Simon WOLCOTT

1625 - 1687  (62 years)

• Name	Simon WOLCOTT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Simon was the father of Roger Wolcott, who was a Major-General and second in command at siege and capture of Louisburg in 1745, and from 1750 to 1754, Governor of Connecticut. Roger's son, Erastus, served as General in the Revolution, was Judge of the Superior Court and member of congress from Connecticut. His daughter Ursula m. Matthew Griswold of Lyme, Governor of Connecticut from 1784 to 1786, and father of Gov. Roger Griswold. His son Oliver was member of congress from 1775 to 1778 and from 1781 to 1788; in 1777, 1779 and 1780, he served as a Brigadier-General in the army; Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut; he was the father of the late Governor Oliver Wolcott. Alexander, another son of Roger was a famous physician. A list of many other distinguished relatives of his daughter Ursula is given in the N.E. reg., 33, p. 223. [1] Simon Wolcott was but five years old when his father emigrated to America. He remained in England with his two sisters until the family had effected a settlement in this country; they came over within ten years after, but the exact time of their arrival we have not been able to ascertain. He was admitted a freeman in 1654. [2]
  Birth	1625  [1, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Sep 1687	Windsor, Connecticut   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I82731	Main Tree
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry WOLCOTT, Sr.,   b. 1578   d. 30 May 1655 (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth SAUNDERS,   c. 20 Dec 1584   d. 7 Jul 1655 (Age ~ 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	19 Jan 1606  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F33769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joanna COOKE,   b. 5 Aug 1638   d. 27 Apr 1657 (Age 18 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1656/7  [1, 2, 4]
  Family ID	F33772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Martha PITKIN,   b. 1638, England d. 13 Oct 1719 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1661  [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth WOLCOTT,   b. 19 Aug 1662   d. 3 Jan 1708 (Age 45 years)  [Birth]   2. Martha WOLCOTT,   b. 17 May 1664   d. 7 Sep 1687/8 (Age 24 years)  [Birth]   3. Simon WOLCOTT,   b. 24 Jun 1666  [Birth]   4. Joanna WOLCOTT,   b. 30 Jun 1668  [Birth]   5. Henry WOLCOTT,   b. 20 May 1670  [Birth]   6. Christopher WOLCOTT,   b. 4 Jul 1672   d. 3 Apr 1693 (Age 20 years)  [Birth]   7. Mary WOLCOTT,   b. 1674   d. 1676 (Age 2 years)  [Birth]   8. William WOLCOTT,   b. 6 Nov 1676  [Birth] + 9. Roger WOLCOTT,   b. 4 Jan 1678  [Birth]
  Family ID	F33773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S12069] Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott Genealogy The Family of Henry Wolcott One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut. [S02944] A.P. Pitkin, Pitkin Family of America - A Genealogy of the Des. of William Pitkin, (Name: Name: Hartford, Conn. 1887;;). [S12070] Samuel Wolcott, Memorial of Henry Wolcott, one of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of Some of his Descendants. [S10254] Ancestry.com: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.