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• Birth	5 Dec 1578	Tolland,Somerset,Eng
  Christened	6 Dec 1578	Lydeard,Somerset,Eng
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 May 1655	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
  Person ID	I81950	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John WOLCOTT, b. 17 Apr 1545, Tolland,Somerset,Eng
  Mother	Agnes CROSSE
  Family ID	F28376	Group Sheet
  Family	Elizabeth SAUNDERS, c. 20 Dec 1584, Lydeard,Somerset,Eng
  Married	19 Jan 1606	Lydiard,St. Lawrence. So,England
  Children	1. John WOLCOTT, c. 1 Oct 1607, Lydeard,Somerset,Eng   2. Mary WOLCOTT, b. 1608, Tiverton,Devon,Eng   3. Anna WOLCOTT, b. 1609, Lydiard,Somerset,Eng   4. Henry WOLCOTT, b. 21 Jan 1610, Tolland,Lydeard,St. Lawrence,Somerset,Eng   5. George WOLCOTT, b. Abt 1613, Tolland,Somerset,Eng   6. Christopher WOLCOTT, b. Abt 1615, Tolland,Somerset,Eng   7. Mary WOLCOTT, b. Abt 1622, Tolland,Somerset,Eng > 8. Simon WOLCOTT, b. 11 Sep 1624, Tolland,Somerset,Eng
  Family ID	F32336	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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