708." This was probably a resume of the difficulties in the 2d Church of Wind- sor, of which he was a member, and which has been spoken of at length in that portion of our work relating to East Windsor. At his death, a sermon was preached by his pastor, the Rev. Mr. Perry of (E.) W., which was published. It is entitled : The character of Moses illustrated and improved | In & | Discourse [ occasioned by the death of tho Honorable | ROGER WOLCOTT. Esq. | Governor of the Colony of Connectient | and died May 7, 1767, ! in the 89th year of his age. | Preached the first opportunity after his Funeral | By Joseph Perry, A. M., Pastor of the Second Church in W. | Isaiah, Ivii, 1, 2; Pslams, cxii, 6; Ivii, 11. Hartford, Priuted by Thomas Green.
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