Henry , Esq. WOLCOTT
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Dec 1578 - Lydiard, St. Lawrence, Sommersetshire, England
Christening:
Death: 30 May 1655 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Parents
Father: John II WOLCOTT (1545-1623) 1
Mother: Agnes CROSSE (1551-1623) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth SAUNDERS (1589 - 7 Jul 1655) 1
Marriage: 9 Jan 1607 - Lydiard St. Laurence Parish, England 1
Children:
1. John WOLCOTT (1607- ) 1
2. Mary WOLCOTT (1608-1609) 1
3. Anna WOLCOTT (1609- ) 1
4. Henry , Esq. WOLCOTT (1610-1680) 1
5. Christopher WOLCOTT (Abt 1615-1662) 1
6. George WOLCOTT (Abt 1618-1662) 1
7. Anne WOLCOTT (1620-1701) 1
8. Simon WOLCOTT (1624-1687) 1
9. Mary WOLCOTT (1628-1689) 1
Notes
General:
1 _FA1
2 DATE 6 DEC 1578
2 PLAC Chr: Lawrence, Sommerset, England
Source: http://members.aol.com/WinthropSQ/planters.htm
Below are surnames of the first settlers of Dorchester who arrived on the Mary and John in 1630, or were known to be in Dorchester before 1632 (from Anderson, NEHGR 147):
Benham, Clap, Collicot, Cooke, Denslow, Dyer, Eggleston, Ford, Gallop, Gaylord, Gibbs, Gibson, Gillet, Glover, Grant, Greenaway, Holman, Hoskins, Hulbird/Hubbert, Hull, Johnson, Lumbert/Lombard, Louge, Ludlow, Maverick, Newton, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pomeroy, Rockwell, Rossiter, Smith, Southcott, Stoughton, Terry, Upsall, Warham, Way, Williams, Wolcott, Woolridge.
Mr. Henry WOLCOTT
Born x 6 Dc 1578
Died 30 My 1655
English Origin Lidyard, Somerset
Came to New England 1630
With Mary & John
Resided in Dorchester; CT
Freeman of MBC Ap 1634
Occupation farmer, magistrate
First Spouse Elizabeth SAUNDERS (c1595 - 1655)
Children John, Henry, George, Anne, Christopher, Simon
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THE WOLCOTT LINE
The English ancestry of the Wolcotts goes back to John
Woolcott I of Tolland, Somersetshire, England, whose will
was dated there Feb. 9, 1571, and proved Apr. 11, 1572. In
his will are mentioned the children John, Alice and Mary,
his wife Agnes, and brothers Henry and Roger Woolcot.
The will of John Wolcot II of Tolland, dated Nov. 10,
1623, mentions several children, among them his two eldest
sons, Christopher Wolcott and Henry Woollcott. His wife's
name was Joan.
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Henry and Elizabeth Saunders came to America on the ship "Mary and John" in 1630.
They were one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut.
The Wolcott family originated in Devonshire, England. Wolcotts were living in Devon and Somerset in the 16th century. Five Wolcott families immigrated to America prior to the American Revolution. It is probable that all were related. Their descendants make up nearly all of the Wolcotts in America today
Arms of Henry Wolcott of Gaulden Manor, Tolland, Somersetshire, England.
ARMS- Argent, a Chevron between three Chess Rooks ermined.
CREST- A Bulls' Head erased argent, armed or, ducally gorged, lined, and ringed, of the last.
MOTTO- Nullis addictus jurare in verba magistri
Translation- "accustomed to swear in the words of no master"
"The chess rooks were introduced early in the fifteenth century through a knight of whom it is recorded in the old Family Pedigree:
Playing at ye chess with Henry ye fifte, kind of Englande, he gave him ye cheke matte with ye rouke, whereupone ye kings changed his coate of armes which was ye crosse with flower de lures, and gave him ye rouke for a remembrance."
Henry Wolcott of Goldon Manor, second son of Sir John, was baptized at Lydiard, St. Lawrence, the adjoining parish, 6th December, 1578, and married, 10th January, 1606, Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Lydiard, St. Lawrence, born 1589.
Upon the decease of his elder brother, Henry inherited his estates, including Goldon Manor and the Mill. Possessing a handsome income and established social position, his picturesque home, built for defense as well as for a residence, with rooms adorned by fine wood carvings there seemed every reason that Henry Wolcott should enjoy the gifts of fortune, but these were days that tried men's souls.
Impelled by religious motives, Henry Wolcott and his entire family, with the exception of his oldest son, came to New England and were among those that made the memorable march from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River in 1635/6, and were among the founders of Windsor. Connecticut.
Here he assumed a position of influence and was a member of the Lower House in the First General Assembly held in Connecticut, 1637, and an Assistant to the Governor, 1643-1655, and he became the progenitor of one of the most distinguished families in America.
Henry Wolcott died at Windsor, 30th May, 1655, and his wife, Elizabeth, 5th July, 16
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Henry Wolcott m. in England, Jan. 19, 1606, Elizabeth
Saunders, da. Thomas. She is buried with her husband in
the rear of the First Congregational Church in Windsor. The
gravestone erected to their memory by their son-in-law,
Matthew Griswold of Windsor, who m. their daughter Anna
Wolcott, is still standing.
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Children of Henry Wolcott and Elizabeth Saunders:
1.John, bapt. 1 Oct 1607, Lydiard, St. Lawrence; was living in England in 1631 and aparently never emigrated to America; dsp., probably before date of father's will in 1655. 2.Mary 3.Anna, died young 4.Henry, b. 21 Jan 1610; md. 18 Nov 1641, Windsor, Hartford, Ct., Sarah Newberry. 5.George, md. 1649, Windsor, Hartford, Ct., Elizabeth Treat. 6.Christopher, d. 7 Sep 1662. 7.Anne, b. 1620, England; d. between Sep 1700-May 1701; md. 16 Oct 1646, Matthew Griswold. 8.Mary, b. abt 1622, Tolland, England; d. 16 sept 1689, Windsor, Ct.; md. 25 Jun 1646, Windsor Hartford, Ct., Job Drake (Sgt.). 9.Simon, B. 11 Sep 1624, England; d. 11 sep 1687, windsor, Ct; md. 1st, 19 Mar 1657, Windsor, Hartford, Ct., Johannah Cook, and 2nd, 17 Oct 1661, Windsor, Hartford, Ct., Martha Pitkin
Margaret P. Hillhouse, HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE DESCENDANTS OF REV. JAMES HILLHOUSE, New York, Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, 1924, p. 49, 50.
Robert C. Griffen and Mitchell Alegre, WOLCOTT GENEALOGY, published by the Society of Descendants of Henry Wolcott, 1986 p. 0-59. (Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, New York.]
William F. J. Boardman, The Ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman, Hartford, CT, 1906, pp. 308-312.
Coat of arms from a small plate/ashtray made by Brent (Wolcott) Roehrs for her father, Robert Wilson Wolcott. [He was my mother's mother's second husband. My line to Henry Wolcott is through my dad's side as 10th g-grandfather.]
Family 1:
The first Wolcott family in the American colonies was that of Henry Wolcott of Tolland, Somerset, and his wife, Elizabeth Saunders. Henry was the son of John Wolcott of Tolland, Somerset.
The said Henry Wolcott was the son of John Wolcott and his wife ---- of Golden Manor, Parish of Lidiand, St. Lawrence, adjoining Tolland, County Somerset, England.
Henry, his wife, and three of their sons sailed from Plymouth on the Mary and John . They arrived at Dorchester MA 31 May 1630 . Their youngest son and two daughters followed a few years later. Henry Wolcott, came over from England in 1630 and
settled at Dorchester, Mass. He removed to Windsor in 1635.
(1) Henry, b. 1578 Tolland, Somerset, d. 1655 Windsor CT. He settled at Windsor CT and was one of the 19 men named in the Connecticut Charter. He was a member CT House of Delegates and House of Magistrates. He died in 1665 and is buried in the churchyard of the First Congregational Church at Windsor CT. Henry m. Elizabeth Saunders in 1607 at Lidiard St. Lawrence, Somerset.
(2) John, b. 1607; remained in England, unm.
(2) Henry, b. 1610, d. 1680
(2) Christopher, b.c. 1615, d. 1662 unm.
(2) George, b.c. 1618, d. 1662
(2) Anna, b. 1620, d. 1701; m. Matthew Griswold 1646 Windsor CT
(2) Mary, b.c. 1622, d. 1689; m. Job Drake 1646 Windsor CT
(2) Simon, b. 1624, d. 1687
THE "MARY AND JOHN" May 31, 1630
This is a list of what was carried on board ship:
11,000 gls.beer 1 bush. Mustard seed
1,500 gls.water 20 gls. of oil
1,200 loaves of bread 2 firkins (casks) of soap
22 hogshead-beef 2 rumlets(18gl cask) Spanish wine
40 bush. Peas 4,000 salted pollack fish
20 bush. Oatmeal 10 firkins (casks) butter
1,400 salt cod 1,000 lbs. Cheese
96 lbs.candles 20 gals brandy
2 tierces(42 wine gals) of beer vinegar
The above probably weighed in excess of 150,000lbs. There were about 15 sailors for every 100 passengers, so they required similar provisions.
In addition, for every 100 male passengers over the age of 16 there were certain quantities of weapons that had to be carried. It is estimated that there were about 50 males on the "Mary & John" over 16, so the ship should have been required to carry the following:
2 drums 2 extra drumheads 2 halberds*
4 cannons 1 partizen (soldier) 30 corselets(suits of armor)
1 enssign (flag) 40 bastard muskets (love this!) 20 pikes**
5 full muskets 5 long fowling muskets 10 half pikes
45 lbs. Of shot 50 swords & belts 6 barrells powder
1 bullet bag 6 barrells powder 8 peices ordnance
5 horn flasks 1 fish net bandoiers(carring belts)
*halberds were a long handled weapon: ** pikes were long pointed weapons. And half pikes were short pointed weapons.
They also had to carry:
supply of linen;shirts:mats:gloves:shoes:brass ladles:kersey suits:red knit caps:plain shirts:bolsters:brass spoons:bed ticks:Norwich garters:leather girdles:pint peweter bottles:French copper kettles:black hats:wollen cloth:Quart peweter bottles: peppering hops:large quantity unleavened bread:suits with doublets:hose made of leather ,lined with oil skin:falling bands (wide white collar usually associated with the Purtians):waist coats of green cotton bound with red tape: blankets made of Welch cotton sheets.
Plus all the seeds for fruit,vegetables,etc.