Left Gaulden Manor, Tolland, near Taunton, Somersetshire, England to come to Dorchester in the first company. 19 Oct 1630. Administrator from 1 Apr 1634; proprietor, selectman in 1636-1637 to Windsor, CT. One of the undertakers of the ship Hopewell in 1640. Two light windows in the west wall of the tower of Tolland church were installed in 1932 (dedicated 7 Aug 1932) in memory of Henry Wolcott and Elizabeth who left Tolland in 1630 and became founders of the Wolcott family in America, gift of Henry and cora Codman Wolcott of Boston, MA. An inscription states: 'In loving memory. Henry Wolcott. Donor of this window. October 28 1855- July 21 1939.' Gaulden Manor was built in the 12th century. It includes a great plaster ceiling and oak scren. The Turberville family of Bere Regis (about which Thomas Hardy wrote in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles") replaced the Wolcotts in this house. When they left their eldest son John remained behind with Anna and Mary and simon. The younger children joined their parents later, but John never went to America.

BIRT NOTE Glandon Manor.

DEAT NOTE date given as 5 Jul 1655 by Craft.

CHR NOTE St. Lawrence.

BURI NOTE Here under lyeth the body of Henry Wolcott sometimes a majestrate
of this juristriction who died the 30th day of May salvtis 1655 anno aetatis 77.

MARR PLAC Lydiard, St. Lawrence. Somerset, England

1. 2. John WOLCOTT   c. 1 Oct 1607, Lydeard,Somerset,Eng; d. 1655, Tiverton,Devon,Eng.
2. 3. Mary WOLCOTT   b. 1608, Tiverton,Devon,Eng; d. Lynn,Ma.
3. 4. Anna WOLCOTT   b. 1609, Lydiard,Somerset,Eng; d. 1701.
4. 5. Henry WOLCOTT   b. 21 Jan 1610, Tolland,Lydeard,St. Lawrence,Somerset,Eng; d. 12 Jul 1680, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
5. 6. George WOLCOTT   b. Abt 1613, Tolland,Somerset,Eng; d. 12 Feb 1663, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
6. 7. Christopher WOLCOTT   b. Abt 1615, Tolland,Somerset,Eng; d. 7 Sep 1662, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
7. 8. Mary WOLCOTT   b. Abt 1622, Tolland,Somerset,Eng; d. 16 Sep 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
8. 9. Simon WOLCOTT   b. 11 Sep 1624, Tolland,Somerset,Eng; d. 11 Sep 1687, Glastonbury,Hartford,Ct.

Remained in England with relatives when his parents, 3 brothers and 2 sisters went to America. He never went to America, though his other siblings joined his parents there later.

Lived on a site now occupied by the Loomis School in Hartford, CT.
Moved to Simsbury in 1671, but drived back to Windsor in 1675 by and


BURIAL: Tombstone reads: Here lyes waiting for the resurection of just the body of Mr. Siman Wolcott who dyed September 17th 1687 aged 62 years.

1. 10. Roger WOLCOTT, Governor   b. 4 Jan 1679, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 17 May 1767, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. 11. Henry WOLCOTT   b. Abt 1650.
3. 12. Elizabeth WOLCOTT   b. 19 Aug 1662, Springfield,Hampden,Ma; d. 31 Jan 1706, Springfield,Hampden,Ma.
4. 13. Martha WOLCOTT   b. 17 May 1664, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 7 Sep 1687, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
5. 14. Simon WOLCOTT   b. 24 Jun 1666, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 30 Oct 1732, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
6. 15. Joanna WOLCOTT   b. 30 Jun 1668, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 10 Jan 1755, Springfield,Hampden,Ma.
7. 16. Henry WOLCOTT   b. 20 May 1670, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Nov 1746.
8. 17. Christopher WOLCOTT   b. 4 Jul 1672, Simsbury,Hartford,Ct; d. 3 Apr 1693, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
9. 18. Mary WOLCOTT   b. 1674, Simsbury,Hartford,Ct; d. 1676.
10. 19. William WOLCOTT   b. 6 Nov 1676, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 6 Jan 1749, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

Had a stillborn child 10 Dec 1712
Was a colonial governor

One of the original proprietors of Litchfield. Never had any formal schooling (home schooled we would say in 1997). Deputy governor of CT 1741-1750. Major General, second in command at the capture of Louisberg from the French in 1745. Governor of CT 1751-1754. Author of Poetical Meditations, first book of verse published in CT. Writings: Poetical Meditations, being the improvement of some vacant
hours (1725) with a preface by the Reverend Mr. Bulkley. New London [Conn.] : Printed and sold by T. Green, 1725. Description: lvi, ii, 78, [4] p. The Agency of the Honourable John Winthrop in the court of King Charles the second. Journal of the siege of Louisbourg in collections of the CT Hist. Soc. 1860.

BIRTH: Birth date given by James Pitkin: 4 Jan 1678.

1. 20. Roger WOLCOTT   b. 14 Sep 1704; d. 19 Oct 1756.
2. 21. Elisabeth WOLCOTT   b. 10 Apr 1706.
3. 22. Alexander WOLCOTT   b. 20 Jan 1708; d. 18 Oct 1711.
4. 23. Samuel WOLCOTT   b. 9 Jan 1709; d. 27 Dec 1717.
5. 24. Sarah WOLCOTT   b. 31 Jan 1715; d. 5 Jan 1735.
6. 25. Hepsibah WOLCOTT   b. 23 Jun 1717; d. Abt 1780.
7. 26. Josiah WOLCOTT   b. 6 Feb 1719.
8. 27. Epaphras WOLCOTT   b. 8 Feb 1721; d. 3 Apr 1733.
9. 28. Erastus WOLCOTT, Esq.   b. 21 Sep 1722; d. 12 May.
10. 29. Ursula WOLCOTT   b. 30 Oct 1724; d. 5 Apr 1788.
11. 30. Oliver WOLCOTT   b. 20 Nov 1726; d. 1 Dec 1797, Litchfield.
12. 31. Maryanna WOLCOTT   b. 1 Jan 1730.

Birth also noted as 8 Feb 1721

1. 32. Erastus WOLCOTT   b. 24 Dec 1747; d. 16 Aug 1751.
2. 33. Fluvia WOLCOTT   b. 27 May 1750; d. 23 Aug 1751.
3. 34. Jerusha WOLCOTT   b. 29 Nov 1755; d. 19 Mar 1844.
4. 35. Aiodi WOLCOTT   b. 29 Sep 1759.
5. 36. Albert WOLCOTT   b. 19 Dec 1761, East Windsor,, Connecticut.

Governor of Connecticut
Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Signed the Declaration of Independence as a member of Continental Congress. Carried the broken lead statue of George III home from Bowling Green, Broadway, NYC in 1776 where he melted it down and his children made make bullets in the backyard. Three children cast 26, 104 bullets. With Major General against Burgoyne in 1779. Governor of CT 1796-1797.

In front of St. Anthony's R. C. Church, is the Connecticut Sycamore the last of the 13 trees set out by Oliver Wolcott. Jr., after the Revolution to represent the original States. The *Older Oliver
Wolcott House the oldest in the borough, dates from 1753. Oliver, after serving in the French war, where he reached the rank of major general, studied medicine under his brother Alexander, and began practice in Goshen. He was appointed sheriff of the new Litchfield county in 1751 and moved to Litchfield. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, took a leading part in the Revolution.
The house has a central chimney, a slight overhang in the attic story, and a graceful porch with 2 slender columns supporting an open gable. There are pediments over the 1st-story windows. The wing and the bay window on the north are later additions. Washington and Lafayette were entertained here. In the orchard to the rear, the leaden statue of King George III, torn down from Bowling Green in New York in 1776 and brought to Litchfield in a cart, was melted into bullets. In the Historical Society is the bullet mold from the Wolcott orchard.