Ensign Samuel WOLCOTT

Samuel married Mary WYATT in Mar 1735/6. Mary (daughter of Israel WYATT and Sarah PRATT) was born on 19 Nov 1716 in Colcheter, Connecticut; died on 6 Jun 1758 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Solomon WOLCOTT was born on 21 Jun 1743; was christened on 26 Jun 1743 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 2 Jan 1811 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Samuel married Sarah SHERMAN on 30 Aug 1759 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Sarah was born on 23 Jul 1715 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died on 6 Mar 1794 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He lived with his uncle Josiah in Salem until his father passed was when Samuel was sixteen years old. His responsibilities for the care of his younger siblings interrupted his educational plans. He became an importer of merchandise, was prominent in military affairs and was a wealthy man in his day It is reported "that the 'Worshipful' Samuel Wolcott built and occupied the mansion which afterwards became famous as the Washington Headquarters in Wethersfield."

Samuel married Abigail COLLINS on 27 Dec 1705 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (daughter of Rev Nathaniel COLLINS and Mary WHITING) was born on 13 Jul 1680 in Middletown, Connecticut; was christened on 13 Mar 1680/1 in Middletown, Connecticut; died on 6 Feb 1758 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Mary Whiting

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• Fact: Son of Henry Wolcott and Sarah Newberry of Windsor, Conn.
• Birth: 16 Apr 1656
• Fact 1: 1679, Constable
• Fact 2: 1685, Selectman
• Fact: Oct 1685, Deputy to the General Court

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He settled in Wethersfield where he was a merchant and a constable there in 1679. Samuel was a representative to the General Court in 1685. He owned a large piece of land a mile west of Wethersfield where he built a one room house on a hill. His sons built nearby and the hill became known as 'Wolcott Hill'.

Samuel married Judith APPLETON on 6 Mar 1677/8 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Judith (daughter of Col. Samuel APPLETON and Hannah PAINE) was born about 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nathaniel Collins and Sybil (Collins) Whiting were siblings, and their spouses were siblings. Nathaniel graduated from Harvard, Class of 1660, and finished advanced study there in 1663. He moved to Middletown by 1664, where he was one of the early settlers. Nathaniel and his brother Samuel were admitted freemen on 9 May 1667. Probate of Nathaniel's estate was begun in Middletown after December 1684.

Nathaniel was ordained minister of the First church of Christ in Middleton on 4 November 1668, succeeding Rev. Samuel Stow. Nathaniel died, quite prematurely and unexpectedly, in 1684. After a vacancy of four years, he was succeeded by rev. Noadish Russell. The children of Nathaniel, and the children of his brother Samuel, were baptized in this church.

Note that both Nathaniel and his brother Samuel had daughters named Abigail, Martha, Mary, and Sybil. they were all born, baptized, and most were married in Middletown over approximately the same time period. Some accounts attribute a given husband to a daughter of the wrong parents.

Nathaniel married Mary WHITING on 3 Aug 1664 in Middletown, Connecticut. Mary was born about 1643; died on 25 Oct 1709 in Middletown, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of William and Susanna Whiting

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He came to America with his parents and was a member of the Dorchester Church when he was made Freeman at Boston, April 1, 1634; removed to Windsor, 1636. His name appears on the records of the Conn. Colony as early as 1638, when Henry Wolcott the younger, was "chosen to receive for Windsor the Indian con brought in", and to "keepe one exact account of what every man hath," etc. (Col Rec. of Conn., 1, p. 18). In1654, he went to England on business and again in 1671; was an importing merchant; much engaged in public life; is mentioned in the Royal Charter of Connecticut as one of the nineteen prominent men of the colony. He became a member of the House of Deputies at October session, 1660 and served at the March, May, June and August sessions of 1661. At the may session of 1662, he was a member of the House of Magistrates, to which he was annually re-elected till his death. Was of the Council of Military Affairs during King Philip's War. he wrote shorthand and preserved many items of Windsor History. It was he who took notes of a lecture delivered by Rev. Thomas Hooke, May 31, 1638, before the General Court, in which was outlined the Constitution of Connecticut, the first written constitution known to history, and the one which more than any other, formed the basis for the Constitution of the United States. His notebook is now in the possession of the conn. Hist. Society. He gave much attention to fruit culture, was prominent in church matters and left a large estate here and in England. His Wethersfield land went to his sons, Samuel of Wethersfield and Josiah of Windsor.

Henry married Sarah NEWBERRY on 18 Nov 1641. Sarah (daughter of Thomas NEWBERRY and Joane DABINOTT) was born about 1622; died on 16 Jul 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Dau. of thomas and Jane Newberry of Dorcester, Mass.

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He became a freeman on 26 Sep 1648 and was Commander-in-Chief in King Philip's War. Samuel was Deputy to the General Court in 1668 under the title of Lieutenant Samuel Appleton, and from 1669-1671 and 1673. He was elected assistant from 1681 to 1686, six years, and was one of the first council under the charter of William and Mary in 1692. A record in the Massachusetts Files in 1675 indicates that "On 24th September ordered, that a commission be issued forth to Captain Samuel Appleton, to command a foot company of 100 men." which was prompted by the Indian war, called King Philip's War, which began that year. Samuel was appointed on 4 Oct. 1675 "Command in Chief, of the army in those parts, by whose industry, skill, and courage," says Hubbard, his neighbour, "those towns were preserved from running the same fate with the rest, wholly or in part so lately turned into ashes." Samuel "did not escape the persecution of Sir Edmund Andros and his tools, probably on account of the freedom of speech, in which he denounced his (Andros) arbitrary assumption of power." He died "after a career of great civil and military distinction." His will dated 12 Apr 1695 was proved 25 May 1696.

Headstone Inscription:

Here Lyeth Buried
ye Body of
Colo Samuel Appleton
Aged 70 Years
Decd May ye 15th
1696

He came from England with his father in 1635 and became a man of the highest repute in the military and civil service. Representative in 1660, and often after until 1681, when he was made an Assistant, in which office he was continued until the over-throw of the King Charles Government in1686. In 1675, he was made Commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts forces in the west against King Philip and for the defense of the frontier towns against the Indians; he was several times successful in repelling them and saving the towns. When hatfield was attacked oct 19, 1675, a bullet passed through his hair and a sergeant was killed at his side. When succeeded by Major Savage, as commander of the forces on the Connecticut River, he was transferred to the expedition against the Narragansetts, commanding all the Massachusetts men in that expedition and at the Great Battle. for his resolute support of the people against the unlawful taxation in 1687 he was imprisoned by Gov. Andros for three months. In the new charter of William and Mary, 1691, he was made one of the council, though he did not retain the office after the following election. He was justice in Quarterly and General Sessions Court, and also of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, (April 11, 1692), for the trial of persons charged with witchcraft. He ably and faithfully performed his diversified duties as legislator and judge and was held in the highest esteem by his contemporaries.

Samuel married Hannah PAINE on 2 Apr 1651 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Hannah was born in 1628/29 in Lavenham, co. Suffolk, England; was christened on 11 Feb 1628/29 in Lavenham, co. Suffolk, Englnad; died before 1655/56 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of William Paine and Anna North

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Edward and his family emigrated from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1638. He left a will dated 20 Aug 1683, affirmed 6 April 1689, and proved 17 December 1689. Edward left everything to his wife Martha and made her sole executrix. She was to distribute his estate to their children and grandchildren as she saw "most meet and expedyent."

Edward married Martha BAYLIE on 20 Nov 1628 in Framlingham, Suffolk,England. Martha was christened on 20 Feb 1609/10 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England; died on 22 Mar 1699/1700 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Francis Baylie