Eleventh Generation


1670. Henry WOLCOTT117 was born before 6 December 1579 in Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire, England.168 He died on 30 May 1655 at the age of 75 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.169 According to The Great Migration Begins..., he came in 1630 on the "Mary and John" and first resided in Dorchester. He removed to Windsor in 1636. He travelled back to England in 1640 and returned to CT in 1641. He was admitted as a freeman April 1, 1634. It appears that some of his children remained in England and some came over and settled in Windsor, CT. He had been a magistrate in England before coming to America. He was one of 19 signers of a petition to Charles II for a charter for Connecticut. Sources: Rudd, The Family of Henry Wolcott. Also Griswold Genealogy. Elizabeth SAUNDERS and Henry WOLCOTT were married on 19 January 1606 in Lidyard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire, England.

1671. Elizabeth SAUNDERS was born in 1582 in Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire, England. She was baptized on 20 December 1584 in Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire, England. She died on 5 July 1655 at the age of 73 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.170

Children were:

835

i.

Mary WOLCOTT.

ii.

John WOLCOTT was born before 1 October 1607.

iii.

Henry WOLCOTT was born about 1616 in England. He died on 12 July 1680 at the age of 64 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.171

iv.

George WOLCOTT was born about 1622.

v.

Anne WOLCOTT was born about 1624.

vi.

Christopher WOLCOTT was born about 1628.

vii.

Simon WOLCOTT was born about 1630.