 1679 - 1767 (88 years)
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| Name |
Roger Wolcott |
| Title |
Governor |
| Born |
4 Jan 1679 |
Windsor, Hartford County, CT  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
17 May 1767 |
Windsor, Hartford County, CT [1] |
| Buried |
Palisado cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, CT [2] |
| Person ID |
I35323 |
Day Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
9 Dec 2015 |
| Father |
Captain Simon Wolcott, b. 11 Sep 1624/1625, Tolland, Somersetshire, England , d. 29 Apr 1687, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 61 years) |
| Mother |
Martha Pitkin, b. 12 Dec 1639, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England , d. 13 Oct 1719, East Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
17 Oct 1661 |
Windsor, Hartford County, CT [3] |
| Family ID |
F13272 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Drake, b. 10 May 1686, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 20 Jan 1748, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
3 Dec 1702 |
Windsor, Hartford County, CT [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Roger Wolcott, b. 14 Sep 1704, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 10 Oct 1754, Connecticut (Age 50 years) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Wolcott, b. 10 Apr 1706, Windsor Township, Hartford County, CT , d. 16 Jul 1775 (Age 69 years) |
| | 3. Alexander Wolcott, b. 20 Jan 1707/1708, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 8 Oct 1711, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 3 years) |
| | 4. Samuel Wolcott, b. 9 Jan 1709/1710, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 27 Dec 1717, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 7 years) |
| | 5. Dr. Alexander Wolcott, b. 7 Jan 1711/1712, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 25 Mar 1795, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 83 years) |
| | 6. Sarah Wolcott, b. 10 Dec 1712, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 10 Dec 1712, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 0 years) |
| | 7. Sarah Wolcott, b. 31 Jan 1715, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 5 Jan 1735, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 19 years) |
| | 8. Hepzibah Wolcott, b. 23 Jun 1717, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 8 Nov 1780, East Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 63 years) |
| | 9. Josiah Wolcott, b. 6 Feb 1719, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 29 Jun 1802 (Age 83 years) |
| | 10. Erastus Wolcott, b. 8 Feb 1721, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 11 May 1722, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 1 years) |
| | 11. Epaphras Wolcott, b. 8 Feb 1721, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 3 Apr 1733, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age 12 years) |
| | 12. General Erastus Wolcott, b. 21 Sep 1722, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 14 Sep 1793 (Age 70 years) |
| | 13. Ursula Wolcott, b. 30 Oct 1724, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 5 Apr 1788, Hartford County, CT (Age 63 years) |
| + | 14. General Oliver Wolcott, Sr., b. 20 Nov 1726, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 1 Dec 1797, Lebanon, New London County, CT (Age 71 years) |
| | 15. Mary Ann (Mariane) Wolcott, b. 1 Jan 1728, Windsor, Hartford County, CT , d. 3 Apr 1778 (Age 50 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13279 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- One of the original proprietors of Litchfield. His military service started with his appointment as Captain in 1722. Seventeen years later he had risen to the rank of Colonel, commanding Connecticut's First Regiment. He was commissioned a Major General in 1745 and was second in command of the successful Anglo-American expedition that captured the French fortress of Louisburg. He was Lieutenant-Governor from 1741-1750, and then Governor for 4 years. [5]
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| Sources |
- [S94] Ancestors of Ralph James Turner (Reliability: 3).
- [S1383] http://www.findagrave.com/.
- [S453] American Marriage Records Before 1699, William Montgomery Clemens, 1926, 187 (Reliability: 3).
- [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 624 (Reliability: 3).
- [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.
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