1679 - 1767

Home    Search    Print    Login    Add Bookmark

• Suffix	Governor
  Birth	4 Jan 1679	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 May 1767	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
  Person ID	I83903	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Simon WOLCOTT, b. 11 Sep 1624, Tolland,Somerset,Eng
  Mother	Martha PITKIN, b. 12 Dec 1639, Berkhamstead,Bucks,Eng
  Family ID	F27616	Group Sheet
  Family	Sarah DRAKE
  Children	1. Roger WOLCOTT, b. 14 Sep 1704   2. Elisabeth WOLCOTT, b. 10 Apr 1706   3. Alexander WOLCOTT, b. 20 Jan 1708   4. Samuel WOLCOTT, b. 9 Jan 1709   5. Sarah WOLCOTT, b. 31 Jan 1715   6. Hepsibah WOLCOTT, b. 23 Jun 1717   7. Josiah WOLCOTT, b. 6 Feb 1719   8. Epaphras WOLCOTT, b. 8 Feb 1721 > 9. Erastus WOLCOTT, Esq., b. 21 Sep 1722   10. Ursula WOLCOTT, b. 30 Oct 1724   11. Oliver WOLCOTT, b. 20 Nov 1726   12. Maryanna WOLCOTT, b. 1 Jan 1730
  Family ID	F36553	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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.