Martha PITKIN
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Dec 1639 - Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England
Christening:
Death: 13 Oct 1719 - East Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Events
1. Immigration, 1661 in England To Hartford, Connecticut
Spouses and Children
1. *Simon WOLCOTT (11 Sep 1624 - 29 Apr 1687) 1
Marriage: 17 Oct 1661 - Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut 1
Children:
1. Elizabeth WOLCOTT (1662-1707) 1
2. Martha WOLCOTT (1664- ) 1
3. Simon II WOLCOTT (1665- ) 1
4. Joanna WOLCOTT (1668-1755) 1
5. Lt. Henry WOLCOTT (1670-1746) 1
6. Christopher WOLCOTT (1672- ) 1
7. Mary WOLCOTT (1674- ) 1
8. William WOLCOTT (1676- ) 1
9. Gov. Roger WOLCOTT (1679-1767) 1
Notes
General:
Someone wrote that Martha was one of the most beautiful women of the century.
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Source: FTM GenealogyLibrary.com
The Cooley Genealogy , page 446
MARTHA PITKIN
She followed her brother William to America in 1661, to
return with him to England, 'not once supposing he intended
to remain in the wilderness,' as she expressed it. Her first
greeting on meeting her brother, whom she found feeding
his swine, was, 'I left a brother in England serving his king,
and find another in America serving his swine.'
Martha Pitkin was a lady endowed with more than ordinary
talent, improved by an excellent education. The reception
she met with in the colony was most flattering; her comely
form and accomplished manner making the colonists
anxious to retain her in their country. In the words of the
Rev. Thomas Robbins, for many years the pastor of the
church she attended, 'this girl put the colony in commotion.
If possible she must be detained. The stock was too
valuable to be parted with. It became a matter of general
consultation what young man was good enough for Miss
Pitkin.' Tradition says that so many young men wished to
marry the accomplished beauty, that they cast lots for her
hand, but fails to say what part Miss Pitkin was to take in
the affair. The facts are, that the sons of Henry Wolcott, one
of the first settlers of East Windsor, were well pleased with
Miss Pitkin, and to avoid all question of strife or jealousy,
it is believed it was decided by lot among themselves
which one should sue for her hand. The lot fell to Simon
Wolcott, the youngest son; at all events, he pressed his suit,
and was successful. Her brother favored the match, and she
became the wife of Simon Wolcott, and subsequently the
mother of Governor Roger Wolcott, grandmother of
Governor Oliver Wolcott, and great-grandmother of the
second Governor Oliver Wolcott, and of Governor Roger
Griswold. Governor Ellsworth was also a lineal descendant, and her
granddaughter married Governor Matthew Griswold.
It was stated in the funeral sermon of Governor Roger
Wolcott, her ninth child, that 'he never went to school, but
was educated by his mother in her own dwelling'(+)