Person:Henry Wolcott (6)

Henry Wolcott
m. 19 Jan 1606/07
  1. John Wolcott1607 - Bef 1641/42
  2. Henry WolcottEst 1616 - 1680
  3. George WolcottAbt 1622 - 1663
  4. Anne WolcottEst 1624 - Bef 1701
  5. Mary Wolcott1626 - 1689
  6. Christopher WolcottAbt 1628 - 1662
  7. Simon WolcottEst 1630 - 1687
m. 8 Nov 1641
  1. Henry Wolcott1642/43 - 1709/10
  2. John Wolcott1644/45 - 1711/12
  3. Sarah Wolcott1649 -
  4. Samuel Wolcott1656 - 1695
Facts and Events
Name Henry Wolcott
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1616 Somerset, England
Marriage 8 Nov 1641 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Newberry
Death[1][2] 12 Jul 1680 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

The will of Henry Wolcott sen. of Windsor is dated 21 September 1670. The abstract reads:

"I Henry Wolcott sen. of Windsor ... to my wife ... son Henry ... son John ... son Samuel ... son Josiah .. daughters Sarah, Mary & Hannah ... My wife to be Executrix, and my brother-in-law Capt. Benjamin Newbery and my son Henry Wolcott to be Overseers." Inventory was taken 19 and 24 July 1680 by Capt. Benjamin Newbery, John Loomis sen., Thomas Bissell (Windsor); by Nathaniel Boreman & Samuel Steele (Wethersfield); it amounted to ?2743-12-00 at Windsor, ?1234-04-00 at Wethersfield, total ?3977-16-00.

Important merchant. Admittd as a Freeman by the General Court of BOston in 1634. Elected member of the HOuse of Deputies in 1660 and the House of Magistrated in 1662 and successively until his death.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Stott, Clifford L. "Humphrey Blake (1494?-1558) and his Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 193:278, 287, (Oct. 2009).

    eldest son in his father's will, b. say 1616, d. 12 Jul 1680 Windsor (citing Barbour)

  2. Parsons, Samuel Holden. Record of Marriages & Births in the Town of Windsor, in Connecticut: copied from the first Book of Records in Windsor. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1851).

    Henry WOLCOT d. 12 Jul 1680 & was buried the 13th. He was the son of Henry WOLCOT 1st, and was born in Tolland, England, 26 yrs before his arrival in Windsor in 1635.